Gold Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role – Male is an award given as part of its annual Gold Awards to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on Hindi television.

The award was first awarded in 2007 under the title Best Actor in a Lead Role.

A special award called Best Actor – Critics or Best Actor – Jury was also awarded occasionally in 2000s, whose winner was selected by the jury of critics assigned to the function.

The jury award was awarded without prior nominations until 2012.

Since then, the jury award is also awarded with prior nominations just like the original award which is now called Best Actor – Popular.