GayVN Award for Best Actor

[1] Initially, achievements in gay pornography were recognized by AVN Media Network at the AVN Awards, until the creation of the GayVN Awards.

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.

DeAngelo Jackson is the only man of color to win in this category, for Blended Family in 2020.

[2] As of the 2022 ceremony, the most recent recipients are Michael DelRay for The Last Course and Alex Riley for Return to Helix Academy Parts 1 & 2.

Blake Harper won for Animus in 2000.
Zak Spears won for The Joint in 2002.
Josh Weston won for Deep South: The Big and the Easy in 2003.
Dean Phoenix won for BuckleRoos 1–2 in 2005.
Johnny Hazzard won for Wrong Side of the Tracks in 2006.
Michael Lucas won for Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita in 2007, which he also directed.
Jake Deckard won for Grunts in 2008.
Ricky Sinz won for To the Last Man in 2009.
Logan McCree won for The Visitor in 2010.
Brent Corrigan won for Ultra Fan in 2018.
Diego Sans won for Pirates: A Gay XXX Parody in 2019.