South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. SIIMA Awards are presented for numerous categories in each of the four language films (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu). SIIMA award for Best Actor recognizes the performance of an actor in a leading role in South Indian movie. SIIMA award for Best Actor was first given during the year 2012.

Superlatives SuperlativeBest ActorFirst Most awards Puneeth Rajkumar 7 awardsSecond Most awardsRam Charan Nivin Pauly Dhanush5 awardsThird Most awardsVijayVijay DeverakondaVijay SethupathiMahesh Babu 4 awardsFourth Most awardsVishalMohanlal 3 awards

Winners & Nominees Language Year actor FilmTelugu2011Mahesh BabuDookudu2012Pawan KalyanGabbar Singh2013Mahesh BabuSeethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu2014Nandamuri BalakrishnaLegend2015Mahesh BabuSrimanthudu2016N. T. Rama Rao Jr.Janatha Garage2017PrabhasBaahubali 2: The Conclusion2018Ram CharanRangasthalam2019Mahesh BabuMaharshi2020 Allu ArjunAla Vaikunthapurramuloo2021Pushpa The Rise2022N. T. Rama Rao Jr.RRRTamil2011DhanushAadukalam201232013SivakarthikeyanEthir Neechal2014DhanushVelaiilla Pattadhari2015VikramI2016SivakarthikeyanRemo2017Velaikkaran2018Dhanush Vada Chennai2019 Asuran2020Suriya Soorarai Pottru2021Sivakarthikeyan DoctorSilambarasan Maanaadu2022Kamal HaasanVikramMalayalam2011MohanlalPranayam2012MohanlalSpirit2013DileepSound Thoma2014Nivin Pauly19832015Prithviraj SukumaranEnnu Ninte Moideen2016MohanlalPulimurugan2017Nivin PaulyNjandukalude Nattil Oridavela2018Tovino ThomasTheevandi2019MohanlalLucifer2020Prithviraj SukumaranAyyappanum KoshiyumKannada2011Puneeth RajkumarHudugaru 2012Shiva Rajkumar Shiva 2013 Bhajarangi 2014YashMr. and Mrs. Ramachari 2015Puneeth Rajkumar Rana Vikrama 2016Shiva RajkumarShivalinga 2017 Puneeth RajkumarRaajakumara 2018Yash K.G.F: Chapter 1 2019Darshan Yajamana 2020DhananjayaPopcorn Monkey Tiger 2021Puneeth Rajkumar Yuvarathnaa2022YashK.G.F: Chapter 22023Rakshith ShettySaptha Sagaradaache Ello - Side A

Critics choice Language Year Actor FilmTelugu 2011Nandamuri Balakrishna Sri Rama Rajyam2012Rana Daggubati Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum2013Ram CharanNaayak2014Govindudu Andarivadele2015Vijay DeverakondaYevade Subramanyam2016NaniKrishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha2017Venkatesh Nandamuri BalakrishnaGuru Gautamiputra Satakarni2018Vijay DeverakondaGeetha Govindam2019Dear Comrade2020World Famous LoverTamil2012 Vijay Sethupathi Pizza2013Dhanush Mariyan2014Karthi Madras2015Jayam Ravi Thani Oruvan2016 R. Madhavan Irudhi Suttru2017Vikram Vedha2018Jayam RaviAdanga Maru2019Karthi KaithiMalayalam2011Salim Kumar Adaminte Makan Abu2012Fahadh FaasilDiamond Necklace2013Prithviraj Sukumaran Mumbai Police2014 Nivin PaulyBangalore Days2015 Premam2016 Action Hero Biju2017Fahadh FaasilThondimuthalum Driksakshiyum2018Nivin PaulyHey JudeKannada 2011Upendra 2012 Katariveera Surasundarangi2013 Topiwala2014 Super Ranga2015Sathish Ninasam Rocket2016Rakshith ShettyKirik Party2017Sri MuraliMufti2018YashK.G.F: Chapter 1

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