Filmfare Award for Best Actor

Filmfare Awards for Best Actor
The 2024 recipient: Ranbir Kapoor for Animal
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First award	Dilip Kumar, Daag (1954)
Currently held by	Ranbir Kapoor, Animal (2024)
Website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is an award, which is presented annually at the Filmfare Awards to an actor via a jury; it is given by Filmfare for Hindi (Bollywood) films. The award was first given in 1954. The most recent winner, as of 2024, is Ranbir Kapoor.

• Dilip Kumar holds the record for the most consecutive wins, having received the Best Actor award for three consecutive years from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won in consecutive years: Rajesh Khanna (1971–1972), Sanjeev Kumar (1976–1977), Amitabh Bachchan (1978–1979), Naseeruddin Shah (1981–1982), Shah Rukh Khan (1998–1999), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012–2013).
• Several actors have won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards. These include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Farhan Akhtar, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, and Rajkummar Rao.
• Three actors were nominated for both categories—Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor—for the same role: Raaj Kumar for Kaajal (1966), Ashok Kumar for Aashirwad (1970), and Kamal Haasan for Saagar (1986). Ashok Kumar and Kamal Haasan won the Best Actor award, while Raaj Kumar won for Best Supporting Actor.
• A total of ten actors have won Best Actor in both the Popular and Critics categories: Anupam Kher, Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ranveer Singh, and Rajkummar Rao. Four of them won both awards in the same year: Shah Rukh Khan (1994), Hrithik Roshan (2004), Amitabh Bachchan (2006), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012).
• Three actors won Best Actor for their debut performances: Rishi Kapoor (Bobby, 1974), Anupam Kher (Saaransh, 1985), and Hrithik Roshan (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, 2001). Other debut nominees include Sunny Deol (Betaab, 1984) and Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par, 2008).
• Darsheel Safary became the youngest Best Actor nominee at age 11 for Taare Zameen Par (2008), while Rishi Kapoor became the youngest winner at age 21 for Bobby (1974).
• Aamir Khan holds the record for the most consecutive nominations, with nine between 1989 and 1997, winning for Raja Hindustani (1997). Amitabh Bachchan followed with eight consecutive nominations from 1976 to 1983, winning in 1978 and 1979 for Amar Akbar Anthony and Don, respectively.
• Dilip Kumar was the most awarded actor of the 1950s, winning four times. He continued his success in the 1960s with three more wins. Rajesh Khanna led the 1970s with three Best Actor awards. The 1980s saw Naseeruddin Shah emerge as the most recognized, also with three wins. Shah Rukh Khan dominated the 1990s with four wins. Hrithik Roshan was the leading actor of the 2000s with four awards, while Ranbir Kapoor received the most wins in the 2010s, securing three Best Actor trophies.

• Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan hold the record for the most Best Actor nominations in a single year, with three each: Bachchan in 1979 and 1983, and Khan in 2005.
• Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, and Shah Rukh Khan are the most awarded actors across all acting categories at Filmfare, each with eight wins. Kumar and Khan have eight Best Actor awards, while Bachchan has five Best Actor and three Best Supporting Actor awards. Bachchan is also the most nominated actor in major acting categories with a total of 42 nominations.
• Amitabh Bachchan has been nominated in this category across six decades (1970s–2020s) and has won in four of them. Dilip Kumar has nominations across five decades (1950s–1990s) and wins in three. Shah Rukh Khan has received nominations in four decades (1990s–2020s) and has won in three.
• Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Salman Khan are the only actors to be nominated twice for the same role. Roshan was nominated multiple times for the characters Rohit Mehra and Krishna Mehra in the Krrish series, winning in 2004 for Koi... Mil Gaya. Shah Rukh Khan was nominated for Don (2007, 2012), and Salman Khan for Dabangg (2011, 2013).
• The character Devdas is the only role to have earned two actors the Best Actor award: Dilip Kumar in 1956 and Shah Rukh Khan in 2003.
• Ranbir Kapoor is the only actor to win Best Actor for portraying a real-life Best Actor winner, receiving the award for Sanju (2019), based on the life of Sanjay Dutt.
• On three occasions, two actors from the same film were nominated for Best Actor:
  • Dostana (1981): Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha
  • Shakti (1983): Dilip Kumar (winner) and Amitabh Bachchan
  • Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (2000): Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan

• Irrfan Khan is the only actor to receive the Best Actor award posthumously, winning in 2021 for Angrezi Medium.
• Ashok Kumar, Nana Patekar, and Amitabh Bachchan have each won both the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the same role. Bachchan has done so twice.

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1954 (1st)		Dilip Kumar ‡	Shankar	Daag	[1]
		No Other Nominee
1955 (2nd)		Bharat Bhushan ‡	Chaitanya Mahaprabhu	Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu	[2]
		No Other Nominee
1956 (3rd)		Dilip Kumar ‡	Kumar / Azaad / Abdul Rahim Khan	Azaad	[3]
		Bharat Bhushan	Mirza Ghalib	Mirza Ghalib
		Dev Anand	Amar / Raj	Munimji
1957 (4th)		Dilip Kumar ‡	Devdas Mukherjee	Devdas	[4]
		Raj Kapoor	Peasant	Jagte Raho
1958 (5th)		Dilip Kumar ‡	Shankar	Naya Daur	[5]
		No Other Nominee
1959 (6th)		Dev Anand ‡	Karan Mehra	Kala Pani	[6]
		Dilip Kumar	Anand/Deven	Madhumati
		Raj Kapoor	Ram Babu	Phir Subah Hogi
1960 (7th)		Raj Kapoor ‡	Raj Kumar	Anari	[7]
		Dev Anand	Sunil Kumar	Love Marriage
		Dilip Kumar	Ratan Lal	Paigham

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1961 (8th)		Dilip Kumar ‡	Rajkumar Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur Chandrabhan	Kohinoor	[8]
		Dev Anand	Raghuvir	Kala Bazar
		Dilip Kumar	Prince Salim	Mughal-e-Azam
		Raj Kapoor	Chhalia	Chhalia
1962 (9th)		Raj Kapoor ‡	Raju	Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai	[9]
		Dev Anand	Capt. Anand/Major. Manohar Lal Verma	Hum Dono
		Dilip Kumar	Gungaram	Gunga Jumna
1963 (10th)		Ashok Kumar ‡	Raj Kumar	Rakhi	[10]
		Guru Dutt	Atulya "Bhootnath" Chakraborty	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
		Shammi Kapoor	Pritam Khanna	Professor
1964 (11th)		Sunil Dutt ‡	Thakur Jarnail Singh	Mujhe Jeene Do	[11]
		Ashok Kumar	Barrister Ashok	Gumrah
		Rajendra Kumar	Dr. Dharmesh	Dil Ek Mandir
1965 (12th)		Dilip Kumar ‡	Vijay Khanna	Leader	[12]
		Rajendra Kumar	Shyam	Ayee Milan Ki Bela
		Raj Kapoor	Lieutenant Sundar Khanna	Sangam
1966 (13th)		Sunil Dutt ‡	Govind S. Lal	Khandan	[13]
		Raaj Kumar	Moti	Kaajal
		Rajendra Kumar	Gopal Sarju	Arzoo
1967 (14th)		Dev Anand ‡	Raju	Guide	[14]
		Dharmendra	Shakti "Shaaka" Singh	Phool Aur Patthar
		Dilip Kumar	Shankar / Rajasahab	Dil Diya Dard Liya
1968 (15th)		Dilip Kumar ‡	Ram Shyam	Ram Aur Shyam	[15]
		Manoj Kumar	Bharat	Upkar
		Sunil Dutt	Gopikishan a.k.a. Gopi	Milan
1969 (16th)		Shammi Kapoor ‡	Brahmachari	Brahmachari	[16]
		Dilip Kumar	Rajesh Sahab	Aadmi
			Kundan S. Prasad	Sunghursh
1970 (17th)		Ashok Kumar ‡	Shivnath Choudhary a.k.a. Jogi Thakur	Aashirwad	[17]
		Rajesh Khanna	Arun Prasad Saxena / Suraj Prasad Saxena	Aradhana
			Dilip Roy	Ittefaq

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1971 (18th)		Rajesh Khanna ‡	Bhola / Ranjit Kumar	Sachaa Jhutha	[18]
		Dilip Kumar	Gopiram a.k.a. Gopi	Gopi
		Sanjeev Kumar	Vijay Kamal Singh	Khilona
1972 (19th)		Rajesh Khanna ‡	Anand Saigal	Anand	[19]
		Dharmendra	Ajit	Mera Gaon Mera Desh
		Rajesh Khanna	Kamal Sinha	Kati Patang
1973 (20th)		Manoj Kumar ‡	Mohan	Be-Imaan	[20]
		Rajesh Khanna	Anand Babu	Amar Prem
			Surjit Singh	Dushman
1974 (21st)		Rishi Kapoor ‡	Raj Nath	Bobby	[21]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Inspector Vijay Khanna	Zanjeer
		Dharmendra	Shankar	Yaadon Ki Baaraat
		Rajesh Khanna	Sunil Kohli	Daag:A Poem of Love
		Sanjeev Kumar	Hari Charan Mathur	Koshish
1975 (22nd)		Rajesh Khanna ‡	Amar	Avishkaar	[22]
		Dharmendra	Ajit Singh	Resham Ki Dori
		Dilip Kumar	Sagina	Sagina
		Manoj Kumar	Bharat	Roti Kapda Aur Makaan
		Rajesh Khanna	Chhote Kunwar Karan U. Singh	Prem Nagar
1976 (23rd)		Sanjeev Kumar ‡	J.K.	Aandhi	[23]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Vijay Verma	Deewaar
		Manoj Kumar	Ram Rai	Sanyasi
		Sanjeev Kumar	Thakur Baldev Singh	Sholay
		Uttam Kumar	Madhusudan Roy Chaudhary	Amanush
1977 (24th)		Sanjeev Kumar ‡	Arjun Pandit	Arjun Pandit	[24]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Amitabh Malhotra	Kabhi Kabhie
		Amol Palekar	Arun Pradeep	Chhoti Si Baat
		Dilip Kumar	Kailash / Bholenath	Bairaag
		Sanjeev Kumar	Dr. Amarnath Gill	Mausam
1978 (25th)		Amitabh Bachchan ‡	Anthony Gonzalves	Amar Akbar Anthony	[25]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Thakur Dharam Chand / Raju	Adaalat
		Sanjeev Kumar	Anand Narayan	Yehi Hai Zindagi
			Raghu Shukla	Zindagi
		Vinod Khanna	Vinod Joshi	Shaque
1979 (26th)		Amitabh Bachchan ‡	Don / Vijay	Don	[26]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Sikandar	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
			Vijay Kumar	Trishul
		Sanjeev Kumar	Tony/Tarun Kumar Gupta	Devata
			Ranjeet Chaddha	Pati Patni Aur Woh
1980 (27th)		Amol Palekar ‡	Ram Prasad Sharma / Laxman Prasad Sharma	Golmaal	[27]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Vijay Pal Singh	Kaala Patthar
			Mr. Natwarlal	Mr. Natwarlal
		Rajesh Khanna	Raja / Sonu	Amar Deep
		Rishi Kapoor	Raju	Sargam

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1981 (28th)		Naseeruddin Shah ‡	Bhaskar Kulkarni	Aakrosh	[28]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Vijay Varma	Dostana
		Shatrughan Sinha	Ravi Kapoor
		Raj Babbar	Ramesh R. Gupta	Insaaf Ka Tarazu
		Rajesh Khanna	Arun Kumar Choudhary	Thodisi Bewafaii
		Vinod Khanna	Amar	Qurbani
1982 (29th)		Naseeruddin Shah ‡	Lukka	Chakra	[29]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Heera	Lawaaris
			Amit Malhotra	Silsila
		Kamal Haasan	S "Vasu" Vasudevan	Ek Duuje Ke Liye
		Rajesh Khanna	Deepak Srivastav / Vikas	Dard
1983 (30th)		Dilip Kumar ‡	DCP Ashwini Kumar	Shakti	[30]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Dr. Sudhir Roy / Adhir Roy	Bemisal
			Arjun Singh	Namak Halaal
			Vijay Kumar	Shakti
		Naseeruddin Shah	Salim	Bazaar
		Rishi Kapoor	Devdhar a.k.a. Dev	Prem Rog
		Sanjeev Kumar	Ashok R. Tilak	Angoor
1984 (31st)		Naseeruddin Shah ‡	DK Malhotra	Masoom	[31]
		Kamal Haasan	K. Somprakash a.k.a. Somu	Sadma
		Om Puri	Sub Insp. Anant Velankar	Ardh Satya
		Rajesh Khanna	Avatar Krishan	Avatar
		Sunny Deol	Sunny Kapoor	Betaab
1985 (32nd)		Anupam Kher ‡	B. V. Pradhan	Saaransh	[32]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Vicky Kapoor	Sharaabi
		Dilip Kumar	Vinod Kumar	Mashaal
		Naseeruddin Shah	Anirudh Parmar	Touch
		Raj Babbar	Prof. Prabhat Kumar Verma	Aaj Ki Awaaz
1986 (33rd)		Kamal Haasan ‡	Raja	Saagar	[33]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Raju Singh	Mard
		Anil Kapoor	Arun Verma	Meri Jung
		Kumar Gaurav	Rahul	Janam
		Rishi Kapoor	Dawood Mohd. Ali Khan Yousufzai	Tawaif
1987	NO CEREMONY
1988	NO CEREMONY
1989 (34th)		Anil Kapoor ‡	Mahesh "Munna" Deshmukh	Tezaab	[34]
		Aamir Khan	Raj	Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
		Amitabh Bachchan	Vijay Kumar Srivastav a.k.a. Shahenshah	Shehenshah
1990 (35th)		Jackie Shroff ‡	Kishan	Parinda	[35]
		Aamir Khan	Amir Hussein	Raakh
		Anil Kapoor	Eeshwar Chand Vishnunath Brahmanand	Eeshwar
		Rishi Kapoor	Rohit Gupta	Chandni
		Salman Khan	Prem Choudhary	Maine Pyaar Kiya

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1991 (36th)		Sunny Deol ‡	Ajay Mehra	Ghayal	[36]
		Aamir Khan	Raja	Dil
		Amitabh Bachchan	Vijay Deenanath Chauhan	Agneepath
		Chiranjeevi	Siddhanth	Pratibandh
1992 (37th)		Amitabh Bachchan ‡	Shekhar Malhotra alias Tiger	Hum	[37]
		Aamir Khan	Raghu Jeitley	Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin
		Anil Kapoor	Virendra Pratap Singh	Lamhe
		Dilip Kumar	Veeru Singh	Saudagar
		Sanjay Dutt	Aman Verma	Saajan
1993 (38th)		Anil Kapoor ‡	Raju	Beta	[38]
		Aamir Khan	Sanjaylal Sharma	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
		Amitabh Bachchan	Baadshah Khan	Khuda Gawah
1994 (39th)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Ajay Sharma alias Vicky Malhotra	Baazigar	[39]
		Sunny Deol	Sunil Malhotra	Darr
		Aamir Khan	Rahul Malhotra	Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
		Govinda	Bunnu / Gulshan / Gaurishankar	Aankhen
		Jackie Shroff	Shiva P. Sathe	Gardish
		Sanjay Dutt	Ballu/Balram	Khalnayak
1995[40] (40th)		Nana Patekar ‡	Pratap Narayan Tilak	Krantiveer	[41]
		Aamir Khan	Amar Manohar	Andaz Apna Apna
		Akshay Kumar	Vijay Saigal	Yeh Dillagi
		Anil Kapoor	Narendra Singh	1942: A Love Story
		Shah Rukh Khan	Sunil	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1996 (41st)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Raj Malhotra	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	[42]
		Aamir Khan	Munna	Rangeela
		Ajay Devgan	Jay Bakshi	Naajayaz
		Govinda	Raju	Coolie No. 1
		Salman Khan	Karan Singh	Karan Arjun
1997 (42nd)		Aamir Khan ‡	Raja Hindustani	Raja Hindustani	[43]
		Sunny Deol	Kashi Nath	Ghatak
		Govinda	Shyamsundar	Saajan Chale Sasural
		Nana Patekar	Vishwanath	Agni Sakshi
			Joseph Braganza	Khamoshi
1998 (43rd)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Rahul	Dil To Pagal Hai	[44]
		Sunny Deol	Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri	Border
		Anil Kapoor	Shakti Thakur	Virasat
		Govinda	Bunnu	Deewana Mastana
		Kamal Haasan	Jaiprakash Paswan alias Laxmi Godbole	Chachi 420
		Shah Rukh Khan	Rahul Joshi	Yes Boss
1999 (44th)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Rahul Khanna	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	[45]
		Aamir Khan	Siddharth Marathe	Ghulam
		Ajay Devgan	Ajay R. Desai	Zakhm
		Govinda	Pyare Mohan a.k.a. Chote Miyan	Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
		Salman Khan	Suraj Khanna	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
2000 (45th)		Sanjay Dutt ‡	Raghunath "Raghu" Namdev Shivalkar	Vaastav	[46]
		Aamir Khan	Ajay Singh Rathore	Sarfarosh
		Ajay Devgan	Vanraj	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
		Salman Khan	Sameer Rossellini
		Manoj Bajpayee	Samar Pratap Singh	Shool

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2001 (46th)		Hrithik Roshan ‡	Rohit / Raj Chopra	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai	[47]
		Anil Kapoor	Major Jaidev Rajvansh	Pukaar
		Hrithik Roshan	Amaan Ikramullah	Fiza
		Sanjay Dutt	SSP Inayat Khan	Mission Kashmir
		Shah Rukh Khan	Raj Aryan Malhotra	Mohabbatein
2002 (47th)		Aamir Khan ‡	Bhuvan Latha	Lagaan	[48]
		Sunny Deol	Tara Singh	Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
		Aamir Khan	Akash Malhotra	Dil Chahta Hai
		Amitabh Bachchan	Manu Verma	Aks
		Shah Rukh Khan	Rahul Y. Raichand	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
2003 (48th)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Devdas Mukherjee	Devdas	[49]
		Ajay Devgan	Bhagat Singh	The Legend of Bhagat Singh
		Amitabh Bachchan	Yashvardhan "Major" Rampal	Kaante
		Bobby Deol	Raj Singhania	Humraaz
		Vivek Oberoi	Aditya Sehgal	Saathiya
2004 (49th)		Hrithik Roshan ‡	Rohit Mehra	Koi Mil Gaya	[50]
		Ajay Devgan	Amit Kumar	Gangaajal
		Amitabh Bachchan	Raj Malhotra	Baghban
		Salman Khan	Radhe Mohan	Tere Naam
		Shah Rukh Khan	Aman Mathur	Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005 (50th)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Mohan Bhargav	Swades	[51]
		Amitabh Bachchan	DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastav	Khakee
		Hrithik Roshan	Karan Shergill	Lakshya
		Shah Rukh Khan	Major Ram Prasad Sharma	Main Hoon Na
			Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh	Veer-Zaara
2006 (51st)		Amitabh Bachchan ‡	Debraj Sahai	Black	[52]
		Aamir Khan	Mangal Pandey	Mangal Pandey: The Rising
		Amitabh Bachchan	Subhash Nagre a.k.a. Sarkar	Sarkar
		Abhishek Bachchan	Rakesh Trivedi alias Bunty	Bunty Aur Babli
		Saif Ali Khan	Shekhar Roy	Parineeta
2007 (52nd)		Hrithik Roshan ‡	Aryan alias Mr. A	Dhoom 2	[53]
		Aamir Khan	Daljeet "DJ" Singh / Chandra Shekhar Azad	Rang De Basanti
		Hrithik Roshan	Krishna "Krrish" Mehra	Krrish
		Sanjay Dutt	Munna Bhai / Murali Prasad Sharma	Lage Raho Munna Bhai
		Shah Rukh Khan	Don / Vijay	Don
			Dev Saran	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
2008 (53rd)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Coach Kabir Khan	Chak De India	[54]
		Abhishek Bachchan	Gurukant "Guru" Desai	Guru
		Akshay Kumar	Arjun Singh	Namastey London
		Darsheel Safary	Ishaan Awasthi	Taare Zameen Par
		Shahid Kapoor	Aditya Kashyap	Jab We Met
		Shah Rukh Khan	Om Prakash Makhija / Om Kapoor	Om Shanti Om
2009 (54th)		Hrithik Roshan ‡	Jalauddin Muhammad Akbar	Jodhaa Akbar	[55]
		Aamir Khan	Sanjay Singhania	Ghajini
		Abhishek Bachchan	Sameer "Sam" Kapoor	Dostana
		Akshay Kumar	Happy Singh	Singh Is Kinng
		Naseeruddin Shah	The Common Man	A Wednesday
		Shah Rukh Khan	Surinder "Suri" Sahni	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2010 (55th)		Amitabh Bachchan ‡	Auro	Paa	[56]
		Aamir Khan	Ranchoddas "Rancho" Shamaldas Chanchad / Chhote / Phunsukh Wangdu	3 Idiots
		Ranbir Kapoor	Prem Shankar Sharma	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
			Siddharth Mehra	Wake Up Sid
		Saif Ali Khan	Jai Vardhan Singh / Young Veer Singh	Love Aaj Kal
		Shahid Kapoor	Charlie / Guddu	Kaminey

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2011 (56th)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Rizwan Khan	My Name Is Khan	[57]
		Ajay Devgn	Sultan Mirza	Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
		Hrithik Roshan	Ethan Mascarenhas	Guzaarish
		Ranbir Kapoor	Samar Pratap Singh	Raajneeti
		Salman Khan	Chulbul Pandey	Dabangg
2012 (57th)		Ranbir Kapoor ‡	Janardhan "Jordan" Jakhar	Rockstar	[58]
		Ajay Devgn	Bajirao Singham	Singham
		Amitabh Bachchan	Prabhakar Anand	Aarakshan
		Hrithik Roshan	Arjun Narula	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
		Salman Khan	Lovely Singh	Bodyguard
		Shah Rukh Khan	Don	Don 2
2013 (58th)		Ranbir Kapoor ‡	Barfi	Barfi	[59]
		Hrithik Roshan	Vijay Deenanath Chauhan	Agneepath
		Irrfan Khan	Paan Singh Tomar	Paan Singh Tomar
		Manoj Bajpayee	Sardar Khan	Gangs of Wasseypur Part I
		Salman Khan	Chulbul Pandey	Dabangg 2
		Shah Rukh Khan	Major Samar Anand	Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2014 (59th)		Farhan Akhtar ‡	Milkha Singh	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	[60]
		Dhanush	Kundan Shankar	Raanjhanaa
		Hrithik Roshan	Rohit Mehra / Krishna Mehra	Krrish 3
		Ranbir Kapoor	Kabir "Bunny" Thapar	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
		Ranveer Singh	Ram Rajari	Ram Leela
		Shah Rukh Khan	Rahul Mithaiwala	Chennai Express
2015 (60th)		Shahid Kapoor ‡	Haider Meer	Haider	[61]
		Aamir Khan	PK	PK
		Akshay Kumar	Virat Bakshi	Holiday
		Hrithik Roshan	Jai Nanda / Rajveer	Bang Bang
		Randeep Hooda	Raja Ravi Varma	Rang Rasiya
2016 61st)		Ranveer Singh ‡	Peshwa Bajirao	Bajirao Mastani	[62]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Bhaskor Banerjee	Piku
		Ranbir Kapoor	Ved Vardhan Sahni	Tamasha
		Salman Khan	Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi	Bajrangi Bhaijaan
		Shah Rukh Khan	Raj Randhir Bakshi a.k.a. Kaali	Dilwale
		Varun Dhawan	Raghav "Raghu" Pratap Singh	Badlapur
2017 (62nd)		Aamir Khan ‡	Mahavir Singh Phogat	Dangal	[63]
		Amitabh Bachchan	Deepak Sehgal	Pink
		Ranbir Kapoor	Ayan Sanger	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
		Salman Khan	Sultan Ali Khan	Sultan
		Shahid Kapoor	Tejinder "Tommy" Singh a.k.a. Gabru	Udta Punjab
		Shah Rukh Khan	Gaurav Chandna / Aryan Khanna	Fan
		Sushant Singh Rajput	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
2018 (63rd)		Irrfan Khan ‡	Mr. Raj Batra	Hindi Medium	[64]
		Akshay Kumar	Keshav Sharma	Toilet: A Love Story
		Ayushmann Khurrana	Mudit Sharma	Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
		Hrithik Roshan	Rohan Bhatnagar	Kaabil
		Shah Rukh Khan	Raees Alam	Raees
		Varun Dhawan	Badrinath "Badri" Bansal	Badrinath Ki Dulhania
2019 (64th)		Ranbir Kapoor ‡	Sanjay Dutt	Sanju	[65]
		Akshay Kumar	Lakshmikant Chauhan	Padman
		Ayushmann Khurrana	Akash	Andhadhun
		Rajkummar Rao	Vicky	Stree
		Ranveer Singh	Alauddin Khilji	Padmaavat
		Shah Rukh Khan	Bauua Singh	Zero
2020 (65th)		Ranveer Singh ‡	Murad Ahmed	Gully Boy	[66]
		Akshay Kumar	Havildar Ishar Singh	Kesari
		Ayushmann Khurrana	Balmukund "Bala" Shukla	Bala
		Hrithik Roshan	Anand Kumar	Super 30
		Shahid Kapoor	Kabir Singh	Kabir Singh
		Vicky Kaushal	Major Vihaan Singh Shergill	Uri: The Surgical Strike

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2021 (66th)		Irrfan Khan † (posthumous)	Champak Ghasiteram Bansal	Angrezi Medium	[67]
		Ajay Devgn	Tanaji Malusare	Tanhaji
		Amitabh Bachchan	Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab	Gulabo Sitabo
		Ayushmann Khurrana	Kartik Singh	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
		Rajkummar Rao	Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta	Ludo
		Sushant Singh Rajput (posthumous)	Immanuel "Manny" Rajkumar Junior	Dil Bechara
2022 (67th)		Ranveer Singh ‡	Kapil Dev	83	[68]
		Dhanush	S. Venkatesh Vishwanath 'Vishu' Iyer	Atrangi Re
		Sidharth Malhotra	Vikram Batra	Shershaah
		Vicky Kaushal	Udham Singh	Sardar Udham
2023 (68th)		Rajkummar Rao ‡	Shardul Thakur	Badhaai Do	[69]
		Ajay Devgn	Vijay Salgaonkar	Drishyam 2
		Amitabh Bachchan	Amit Srivastava	Uunchai
		Anupam Kher	Pushkar Nath Pandit	The Kashmir Files
		Hrithik Roshan	Vedha Betal	Vikram Vedha
		Kartik Aaryan	Ruhaan Randhawa "Rooh Baba"	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
2024 (69th)		Ranbir Kapoor ‡	Ranvijay Singh Balbir/Aziz Haque	Animal	[70]
		Sunny Deol	Tara Singh	Gadar 2
		Vicky Kaushal	Sam Maneckshaw	Sam Bahadur
		Shah Rukh Khan	Hardayal "Hardy" Singh Dhillon	Dunki
			Captain Vikram Rathore/ Azad Rathore	Jawan
		Ranveer Singh	Rocky Randhawa	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

• Cinema of India
• Filmfare Best Actress Award
• Filmfare Awards East
• Filmfare Awards South
• Filmfare Marathi Awards

• Filmfare Award Best Actor