SIIMA Award for Best Actor

South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry.^[1] SIIMA Awards are presented for numerous categories in each of the four language films (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu). SIIMA award for Best Actor recognizes the performance of an actor in a leading role in South Indian movie. SIIMA award for Best Actor was first given during the year 2012.^[2]

Superlatives

Superlative	Best Actor
First Most awards	Puneeth Rajkumar	7 awards
Second Most awards	Ram Charan Nivin Pauly Dhanush	5 awards
Third Most awards	Vijay Vijay Deverakonda Vijay Sethupathi Mahesh Babu	4 awards
Fourth Most awards	Vishal Mohanlal	3 awards

Winners & Nominees

Language	Year	actor	Film
Telugu	2011	Mahesh Babu	Dookudu
	2012	Pawan Kalyan	Gabbar Singh
	2013	Mahesh Babu	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
	2014	Nandamuri Balakrishna	Legend
	2015	Mahesh Babu	Srimanthudu
	2016	N. T. Rama Rao Jr.	Janatha Garage
	2017	Prabhas	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
	2018	Ram Charan	Rangasthalam
	2019	Mahesh Babu	Maharshi
	2020	Allu Arjun	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
	2021	Allu Arjun	Pushpa The Rise
	2022	N. T. Rama Rao Jr.	RRR
Tamil	2011	Dhanush	Aadukalam
	2012	Dhanush	3
	2013	Sivakarthikeyan	Ethir Neechal
	2014	Dhanush	Velaiilla Pattadhari
	2015	Vikram	I
	2016	Sivakarthikeyan	Remo
	2017	Sivakarthikeyan	Velaikkaran
	2018	Dhanush	Vada Chennai
	2019	Dhanush	Asuran
	2020	Suriya	Soorarai Pottru
	2021	Sivakarthikeyan	Doctor
	2021	Silambarasan	Maanaadu
	2022	Kamal Haasan	Vikram
Malayalam	2011	Mohanlal	Pranayam
	2012	Mohanlal	Spirit
	2013	Dileep	Sound Thoma
	2014	Nivin Pauly	1983
	2015	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Ennu Ninte Moideen
	2016	Mohanlal	Pulimurugan
	2017	Nivin Pauly	Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela
	2018	Tovino Thomas	Theevandi
	2019	Mohanlal	Lucifer
	2020	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Kannada	2011	Puneeth Rajkumar	Hudugaru
	2012	Shiva Rajkumar	Shiva
	2013	Shiva Rajkumar	Bhajarangi
	2014	Yash	Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari
	2015	Puneeth Rajkumar	Rana Vikrama
	2016	Shiva Rajkumar	Shivalinga
	2017	Puneeth Rajkumar	Raajakumara
	2018	Yash	K.G.F: Chapter 1
	2019	Darshan	Yajamana
	2020	Dhananjaya	Popcorn Monkey Tiger
	2021	Puneeth Rajkumar	Yuvarathnaa
	2022	Yash	K.G.F: Chapter 2
	2023	Rakshith Shetty	Saptha Sagaradaache Ello - Side A

Critics choice

Language	Year	Actor	Film
Telugu	2011	Nandamuri Balakrishna	Sri Rama Rajyam
	2012	Rana Daggubati	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
	2013	Ram Charan	Naayak
	2014	Ram Charan	Govindudu Andarivadele
	2015	Vijay Deverakonda	Yevade Subramanyam
	2016	Nani	Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha
	2017	Venkatesh Nandamuri Balakrishna	Guru Gautamiputra Satakarni
	2018	Vijay Deverakonda	Geetha Govindam
	2019		Dear Comrade
	2020		World Famous Lover
Tamil	2012	Vijay Sethupathi	Pizza
	2013	Dhanush	Mariyan
	2014	Karthi	Madras
	2015	Jayam Ravi	Thani Oruvan
	2016	R. Madhavan	Irudhi Suttru
	2017	R. Madhavan	Vikram Vedha
	2018	Jayam Ravi	Adanga Maru
	2019	Karthi	Kaithi
Malayalam	2011	Salim Kumar	Adaminte Makan Abu
	2012	Fahadh Faasil	Diamond Necklace
	2013	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Mumbai Police
	2014	Nivin Pauly	Bangalore Days
	2015		Premam
	2016		Action Hero Biju
	2017	Fahadh Faasil	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
	2018	Nivin Pauly	Hey Jude
Kannada	2011	Upendra
	2012		Katariveera Surasundarangi
	2013		Topiwala
	2014		Super Ranga
	2015	Sathish Ninasam	Rocket
	2016	Rakshith Shetty	Kirik Party
	2017	Sri Murali	Mufti
	2018	Yash	K.G.F: Chapter 1

References

^ Manigandan, K. r (16 June 2012). "Star-struck? Head to Dubai". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ Manigandan, K. R. (28 June 2012). "The South Shines". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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[1] Manigandan, K. r (16 June 2012). "Star-struck? Head to Dubai". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[2] Manigandan, K. R. (28 June 2012). "The South Shines". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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v t e SIIMA Award for Best Actor
Kannada	Puneeth Rajkumar (2011) Shiva Rajkumar (2012) Shiva Rajkumar (2013) Yash (2014) Puneeth Rajkumar (2015) Shiva Rajkumar (2016) Puneeth Rajkumar (2017) Yash (2018)
Malayalam	Mohanlal (2011) Mohanlal (2012) Dileep (2013) Nivin Pauly (2014) Prithviraj Sukumaran (2015) Mohanlal (2016) Nivin Pauly (2017) Tovino Thomas (2018)
Tamil	Dhanush (2011) Dhanush (2012) Sivakarthikeyan (2013) Dhanush (2014) Vikram (2015) Sivakarthikeyan (2016) Sivakarthikeyan (2017) Dhanush (2018)
Telugu	Mahesh Babu (2011) Pawan Kalyan (2012) Mahesh Babu (2013) Balakrishna (2014) Mahesh Babu (2015) NTR (2016) Prabhas (2017) Ram Charan (2018) Allu Arjun (2020)