# Filmfare Award for Best Actor

The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is an award, which is presented annually at the Filmfare Awards to an actor via a jury; it is given by Filmfare for Hindi (Bollywood) films. The award was first given in 1954. The most recent winner, as of 2024, is Ranbir Kapoor.

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Actor | Record |
| Actor with most awards | Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan | 8 |
| Actor with most nominations | Amitabh Bachchan | 34 |
| Actor with most consecutive nominations | Aamir Khan (1989-97) | 9 |
| Actor with nominations in most decades | Amitabh Bachchan | 6 |
| Actor with most nominations in a single year | Amitabh Bachchan (1979, 1983) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Salman Khan | 10 |
| Oldest winner | Amitabh Bachchan | 67 |
| Oldest nominee | Amitabh Bachchan | 80 |
| Youngest winner | Rishi Kapoor (1973) | 21 |
| Youngest nominee | Darsheel Safary (2008) | 11 |
* Dilip Kumar also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award for three years in a row from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Rajesh Khanna (1971–72), Sanjeev Kumar (1976–77), Amitabh Bachchan (1978–79), Naseeruddin Shah (1981–82), Shah Rukh Khan (1998–99), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012–13).
* Actors who have won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Farhan Akhtar, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan and Rajkummar Rao.
* Three actors were nominated for both these awards, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, for the same performance: Raaj Kumar for Kaajal (1966), Ashok Kumar for Aashirwad (1970) and Kamal Haasan for Saagar (1986). On both occasions, Ashok Kumar and Kamal Haasan won the Best Actor award and Raaj Kumar won the Best Supporting Actor award.
* 10 actors have won the Best Actor award in both the Popular and Critics categories; in chronological order they are; Anupam Kher, Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ranveer Singh and Rajkummar Rao.
* Actors who won both these Best Actor awards (Popular and Critics) in the same year are Shah Rukh Khan (1994), Hrithik Roshan (2004), Amitabh Bachchan (2006) and Ranbir Kapoor (2012).
* 3 actors have won the Best Actor award for their debut performances: Rishi Kapoor for Bobby (1974), Anupam Kher for Saaransh (1985) and Hrithik Roshan for Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2001). Other actors who got nominated in this category for their debut performances are Sunny Deol for Betaab (1984) and Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par (2008).
* Darsheel Safary became the youngest Best Actor nominee in the history of Filmfare at the age of 11 for Taare Zameen Par (2008). Rishi Kapoor became the youngest winner of the Best Actor award at the age of 21 for Bobby (1974).
* Aamir Khan has the highest number of consecutive nominations, having been nominated for the award every year from 1989 till 1997, eventually winning in the 9th consecutive nomination for Raja Hindustani (1997); followed by Amitabh Bachchan being nominated consecutive eight times from 1976 to 1983 having total 15 nominations and winning the award twice in 1978 and 1979 for Amar Akbar Anthony and Don respectively.
* Dilip Kumar achieved supremacy in the 1950s with 4 wins and continued domination in the 1960s with 3 wins. Rajesh Khanna took over in the 1970s with 3 wins. Naseeruddin Shah emerged successful in the 1980s with 3 wins. Shah Rukh Khan triumphed in the 1990s with 4 wins. Hrithik Roshan had 4 wins in the 2000s. Ranbir Kapoor led the 2010s with 3 wins to his credit.
* Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan hold the record for the highest number of Best Actor nominations in a single year. Amitabh Bachchan has been nominated thrice in 1979 and 1983 and Shah Rukh Khan in 2005.
* Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are the most awarded actors in the overall acting categories, with eight awards each: Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan are the winners of eight Best Actor awards, and Amitabh Bachchan is the winner of five Best Actor awards and three Best Supporting Actor awards. Amitabh Bachchan is the most nominated actor in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 42 nominations overall.
* Amitabh Bachchan holds a unique record of receiving nominations in this category in 6 decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s) and winning an award in 4 decades.
* Dilip Kumar 2nd number holds the record receiving nominations in this category in 5 decades (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,) and wining an award 3 decades.
* Shahrukh Khan 3rd number holds the record receiving nominations in this category in 4 decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,) and wining an award 3 decades.
* Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are the only actors to be nominated twice for the same role. Roshan achieved this feat twice in the Krrish franchise, being nominated for his role as Rohit Mehra thrice (in 2004 for Koi... Mil Gaya, in 2007 for Krrish and 2014 for Krrish 3), and for his role as Krishna Mehra (in 2007 for Krrish and in 2014 for Krrish 3), winning in 2004. Shah Rukh Khan was nominated in 2007 and 2012 for his portrayal of the titular character in Don and Salman Khan was nominated in 2011 and 2013 for his role as Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg and Dabangg 2 respectively.
* Devdas is the only character for which two Best Actor awards were won, fetching the trophy for two different actors. Both Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan won for portraying the titular character in Devdas and Devdas, respectively in 1956 and in 2003.
* Ranbir Kapoor is the only actor to win a Best Actor award for portraying a real Best Actor winner. He won in 2019 for portraying Sanjay Dutt in Sanju.
* Three occasions where two actors were nominated for Best Actor for the same film. In 1981, both Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha were nominated Best Actor for the film Dostana. In 1983, both Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan were nominated for Best Actor for Shakti, with Kumar winning the award. In 2000, both Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan were nominated for the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
* Irrfan Khan is the only actor to receive the award posthumously in the year 2021 for the film Angrezi Medium.
* Ashok Kumar, Nana Patekar and Amitabh Bachchan are the three actors who won National Film Award for Best Actor as well as the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the same roles. Among these, Bachchan won the award twice.

## Multiple winners

* 8 Wins: Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan
* 5 Wins: Amitabh Bachchan
* 4 Wins: Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor
* 3 Wins: Rajesh Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah, Aamir Khan, Ranveer Singh
* 2 Wins: Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan

## Multiple nominees

* 34 Nominations: Amitabh Bachchan
* 28 Nominations: Shah Rukh Khan
* 19 Nominations: Dilip Kumar, Aamir Khan
* 15 Nominations: Hrithik Roshan
* 14 Nominations: Rajesh Khanna
* 11 Nominations: Sanjeev Kumar
* 10 Nominations: Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor
* 9 Nominations: Ajay Devgn

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| † | Indicates a posthumous winner |

### 1950s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1954 (1st) | Dilip Kumar ‡ | Shankar | Daag |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 1955 (2nd) | Bharat Bhushan ‡ | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 1956 (3rd) | Dilip Kumar ‡ | Kumar / Azaad / Abdul Rahim Khan | Azaad |
| 1956 (3rd) | Bharat Bhushan | Mirza Ghalib | Mirza Ghalib |
| 1956 (3rd) | Dev Anand | Amar / Raj | Munimji |
| 1957 (4th) | Dilip Kumar ‡ | Devdas Mukherjee | Devdas |
| 1957 (4th) | Raj Kapoor | Peasant | Jagte Raho |
| 1958 (5th) | Dilip Kumar ‡ | Shankar | Naya Daur |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 1959 (6th) | Dev Anand ‡ | Karan Mehra | Kala Pani |
| 1959 (6th) | Dilip Kumar | Anand/Deven | Madhumati |
| 1959 (6th) | Raj Kapoor | Ram Babu | Phir Subah Hogi |
| 1960 (7th) | Raj Kapoor ‡ | Raj Kumar | Anari |
| 1960 (7th) | Dev Anand | Sunil Kumar | Love Marriage |
| 1960 (7th) | Dilip Kumar | Ratan Lal | Paigham |

### 1960s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1961 (8th) | Dilip Kumar ‡ | Rajkumar Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur Chandrabhan | Kohinoor |
| 1961 (8th) | Dev Anand | Raghuvir | Kala Bazar |
| 1961 (8th) | Dilip Kumar | Prince Salim | Mughal-e-Azam |
| 1961 (8th) | Raj Kapoor | Chhalia | Chhalia |
| 1962 (9th) | Raj Kapoor ‡ | Raju | Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai |
| 1962 (9th) | Dev Anand | Capt. Anand/Major. Manohar Lal Verma | Hum Dono |
| 1962 (9th) | Dilip Kumar | Gungaram | Gunga Jumna |
| 1963 (10th) | Ashok Kumar ‡ | Raj Kumar | Rakhi |
| 1963 (10th) | Guru Dutt | Atulya "Bhootnath" Chakraborty | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam |
| 1963 (10th) | Shammi Kapoor | Pritam Khanna | Professor |
| 1964 (11th) | Sunil Dutt ‡ | Thakur Jarnail Singh | Mujhe Jeene Do |
| 1964 (11th) | Ashok Kumar | Barrister Ashok | Gumrah |
| 1964 (11th) | Rajendra Kumar | Dr. Dharmesh | Dil Ek Mandir |
| 1965 (12th) | Dilip Kumar ‡ | Vijay Khanna | Leader |
| 1965 (12th) | Rajendra Kumar | Shyam | Ayee Milan Ki Bela |
| 1965 (12th) | Raj Kapoor | Lieutenant Sundar Khanna | Sangam |
| 1966 (13th) | Sunil Dutt ‡ | Govind S. Lal | Khandan |
| 1966 (13th) | Raaj Kumar | Moti | Kaajal |
| 1966 (13th) | Rajendra Kumar | Gopal Sarju | Arzoo |
| 1967 (14th) | Dev Anand ‡ | Raju | Guide |
| 1967 (14th) | Dharmendra | Shakti "Shaaka" Singh | Phool Aur Patthar |
| 1967 (14th) | Dilip Kumar | Shankar / Rajasahab | Dil Diya Dard Liya |
| 1968 (15th) | Dilip Kumar ‡ | Ram Shyam | Ram Aur Shyam |
| 1968 (15th) | Manoj Kumar | Bharat | Upkar |
| 1968 (15th) | Sunil Dutt | Gopikishan a.k.a. Gopi | Milan |
| 1969 (16th) | Shammi Kapoor ‡ | Brahmachari | Brahmachari |
| 1969 (16th) | Dilip Kumar | Rajesh Sahab | Aadmi |
| 1969 (16th) | Dilip Kumar | Kundan S. Prasad | Sunghursh |
| 1970 (17th) | Ashok Kumar ‡ | Shivnath Choudhary a.k.a. Jogi Thakur | Aashirwad |
| 1970 (17th) | Rajesh Khanna | Arun Prasad Saxena / Suraj Prasad Saxena | Aradhana |
| 1970 (17th) | Rajesh Khanna | Dilip Roy | Ittefaq |

### 1970s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1971 (18th) | Rajesh Khanna ‡ | Bhola / Ranjit Kumar | Sachaa Jhutha |
| 1971 (18th) | Dilip Kumar | Gopiram a.k.a. Gopi | Gopi |
| 1971 (18th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Vijay Kamal Singh | Khilona |
| 1972 (19th) | Rajesh Khanna ‡ | Anand Saigal | Anand |
| 1972 (19th) | Dharmendra | Ajit | Mera Gaon Mera Desh |
| 1972 (19th) | Rajesh Khanna | Kamal Sinha | Kati Patang |
| 1973 (20th) | Manoj Kumar ‡ | Mohan | Be-Imaan |
| 1973 (20th) | Rajesh Khanna | Anand Babu | Amar Prem |
| 1973 (20th) | Rajesh Khanna | Surjit Singh | Dushman |
| 1974 (21st) | Rishi Kapoor ‡ | Raj Nath | Bobby |
| 1974 (21st) | Amitabh Bachchan | Inspector Vijay Khanna | Zanjeer |
| 1974 (21st) | Dharmendra | Shankar | Yaadon Ki Baaraat |
| 1974 (21st) | Rajesh Khanna | Sunil Kohli | Daag:A Poem of Love |
| 1974 (21st) | Sanjeev Kumar | Hari Charan Mathur | Koshish |
| 1975 (22nd) | Rajesh Khanna ‡ | Amar | Avishkaar |
| 1975 (22nd) | Dharmendra | Ajit Singh | Resham Ki Dori |
| 1975 (22nd) | Dilip Kumar | Sagina | Sagina |
| 1975 (22nd) | Manoj Kumar | Bharat | Roti Kapda Aur Makaan |
| 1975 (22nd) | Rajesh Khanna | Chhote Kunwar Karan U. Singh | Prem Nagar |
| 1976 (23rd) | Sanjeev Kumar ‡ | J.K. | Aandhi |
| 1976 (23rd) | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Verma | Deewaar |
| 1976 (23rd) | Manoj Kumar | Ram Rai | Sanyasi |
| 1976 (23rd) | Sanjeev Kumar | Thakur Baldev Singh | Sholay |
| 1976 (23rd) | Uttam Kumar | Madhusudan Roy Chaudhary | Amanush |
| 1977 (24th) | Sanjeev Kumar ‡ | Arjun Pandit | Arjun Pandit |
| 1977 (24th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Amitabh Malhotra | Kabhi Kabhie |
| 1977 (24th) | Amol Palekar | Arun Pradeep | Chhoti Si Baat |
| 1977 (24th) | Dilip Kumar | Kailash / Bholenath | Bairaag |
| 1977 (24th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Dr. Amarnath Gill | Mausam |
| 1978 (25th) | Amitabh Bachchan ‡ | Anthony Gonzalves | Amar Akbar Anthony |
| 1978 (25th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Thakur Dharam Chand / Raju | Adaalat |
| 1978 (25th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Anand Narayan | Yehi Hai Zindagi |
| 1978 (25th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Raghu Shukla | Zindagi |
| 1978 (25th) | Vinod Khanna | Vinod Joshi | Shaque |
| 1979 (26th) | Amitabh Bachchan ‡ | Don / Vijay | Don |
| 1979 (26th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Sikandar | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar |
| 1979 (26th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Kumar | Trishul |
| 1979 (26th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Tony/Tarun Kumar Gupta | Devata |
| 1979 (26th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Ranjeet Chaddha | Pati Patni Aur Woh |
| 1980 (27th) | Amol Palekar ‡ | Ram Prasad Sharma / Laxman Prasad Sharma | Golmaal |
| 1980 (27th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Pal Singh | Kaala Patthar |
| 1980 (27th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Mr. Natwarlal | Mr. Natwarlal |
| 1980 (27th) | Rajesh Khanna | Raja / Sonu | Amar Deep |
| 1980 (27th) | Rishi Kapoor | Raju | Sargam |

### 1980s

| Year | Photos of winners | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1981 (28th) | | Naseeruddin Shah ‡ | Bhaskar Kulkarni | Aakrosh |
| 1981 (28th) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Varma | Dostana |
| 1981 (28th) | | Shatrughan Sinha | Ravi Kapoor | Dostana |
| 1981 (28th) | | Raj Babbar | Ramesh R. Gupta | Insaaf Ka Tarazu |
| 1981 (28th) | | Rajesh Khanna | Arun Kumar Choudhary | Thodisi Bewafaii |
| 1981 (28th) | | Vinod Khanna | Amar | Qurbani |
| 1982 (29th) | | Naseeruddin Shah ‡ | Lukka | Chakra |
| 1982 (29th) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Heera | Lawaaris |
| 1982 (29th) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Amit Malhotra | Silsila |
| 1982 (29th) | | Kamal Haasan | S "Vasu" Vasudevan | Ek Duuje Ke Liye |
| 1982 (29th) | | Rajesh Khanna | Deepak Srivastav / Vikas | Dard |
| 1983 (30th) | | Dilip Kumar ‡ | DCP Ashwini Kumar | Shakti |
| 1983 (30th) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Kumar | Shakti |
| 1983 (30th) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Dr. Sudhir Roy / Adhir Roy | Bemisal |
| 1983 (30th) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Arjun Singh | Namak Halaal |
| 1983 (30th) | | Naseeruddin Shah | Salim | Bazaar |
| 1983 (30th) | | Rishi Kapoor | Devdhar a.k.a. Dev | Prem Rog |
| 1983 (30th) | | Sanjeev Kumar | Ashok R. Tilak | Angoor |
| 1984 (31st) | | Naseeruddin Shah ‡ | DK Malhotra | Masoom |
| 1984 (31st) | | Kamal Haasan | K. Somprakash a.k.a. Somu | Sadma |
| 1984 (31st) | | Om Puri | Sub Insp. Anant Velankar | Ardh Satya |
| 1984 (31st) | | Rajesh Khanna | Avatar Krishan | Avatar |
| 1984 (31st) | | Sunny Deol | Sunny Kapoor | Betaab |
| 1985 (32nd) | | Anupam Kher ‡ | B. V. Pradhan | Saaransh |
| 1985 (32nd) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Vicky Kapoor | Sharaabi |
| 1985 (32nd) | | Dilip Kumar | Vinod Kumar | Mashaal |
| 1985 (32nd) | | Naseeruddin Shah | Anirudh Parmar | Touch |
| 1985 (32nd) | | Raj Babbar | Prof. Prabhat Kumar Verma | Aaj Ki Awaaz |
| 1986 (33rd) | | Kamal Haasan ‡ | Raja | Saagar |
| 1986 (33rd) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Raju Singh | Mard |
| 1986 (33rd) | | Anil Kapoor | Arun Verma | Meri Jung |
| 1986 (33rd) | | Kumar Gaurav | Rahul | Janam |
| 1986 (33rd) | | Rishi Kapoor | Dawood Mohd. Ali Khan Yousufzai | Tawaif |
| 1987 | NO CEREMONY | NO CEREMONY | NO CEREMONY | NO CEREMONY |
| 1988 | NO CEREMONY | NO CEREMONY | NO CEREMONY | NO CEREMONY |
| 1989 (34th) | | Anil Kapoor ‡ | Mahesh "Munna" Deshmukh | Tezaab |
| 1989 (34th) | | Aamir Khan | Raj | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak |
| 1989 (34th) | | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Kumar Srivastav a.k.a. Shahenshah | Shehenshah |
| 1990 (35th) | | Jackie Shroff ‡ | Kishan | Parinda |
| 1990 (35th) | | Aamir Khan | Amir Hussein | Raakh |
| 1990 (35th) | | Anil Kapoor | Eeshwar Chand Vishnunath Brahmanand | Eeshwar |
| 1990 (35th) | | Rishi Kapoor | Rohit Gupta | Chandni |
| 1990 (35th) | | Salman Khan | Prem Choudhary | Maine Pyaar Kiya |

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1991 (36th) | Sunny Deol ‡ | Ajay Mehra | Ghayal |
| 1991 (36th) | Aamir Khan | Raja | Dil |
| 1991 (36th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Deenanath Chauhan | Agneepath |
| 1991 (36th) | Chiranjeevi | Siddhanth | Pratibandh |
| 1992 (37th) | Amitabh Bachchan ‡ | Shekhar Malhotra alias Tiger | Hum |
| 1992 (37th) | Aamir Khan | Raghu Jeitley | Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin |
| 1992 (37th) | Anil Kapoor | Virendra Pratap Singh | Lamhe |
| 1992 (37th) | Dilip Kumar | Veeru Singh | Saudagar |
| 1992 (37th) | Sanjay Dutt | Aman Verma | Saajan |
| 1993 (38th) | Anil Kapoor ‡ | Raju | Beta |
| 1993 (38th) | Aamir Khan | Sanjaylal Sharma | Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar |
| 1993 (38th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Baadshah Khan | Khuda Gawah |
| 1994 (39th) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Ajay Sharma alias Vicky Malhotra | Baazigar |
| 1994 (39th) | Sunny Deol | Sunil Malhotra | Darr |
| 1994 (39th) | Aamir Khan | Rahul Malhotra | Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke |
| 1994 (39th) | Govinda | Bunnu / Gulshan / Gaurishankar | Aankhen |
| 1994 (39th) | Jackie Shroff | Shiva P. Sathe | Gardish |
| 1994 (39th) | Sanjay Dutt | Ballu/Balram | Khalnayak |
| 1995 (40th) | Nana Patekar ‡ | Pratap Narayan Tilak | Krantiveer |
| 1995 (40th) | Aamir Khan | Amar Manohar | Andaz Apna Apna |
| 1995 (40th) | Akshay Kumar | Vijay Saigal | Yeh Dillagi |
| 1995 (40th) | Anil Kapoor | Narendra Singh | 1942: A Love Story |
| 1995 (40th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Sunil | Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa |
| 1996 (41st) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Raj Malhotra | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge |
| 1996 (41st) | Aamir Khan | Munna | Rangeela |
| 1996 (41st) | Ajay Devgan | Jay Bakshi | Naajayaz |
| 1996 (41st) | Govinda | Raju | Coolie No. 1 |
| 1996 (41st) | Salman Khan | Karan Singh | Karan Arjun |
| 1997 (42nd) | Aamir Khan ‡ | Raja Hindustani | Raja Hindustani |
| 1997 (42nd) | Sunny Deol | Kashi Nath | Ghatak |
| 1997 (42nd) | Govinda | Shyamsundar | Saajan Chale Sasural |
| 1997 (42nd) | Nana Patekar | Vishwanath | Agni Sakshi |
| 1997 (42nd) | Nana Patekar | Joseph Braganza | Khamoshi |
| 1998 (43rd) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Rahul | Dil To Pagal Hai |
| 1998 (43rd) | Sunny Deol | Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri | Border |
| 1998 (43rd) | Anil Kapoor | Shakti Thakur | Virasat |
| 1998 (43rd) | Govinda | Bunnu | Deewana Mastana |
| 1998 (43rd) | Kamal Haasan | Jaiprakash Paswan alias Laxmi Godbole | Chachi 420 |
| 1998 (43rd) | Shah Rukh Khan | Rahul Joshi | Yes Boss |
| 1999 (44th) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Rahul Khanna | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai |
| 1999 (44th) | Aamir Khan | Siddharth Marathe | Ghulam |
| 1999 (44th) | Ajay Devgan | Ajay R. Desai | Zakhm |
| 1999 (44th) | Govinda | Pyare Mohan a.k.a. Chote Miyan | Bade Miyan Chote Miyan |
| 1999 (44th) | Salman Khan | Suraj Khanna | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya |
| 2000 (45th) | Sanjay Dutt ‡ | Raghunath "Raghu" Namdev Shivalkar | Vaastav |
| 2000 (45th) | Aamir Khan | Ajay Singh Rathore | Sarfarosh |
| 2000 (45th) | Ajay Devgan | Vanraj | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam |
| 2000 (45th) | Salman Khan | Sameer Rossellini | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam |
| 2000 (45th) | Manoj Bajpayee | Samar Pratap Singh | Shool |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 2001 (46th) | Hrithik Roshan ‡ | Rohit / Raj Chopra | Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai |
| 2001 (46th) | Anil Kapoor | Major Jaidev Rajvansh | Pukaar |
| 2001 (46th) | Hrithik Roshan | Amaan Ikramullah | Fiza |
| 2001 (46th) | Sanjay Dutt | SSP Inayat Khan | Mission Kashmir |
| 2001 (46th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Raj Aryan Malhotra | Mohabbatein |
| 2002 (47th) | Aamir Khan ‡ | Bhuvan Latha | Lagaan |
| 2002 (47th) | Sunny Deol | Tara Singh | Gadar: Ek Prem Katha |
| 2002 (47th) | Aamir Khan | Akash Malhotra | Dil Chahta Hai |
| 2002 (47th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Manu Verma | Aks |
| 2002 (47th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Rahul Y. Raichand | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... |
| 2003 (48th) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Devdas Mukherjee | Devdas |
| 2003 (48th) | Ajay Devgan | Bhagat Singh | The Legend of Bhagat Singh |
| 2003 (48th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Yashvardhan "Major" Rampal | Kaante |
| 2003 (48th) | Bobby Deol | Raj Singhania | Humraaz |
| 2003 (48th) | Vivek Oberoi | Aditya Sehgal | Saathiya |
| 2004 (49th) | Hrithik Roshan ‡ | Rohit Mehra | Koi Mil Gaya |
| 2004 (49th) | Ajay Devgan | Amit Kumar | Gangaajal |
| 2004 (49th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Raj Malhotra | Baghban |
| 2004 (49th) | Salman Khan | Radhe Mohan | Tere Naam |
| 2004 (49th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Aman Mathur | Kal Ho Naa Ho |
| 2005 (50th) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Mohan Bhargav | Swades |
| 2005 (50th) | Amitabh Bachchan | DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastav | Khakee |
| 2005 (50th) | Hrithik Roshan | Karan Shergill | Lakshya |
| 2005 (50th) | Irrfan Khan | Miyan Maqbool | Maqbool |
| 2006 (51st) | Amitabh Bachchan ‡ | Debraj Sahai | Black |
| 2006 (51st) | Aamir Khan | Mangal Pandey | Mangal Pandey: The Rising |
| 2006 (51st) | Amitabh Bachchan | Subhash Nagre a.k.a. Sarkar | Sarkar |
| 2006 (51st) | Abhishek Bachchan | Rakesh Trivedi alias Bunty | Bunty Aur Babli |
| 2006 (51st) | Saif Ali Khan | Shekhar Roy | Parineeta |
| 2007 (52nd) | Hrithik Roshan ‡ | Aryan alias Mr. A | Dhoom 2 |
| 2007 (52nd) | Aamir Khan | Daljeet "DJ" Singh / Chandra Shekhar Azad | Rang De Basanti |
| 2007 (52nd) | Hrithik Roshan | Krishna "Krrish" Mehra | Krrish |
| 2007 (52nd) | Sanjay Dutt | Munna Bhai / Murali Prasad Sharma | Lage Raho Munna Bhai |
| 2007 (52nd) | Shah Rukh Khan | Don / Vijay | Don |
| 2007 (52nd) | Shah Rukh Khan | Dev Saran | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna |
| 2008 (53rd) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Coach Kabir Khan | Chak De India |
| 2008 (53rd) | Abhishek Bachchan | Gurukant "Guru" Desai | Guru |
| 2008 (53rd) | Akshay Kumar | Arjun Singh | Namastey London |
| 2008 (53rd) | Darsheel Safary | Ishaan Awasthi | Taare Zameen Par |
| 2008 (53rd) | Shahid Kapoor | Aditya Kashyap | Jab We Met |
| 2008 (53rd) | Shah Rukh Khan | Om Prakash Makhija / Om Kapoor | Om Shanti Om |
| 2009 (54th) | Hrithik Roshan ‡ | Jalauddin Muhammad Akbar | Jodhaa Akbar |
| 2009 (54th) | Aamir Khan | Sanjay Singhania | Ghajini |
| 2009 (54th) | Abhishek Bachchan | Sameer "Sam" Kapoor | Dostana |
| 2009 (54th) | Akshay Kumar | Happy Singh | Singh Is Kinng |
| 2009 (54th) | Naseeruddin Shah | The Common Man | A Wednesday |
| 2009 (54th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Surinder "Suri" Sahni | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi |
| 2010 (55th) | Amitabh Bachchan ‡ | Auro | Paa |
| 2010 (55th) | Aamir Khan | Ranchoddas "Rancho" Shamaldas Chanchad / Chhote / Phunsukh Wangdu | 3 Idiots |
| 2010 (55th) | Ranbir Kapoor | Prem Shankar Sharma | Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani |
| 2010 (55th) | Ranbir Kapoor | Siddharth Mehra | Wake Up Sid |
| 2010 (55th) | Saif Ali Khan | Jai Vardhan Singh / Young Veer Singh | Love Aaj Kal |
| 2010 (55th) | Shahid Kapoor | Charlie / Guddu | Kaminey |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 2011 (56th) | Shah Rukh Khan ‡ | Rizwan Khan | My Name Is Khan |
| 2011 (56th) | Ajay Devgn | Sultan Mirza | Once Upon a Time in Mumbai |
| 2011 (56th) | Hrithik Roshan | Ethan Mascarenhas | Guzaarish |
| 2011 (56th) | Ranbir Kapoor | Samar Pratap Singh | Raajneeti |
| 2011 (56th) | Salman Khan | Chulbul Pandey | Dabangg |
| 2012 (57th) | Ranbir Kapoor ‡ | Janardhan "Jordan" Jakhar | Rockstar |
| 2012 (57th) | Ajay Devgn | Bajirao Singham | Singham |
| 2012 (57th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Prabhakar Anand | Aarakshan |
| 2012 (57th) | Hrithik Roshan | Arjun Narula | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara |
| 2012 (57th) | Salman Khan | Lovely Singh | Bodyguard |
| 2012 (57th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Don | Don 2 |
| 2013 (58th) | Ranbir Kapoor ‡ | Barfi | Barfi |
| 2013 (58th) | Hrithik Roshan | Vijay Deenanath Chauhan | Agneepath |
| 2013 (58th) | Irrfan Khan | Paan Singh Tomar | Paan Singh Tomar |
| 2013 (58th) | Manoj Bajpayee | Sardar Khan | Gangs of Wasseypur Part I |
| 2013 (58th) | Salman Khan | Chulbul Pandey | Dabangg 2 |
| 2013 (58th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Major Samar Anand | Jab Tak Hai Jaan |
| 2014 (59th) | Farhan Akhtar ‡ | Milkha Singh | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| 2014 (59th) | Dhanush | Kundan Shankar | Raanjhanaa |
| 2014 (59th) | Hrithik Roshan | Rohit Mehra / Krishna Mehra | Krrish 3 |
| 2014 (59th) | Ranbir Kapoor | Kabir "Bunny" Thapar | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani |
| 2014 (59th) | Ranveer Singh | Ram Rajari | Ram Leela |
| 2014 (59th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Rahul Mithaiwala | Chennai Express |
| 2015 (60th) | Shahid Kapoor ‡ | Haider Meer | Haider |
| 2015 (60th) | Aamir Khan | PK | PK |
| 2015 (60th) | Akshay Kumar | Virat Bakshi | Holiday |
| 2015 (60th) | Hrithik Roshan | Jai Nanda / Rajveer | Bang Bang |
| 2015 (60th) | Randeep Hooda | Raja Ravi Varma | Rang Rasiya |
| 2016 61st) | Ranveer Singh ‡ | Peshwa Bajirao | Bajirao Mastani |
| 2016 61st) | Amitabh Bachchan | Bhaskor Banerjee | Piku |
| 2016 61st) | Ranbir Kapoor | Ved Vardhan Sahni | Tamasha |
| 2016 61st) | Salman Khan | Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi | Bajrangi Bhaijaan |
| 2016 61st) | Shah Rukh Khan | Raj Randhir Bakshi a.k.a. Kaali | Dilwale |
| 2016 61st) | Varun Dhawan | Raghav "Raghu" Pratap Singh | Badlapur |
| 2017 (62nd) | Aamir Khan ‡ | Mahavir Singh Phogat | Dangal |
| 2017 (62nd) | Amitabh Bachchan | Deepak Sehgal | Pink |
| 2017 (62nd) | Ranbir Kapoor | Ayan Sanger | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil |
| 2017 (62nd) | Salman Khan | Sultan Ali Khan | Sultan |
| 2017 (62nd) | Shahid Kapoor | Tejinder "Tommy" Singh a.k.a. Gabru | Udta Punjab |
| 2017 (62nd) | Shah Rukh Khan | Gaurav Chandna / Aryan Khanna | Fan |
| 2017 (62nd) | Sushant Singh Rajput | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story |
| 2018 (63rd) | Irrfan Khan ‡ | Mr. Raj Batra | Hindi Medium |
| 2018 (63rd) | Akshay Kumar | Keshav Sharma | Toilet: A Love Story |
| 2018 (63rd) | Ayushmann Khurrana | Mudit Sharma | Shubh Mangal Saavdhan |
| 2018 (63rd) | Hrithik Roshan | Rohan Bhatnagar | Kaabil |
| 2018 (63rd) | Shah Rukh Khan | Raees Alam | Raees |
| 2018 (63rd) | Varun Dhawan | Badrinath "Badri" Bansal | Badrinath Ki Dulhania |
| 2019 (64th) | Ranbir Kapoor ‡ | Sanjay Dutt | Sanju |
| 2019 (64th) | Akshay Kumar | Lakshmikant Chauhan | Padman |
| 2019 (64th) | Ayushmann Khurrana | Akash | Andhadhun |
| 2019 (64th) | Rajkummar Rao | Vicky | Stree |
| 2019 (64th) | Ranveer Singh | Alauddin Khilji | Padmaavat |
| 2019 (64th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Bauua Singh | Zero |
| 2020 (65th) | Ranveer Singh ‡ | Murad Ahmed | Gully Boy |
| 2020 (65th) | Akshay Kumar | Havildar Ishar Singh | Kesari |
| 2020 (65th) | Ayushmann Khurrana | Balmukund "Bala" Shukla | Bala |
| 2020 (65th) | Hrithik Roshan | Anand Kumar | Super 30 |
| 2020 (65th) | Shahid Kapoor | Kabir Singh | Kabir Singh |
| 2020 (65th) | Vicky Kaushal | Major Vihaan Singh Shergill | Uri: The Surgical Strike |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 2021 (66th) | Irrfan Khan † (posthumous) | Champak Ghasiteram Bansal | Angrezi Medium |
| 2021 (66th) | Ajay Devgn | Tanaji Malusare | Tanhaji |
| 2021 (66th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab | Gulabo Sitabo |
| 2021 (66th) | Ayushmann Khurrana | Kartik Singh | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan |
| 2021 (66th) | Rajkummar Rao | Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta | Ludo |
| 2021 (66th) | Sushant Singh Rajput (posthumous) | Immanuel "Manny" Rajkumar Junior | Dil Bechara |
| 2022 (67th) | Ranveer Singh ‡ | Kapil Dev | 83 |
| 2022 (67th) | Dhanush | S. Venkatesh Vishwanath 'Vishu' Iyer | Atrangi Re |
| 2022 (67th) | Sidharth Malhotra | Vikram Batra | Shershaah |
| 2022 (67th) | Vicky Kaushal | Udham Singh | Sardar Udham |
| 2023 (68th) | Rajkummar Rao ‡ | Shardul Thakur | Badhaai Do |
| 2023 (68th) | Ajay Devgn | Vijay Salgaonkar | Drishyam 2 |
| 2023 (68th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Amit Srivastava | Uunchai |
| 2023 (68th) | Anupam Kher | Pushkar Nath Pandit | The Kashmir Files |
| 2023 (68th) | Hrithik Roshan | Vedha Betal | Vikram Vedha |
| 2023 (68th) | Kartik Aaryan | Ruhaan Randhawa "Rooh Baba" | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 |
| 2024 (69th) | Ranbir Kapoor ‡ | Ranvijay Singh Balbir/Aziz Haque | Animal |
| 2024 (69th) | Sunny Deol | Tara Singh | Gadar 2 |
| 2024 (69th) | Vicky Kaushal | Sam Maneckshaw | Sam Bahadur |
| 2024 (69th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Hardayal "Hardy" Singh Dhillon | Dunki |
| 2024 (69th) | Shah Rukh Khan | Captain Vikram Rathore/ Azad Rathore | Jawan |
| 2024 (69th) | Ranveer Singh | Rocky Randhawa | Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani |