FAMAS Award for Best Actor

The FAMAS Award for Best Actor is one of the FAMAS Awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award, which are voted on by Palanca Award-winning writers and movie columnists and writers within the industry.

The list may be incomplete such as some of the names of the nominees and the roles portrayed especially during the early years of FAMAS Awards.

In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

‡ – indicates the winner

Joseph Estrada has won the award five times from thirteen nominations for his roles in 1962's Markang Rehas , 1964's Geron Busabos: Ang Batang Quiapo , 1966's Ito ang Pilipino , 1969's Dugo ng Bayani and 1981's Kumander Alibasbas .
George Nader has been nominated for his role in 1963's Zigzag .
Dolphy has won once from nine nominations for his role in 1977's Omeng Santanasia .
Bong Revilla has won once from ten nominations for his role in 1993's Relax Ka Lang, Sagot Kita .
Robin Padilla has won once from four nominations for his role in 2005's La Visa Loca .
Gabby Concepcion has been nominated twice for his roles in 1991's Una Kang Naging Akin and 2009's I Love You, Goodbye .
Piolo Pascual has won once from six nominations for his role in 2004's Milan .
Ryan Agoncillo has been nominated once for his role in 2006's Umaaraw, Umuulan .
John Lloyd Cruz has won once from seven nominations for his role in 2010's Miss You Like Crazy .
John Estrada has been nominated once for his role in 2008's Caregiver .
Derek Ramsay has been nominated thrice for his roles in 2011's No Other Woman , 2012's A Secret Affair and 2014's English Only, Please .
Dingdong Dantes has been nominated thrice for his roles in 2011's Segunda Mano , 2012's One More Try and 2013's She's the One .
Gerald Anderson has been nominated once for his role in 2013's On the Job .
Elijah Canlas has won for his title role in 2019's Kalel, 15 . He is tied with Kristoffer King for Verdict .