# SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Malayalam

The SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Malayalam is an award, begun in 2012, presented annually at the South Indian International Movie Awards to a debut actor in lead role via viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The nominations for the category are given by the jury members.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
| 2012 (1st) | Unni Mukundan ‡ | Shahjahan | Bombay March 12 | |
| 2013 (2nd) | Dulquer Salmaan ‡ | Hari Lal (Lalu) | Second Show | |
| 2013 (2nd) | Sunny Wayne | Kurudi (Nelson Mandela P. P.) | Second Show | |
| 2013 (2nd) | Shanker Ramakrishnan | Alexy | Spirit | |
| 2013 (2nd) | Anu Mohan | Sooraj | Orkut Oru Ormakoot | |
| 2013 (2nd) | Sekhar Menon | Luke John Prakash | Da Thadiya | |
| 2014 (3rd) | Krish J. Sathaar ‡ | Sharath | Ladies and Gentleman | [3] [4] |
| 2014 (3rd) | Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju | Deepak | Black Butterfly | [3] [4] |
| 2014 (3rd) | Mithun Murali | Benny | Black Butterfly | [3] [4] |
| 2014 (3rd) | Dhyan Sreenivasan | Naveen | Thira | [3] [4] |
| 2014 (3rd) | Sanoop Santhosh | Ryan Philip | Philips and the Monkey Pen | [3] [4] |
| 2015 (4th) | Farhaan Faasil ‡ | Steve Lopez | Njan Steve Lopez | [5] [6] |
| 2015 (4th) | Santhosh Keezhattoor | Kunjunni Menon | Vikramadithyan | [5] [6] |
| 2015 (4th) | John Brittas | Upendran | Vellivelichathil | [5] [6] |
| 2015 (4th) | Sudev Nair | Kiran | My Life Partner | [5] [6] |
| 2015 (4th) | Vipin Atley | Alan | Homely Meals | [5] [6] |
| 2016 (5th) | Siddharth Menon ‡ | Ananth Abraham | Rockstar | [7] [8] |
| 2016 (5th) | Shabareesh Varma | Shambu | Premam | [7] [8] |
| 2016 (5th) | Sharaf U Dheen | Girirajan Kozhi | Premam | [7] [8] |
| 2016 (5th) | Adil Ibrahim | Sudev | Nirnayakam | [7] [8] |
| 2016 (5th) | Vineeth Mohan | Koshi | Adi Kapyare Kootamani | [7] [8] |
| 2017 (6th) | Shane Nigam ‡ | Irfan | Kismath | [9] [10] |
| 2017 (6th) | Gokul Suresh | Bharath | Mudhugauv | [9] [10] |
| 2017 (6th) | Arun Kurian | Varun Manjooran | Aanandam | [9] [10] |
| 2017 (6th) | Manikandan R. Achari | Balakrishnan | Kammatipaadam | [9] [10] |
| 2017 (6th) | Vishnu Unnikrishnan | Krishnan Nair (Kichu) | Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan | [9] [10] |
| 2018 (7th) | Antony Varghese ‡ | Vincent Pepe | Angamaly Diaries | |
| 2018 (7th) | Appani Sarath | Ravi aka 'Appani Ravi' | Angamaly Diaries | |
| 2018 (7th) | Amal Shah | Irshad aka 'Ichappi' | Parava | |
| 2018 (7th) | Arjun Ashokan | Hakeem | Parava | |
| 2018 (7th) | Askar Ali | Vishnu | Honey Bee 2.5 | |
| 2019 (8th) | Pranav Mohanlal ‡ | Aadhithya "Aadhi" Mohan | Aadhi | [12] [13] |
| 2019 (8th) | Bibin George | Sreekuttan | Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha | [12] [13] |
| 2019 (8th) | Dhruvan | Balu | Queen | [12] [13] |
| 2019 (8th) | Kalidas Jayaram | Gauthaman C.A | Poomaram | [12] [13] |
| 2019 (8th) | Senthil Krishna | Rajamani based on Kalabhavan Mani | Chalakkudikkaran Changathi | [12] [13] |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
| 2020 (–) | Held in 2021, Due to COVID-19 | Held in 2021, Due to COVID-19 | Held in 2021, Due to COVID-19 | Held in 2021, Due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 (9th) | Sarjano Khalid ‡ | Noel | June | [14] [15] |
| 2021 (9th) | Akshay Radhakrishnan | Young Ayyappan | Pathinettam Padi | [14] [15] |
| 2021 (9th) | Mathew Thomas | Franky Napoleon | Kumbalangi Nights | [14] [15] |
| 2021 (9th) | Naveen Nazim | Bobby Kurian | Ambili | [14] [15] |
| 2021 (9th) | Sharanjith | Vavachi Kannan | Nalpathiyonnu (41) | [14] [15] |
| 2021 (10th) | Dev Mohan ‡ | Sufi | Sufiyum Sujatayum | [16] [15] |
| 2021 (10th) | Anand Roshan | Sameer | Sameer | [16] [15] |
| 2021 (10th) | Jiji Scaria | Rishi Ram | The Kung Fu Master | [16] [15] |
| 2021 (10th) | Sanoop Dinesh | Louis Antony | The Kung Fu Master | [16] [15] |
| 2022 (10th) | Sanal Aman ‡ | Freddy | Malik | |
| 2022 (10th) | Dineesh P | Biju | Nayattu | |
| 2022 (10th) | Joji Mundakayam | Jaison Panachel | Joji | |
| 2022 (10th) | Alex Alister | Popy | Joji | |
| 2022 (10th) | Jay J Jakkrit | Chiang Juvan / Chinnali | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea |