Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor

Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1988
Currently held by	Alex Dimitriades (2016)
Most awards	John Wood, Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin and William McInnes (2)
Official website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

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.^[1] John Wood, Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin and William McInnes hold the record for the most wins, with two each.

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
	Indicates the winning actor

Year	Nominees	Program(s)	Network	Ref
1988	John Wood	Rafferty's Rules	Seven Network	[2]
1989	John Wood	Rafferty's Rules	Seven Network	[3]
1990	Shane Porteous	A Country Practice	Seven Network	[4]
1991	Michael Craig	G.P.	ABC TV	[5]
1992	John McTernan	G.P.	ABC TV
1993	Gary Sweet	Police Rescue	ABC TV
1994	Garry McDonald	Mother and Son	ABC TV	[6]
1995	Chris Haywood	Janus	ABC TV
1996	Richard Roxburgh	Blue Murder	ABC TV
1997	Colin Friels	Water Rats	Nine Network
1998	Tony Martin	Wildside	ABC TV	[7]
	Colin Friels	Water Rats	Nine Network
	William McInnes	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
	Rob Sitch	Frontline	ABC TV
1999	Tony Martin	Wildside	ABC TV	[8]
	David Wenham	SeaChange	ABC TV
	Colin Friels	Water Rats	Nine Network
	Paul Mercurio	The Day of the Roses	Network Ten
	Jeremy Sims	Aftershocks	SBS TV
2000	William McInnes	SeaChange	ABC TV	[9]
	Steve Bisley	Water Rats	Nine Network
	Colin Friels	Water Rats	Nine Network
	John Howard	SeaChange	ABC TV
2001	John Howard	SeaChange	ABC TV	[10]
	Steve Bisley	Water Rats	Nine Network
	William McInnes	SeaChange	ABC TV
	Geoff Morrell	Grass Roots	ABC TV
2002	William McInnes	My Brother Jack	Network Ten	[11]
	Joel Edgerton	The Secret Life of Us	Network Ten
	Geoff Morrell	Changi	ABC TV
	Matthew Newton	Changi	ABC TV
	Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	Changi	ABC TV
2003	Peter O'Brien	White Collar Blue	Network Ten	[12]
	Shane Bourne	MDA	ABC TV
	John Howard	Always Greener	Seven Network
	Samuel Johnson	The Secret Life of Us	Network Ten
	Gary Sweet	Stingers	Nine Network
2004	Ray Barrett	After the Deluge	Network Ten	[13]
	Tim Draxl	The Shark Net	ABC TV
	Abe Forsythe	Marking Time	ABC TV
	William McInnes	The Shark Net	ABC TV
	Gary Sweet	Stingers	Nine Network
	David Wenham	After the Deluge	Network Ten
2005	Sam Neill	Jessica	Network Ten	[14]
	Brendan Cowell	Love My Way	Fox8
	Abe Forsythe	Fireflies	ABC TV
	Tony Martin	Jessica	Network Ten
	Dan Wyllie	Love My Way	Fox8
2006	Dan Wyllie	Love My Way	Fox8	[15]
	Brendan Cowell	Love My Way	Fox8
	John Howard	All Saints	Seven Network
	Alex O'Loughlin	The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant	Network Ten
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2007	Matthew Le Nevez	The Society Murders	Network Ten	[16]
	Ben Mendelsohn	Love My Way	W. Channel
	Richard Roxburgh	The Silence	ABC TV
	David Wenham	Answered by Fire	ABC TV
	Dan Wyllie	Love My Way	W. Channel
2008	Stephen Curry	The King	TV1	[17]
	Don Hany	East West 101	SBS TV
	Chris Lilley	Summer Heights High	ABC1
	William McInnes	Curtin	ABC1
		East West 101	SBS TV
2009	Gyton Grantley	Underbelly	Nine Network	[18]
	Dustin Clare	Satisfaction	Showcase
	Vince Colosimo	Underbelly	Nine Network
	Callan Mulvey	Rush	Network Ten
	Damian Walshe-Howling	Underbelly	Nine Network
2010	Don Hany	East West 101	SBS TV	[19]
	Roy Billing	Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities	Nine Network
	Garry McDonald	A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne	Network Ten
	Ben Mendelsohn	Tangle	Showcase
	Aaron Pedersen	The Circuit	SBS TV
2011	Richard Roxburgh	Rake	ABC1	[20]
	Jason Gann	Wilfred	SBS TV
	Richard Roxburgh	Hawke	Network Ten
	Hugh Sheridan	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Erik Thomson	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
2012	Rob Carlton	Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo	ABC1	[21]
	Alex Dimitriades	The Slap	ABC1
	Don Hany	East West 101	SBS TV
	Geoff Morrell	Cloudstreet	Showcase
	David Wenham	Killing Time	TV1
2013	Anthony Hayes	Devil's Dust	ABC1	[22]
	Aaron Jeffery	Underbelly: Badness	Nine Network
	Guy Pearce	Jack Irish	ABC1
	Jimi Bani	Mabo	ABC1
	Lachy Hulme	Howzat! Kerry Packer's War	Nine Network
2014	Lachy Hulme	Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story	Nine Network	[23]
	Chris Lilley	Ja'mie: Private School Girl	ABC1
	Craig McLachlan	The Doctor Blake Mysteries	ABC1
	Kirk Page	Redfern Now	ABC1
	David Wenham	Better Man	SBS One
2015	Luke Arnold	INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	Seven Network	[24]
	Martin Henderson	Secrets & Lies	Network Ten
	John Noble	Devil's Playground	Showcase
	Richard Roxburgh	Rake	ABC
	Ashley Zukerman	The Code	ABC
2016	Alex Dimitriades	The Principal	ABC	[25]
	Hugh Dancy	Deadline Gallipoli	Showcase
	Malcolm Kennard	Catching Milat	Seven Network
	Patrick Brammall	Glitch	ABC
	Sam Neill	House of Hancock	Nine Network

Multiple wins

Number	Actor
Wins
2	John Wood
2	Richard Roxburgh
2	Tony Martin
2	William McInnes

Programs with most awards

Wins	Program
3	SeaChange
2	Rafferty's Rules
2	G.P.
2	Wildside

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