The Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor (Chinese: 金爵奖最佳男演员) is a prize given to the films in the main category of Competition at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
| Year | Film | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Priest Daens |  Jan Decleir
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| 1995 | Les Milles |  Jean-Pierre Marielle
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| 1997 | Traveling Companion | Michel Piccoli
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| 1999 | Land of Fear |  Ahmed Zaki
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| 2001 | The Closet | Daniel Auteuil
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| 2002 | Hart's War |  Colin Farrell
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| 2003 | no award this year | |
| 2004 | Evil |  Andreas Wilson
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| 2005 | Village Photobook |  Tatsuya Fuji
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| 2006 | Sauf le respect que je vous dois | Olivier Gourmet
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| 2007 | Cabeza de perro |  Juan José Ballesta
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| 2008 | Old Fish |  Ma Guowei
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| 2009 | Original |  Sverrir Gudnason
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| 2010 | Wedding Fever in Campobello |  Christian Ulmen
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| 2011 | Hayde Bre |  Sevket Emrulla
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| 2012 | The Conductor |  Vladas Bagdonas
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| 2013 | Unbeatable |  Nick Cheung
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| 2014 | The Last Executioner |  Vithaya Pansringarm
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| 2015 | The Dead End | Deng Chao/Duan Yihong/Guo Tao
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| 2016 | Cock and Bull | Liu Ye
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| 2017[1] | The Conformist | Huang Bo
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| 2018[2] | Friday's Child |  Tye Sheridan
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| 2019 | Castle of Dreams |  Hamed Behdad
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| The Return |  Chang Feng
| |
| 2021 | The Contrary Route | Pouyan Shekari
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| 2023[3] | Dust To Dust | Da Peng
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| All Ears | Hu Ge
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| 2024 | Mostly Sunny | Huang Xiaoming
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| 2025 | The Scent of Things Remembered |  José Martins
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