The Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male is chosen by the viewers of Zee Entertainment Enterprises as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. Following its inception in 1998, a ceremony was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed back in 2011. Shah Rukh Khan, with eight awards holds the record of the maximum wins in this category.
† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award ‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award
Superlatives Superlative Actor Record Actor with most consecutive year nominations Shah Rukh Khan 15 Actor with most awards Shah Rukh Khan 8 Actor with most nominations 22 Actor with most nominations without ever winning Ajay Devgn 9 Actor with most nominations in a single year Shah Rukh Khan 3 Eldest Winner Anupam Kher 68 Youngest Winner Hrithik Roshan 26 Eldest Nominee Amitabh Bachchan 74 Youngest Nominee Hrithik Roshan Vivek Oberoi 26
Multiple wins 7 wins : Shah Rukh Khan 3 wins : Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan 2 wins : Aamir Khan
List of winners and nominees
1990s Year Actor Film Character 1998 Shah Rukh Khan † Dil To Pagal Hai Rahul Aamir Khan Ishq Raja Kamal Haasan ‡ Chachi 420 Jaiprakash Paswan / Lakshmi Godbole Shah Rukh Khan Pardes Arjun Sagar Sunny Deol ‡ Border Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri 1999 Shah Rukh Khan † Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Rahul Khanna Aamir Khan ‡ Ghulam Siddharth "Siddhu" Marathe Salman Khan Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai Suraj Dhanrajgir Salman Khan ‡ Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya Suraj Khanna Shah Rukh Khan Duplicate Bablu Chaudhary / Manu Dada
2000s Year Actor Film Character 2000 Aamir Khan ‡ Sarfarosh A.C.P. Ajay Singh Rathod Ajay Devgan ‡ Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Vanraj Salman Khan Biwi No.1 Prem Hum Saath Saath Hain Shah Rukh Khan Baadshah Baadshah 2001 Hrithik Roshan † Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Rohit / Raj Chopra Anil Kapoor ‡ Pukar Major Jaidev Rajvansh Hrithik Roshan ‡ Fiza Amaan Ikramullah Sanjay Dutt ‡ Mission Kashmir SSP Inayat Khan Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Mohabbatein Raj Aryan Malhotra 2002 Aamir Khan † Lagaan Bhuvan Aamir Khan ‡ Dil Chahta Hai Akash Malhotra Amitabh Bachchan ‡ Aks Manu Verma Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Rahul Y. Raichand Sunny Deol ‡ Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Tara Singh 2003 Shah Rukh Khan † Devdas Devdas Mukherjee Ajay Devgan ‡ Company Mallik Ajay Devgan The Legend of Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh Amitabh Bachchan Aankhen Vijay Singh Rajput Vivek Oberoi ‡ Saathiya Aditya Sehgal 2004 Hrithik Roshan † Koi... Mil Gaya Rohit Mehra Ajay Devgan ‡ Gangaajal Amit Kumar Amitabh Bachchan ‡ Baghban Raj Malhotra Salman Khan ‡ Tere Naam Radhe Mohan Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Kal Ho Naa Ho Aman Mathur 2005 Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Veer-Zaara Veer Pratap Singh Amitabh Bachchan ‡ Khakee Anant Kumar Shrivastav Hrithik Roshan ‡ Lakshya Karan Shergill Salman Khan Mujhse Shaadi Karogi Sameer Malhotra Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Main Hoon Na Major Ram Prasad Sharma Shah Rukh Khan † Swades Mohan Bhargav 2006 Amitabh Bachchan † Black Debraj Sahai Ajay Devgan Apaharan Ajay Shastri Akshay Kumar Waqt: The Race Against Time Aditya "Adi" Ishwarchand Thakur Amitabh Bachchan ‡ Sarkar Subhash Nagre (Sarkar) Saif Ali Khan ‡ Parineeta Shekhar Roy Shah Rukh Khan Paheli Kishanlal / The Ghost 2007 Hrithik Roshan ‡ Krrish Krishna "Krrish" Mehra Aamir Khan ‡ Rang De Basanti Daljit "DJ" Singh / Chandra Shekhar Azad Ajay Devgan Omkara Omkara "Omi" Shukla Sanjay Dutt ‡ Lage Raho Munna Bhai Murli Prasad Sharma Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Dev Saran 2008 Shah Rukh Khan † Chak De! India Coach Kabir Khan Abhishek Bachchan ‡ Guru Gurukant Desai Akshay Kumar ‡ Namastey London Arjun Singh Amitabh Bachchan Cheeni Kum Buddhadev Gupta Shahid Kapoor ‡ Jab We Met Aditya Kashyap Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Om Shanti Om Om Prakash Makhija / Om Kapoor 2009 No award -- --
2010s Year Actor Film Character 2010 No award -- -- 2011 Shah Rukh Khan † My Name Is Khan Rizwan Khan Ajay Devgn ‡ Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Sultan Mirza Akshay Kumar Housefull Aarush Awasti Hrithik Roshan ‡ Guzaarish Ethan Mascarenhas Ranbir Kapoor ‡ Raajneeti Samar Pratap Salman Khan ‡ Dabangg Inspector Chulbul Pandey 2012 Ranbir Kapoor † Rockstar Janardan Jhakhar / Jordan Ajay Devgn ‡ Singham Bajirao Singham Hrithik Roshan ‡ Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Arjun Saluja Salman Khan ‡ Bodyguard Lovely Singh Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Don 2 Don Shah Rukh Khan Ra.One Shekhar Subramanium / G.One 2013 Salman Khan ‡ Dabangg 2 Inspector Chulbul Pandey Hrithik Roshan ‡ Agneepath Vijay Deenanath Chauhan Irrfan Khan ‡ Paan Singh Tomar Paan Singh Tomar Ranbir Kapoor † Barfi! Murphy "Barfi" Johnson Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Jab Tak Hai Jaan Major Samar Anand 2014 Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Chennai Express Rahul Mithaiwala Aamir Khan Dhoom 3 Sahir Khan / Samar Khan Aditya Roy Kapur Aashiqui 2 Rahul Jaykar Farhan Akhtar † Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Milkha Singh Aditya Roy Kapoor ‡ Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Avinash Ranveer Singh ‡ Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Ram Rajadi 2015 No award -- -- 2016 Salman Khan ‡ Bajrangi Bhaijaan Pavan Kumar Chaturvedi / Bajrangi Bhaijaan Ajay Devgn Drishyam Vijay Salgaonkar Akshay Kumar Baby Ajay Singh Rajput Ranbir Kapoor ‡ Tamasha Ved Vardhan Sahni Ranveer Singh † Bajirao Mastani Peshwa Bajirao Varun Dhawan ‡ Badlapur Raghav "Raghu" Purohit 2017 Salman Khan ‡ Sultan Sultan Ali Khan Aamir Khan † Dangal Mahavir Singh Phogat Akshay Kumar Airlift Ranjit Katyal Amitabh Bachchan ‡ Pink Deepak Sehgal Ranbir Kapoor ‡ Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Ayan Sanger Sushant Singh Rajput ‡ M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2018 Akshay Kumar Jolly LLB 2 Advocate Jagdishwar Mishra Akshay Kumar ‡ Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Keshav Sharma Ayushmann Khurrana ‡ Shubh Mangal Saavdhan Mudit Sharma Hrithik Roshan ‡ Kaabil Rohan Bhatnagar Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Raees Raees Varun Dhawan Judwaa 2Prem/Raja 2019 Ranveer Singh ‡ Padmaavat Alauddin Khilji Ayushmann Khurrana ‡ Andhadhun AkashKartik Aaryan Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Sonu Sharma Ranbir Kapoor † Sanju Sanjay Dutt Ranveer Singh Simmba Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao Varun Dhawan Sui Dhaaga Mauji Sharma 2020s Year Actor Film Character 2020Ranveer Singh † Gully Boy Murad Ahmed aka Gully Boy Akshay Kumar Good Newwz Varun Batra Ayushmann Khurrana ‡ Dream Girl Karam Hrithik Roshan War Maj. Kabir Dhaliwal Kartik Aaryan Luka Chuppi Guddu Shahid Kapoor Kabir Singh Kabir Rajdheer Singh 2021 No award Due to COVID-19 -- -- 2022 No award Due to COVID-19 -- -- 2023 Anupam Kher † The Kashmir Files Pushkar Nath Pandit Ajay Devgn Drishyam 2 Vijay Salgaonkar Hrithik Roshan Vikram Vedha Vedha Betal Kartik Aaryan Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Ruhaan Randhawa a.k.a. Rooh Baba Ranbir Kapoor Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Shiva Varun Dhawan ‡ Bhediya Bhaskar Sharma 2024 Sunny Deol ‡ Gadar 2 Tara Singh Ranbir Kapoor † AnimalRanvijay Singh/Aziz Haque Ranveer Singh ‡ Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Rocky RandhawaShah Rukh Khan ‡ Jawan Captain Vikram Rathore/Azad Shah Rukh Khan Pathaan Pathaan Vikrant Massey 12th Fail Manoj Kumar Sharma 2025 Kartik Aaryan Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Ruhaan / Rooh Baba and Rajkumar Debendranath Hrithik Roshan Fighter Shamsher "Patty" Pathania Raj Kumar Rao Stree 2 Vicky Ajay Devgn Shaitaan Kabir Rishi Vicky Kaushal Bad Newz Akhil Chadha Shahid Kapoor Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Aryan Agnihotri 2026Vicky KaushalChhaavaChhatrapati Sambhaji MaharajRanveer SinghDhurandharHamza AliAkshay KumarKesari Chapter 2Justice Chettoor Sankaran NairJolly LLB 3Jagdishwar MishraSunny DeolJaatBaldev Pratap SinghDhanushTere Ishk MeinShankar Gurukkal
See also Zee Cine Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
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