Penghargaan Rajat Kamal untuk Aktor Terbaik
Penerima

Kamal Haasan (atas) dan Mammooty (bawah) telah memenangkan penghargaan tersebut sebanyak tiga kali.
| Lambang | Arti |
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Tahun: Menandakan tahun ketika film tersebut dinyatakan lulus sensor oleh Badan Sertifikasi Film Pusat (BSFP)
: Menandakan penghargaan bersama pada tahun tersebut
| Tahun | Penerima | Peran | Karya | Bahasa | Ref>  |
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| 1967(ke-15) | Uttam Kumar | Anthony Firingee Byomkesh Bakshi | Antony Firingee Chiriyakhana | Bengali |  |
| 1968(ke-16) | Ashok Kumar | Jogi Thakur | Aashirwad | Hindi |  |
| 1969(ke-17) | Utpal Dutt | Bhuvan Shome | Bhuvan Shome | Hindi |  |
| 1970(ke-18) | Sanjeev Kumar | Hamid Ahmed | Dastak | Hindi |  |
| 1971(ke-19) | M. G. Ramachandran | Selvam | Rickshawkaran | Tamil |  |
| 1972(ke-20) | Sanjeev Kumar | Hari Charan Mathur | Koshish | Hindi |  |
| 1973(ke-21) | P. J. Antony | Velichapad | Nirmalyam | Malayalam |  |
| 1974(ke-22) | Sadhu Meher | Kishtaya | Ankur | Hindi |  |
| 1975(ke-23) | M. V. Vasudeva Rao | Choma | Chomana Dudi | Kannada |  |
| 1976(ke-24) | Mithun Chakraborty | Ghinua | Mrigayaa | Hindi |  |
| 1977(ke-25) | Bharath Gopi | Shankarankutty | Kodiyettam | Malayalam |  |
| 1978(ke-26) | Arun Mukherjee | Parashuram | Parashuram | Bengali |  |
| 1979(ke-27) | Naseeruddin Shah | Anirudh Parmar | Sparsh | Hindi |  |
| 1980(ke-28) | Balan K. Nair | Govindan | Oppol | Malayalam |  |
| 1981(ke-29) | Om Puri | Hari Mondal | Arohan | Hindi |  |
| 1982(ke-30) | Kamal Haasan | Srinivas (Seenu) | Moondram Pirai | Tamil |  |
| 1983(ke-31) | Om Puri | Anant Velankar | Ardh Satya | Hindi |  |
| 1984(ke-32) | Naseeruddin Shah | Naurangia | Paar | Hindi |  |
| 1985(ke-33) | Shashi Kapoor | Vikas Pande | New Delhi Times | Hindi |  |
| 1986(ke-34) | Charuhasan | Tabara Shetty | Tabarana Kathe | Kannada |  |
| 1987(ke-35) | Kamal Haasan | Velu Nayakar | Nayagan | Tamil |  |
| 1988(ke-36) | Premji | Raghava Chakyar | Piravi | Malayalam |  |
| 1989(ke-37) | Mammootty | Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Chandu Chekavar | Mathilukal Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha | Malayalam |  |
| 1990(ke-38) | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Deenanath Chauhan | Agneepath | Hindi |  |
| 1991(ke-39) | Mohanlal | Gopinathan | Bharatham | Malayalam |  |
| 1992(ke-40) | Mithun Chakraborty | Shibnath | Tahader Katha | Bengali |  |
| 1993(ke-41) | Mammootty | Ponthan Mada Bhaskara Patelar | Ponthan Mada Vidheyan | Malayalam |  |
| 1994(ke-42) | Nana Patekar | Pratap Narayan Tilak | Krantiveer | Hindi |  |
| 1995(ke-43) | Rajit Kapur | Mahatma Gandhi | Making of the Mahatma The Making of the Mahatma | Inggris |  |
| 1996(ke-44) | Kamal Haasan | Senapathy (India), Chandrabose | Indian | Tamil |  |
| 1997(ke-45)  | Balachandra Menon | Ismail | Samaantharangal | Malayalam |  |
| 1997(ke-45)  | Suresh Gopi | Kannan Perumalayan | Kaliyattam | Malayalam |  |
| 1998(ke-46)  | Ajay Devgn | Ajay R. Desai | Zakhm | Hindi |  |
| 1998(ke-46)  | Mammootty | Ambedkar | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar | Inggris |  |
| 1999(ke-47) | Mohanlal | Kunhikuttan | Vanaprastham | Malayalam |  |
| 2000(ke-48) | Anil Kapoor | Major Jaidev Rajvansh | Pukar | Hindi |  |
| 2001(ke-49) | Murali | Appa Mestry | Neythukaran | Malayalam |  |
| 2002(ke-50) | Ajay Devgn | Bhagat Singh | Legend of Bhagat Singh The Legend of Bhagat Singh | Hindi |  |
| 2003(ke-51) | Vikram | Chithan | Pithamagan | Tamil |  |
| 2004(ke-52) | Saif Ali Khan | Karan Kapoor | Hum Tum | Hindi |  |
| 2005(ke-53) | Amitabh Bachchan | Debraj Sahai | Black | Hindi |  |
| 2006(ke-54) | Soumitra Chatterjee | Shashanka Palit | Podokkhep | Bengali |  |
| 2007(ke-55) | Prakash Raj | Vengadam | Kanchivaram | Tamil |  |
| 2008(ke-56) | Upendra Limaye | Tayappa | Jogwa | Marathi |  |
| 2009(ke-57) | Amitabh Bachchan | Auro | Paa | Hindi |  |
| 2010(ke-58)  | Dhanush | K.P.Karuppu | Aadukalam | Tamil |  |
| 2010(ke-58)  | Salim Kumar | Abu | Adaminte Makan Abu | Malayalam |  |
| 2011(ke-59) | Girish Kulkarni | Keshya | Deool | Marathi |  |
| 2012(ke-60)  | Irrfan Khan | Paan Singh Tomar | Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi |  |
| 2012(ke-60)  | Vikram Gokhale | Ratnakar | Anumati | Marathi |  |
| 2013(ke-61)  | Rajkummar Rao | Shahid Azmi | Shahid | Hindi |  |
| 2013(ke-61)  | Suraj Venjaramoodu | Ayah | Perariyathavar | Malayalam |  |
| 2014(ke-62) | Sanchari Vijay | Madesha (Vidya) | Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Kannada |  |
| 2015(ke-63) | Amitabh Bachchan | Bhashkor Banerjee | Piku | Hindi |  |
| 2016(ke-64) | Akshay Kumar | Rustom Pavri | Rustom | Hindi |  |
| 2017(ke-65) | Riddhi Sen | Puti | Nagarkirtan | Bengali |  |