Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male

Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Popular)
The 2024 recipient: Sunny Deol
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryIndia
Presented byZee Entertainment Enterprises
First awardedShah Rukh Khan,
Dil To Pagal Hai (1998)
Currently held bySunny Deol
Gadar 2 (2024)
Websitezeecineawards.com

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 (1998-2014) 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 (2005) 3
Eldest Winner Anupam Kher (2023) 68
Youngest Winner Hrithik Roshan (2001) 26
Eldest Nominee Amitabh Bachchan (2017) 74
Youngest Nominee Hrithik Roshan (2001)
Vivek Oberoi (2003) 		26

Multiple Winners

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[1]
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 2 Prem/Raja
2019[2]
Ranveer Singh ‡ Padmaavat Alauddin Khilji
Ayushmann Khurrana ‡ Andhadhun Akash
Kartik 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
2020[3]
Ranveer 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 [4]
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 [5]
Sunny Deol ‡ Tara Singh Gadar 2
Ranbir Kapoor † Ranvijay Singh/Aziz Haque Animal
Ranveer Singh ‡ Rocky Randhawa Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Shah Rukh Khan ‡ Captain Vikram Rathore/Azad Jawan
Shah Rukh Khan Pathaan Pathaan
Vikrant Massey Manoj Kumar Sharma 12th Fail

See also

References

  1. ^ "Full List: Winners of Zee Cine Awards 2016". zeenews.india.com. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. ^ "ZEE Cine Awards 2019: Nominations list (viewer's choice)". BizAsiaLive. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ^ "ZEE Cine Awards 2019: Nominations list (viewer's choice)". BizAsiaLive. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2023: Kartik Aaryan And Alia Bhatt Win Best Actor; See Complete Winner List". English Jagran. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2024 Winners: Shah Rukh Khan Wins Best Actor; Jawan Bags Best Film, Best Music". News18. Retrieved 11 March 2024.