TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actor

Records

 * Most awarded actors: Ignacio López Tarso and Eric del Castillo, 3 times.
 * Most nominated actors: Eric del Castillo with 9 nominations.
 * Actors who have won all nominations: Alejandro Camacho, Carlos Ancira, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Jorge Russek and César Évora 2 times.
 * Most nominated actors without a win: Miguel Manzano, Carlos Bracho and José Elías Moreno with 3 nominations.
 * Youngest winner: César Évora, 52 years old.
 * Youngest nominee: César Évora, 42 years old.
 * Oldest winner: Luis Gimeno, 83 years old.
 * Oldest nominee: Ignacio López Tarso, 91 years old.
 * Actors winning after short time: Carlos Ancira by (Vivir un poco, 1986) and (El camino secreto, 1987), 2 consecutive years.
 * Actors winning after long time: Joaquín Cordero by (Amor en silencio, 1989) and (Abrázame muy fuerte, 2001), 12 years difference.
 * Actors that winning the award for the same role:
 * Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (El abuelo y yo, 1993) and Ignacio López Tarso (De pocas, pocas pulgas, 2003)
 * Joaquín Cordero (Amor en silencio, 1989) and Arturo Peniche (A que no me dejas, 2016)
 * Actors nominated for the same role without winning:
 * Augusto Benedico (Vivir un poco, 1985) and Joaquín Cordero (La madrastra, 2005)
 * Tito Guízar (Marimar, 1994) and Ignacio López Tarso (Corazón indomable, 2013)
 * Actors winning this category, despite having been as a main villain:
 * Carlos Ancira (Vivir un poco, 1986)
 * Joaquín Cordero (Amor en silencio, 1989)
 * Enrique Rocha (Dos mujeres, un camino, 1994)
 * José Carlos Ruiz (Soñadoras, 1999)
 * Carlos Cámara (Amor real, 2004)
 * Julio Alemán (La verdad oculta, 2007)
 * Arturo Peniche (A que no me dejas, 2016)
 * Actors was nominated in this category, despite having played as a main villain:
 * Sergio Ramos "El Comanche" (Seducción, 1987)
 * Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. (La culpa, 1997)
 * Enrique Lizalde (Esmeralda, 1998)
 * César Évora (Abrázame muy fuerte, 2001)
 * Eric del Castillo (Niña amada mía, 2003)
 * Sergio Goyri (Mi pecado, 2010)
 * Enrique Rocha (Corazón salvaje, 2010)
 * Manuel Ojeda (Por ella soy Eva, 2013)
 * Foreign winning actors:
 * Carlos Cámara from Dominican Republic
 * Germán Robles from Spain
 * Luis Gimeno from Uruguay
 * César Évora from Cuba
 * Alexis Ayala from United States