# SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Kannada

SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Kannada is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for the best acting done by a male actor in a leading role in his debut Kannada film. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

## Superlatives

| Categories | Recipient | Notes |
| Youngest winner | Dhruva Sarja | Age 24 |
| Oldest winner | Nagabhushana | Age 35 |
* Dhananjay is the only actor to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Kannada.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Actor | Film |
| 2011 (1st) | Srikanth | Olave Mandara |
| 2012 (2nd) |
| 2012 (2nd) | Dhruva Sarja | Addhuri |
| 2012 (2nd) | Sharan | Rambo |
| 2012 (2nd) | Surya | Crazy Loka |
| 2012 (2nd) | Nithin | Hosa Prema Purana |
| 2012 (2nd) | Gurunandan | Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam |
| 2013 (3rd) | | |
| 2013 (3rd) | Dhananjay | Director's Special |
| 2013 (3rd) | Krishna | Madarangi |
| 2013 (3rd) | Niranjan Shetty | Case No.18/9 |
| 2013 (3rd) | Shankar Aryan | Chitramandiradalli |
| 2013 (3rd) | Arun | Gombegala Love |
| 2014 (4th) | | |
| 2014 (4th) | Bharath Sarja | Veera Pulikeshi |
| 2014 (4th) | Pawan Wadeyar | Preeti Geeti Ityadi |
| 2014 (4th) | Pradeep | Rangan Style |
| 2014 (4th) | Vivek | Endendu Ninagagi |
| 2014 (4th) | Kiran Rao | Savaari 2 |
| 2015 (5th) | | |
| 2015 (5th) | Vinay Rajkumar | Siddhartha |
| 2015 (5th) | Mahesh | Namak Haraam |
| 2015 (5th) | Nirup Bhandari | Rangi Taranga |
| 2015 (5th) | Prathap Narayan | Benkipatna |
| 2015 (5th) | Santhosh Reva | Kendasampige |
| 2016 (6th) | | |
| 2016 (6th) | Nikhil Kumarswamy Gowda | Jaguar |
| 2016 (6th) | Anoop Revanna | Lakshmana |
| 2016 (6th) | Roger Narayan | U Turn |
| 2016 (6th) | Dilip Prakash | Crazy Boy |
| 2016 (6th) | Sachin | Happy Birthday |
| 2017 (7th) | | |
| 2017 (7th) | Rishi | Operation Alamelamma |
| 2017 (7th) | Ishaan | Rogue |
| 2017 (7th) | Manoranjan | Saheba |
| 2017 (7th) | Mithra | Raaga |
| 2017 (7th) | Raj B. Shetty | Ondu Motteya Kathe |
| 2018 (8th) | | |
| 2018 (8th) | Danish Sait | Humble Politician Nograj |
| 2018 (8th) | Naveen Shankar | Gultoo |
| 2018 (8th) | Niranjan Sudhindra | Second Half |
| 2018 (8th) | Prakyath Paramesh | Naduve Antharavirali |
| 2018 (8th) | Vaibhav | Tharakaasura |
| 2019 (9th) | | |
| 2019 (9th) | Abhishek Ambareesh | Amar |
| 2019 (9th) | Dhanveer | Bazaar |
| 2019 (9th) | Viraat | Kiss |
| 2019 (9th) | Bhuvann Ponnannaa | Randhawa |
| 2019 (9th) | Shreyas Manju | Padde Huli |
| 2020 (9th) | | |
| 2020 (9th) | Pruthvi Ambaar | Dia |
| 2020 (9th) | Aravinnd Iyer | Bheemasena Nalamaharaja |
| 2020 (9th) | Manju Mandavya | Sri Bharatha Baahubali |
| 2020 (9th) | Pramod Shetty | Ondu Shikariya Kathe |
| 2020 (9th) | Prabhu Surya | Gadinadu |
| 2021 (10th) | | |
| 2021 (10th) | Nagabhushana | Ikkat |
| 2021 (10th) | Govinde Gowda | Akshi |
| 2021 (10th) | Aryan Gowda | Vikky |
| 2021 (10th) | Madan Kumar | Janumada Jatre' |
| 2022 (11th) | | |
| 2022 (11th) | Pruthvi Shamanur | Padavi Poorva |
| 2022 (11th) | Dheeren Ramkumar | Shiva 143 |
| 2022 (11th) | Karthik Mahesh | Dollu |
| 2022 (11th) | Vikram Ravichandran | Trivikrama |
| 2022 (11th) | Madhusudhan Govind | Made in Bengaluru |
| 2022 (11th) | Zaid Khan | Banaras |