Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor

The Tamil State Film Awards for Best Actor is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films.^[1]

R.Madhavan: The Latest Winner for Irudhi Suttru

Superlatives : Multiple Winners

Wins	Recipient(s)
8	Kamal Haasan
4	Rajinikanth
2	Sivakumar, Sarath Kumar, Vikram, Madhavan

● Kamal Hassan had won most awards for best actor with eight followed by Rajinikanth with four.

List of winners

List of winners and nominated work
Year	Recipient(s)	Role(s)	Film(s)	Reference(s)
1967	A. V. M. Rajan		Karpooram
1968	M. G. Ramachandran	Anand, Sekhar (Babu)	Kudiyirundha Koyil
1969	Sivaji Ganesan	Shankar, Kannan, Vijay	Deiva Magan
1970	Gemini Ganesan	Suresh	Kaaviya Thalaivi
1977	Kamal Haasan	Gopalakrishnan (Chappani)	16 Vayathinile	[2]
1978	Srikanth		Karunai Ullam
1979–80	Sivakumar		Avan Aval Adhu
1980–81	Kamal Haasan	Sundaram Rangan	Varumayin Niram Sigappu
1981–82	Kamal Haasan	R. Sreenivas (Cheenu)	Moondram Pirai
1982	Sivakumar	Aravindhan	Agni Sakshi
1988	Vijayakanth	Captain Sundarapandian	Senthoora Poove
1989	Kamal Haasan	Sethupathi, Appu, Raja	Apoorva Sagodharargal
1990	Karthik	Ponnurangam	Kizhakku Vasal	[citation needed]
1991	Prabhu	Chinna Thambi	Chinna Thambi	[3]
1992	Kamal Haasan	Sakthivel	Thevar Magan	[4]
1993	Arjun	Krishnamoorthy (Kicha)	Gentleman	[5]
1994	Sarath Kumar	Nattamai (Shanmugam), Pasupathy	Nattamai	[6]
1995	Rajinikanth	Zamindar, Muthu	Muthu	[7]
1996	Kamal Haasan	Senapathy (Indian), Chandrabose (Chandru)	Indian	[8]
1997 †	Vijay	Jeevanantham (Jeeva)	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	[9]
1997 †	Parthiban	Bharathi	Bharathi Kannamma	[9]
1998	Sarath Kumar	• Chinnaiya, Muthaiya	• Natpukaaga	[10][11]
1999	Rajinikanth	Aarupadayappan	Padayappa	[12]
2000	Murali	Karuthaiya	Kadal Pookal	[13]
2001	Suriya	Nandhaa	Nandhaa	[13]
2002	R. Madhavan	• Shiva  • Anbarasu (A. Aras)  • Thiruchelvan (Indira)	• Run  • Anbe Sivam  • Kannathil Muthamittal	[13]
2003	Vikram	Chithan	Pithamagan	[14]
2004	Jayam Ravi	M. Kumaran	M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi	[14]
2005	Rajinikanth	Dr. Saravanan	Chandramukhi	[15]
2006	Kamal Haasan	DCP Raghavan	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	[16]
2007	Rajinikanth	Sivaji	Sivaji	[17]
2008	Kamal Haasan	Rangarajan Nambi, Govindarajan Ramaswamy (Govind), George W. Bush, Christian Fletcher, Shingan Narahazi, Balram Naidu, Avtar Singh, Krishnaveni Paatti, Vincent Poovaraghan, Khalifullah Khan Mukhtar	Dasavathaaram	[17]
2009	Karan	Malayan	Malayan	[18]
2010	Vikram	Veeraiya (Veera)	Raavanan	[18]
2011	Vimal	Veluthambi	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	[18]
2012	Jiiva	Varun Krishnan	Neethaane En Ponvasantham	[18]
2013	Arya	John	Raja Rani	[18]
2014	Siddharth	Thalaivankottai Kaliappa Bhagavathar	Kaaviya Thalaivan	[18]
2015	R. Madhavan	Prabhu	Irudhi Suttru	[19]

See also

• Cinema of India