The AVN Award for Best Actor is an award that has been given annually by sex industry company AVN since the award's inception in 1984.
Till 2008, the award was awarded annually for two different categories–film 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 2025, Mike Horner, Randy Spears, Evan Stone and Tommy Pistol are the most honoured pornographic actors with five awards followed by Buck Adams, Steven St. Croix, Tom Byron and Seth Gamble with four awards, Eric Edwards with three awards while five pornographic actors–Jon Dough, Dale DaBone, Brad Armstrong, Robert Bullock and James Bonn–have won the award two times. Jamie Gillis is the oldest recipient of the award at the age of 53 for his performance in Bobby Sox (1997) and Steven St. Croix is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 26 for his performance in Chinatown (1995). The most recent recipient is Chad Alva, who was honoured at the 42nd AVN Awards in 2025 for his performance in Alive.
AVN Awards
2019 AVN Awards Show - Winners Circle | AVN
2019 AVN Awards Show - Winners Circle | AVN
2019 AVN Awards Red Carpet (Gallery 3) | AVN
2019 AVN Awards Red Carpet (Gallery 7) | AVN
2020 AVN Awards Break Records, Make History | AVN
MAITLAND WARD Wins Best Actress at 2021 AVN Awards in Los Angeles 01/23 ...
2017 AVN Awards Stage - Winners Circle (Gallery 2) | AVN
2019 AVN Awards Show - Winners Circle | AVN
2019 AVN Awards Red Carpet (Gallery 5) | AVN
2019 AVN Awards Red Carpet (Gallery 6) | AVN
2019 AVN Awards - Stars on the Red Carpet (Gallery 1) | AVN
