The Golden Rooster for Best Actor (中国电影金鸡奖最佳男主角) is one of the main categories of competition of the Golden Rooster Awards. It is awarded to leading male actor(s) who have outstanding performance in motion pictures.

Award winners and nominees

1980s YearWinner and nominees(English)Winner and nominees(Chinese)English titleOriginal title1981N/A1982Zhang Yan张雁Laughter at the Moon Bay月亮湾的笑声Feng Hanyuan冯汉元Neighbour邻居Jin Ange金安歌The Xi'an Incident西安事变1983N/A1984Dong Xingji董行佶Liao Zhongkai廖仲恺Yang Zaibao杨在葆Blood is Always Hot 血,总是热的Li Wei李纬River Without Buoys没有航标的河流1985Lv Xiaohe吕晓禾Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain高山下的花环1986Liu Zifeng刘子枫Black Cannon Incident黑炮事件Kong Xianzhu孔宪珠Jue Xiang绝响Tu Yigong吐依贡Money钱这个东西……Zhu Xu朱旭A Narrow Lane Celebrity小巷名流1987Liu Wenzhi刘文治Sun Yat-sen孙中山1988Zhang Yimou张艺谋Old Well老井Jiang Wen姜文Red Sorghum红高粱Liu Wei刘威The Warrior关中大侠1989Tao Zeru陶泽如Night Bell/Happy Heroes晚钟、欢乐英雄Xie Yuan谢园'King of Chess/Out of Breath棋王、大喘气Lei Han雷汉Reincarnation 轮回Yan Xiang严翔When does the day break?问天何时明

1990s YearWinner and nominees(English)Winner and nominees(Chinese)English titleOriginal title1990Lu Qi卢奇The Baise Uprising百色起义Gu Yue古月Founding Ceremony开国大典Qi Mengshi奇梦石Long Yun and Chiang Kai-shek龙云与蒋介石1991Li Xuejian李雪健Jiao Yulu焦裕禄Chen Baoguo陈宝国Peking Duck Restaurant老店Zhang Fengyi张丰毅Dragon Year Cops龙年警官1992Wang Tiecheng王铁成 Zhou Enlai周恩来Li Fazeng李法曾After the Battle决战之后Shao Honglai邵宏来Kai Tian Pi Di开天辟地Zhu Xu朱旭Xin Xiang心香1993Ge You葛优After Separation大撒把Wei Zi巍子Jiang Zhuying蒋筑英Zhu Xu朱旭A Confucius family阙里谭1994Li Baotian李保田No More Applause凤凰琴Wu Gang (actor)巫刚Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker炮打双灯Zhou Lijing周里京Artillery Commander炮兵少校1995Li Rentang李仁堂The Accused Uncle Shangang被告山杠爷Niu Zhenhua牛振华Back to Back, Face to Face背靠背,脸对脸1996Gao Ming高明Kong Fansen孔繁森Cao Jingyang曹景阳Brother Wu Invites the God吴二哥请神Shao Bing邵兵Winner赢家1997Liu Peiqi刘佩琦The Days Without Lei Feng离开雷锋的日子Feng Gong冯巩Ambush埋伏Lu Qi卢琦The Great Transition大转折1998Feng Gong冯巩A Tree in House没事偷着乐Tang Guoqiang唐国强Long March长征1999Teng Rujun滕汝俊Postmen in the Mountains那山那人那狗Tian Chengren田成仁Golden Marriage金婚Wang Yanan王亚楠Once Upon a Time in Shanghai上海纪事

2000s YearWinner and nominees(English)Winner and nominees(Chinese)English titleOriginal title2000Chen Daoming陈道明My 1919我的1919Wang Qingxiang王庆祥Final Decision生死抉择You Yong尤勇Neverland梦幻田园Zhu Xu朱旭Shower洗澡2001Ge Zhijun戈治均Escort押解的故事Pan Yueming潘粤明A Love of Blueness蓝色爱情Vincent Zhao赵文卓The Sino-Dutch War 1661英雄郑成功Wang Xueqi王学圻Together Forever相伴永远2002Ning Cai宁才Heavenly Grassland天上草原Liu Peiqi刘佩琦Together和你在一起Xiao Rongsheng肖荣生Facing Life面对生命2003Xia Yu夏雨The Law of Romance警察有约Ge You葛优Cala, My Dog!卡拉是条狗Fan Wei范伟The Parking Attendant in July看车人的七月Lu Qi卢琦Deng Xiaoping邓小平2004Liu Ye刘烨Years Without Epidemic美人草Liu Wei刘威Defending Reputation疑案忠魂2005Jackie Chan成龙New Police Story新警察故事Luo Deyuan罗德元Silent Mountains沉默的远山Pu Cunxin濮存昕A Bright Moon一轮明月Tobgyal多布杰Kekexili: Mountain Patrol可可西里Wu Jun吴军Zhang Side张思德2006-2007Fu Dalong富大龙The Forest Ranger天狗Chen Kun陈坤The Knot云水谣Damian Lau刘松仁The Tokyo Trial东京审判Li Yixiang李易祥One Foot of the Ground鸡犬不宁Liu Peiqi刘佩琦5 Bullets五颗子弹Qiu Lin邱林A Postman of Paradise香巴拉信使2008-2009Wu Gang吴刚Iron Man铁人Fan Wei范伟Lucky Dog耳朵大有福Ma Guowei马国伟Old Fish千钧。一发Sun Min孙敏Deng Pingshou我是花下肥泥巴Zhang Hanyu张涵予Assembly集结号

2010s YearWinner and nominees(English)Winner and nominees(Chinese)English titleOriginal title2010-2011Sun Chun孙淳Qiu Xi秋喜Aaron Kwok郭富城Love for Life最爱Liu Zhibing刘之冰The Space Dream飞天Wang Qianyuan王千源The Piano in a Factory钢的琴Zhu Xu朱旭Lan我们天上见2012-2013Huang Xiaoming黄晓明American Dreams in China中国合伙人Zhang Guoli张国立Back to 1942一九四二Tao Zeru陶泽如Song of the Phoenix百鸟朝凤Huang Jue黄觉Fallen City倾城Sun Weimin孙维民The Story of Zhou Enlai周恩来的四个昼夜2014-2015Zhang Hanyu张涵予The Taking of Tiger Mountain智取威虎山Andy Lau刘德华Lost and Love失孤Sun Weimin孙维民Who is Undercover一号目标Chen Jianbin陈建斌A Fool一个勺子2016-2017Deng Chao邓超The Dead End烈日灼心Feng Xiaogang 冯小刚 Mr. Six老炮儿Tu Men涂们 A Simple Goodbye 告别Bao Bei'er 包贝尔 When Larry Met Mary陆垚知马俐Liao Fan廖凡 The Final Master师父 2018-2019Wang Jingchun王景春So Long, My Son地久天长Xu Zheng 徐峥 Dying to Survive我不是药神Tu Men涂们 Old Beast 老兽Duan Yihong 段奕宏 The Looming Storm暴雪将至Fu Dalong富大龙 Enter the Forbidden City进京城 Yang Taiyi杨太义 Crossing The Border-Zhaoguan过昭关

2020s YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleCharacter2020Huang XiaomingThe BravestJiang LiweiDong Chengpeng My Dear LiarWu HaiXiao Yang Sheep Without a Shepherd Li WeijieWu Yuhan Almost a ComedySun TongJackson Yee Better Days Liu Beishan 2021 Zhang Yi Cliff WalkersZhang XianchenYu Hewei Cliff WalkersZhou YiLiu Ye Island Keeper Wang JicaiGuo Xiaodong My Father, Jiao YuluJiao YuluJackson Yee A Little Red Flower Wei Yihang 2022 Zhu Yilong Lighting Up the StarsMo SanmeiShen Teng Moon ManDugu YueWu Jing The Battle at Lake Changjin Wu Qianli Xu Zheng Myth of LoveLao BaiJackson Yee Nice View Jing Hao2023 Tony Leung Chiu-wai Hidden BladeDirector HeHuang Bo Study DadLei DaliSong Yang Back to Tibet Lao KongHui Wangjun Like Father and SonGou RenYang Haoyu Journey to the West Tang Zhijun2024 Lei Jiayin Article 20 Han MingWang Yibo One and Only Chen ShuoShen Teng Pegasus 2 Zhang ChiBowie Lam In Broad Daylight Cheung Kim-Wah Jinpa Snow LeopardJinpa (eldest son)Peng Yuchang Viva La Vida Lü Tu2025Jackson YeeBig WorldLiu ChunheDa PengThe Lychee Road Li ShandeZhu YilongThe Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death Li XiangLiu Haoran DecodedRong JinzhenHuang XiaomingMostly SunnyWu You

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