SIIMA for Best Actor – Malayalam

This is a list of winners and nominees of the South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Actor in the Malayalam film(s). The first recipient of this award was Mohanlal received at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards held on 22 June 2012 in Dubai.^[1][2]

SIIMA for Best Actor in Malayalam film(s)
The 2023 recipient: Tovino Thomas
Awarded for	Outstanding Lead Actor in Malayalam film(s)
Country	India
Presented by	South Indian International Movie Awards
First award	2011
Currently held by	Tovino Thomas for 2018 (2023)
Website	siima.in

Superlatives

Superlative	Actor
Actor with most awards	Mohanlal (3)
Actor with most nominations	Fahadh Faasil (5)
MostPopular	Actor in MidilEast
Actor with consecutive wins	Mohanlal (2011–2012)

Special recognition

• Most Popular Actor in Middil East Award For Mohanlal

Winners and nominations

Year	Actor	Role	Film
2011 (1st)	Mohanlal	Mathews	Pranayam
2012 (2nd)
	Mohanlal	Raghunandan	Spirit
	Fahadh Faasil	Dr. Arun Kumar	Diamond Necklace
	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Dr. Ravi Tharakan	Ayalum Njanum Thammil
	Lal	Thanupillai & Sivanpillai	Ozhimuri
	Manoj K. Jayan	Manjula/ Vinayan	Ardhanaari
2013 (3rd)
	Dileep	Plapparambil Thoma	Sound Thoma
	Mohanlal	Georgekutty	Drishyam
	Fahadh Faasil	Harikrishnan	North 24 Kaatham
	Prithviraj Sukumaran	ACP Antony Moses IPS	Mumbai Police
	Mammootty	Immanuel	Immanuel
2014 (4th)
	Nivin Pauly	Rameshan	1983
	Mammootty	P.K. Venugopal	Varsham
	Fahadh Faasil	Aloshy	Iyobinte Pusthakam
	Prithviraj Sukumaran	David Abraham IPS	7th Day
	Dulquar Salmaan	K. T. N Kottoor and Ravi Chandrasekhar	Njaan
2015 (5th)
	Prithviraj Sukumaran	B. P. Moideen	Ennu Ninte Moideen
	Dulquer Salmaan	Charlie	Charlie
	Jayasurya	Sudhi Vathmeekam	Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam
	Mammootty	Pallikkal Narayanan	Pathemari
	Nivin Pauly	George David	Premam
2016 (6th)
	Mohanlal	"Puli" Murugan	Pulimurugan
	Biju Menon	Raghu	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
	Nivin Pauly	Jerry Jacob	Jacobinte Swargarajyam
	Fahadh Faasil	Mahesh Bhavana	Maheshinte Prathikaaram
	Nivin Pauly	Sub-Inspector Biju Poulose	Action Hero Biju
2017 (7th)
	Nivin Pauly	Kurien Chacko	Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela
	Dulquer Salmaan	Shekhar/ Trilok/ Shiva/ Lt. Rudra Ramachandran	Solo
	Fahadh Faasil	Prasad	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
	Mammootty	David Nainan	The Great Father
	Tovino Thomas	John Mathew	Mayaanadhi
2018 (8th)
	Tovino Thomas	Bineesh Damodaran	Theevandi
	Jayasurya	V. P. Sathyan	Captain
	Joju George	Joseph	Joseph
	Mohanlal	Odiyan Manikyan	Odiyan
	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Joshua Thomas	Koode
2019 (9th)
	Mohanlal	Stephen Nedumpally Khureshi Ab'raam	Lucifer
	Mammotty	Manikandan C. P.	Unda
	Nivin Pauly	Akbar Bhai	Moothon
	Asif Ali	Sleevachan	Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha
	Suraj Venjaramoodu	Eldho Bhaskaran Poduval	Vikruthi Android Kunjappan Version 5.25
2020 (10th)
	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Koshy Kurien	Ayyappanum Koshiyum
	Fahadh Faasil	Viju Prasad / Pastor Joshua Carlton Kevin Thomas	Trance C U Soon
	Tovino Thomas	Samuel John Kaatookaran	Forensic
	Biju Menon	SI Ayyappan Nair	Ayyappanum Koshiyum
	Kunchacko Boban	Dr. Anwar Hussain	Anjaam Pathiraa

See also

• SIIMA for Best Actress – Malayalam
• SIIMA for Best Film – Malayalam