The GayVN Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by AVN Media Network at the GayVN Awards, given to a gay porn actor for his performance in a leading role in a film released that year.
Initially, achievements in gay pornography were recognized by AVN Media Network at the AVN Awards, until the creation of the GayVN Awards. The 1st GayVN Awards ceremony was held in 1998, with Vince Rockland receiving the award for his performance in Three Brothers. The second ceremony was held in 2000, with the GayVN Awards taking place annually until 2010. Following this the GayVN Awards would enter a seven-year hiatus, coming back in 2018.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 24 actors. With two wins, Tony Donovan is the only actor to have won this award more than once, as well as the only one to achieve two consecutive wins. DeAngelo Jackson is the only man of color to win in this category, for Blended Family in 2020. As of the 2026 ceremony, the most recent recipient is Paddy O'Brian for To the Nines.
Winners and nominees + Table key Indicates the winner
1990s + Award year Actor Film Studio 1998(1st) Vince Rockland Three Brothers New Age Pictures
2000s
+ Award year Actor Film Studio(s) 2000(2nd) Animus All Worlds Video Dream Team Studio 2000 The Apprentice Delta Productions Endless Pursuit 10% Productions/Greenwood-Cooper Cuffed! Studio 2000 Tales From The Foxhole All Worlds Video Spike Spiked All Worlds Video Steele Ranger Rascal Video Late Nite Porn Stable Entertainment Sodom Vivid Man 2001(3rd) Echoes Men of Odyssey Johnny Brosnan Out of Athens Falcon Studios Thomas Lloyd Dirty Hairy All Worlds Video Dean Phoenix Stable Entertainment Steve Rambo Score Catalina Video Zak Spears Men of Odyssey Corey Summers Top Secret Men of Odyssey Colby Taylor Falcon Studios Cole Tucker Don't Ask, Don't Tell! MSR Videos Travis Wade Now and Forever Studio 2000 2002(4th) Carnal Intentions Men of Odyssey Men of Odyssey Homo Erectus MSR Videos SuperCharge Studio 2000 In Gear Rascal Video Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony All Worlds Video Conquered All Worlds Video A Dream Come True Rad Video Palmer's Lust Pacific Sun Entertainment Going Down and Cumming Out in Beverly Hills Great Dane 2003(5th) Caesar Cowboy Big Blue Productions Deep South: The Big and the Easy Falcon Studios L'Elisir D'Amore Lucas Kazan Productions 2nd Gear Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing Raging Stallion 2004(6th) A Porn Star Is Born Raging Stallion Jet Set Productions A Man's Tail Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing There Goes the Neighborhood All Worlds Video Dear Dick All Worlds Video Sex Psycho Arena Entertainment/Thor Productions Nasty Nasty Red Devil Entertainment Canvas Red Devil Entertainment 8 Inches Marcostudio Big Timber Falcon Studios 2005(7th) BuckleRoos 1–2 Buckshot Productions Gored Studio 2000 Wet Palms 1–3 Jet Set Team Productions Fyerfli Husband by Day, Hustler by Night All Worlds Video BuckleRoos Buckshot Productions Lost Lucas Entertainment Perfect Fit Hot House Entertainment Big Blue Productions Wet Palms 1–3 Jet Set Team Productions Taking Flight 1–2 Falcon Studios 2006(8th) Wrong Side of the Tracks Rascal Video Thirst Adonis Pictures Dirty Little Sins Red Devil Entertainment Through the Woods Falcon Studios Junito Wet Dreamz of Genie Liquid Dreamz Dangerous Liaisons Lucas Entertainment Dangerous Liaisons Lucas Entertainment Beyond Perfect Buckshot Productions 110° in Tucson Titan Media Getting It in the End Jocks Studios 2007(9th) Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita Lucas Entertainment Doggie Style Jet Set Productions Falcon Studios Boot Black Blues Buckshot Productions Justice Hot House Video Titan Media 2nd Inning Electro Video Big Rig Buckshot Productions From Top to Bottom Falcon Studios Booty Thief Arena Entertainment 2008(10th) Grunts Raging Stallion BarnStorm Titan Media Basic Plumbing 3 Falcon Studios Bottom of the 9th: Little Big League 3 All Worlds Video Gigolo Lucas Entertainment Gunnery Sgt. McCool Titan Media The Ivy League Falcon Entertainment On Fire! Jet Set Men A Rising Star Ridgeline Films Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris is Mine! Pitbull Productions 2009(11th) To the Last Man Raging Stallion Home Invasion Titan Media Friendly Force G&G Media Just the Sex Dirty Bird Pictures/Prodigy Pictures D.O. Sex Hiker Black Scorpion Young Guns Centaur Films Roman's Holiday Falcon Studios Endgame Dirty Bird Pictures Paging Dr. Finger Hot House Entertainment Ass Cruisin Jet Set Men Brothers' Reunion Lucas Entertainment Black Meat White Heat All Worlds Video Raging Stallion Paradise Found Buckshot Best Men 1 & 2 Falcon Studios Unknown Rascal Video / Channel 1 Releasing Dirty Bird Pictures South Beach Diaries ASG Entertainment The Twink Whisperer PZP Productions
2010s
+ Award year Actor Film Studio(s) 2010(12th) Raging Stallion Dad Takes a Fishing Trip Dragon/Gage Media Focus/ReFocus Raging Stallion Studios Whorrey Potter and the Sorcerer's Balls Dominic Ford HouseBoy DreamBoy Productions/Eurocreme Obsession Lucas Entertainment 2018(13th) Ultra Fan NakedSword/Falcon Studios Silverlake TitanMen/Pulse Cauke for Free TitanMen/Pulse Barebackula Lucas Entertainment Secrets & Lies NakedSword/Rock Candy Straight Chexxx Next Door/Pulse Fuck Him Up Men.com/Pulse Route 69 Falcon Studios CockyBoys Straight Chexxx Next Door/Pulse Adam Ramzi It's Coming Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios Scared Stiff NakedSword/Falcon Studios Icon Male/Mile High Media CockyBoys His Sister's Lover 2 Icon Male/Mile High Media 2019(14th) Pirates: A Gay XXX Parody Men.com/Pulse Zack & Jack Make a Porno Falcon Studios Max in the City Falcon Studios All Saints: Chapter 1 CockyBoys Breaking Mr. Hart Golden Age Films/NakedSword All Saints: Chapter 1 CockyBoys NakedSword/Falcon Studios Love Lost & Found CockyBoys Zack & Jack Make a Porno Falcon Studios Paris Perfect NakedSword/Falcon Studios Bounty Hunters Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios Daddy Dilemma Icon Male/Mile High Media Icon Male/Mile High Media Vice Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios Three Wishes Raging Stallion/Falcon Studios
2020s
+ Award year Actor Film Studio(s) 2020(15th) Blended Family Icon Male/Mile High Dirty Deeds Men.com Get Your Dick Outta My Son! Men.com/Pulse Camp Chaos Men.com Don't Tell My Wife Icon Male/Mile High Le Garçon Scandaleux CockyBoys/PinkTV Max Konnor Feed Me Your Love PeterFever.com At Large Raging Stallion/Falcon Raging Stallion/Falcon Vegas Nights HelixStudios.com Men.com My Stepdad's Stepdad Icon Male/Mile High Five Brothers: Family Values/The Takedown NakedSword.com Psycho Joe NakedSword/Falcon Beach Rats of Lauderdale Falcon Studios 2021(16th) A Murdered Heart NakedSword Rise of the Sirens Men.com NakedSword Scared Stiff 2: The Amityville Whore NakedSword What's Gotten into Him? Masqulin.com Journeys – Season Two Himeros.tv Sin City Noir Male Happy Campers Helix Helix My Best Friend's Dad Icon Male Hollywood and Vine CockyBoys Timberwolves 2: Blood Moon Raging Stallion Califuckinfornia Falcon A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers Men.com Love Thy Neighbor Icon Male 2022(17th) Disruptive Films Return to Helix Academy Parts 1 & 2 Helix Studios Don't Tell My Wife 2 Icon Male Making the Grade Falcon FBI: Frisky Boys Investigation French-Twinks.com Raging Stallion Painful Love Icon Male (Un)Lucky in Love CockyBoys Return to Helix Academy Parts 1 & 2 Helix Studios A Halloween Story Helix Studios Work From Home Falcon Let's Hit It Helix Studios A Stepbrother's Obsession 2 Icon Male Caught Raw-Handed Masqulin.com Best Sex Ever NakedSword.com 2023(18th) Ride or Die: Raw Deal/Hard Time Raging Stallion Love Happens CockyBoys Tech Support Helix Studios Dirty 30 Bareback Birthday Raging Stallion Briar Basin Ranch Disruptive Films Norse Fuckers Men.com Game On CockyBoys Historias de Barcelona TLAgay Un-Romantic Getaway Helix Studios Bastian Karim Historias de Barcelona TLAgay Next Stop Vegas Disruptive Films Unraveled Helix Studios Get. Away. NakedSword.com Just Friends Helix Studios Body & Sol Falcon 2024(19th) Overdrive Raging Stallion Dis-Connecting TLAgay Guilty As Sin Raging Stallion The Swords: Final Cut NakedSword Originals The Swords: First Mission NakedSword Originals Jake Jaxson's Happy Endings CockyBoys Changes Next Door Films/ASGMax.com Full Holes FamlyDick.com/SayUncle.com The Bartender: The Final Cut LatinLeche.com/SayUncle.com Royally Fucked Men.com Cumming Home for Christmas Falcon The Professor Gaycest.com/CarnalPlus.com The Swords NakedSword Originals Strong Suit Raging Stallion For You, I Will Disruptive Films/ASGMax.com 2025(20th) The Mafia Staghomme/CarnalPlus.com Heart On NakedSword Originals Heart On NakedSword Originals Diary of a Gigolo MenAtPlay.com Hidden Truths TLAgay Bred & Breakfast: All the Way Inn NakedSword Originals Hidden Truths TLAgay Honeyguide Disruptive Films/ASGMax.com The Goldenrod Resort ASGMax Films/ASGMax.com No Strings Attached Next Door Studios/ASGMax.com Cum All Ye Faithful Falcon Yes, Sir! NakedSword X Sir Peter Staying With Dad Gaycest/CarnalPlus.com International Transfer Gaycest/CarnalPlus.com Breaking Frontiers Next Door Studios/ASGMax.com2026(21st)Paddy O’Brian To the NinesFalcon/MenAtPlayAndrew DeltaWelcome HomeASGmax Films/ASGmax.comBrody FoxThe Adventures of Brody FoxKinkMen.comRocky Heron (Rocky Unleashed)The Manchineel KingHimeros.tvTim JamesThe Way to a Man’s HeartRaging StallionMichael KlashmanThe Manchineel KingHimeros.tvJayden MarcosPledge DaddyDisruptive Films/ASGmax.comMrDeepVoiceDawn of the GladiatorsMen.comBlain O’ConnorWild GameNakedSword X Disruptive FilmsRyder OwensThe Goldenrod Resort 2: Singles WeekendASGmax Films/ASGmax.comEddie PatrickSexeranceSayUncle.comSir PeterThe Barcelona JobNakedSword X VoyrAdam SnowDeeper Deep ThroatCarnal+ Originals / CarnalPlus.com/BarebackPlus.comPaul WagnerWild GameNakedSword X Disruptive FilmsGuillaume WayneBelow the BeltHungFuckers/BarebackPlus.com
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