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The FAMAS Award for Best Actor is one of the
The list may be incomplete such as some of the names of the nominees and the roles portrayed especially during the early years of FAMAS Awards.
In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
‡ – indicates the winner
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FAMAS Award
The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (also known as the FAMAS Awards) are the annual honors given by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS), an organization composed of award-winning writers and movie columni ...
s given to people working in the motion picture
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industry by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award, which are voted on by Palanca Award
The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines", it is the country's highest literary ...
-winning writers and movie columnists and writers within the industry.
Winners and nominees
The list may be incomplete such as some of the names of the nominees and the roles portrayed especially during the early years of FAMAS Awards.
In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
‡ – indicates the winner
Superlatives
*Eddie Garcia
Eduardo Verchez Garcia (; May 2, 1929 – June 20, 2019), known colloquially as Manoy, was a Filipino actor, television personality, film director and producer. With almost 600 film and television roles and a career spanning seven decades, he ...
won the award more than any actors with six wins. Joseph Estrada
Joseph Ejercito Estrada, (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor. He served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th vice presi ...
, Fernando Poe Jr. and Christopher De Leon
Christopher Strauss de León (born October 31, 1956) is a Philippine film actor and politician. He is recognized as the “''King of Philippine Drama''” has appeared in over 120 films since the early 1970s.
Regarded as an "acting genius" and ...
have also won the award five times. All four of them are inducted to the FAMAS Hall of Fame. Allen Dizon just recently won his 5th Best Actor and is eligible for Hall of Fame induction in 2022.
*Three actors have won the award consecutively. They are Christopher De Leon
Christopher Strauss de León (born October 31, 1956) is a Philippine film actor and politician. He is recognized as the “''King of Philippine Drama''” has appeared in over 120 films since the early 1970s.
Regarded as an "acting genius" and ...
(in 1991 and 1992), Allen Dizon (in 2010 and 2011), and ER Ejercito
Emilio Ramon Pelayo Ejercito III (; born October 5, 1963), commonly known as E. R. Ejercito, is a Filipino actor and former governor of Laguna from 2010 until his removal in 2014. Prior to his election as governor, he served as mayor of Pagsa ...
(in 2012, 2013 and 2014)
References
External links
The Unofficial Website of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
{{FAMAS Awards
Best Actor
Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play.
The term most often refers to the ...
Film awards for lead actor