# West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor

The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is given yearly by the WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best actor of the previous year.

## Superlatives

| Category | Name | Superlative |
| Most Awards | Prosenjit Chatterjee | 3 awards |
| Most Nominations | Jisshu Sengupta, Ritwick Chakraborty, Parambrata Chatterjee | 4 nominations |
| Most Nominations without a Win | Anirban Bhattacharya, Arjun Chakraborty | 2 Nominations |

## List of winners
### Winners

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2017 | Paran Bandopadhyay | Cinemawala |
| 2017 | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Khawto |
| 2018 | Soumitra Chatterjee | Mayurakshi |
| 2018 | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Mayurakshi |
| 2019 | Jisshu Sengupta | Ek Je Chhilo Raja |
| 2020 | Riddhi Sen | Nagarkirtan |
| 2021 | Parambrata Chatterjee | Dwitiyo Purush |
| 2021 | Saswata Chatterjee | Chobiyal |
| 2022 | Ritwick Chakraborty | Binisutoy |
| 2022 | Paran Bandopadhyay | Tonic |
| 2023 | Dev | Projapoti |
| 2023 | Ritwick Chakraborty | Ananta: The Eternal |
| 2024 | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Shesh Pata |
| 2025 | Chandan Sen | Manikbabur Megh |

### Nominations

* 2017 Paran Bandopadhyay – Cinemawala as Pranabendu Das and Prosenjit Chatterjee – Khawto as Nirbed Lahiri/Dhrubo (tie)
** Anjan Dutt – Shaheb Bibi Golaam as Jimmy
** Debshankar Haldar – Maya Mridango as Jhakshu Ustad
** Jisshu Sengupta – Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana as Byomkesh Bakshi
* 2018 Soumitra Chatterjee – Mayurakshi as Sushovan and Prosenjit Chatterjee – Mayurakshi as Aryanil (tie)
** Ritwick Chakraborty – Maacher Jhol as Dev D aka Devdatto
** Anirban Bhattacharya – Dhananjay as Dhananjoy Chatterjee
** Jisshu Sengupta – Posto as Arnab Lahiri
** Parambrata Chatterjee – Samantaral as Sujan
* 2019 Jisshu Sengupta – Ek Je Chhilo Raja as Raja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury
** Jisshu Sengupta – Ghare & Baire as Amit
** Saswata Chatterjee – Ray as Director
** Prosenjit Chatterjee – Drishtikone as Jion Mitra
** Adil Hussain – Maati as Jamil
* 2020 Riddhi Sen – Nagarkirtan as Puti
** Ritwick Chakraborty – Nagarkirtan as Madhu
** Rudranil Ghosh – Vinci Da as Vinci Da
** Prosenjit Chatterjee – Drishtikone as Jion Mitra
** Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Konthho as RJ Arjun Mallik
** Kaushik Ganguly – Kedara as Narasingha
* 2021 Parambrata Chatterjee for Dwitiyo Purush as Abhijit Pakrashi/Khoka and Saswata Chatterjee for Chobiyal as Habol
** Anirban Bhattacharya - Dracula Sir as Amal / Raktim
** Jeet - Asur as Kigan Mandi
* 2022 Ritwik Chakraborty - Binisutoy as Kajal Sarkar and Paran Bandopadhyay - Tonic as Jaladhar Sen
** Mosharraf Karim - Dictionary
** Saswata Chatterjee - Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
** Arjun Chakrabarty - Avijatrik as Apu
* 2023 Dev – Projapoti as Joy Chakraborty and Ritwick Chakraborty – Ananta: The Eternal as Mr. Shuvo
** Arjun Chakraborty – X=Prem as Arnab
** Bratya Basu – Jhora Palok as Jibanananda Das
** Parambrata Chatterjee – Habji Gabji as Aditya Basu
** Riddhi Sen – Bismillah as Bismillah a.k.a Bishu
* 2024 Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta
** Abir Chatterjee – Maayakumari as Kanan Kumar and Ahir Chatterjee
** Anjan Dutt – Palan
** Parambrata Chatterjee – Shibpur as Sultan Ahmed
* 2025 Chandan Sen – Manikbabur Megh as Manik Babu
** Abir Chatterjee – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole as Dipak Chatterjee
** Anjan Dutt – Chaalchitra Ekhon as Kunal Sen
** Dev – Tekka as Iqlakh Alam
** Tota Roy Chowdhury – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale as Kanishka Chatterjee