SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Tamil is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actor in Tamil films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.
Superlatives Categories RecipientRecordMost wins Dhanush 5 SivakarthikeyanMost consecutive winsDhanush4 (20112012, 20182019)Most nominations10Most consecutive nominations5 (2011–2015)Most nominations without a winC. Joseph Vijay8Oldest winnerKamal HaasanAge 68 (11th SIIMA)Oldest nomineeRajinikanthAge 73 (12th SIIMA)Youngest winnerDhanushAge 28 years 10 months (1st SIIMA)Youngest nominee
Dhanush and Sivakarthikeyan have also won the SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Vikram and Dhruv Vikram are the only father-and-son duo to win the award.
Winners Year Actor Film Ref.2011DhanushAadukalam2012Dhanush3Kamath, Sudhish (15 September 2013) Stars in Sharjah. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2017-01-14.2013SivakarthikeyanEthir Neechal2014DhanushVelaiilla Pattadhari2015VikramI2016SivakarthikeyanRemo2017SivakarthikeyanVelaikkaran2018DhanushVada Chennai2019DhanushAsuran2020 SuriyaSoorarai Pottru2021SivakarthikeyanDoctorSilambarasanMaanaadu2022Kamal HaasanVikram2023VikramPonniyin Selvan: II2024SivakarthikeyanAmaran2025Dhruv VikramBison Kaalamaadan
Nominations 2011: Dhanush – Aadukalam Vikram – Deiva Thirumagal Suriya – 7 Aum Arivu Ajith Kumar – Mankatha Vishal – Avan Ivan 2012: Dhanush – 3 Vijay Sethupathi – Pizza Vijay – Thuppakki Vishnu Vishal – Neerparavai Suriya – Maattrraan 2013: Sivakarthikeyan – Ethir Neechal Dhanush – Mariyaan Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Suriya – Singam II Vishal – Pandiya Naadu 2014: Dhanush – Velaiilla Pattadhari Vijay – Kaththi Karthi – Madras Siddharth – Jigarthanda Vijay Sethupathi – Pannaiyarum Padminiyum 2015: Vikram – I Dhanush – Anegan Jayam Ravi – Thani Oruvan Lawrence Raghavendra – Kanchana 2 Vijay Sethupathi – Orange Mittai 2016: Sivakarthikeyan – Remo Karthi – Thozha Suriya – 24 Vijay – Theri Vikram – Iru Mugan 2017: Sivakarthikeyan – Velaikkaran Karthi – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Vishal – Thupparivaalan Vijay – Mersal Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram Vedha 2018: Dhanush – Vada Chennai Vijay – Sarkar Karthi – Kadaikutty Singam Jayam Ravi – Adanga Maru Vijay Sethupathi – 96 2019: Dhanush – Asuran Vijay – Bigil Karthi – Kaithi Ajith Kumar – Viswasam Sivakarthikeyan – Namma Veettu Pillai Vijay Sethupathi – Super Deluxe 2020: Suriya – Soorarai Pottru Udhayanidhi Stalin – Psycho Jiiva – Gypsy RJ Balaji – Mookuthi Amman Shantanu Bhagyaraj – Paava Kadhaigal 2021: Sivakarthikeyan – Doctor and Silambarasan – Maanaadu Arya – Sarpatta Parambarai Dhanush – Karnan Suriya – Jai Bhim Vijay – Master 2022: Kamal Haasan – Vikram Dhanush – Thiruchitrambalam R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Silambarasan – Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Vikram – Mahaan and Ponniyin Selvan: I 2023: Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: II Rajinikanth – Jailer Siddharth – Chithha Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran Vijay – Leo Udhayanidhi Stalin – Maamannan 2024: Sivakarthikeyan – Amaran Dhanush – Raayan Harish Kalyan – Lubber Pandhu Karthi – Meiyazhagan Vijay Sethupathi – Maharaja Vikram – Thangalaan 2025: Dhruv Vikram – Bison Kaalamaadan Dulquer Salmaan – Kaantha Pradeep Ranganathan – Dragon M. Sasikumar – Tourist Family Vijay Sethupathi – Thalaivan Thalaivii Vikram – Veera Dheera Sooran
See also SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor – Tamil SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Tamil
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