Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor
The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 30th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 1988 and is given to recognise the outstanding performance of an actor in an Australian program. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries. John Wood, Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin and William McInnes hold the record for the most wins, with two each.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Nominees | Program | Network | Ref |
| 1988 | John Wood | Rafferty's Rules | ||
| 1989 | John Wood | Rafferty's Rules | ||
| 1990 | Shane Porteous | A Country Practice | ||
| 1991 | Michael Craig | G.P. | ||
| 1992 | John McTernan | G.P. | ||
| 1993 | Gary Sweet | Police Rescue | ||
| 1994 | Garry McDonald | Mother and Son | ||
| 1995 | Chris Haywood | Janus | ||
| 1996 | Richard Roxburgh | Blue Murder | ||
| 1997 | Colin Friels | Water Rats | ||
| 1998 | Tony Martin | Wildside | ||
| 1998 | Colin Friels | Water Rats | ||
| 1998 | William McInnes | Blue Heelers | ||
| 1998 | Rob Sitch | Frontline | ||
| 1999 | Tony Martin | Wildside | ||
| 1999 | David Wenham | SeaChange | ||
| 1999 | Colin Friels | Water Rats | ||
| 1999 | Paul Mercurio | The Day of the Roses | ||
| 1999 | Jeremy Sims | Aftershocks | ||
| 2000 | William McInnes | SeaChange | ||
| 2000 | Steve Bisley | Water Rats | ||
| 2000 | Colin Friels | Water Rats | ||
| 2000 | John Howard | SeaChange | ||
| 2001 | John Howard | SeaChange | ||
| 2001 | Steve Bisley | Water Rats | ||
| 2001 | William McInnes | SeaChange | ||
| 2001 | Geoff Morrell | Grass Roots | ||
| 2002 | William McInnes | My Brother Jack | ||
| 2002 | Joel Edgerton | The Secret Life of Us | ||
| 2002 | Geoff Morrell | Changi | ||
| 2002 | Matthew Newton | Changi | ||
| 2002 | Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | Changi | ||
| 2003 | Peter O'Brien | White Collar Blue | ||
| 2003 | Shane Bourne | MDA | ||
| 2003 | John Howard | Always Greener | ||
| 2003 | Samuel Johnson | The Secret Life of Us | ||
| 2003 | Gary Sweet | Stingers | ||
| 2004 | Ray Barrett | After the Deluge | ||
| 2004 | Tim Draxl | The Shark Net | ||
| 2004 | Abe Forsythe | Marking Time | ||
| 2004 | William McInnes | The Shark Net | ||
| 2004 | Gary Sweet | Stingers | ||
| 2004 | David Wenham | After the Deluge | ||
| 2005 | Sam Neill | Jessica | ||
| 2005 | Brendan Cowell | Love My Way | ||
| 2005 | Abe Forsythe | Fireflies | ||
| 2005 | Tony Martin | Jessica | ||
| 2005 | Dan Wyllie | Love My Way | ||
| 2006 | Dan Wyllie | Love My Way | ||
| 2006 | Brendan Cowell | Love My Way | ||
| 2006 | John Howard | All Saints | ||
| 2006 | Alex O'Loughlin | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | ||
| 2006 | John Wood | Blue Heelers | ||
| 2007 | Matthew Le Nevez | The Society Murders | ||
| 2007 | Ben Mendelsohn | Love My Way | ||
| 2007 | Richard Roxburgh | The Silence | ||
| 2007 | David Wenham | Answered by Fire | ||
| 2007 | Dan Wyllie | Love My Way | ||
| 2008 | Stephen Curry | The King | ||
| 2008 | Don Hany | East West 101 | ||
| 2008 | Chris Lilley | Summer Heights High | ||
| 2008 | William McInnes | Curtin | ||
| 2008 | William McInnes | East West 101 | ||
| 2009 | Gyton Grantley | Underbelly | ||
| 2009 | Dustin Clare | Satisfaction | ||
| 2009 | Vince Colosimo | Underbelly | ||
| 2009 | Callan Mulvey | Rush | ||
| 2009 | Damian Walshe-Howling | Underbelly | ||
| 2010 | Don Hany | East West 101 | ||
| 2010 | Roy Billing | ' | ||
| 2010 | Garry McDonald | A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne | ||
| 2010 | Ben Mendelsohn | Tangle | ||
| 2010 | Aaron Pedersen | The Circuit | ||
| 2011 | Richard Roxburgh | Rake | ||
| 2011 | Jason Gann | Wilfred | ||
| 2011 | Richard Roxburgh | Hawke | ||
| 2011 | Hugh Sheridan | Packed to the Rafters | ||
| 2011 | Erik Thomson | Packed to the Rafters | ||
| 2012 | Rob Carlton | ' | ||
| 2012 | Alex Dimitriades | The Slap | ||
| 2012 | Don Hany | East West 101 | ||
| 2012 | Geoff Morrell | Cloudstreet | ||
| 2012 | David Wenham | Killing Time | ||
| 2013 | Anthony Hayes | Devil's Dust | ||
| 2013 | Aaron Jeffery | ' | ||
| 2013 | Guy Pearce | Jack Irish | ||
| 2013 | Jimi Bani | Mabo | ||
| 2013 | Lachy Hulme | Howzat! Kerry Packer's War | ||
| 2014 | Lachy Hulme | Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story | ||
| 2014 | Chris Lilley | ' | ||
| 2014 | Craig McLachlan | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | ||
| 2014 | Kirk Page | Redfern Now | ||
| 2014 | David Wenham | Better Man | ||
| 2015 | Luke Arnold | |||
| 2015 | Martin Henderson | Secrets & Lies | ||
| 2015 | John Noble | Devil's Playground | ||
| 2015 | Richard Roxburgh | Rake | ||
| 2015 | Ashley Zukerman | The Code | ||
| 2016 | Alex Dimitriades | The Principal | ||
| 2016 | Hugh Dancy | Deadline Gallipoli | ||
| 2016 | Malcolm Kennard | Catching Milat | ||
| 2016 | Patrick Brammall | Glitch | ||
| 2016 | Sam Neill | House of Hancock | ||
| 2017 | Henry Nixon | The Kettering Incident | ||
| 2017 | Rodger Corser | Doctor Doctor | ||
| 2017 | Samuel Johnson | Molly | ||
| 2017 | Richard Roxburgh | Rake | ||
| 2017 | Noah Taylor | Deep Water | ||
| 2018 | Hugo Weaving | Seven Types of Ambiguity | ||
| 2018 | Damon Herriman | Riot | ||
| 2018 | Ewen Leslie | Safe Harbour | ||
| 2018 | Lachy Hulme | Romper Stomper | ||
| 2018 | Rodger Corser | Doctor Doctor | ||
| 2019 | Scott Ryan | Mr Inbetween | ||
| 2019 | Aaron Pedersen | Mystery Road | ||
| 2019 | Bryan Brown | Bloom | ||
| 2019 | Jay Ryan | Fighting Season | ||
| 2019 | Robbie Magasiva | Wentworth |