SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Kannada is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for the best acting done by a male actor in a leading role in his debut Kannada film. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

Superlatives CategoriesRecipientNotesOldest winnerNagabhushanaAge 35Youngest winnerDhruva SarjaAge 24

Dhananjaya is the only actor to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Kannada.

Winners and nominees Year Actor Film Ref. 2011(1st) Srikanth Olave Mandara 2012(2nd) Dhruva Sarja Addhuri Sharan Rambo Surya Crazy Loka Nithin Hosa Prema Purana Gurunandan Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam 2013(3rd) Dhananjaya Director's Special Krishna Madarangi Niranjan Shetty Case No. 18/9 Shankar Aryan Chitramandiradalli Arun Gombegala Love 2014(4th) Bharath Sarja Veera Pulikeshi Pawan Wadeyar Preeti Geeti Ityadi Pradeep Rangan Style Vivek Endendu Ninagagi Kiran Rao Savaari 2 2015(5th) Vinay Rajkumar Siddhartha Mahesh Namak Haraam Nirup Bhandari Rangi Taranga Prathap Narayan Benkipatna Santhosh Reva Kendasampige 2016(6th) Nikhil Kumaraswamy Jaguar Anoop Revanna Lakshmana Roger Narayan U Turn Dilip Prakash Crazy Boy Sachin Happy Birthday 2017(7th) Rishi Operation Alamelamma Ishaan Rogue Manoranjan Saheba Mithra Raaga Raj B. Shetty Ondu Motteya Kathe 2018(8th) Danish Sait Humble Politician Nograj Naveen Shankar Gultoo Niranjan Sudhindra Second Half Prakyath Paramesh Naduve Antharavirali Vaibhav Tharakaasura 2019(9th) Abhishek Ambareesh Amar Dhanveer Bazaar Viraat Kiss Bhuvann Ponnannaa Randhawa Shreyas Manju Padde Huli 2020(9th) Pruthvi Ambaar Dia Aravinnd Iyer Bheemasena Nalamaharaja Manju Mandavya Sri Bharatha Baahubali Pramod Shetty Ondu Shikariya Kathe Prabhu Surya Gadinadu 2021(10th) Nagabhushana Ikkat Govinde Gowda Akshi Aryan Gowda Vikky Madan Kumar Janumada Jatre|- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2022(11th)

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See also SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Kannada

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