Star Awards for Best Actor
The Star Awards for Best Actor is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.
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.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 11 actors. Chen Hanwei is the most recent winner in this category for his role in A Million Dollar Dream. Since the ceremony held in 2019, Chen remains as the only actor to win in this category six times, surpassing Xie Shaoguang who has five wins. Christopher Lee has been nominated on 14 occasions, more than any other actor. Terence Cao holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with six.
Recipients
Each year is linked to the article about the Star Awards held that year.Category facts
;Most wins| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Actor | Chen Hanwei | Xie Shaoguang | Li Nanxing |
| Total wins | 6 wins | 5 wins | 3 wins |
;Most nominations
| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Actor | Christopher Lee | Chen Hanwei | Li Nanxing Qi Yuwu | Tay Ping Hui | Chew Chor Meng | Xie Shaoguang | Terence Cao Shaun Chen Pierre Png | Huang Wenyong | Adrian Pang | Andie Chen Edmund Chen Dai Xiangyu Elvin Ng Thomas Ong Desmond Tan Romeo Tan Zhang Zhenxuan Zheng Geping |
| Total nominations | 14 nominations | 12 nominations | 10 nominations | 9 nominations | 8 nominations | 7 nominations | 6 nominations | 4 nominations | 3 nominations | 2 nominations |