AVN Award for Best Actor
The AVN Award for Best Actor is an award that has been given by sex industry company AVN since the award's inception in 1984.
Till 2008, the award was awarded annually for two different categoriesfilm and video. From year 2009, it is awarded annually for a single category.
First recipient of the award was Richard Pacheco, who was awarded at 1st AVN Awards in 1984 for his performance in Irresistible. As of 2019, Mike Horner, Randy Spears and Evan Stone are the most honoured pornographic actors with five awards followed by Buck Adams, Steven St. Croix and Tom Byron with four awards, Tommy Pistol and Eric Edwards with three awards while six pornographic actorsJon Dough, Dale DaBone, Brad Armstrong, Robert Bullock, Seth Gamble and James Bonnhave won the award two times. The most recent recipient is Seth Gamble, who was honoured at the 37th AVN Awards in 2020 for his performance in Perspective.
Recipients
19842008
| Year | Photo | Name | Film/Video | Ref |
| 1984 | Richard Pacheco | Irresistible | ||
| 1985 | Eric Edwards | X Factor | ||
| 1986 | Harry Reems | Trashy Lady | ||
| 1986 | Eric Edwards | Dangerous Stuff | ||
| 1987 | Mike Horner | Sexually Altered States | ||
| 1987 | Buck Adams | Rockey X | ||
| 1988 | John Leslie | Firestorm II | ||
| 1988 | Robert Bullock | Romeo and Juliet | ||
| 1989 | Robert Bullock | Portrait of an Affair | ||
| 1989 | Buck Adams | Rockey XThe Final Round | ||
| 1990 | Jon Martin | Cool Sheets | ||
| 1991 | Randy Spears | The Masseuse | ||
| 1991 | Eric Edwards | The Last X-Rated Movie, Part 1 | ||
| 1992 | Buck Adams | Roxy | ||
| 1992 | Tom Byron | Sizzle | ||
| 1993 | Mike Horner | The Seduction of Mary | ||
| 1993 | Joey Silvera | The Party | ||
| 1994 | Mike Horner | Justine: Noting To Hide 2 | ||
| 1994 | Jonathan Morgan | The Creasemaster | ||
| 1995 | Buck Adams | No Motive | ||
| 1995 | Steven St. Croix | Chinatown | ||
| 1996 | Mike Horner | Lessons in Love | ||
| 1996 | Jon Dough | Latex | ||
| 1997 | Jamie Gillis | Bobby Sox | ||
| 1997 | Jon Dough | Shock | ||
| 1998 | Steven St. Croix | Bad Wives | ||
| 1998 | Tom Byron | Indigo Delta | ||
| 1999 | James Bonn | Models | ||
| 1999 | Michael J. Cox | L.A. Uncovered | ||
| 2000 | James Bonn | Chloe | ||
| 2000 | Randy Spears | Double Feature! | ||
| 2001 | Evan Stone | Adrenaline | ||
| 2001 | Joel Lawrence | Raw | ||
| 2002 | Anthony Crane | Beast | ||
| 2002 | Mike Horner | Euphoria | ||
| 2003 | Brad Armstrong | Falling From Grace | ||
| 2003 | Dale DaBone | Betrayed By Beauty | ||
| 2004 | Randy Spears | Heart of Darkness | ||
| 2004 | Evan Stone | Space Nuts | ||
| 2005 | Justin Sterling | The Masseuse | ||
| 2005 | Barrett Blade | Loaded | ||
| 2006 | Randy Spears | Eternity | ||
| 2006 | Evan Stone | Pirates | ||
| 2007 | Randy Spears | Manhunters | ||
| 2007 | Evan Stone | Sex Pix | ||
| 2008 | Tom Byron | Layout | ||
| 2008 | Brad Armstrong | Coming Home |