SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Tamil

SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Tamil is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actor in Tamil films, who are selected by the jury. The award was first given in 2013 for films released in 2012.

SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Tamil
The 2023 recipient: Sivakarthikeyan
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Tamil film by Critics
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First award	2013
Currently held by	Sivakarthikeyan Maaveeran (2023)
Most wins	R. Madhavan (3)
Website	SIIMA Tamil

Superlatives

• R. Madhavan has maximum awards with three wins.
• Dhanush and Sivakarthikeyan have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Tamil.

Winners

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Film	Ref.
2011		Not Awarded
2012		Vijay Sethupathi	Pizza	[1][2]
2013		Dhanush	Mariyaan	[3][4]
2014		Karthi	Madras	[5][6]
2015		Jayam Ravi	Thani Oruvan	[7][8]
2016		R. Madhavan	Irudhi Suttru	[9]
2017			Vikram Vedha	[10][11]
2018		Jayam Ravi	Adanga Maru	[12][13]
2019		Karthi	Kaithi	[14][15]
2020		Ashok Selvan	Oh My Kadavule	[16]
2021		Arya	Sarpatta Parambarai	[17]
2022		R. Madhavan	Rocketry: The Nambi Effect	[18]
2023		Sivakarthikeyan	Maaveeran

See also

• SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Tamil