The Tamil State Film Awards for Best Actor is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films.

List of winners + List of winners and nominated workYearRecipient(s)Role(s)Film(s)Reference(s) 1967 A. V. M. Rajan Manikkam Karpooram 1968 M. G. Ramachandran Shekhar & Anand Kudiyirundha Koyil 1969 Sivaji Ganesan Shankar, Kannan & Vijay Deiva Magan 1970 Gemini Ganesan Suresh Kaaviya Thalaivi 1977 Kamal Haasan Gopalakrishnan 16 Vayathinile 1978 Srikanth Sivaraman Mudaliar Karunai Ullam 1979–80 Sivakumar Ramu Avan Aval Adhu 1980–81 Kamal Haasan Sundaram Rangan Varumayin Niram Sigappu 1981–82 Kamal Haasan R. Srinivas Moondram Pirai 1982 Sivakumar Aravindhan Agni Sakshi 1988 Vijayakanth Captain Sundarapandian Senthoora Poove 1989 Kamal Haasan Sethupathi, Appadurai & Rajadurai Apoorva Sagodharargal 1990 Karthik Ponnurangam Kizhakku Vasal 1991 Prabhu Chinna Thambi Chinna Thambi 1992 Kamal Haasan Sakthivel Thevar Magan 1993 Arjun Krishnamoorthy Gentleman 1994 Sarath Kumar Shanmugam (Nattamai) & Pasupathi Nattamai 1995 Rajinikanth Zamindar Rajalingam & Muthu Vel Muthu 1996 Kamal Haasan Senapathi & Chandrabose Indian 1997 Vijay Jeevaanandham Kadhalukku Mariyadhai 1997 Parthiban Bharathi Bharathi Kannamma 1998 Sarath KumarMuthaiya & Chinnaiya Natpukaaga 1999 Rajinikanth Aarupadayappan Padayappa 2000 Murali Karuthaiya Kadal Pookal 2001 Suriya Nandhaa Nandhaa 2002 R. Madhavan ShivaAnbarasuThiruselvan RunAnbe SivamKannathil Muthamittal 2003 Vikram Chithan Pithamagan 2004 Jayam Ravi M. Kumaran M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi 2005 Rajinikanth Dr. Saravanan / Vettaiyan Chandramukhi 2006 Kamal Haasan DCP Raghavan Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu 2007 Rajinikanth Sivaji Sivaji 2008 Kamal Haasan Rangarajan Nambi, Govindarajan Ramaswamy, George W. Bush, Christian Fletcher, Shingan Narahazi, Balram Naidu, Avtar Singh, Krishnaveni Paatti, Vincent Poovaraghan, Khalifullah Khan Mukhtar Dasavathaaram 2009 Karan Malayan Malayan 2010 Vikram Veeraiya Raavanan 2011 Vimal Veluthambi Vaagai Sooda Vaa 2012 Jiiva Varun Krishnan Neethaane En Ponvasantham 2013 Arya John Raja Rani 2014 Siddharth Thalaivankottai Kaliappa Bhagavathar Kaaviya Thalaivan 2015 R. Madhavan Prabhu Selvaraj Irudhi Suttru 2016 Vijay Sethupathi Kathir Puriyatha Puthir 2017 Karthi DSP Theeran Thirumaran Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru 2018 Dhanush Anbu Vada Chennai 2019 R. Parthiban Maasilamani Otha Seruppu Size 7 2020 Suriya Nedumaaran Rajangam Soorarai Pottru 2021 Arya Kabilan Sarpatta Parambarai 2022 Vikram Prabhu Arivazhagan Taanakkaran

Multiple Winners Wins Recipient(s) 8 Kamal Haasan 4 Rajinikanth 2 Sivakumar, R. Sarathkumar, Vikram, Suriya, Madhavan, R. Parthiban, Arya

Kamal Haasan had won most awards for best actor with eight followed by Rajinikanth with four.

See also Cinema of India

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