The AVN Award for Best Actor is an award that has been given annually by

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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

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, who was awarded at 1st AVN Awards in 1984 for his performance in ''Irresistible''. As of 2022, Mike Horner,

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and

Evan Stone Evan Stone is an American pornographic film actor and director. In 2011, Stone became the third actor in history to receive the AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year three times. That same year, he was listed by CNBC as one of the twelve mos ...

are the most honoured pornographic actors with five awards followed by Buck Adams, Steven St. Croix,

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and

Tommy Pistol Tommy Pistol (born July 2, 1976) is the stage name of American adult film actor and director Aramis Sartorio. He is known for his porn parody work, most notably as the lead actor in ''Evil Head'', ''Pee-Wee's XXX Adventure: A Porn Parody'', ' ...

with four awards, Seth Gamble and

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with three awards while five pornographic actors

Jon Dough Jon Dough (born Chester "Chet" Joseph Anuszak; November 12, 1962 – August 27, 2006) was an American pornographic actor active between 1985 and 2006. Early life Dough was born Chester Anuszak and grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. When he wa ...

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, Brad Armstrong, Robert Bullock and James Bonnhave won the award two times. Steven St. Croix is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 26. The most recent recipient is

, who was honoured at the 39th AVN Awards in 2022 for his performance in ''Under the Veil''.

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Superlatives

Multiple winners

References

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