Star Awards for Best Actor
| ← Previous revision | Revision as of 14:00, 19 April 2026 | ||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
| year = 1995 |
| year = 1995 |
||
| holder_label = Most recent winner |
| holder_label = Most recent winner |
||
| holder = [[ |
| holder = [[Desmond Tan (actor)|Desmond Tan]] |
||
- '' |
- ''Devil Behind The Gate'' ([[Star Awards 2026|2026]]) |
||
| most_awards = [[Chen Hanwei]] (7) |
| most_awards = [[Chen Hanwei]] (7) |
||
| most_nominations = [[Chen Hanwei]] (16) |
| most_nominations = [[Chen Hanwei]] (16) |
||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
The category was introduced in 1995, at the 2nd Star Awards ceremony; [[Li Nanxing]] received the award for his role in ''Wounded Tracks'' and it is given in honour of a [[Mediacorp]] actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel.{{Cite web |title=Star Awards 2025 Rules & Eligibility |url=https://www.mediacorp.sg/starawards/rules-eligibility |access-date=14 June 2025 |website=Mediacorp |language=en}} |
The category was introduced in 1995, at the 2nd Star Awards ceremony; [[Li Nanxing]] received the award for his role in ''Wounded Tracks'' and it is given in honour of a [[Mediacorp]] actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel.{{Cite web |title=Star Awards 2025 Rules & Eligibility |url=https://www.mediacorp.sg/starawards/rules-eligibility |access-date=14 June 2025 |website=Mediacorp |language=en}} |
||
Since its inception, the award has been given to 13 actors. [[ |
Since its inception, the award has been given to 13 actors. [[Desmond Tan (actor)|Desmond Tan]] is the most recent winner in this category for his role in ''Devil Behind The Gate''.{{Cite news |date=22 April 2024 |title=Star Awards 2024: Jeremy Chan gets emotional over first-time Best Actor win |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/star-awards-2024-jeremy-chan-gets-emotional-over-first-time-best-actor-win |access-date=14 June 2025 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}} Since the ceremony held in 2024, [[Chen Hanwei]] remains as the only actor to win in this category seven times, surpassing [[Xie Shaoguang]] who has five wins, and to have been nominated on 16 occasions, more than any other actors. [[Terence Cao]] is currently the actor who has the most nominations without a win, with six. |
||
==Winners and nominees== |
==Winners and nominees== |
||
