The Sumathi Popular Teledrama Actor Award is presented annually in Sri Lanka by the Sumathi Group of Companies for the most Popular Sri Lankan television actor of the year, determined by a publicly popular vote.
Channa Perera and Kavinga Perera has received the award three times becoming most awarded.
The annual award was first given in 1995. The following is a list of the winners of this award since then.
Year Popular Actor Ref. 1995 Kamal Addararachchi sumathiawards.lk 1996 Lucky Dias sumathiawards.lk 1997 Jeewan Kumaranatunga sumathiawards.lk 1998 Palitha Silva sumathiawards.lk 1999 Sriyantha Mendis sumathiawards.lk 2000 Lucky Dias sumathiawards.lk 2001 Channa Perera sumathiawards.lk 2002 Channa Perera sumathiawards.lk 2003 Channa Perera sumathiawards.lk 2004 Roshan Pilapitiya sumathiawards.lk 2005 Not Awarded sumathiawards.lk 2006 Roshan Pilapitiya sumathiawards.lk 2007 Suraj Mapa sumathiawards.lk 2008 Roshan Ranawana sumathiawards.lk 2009 Chandika Nanayakkara 2010 Chandika Nanayakkara 2011 Saranga Disasekara 2012 Dhananjaya Siriwardena 2013 Vishwa Kodikara 2014 Vishwa Kodikara sumathiawards.lk 2015 Kavinga Perera 2016 Kavinga Perera 2017 Kavinga Perera 2018 Raween Kanishka 2019 Sumiran Gunasekara 2020 Not Awarded sumathiawards.lk 2021 Sajitha Anuththara 2022 Not Awarded sumathiawards.lk 2023 Uddika Premarathna 2024 Saranga Disasekara https://sumathiawards.lk/sumathi-awards-winners.php 2025 Saranga Disasekara https://sumathiawards.lk/sumathi-awards-winners.php 2026 Akila Dhanuddara https://sumathiawards.lk/sumathi-awards-winners.php
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