Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male
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| Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Popular) | |
|---|---|
 The 2024 recipient: Sunny Deol | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| First awarded | Shah Rukh Khan, Dil To Pagal Hai (1998) |
| Currently held by | Sunny Deol Gadar 2 (2024) |
| Website | zeecineawards |
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
- 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
2010s
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
- ^ "Full List: Winners of Zee Cine Awards 2016". zeenews.india.com. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "ZEE Cine Awards 2019: Nominations list (viewer's choice)". BizAsiaLive. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "ZEE Cine Awards 2019: Nominations list (viewer's choice)". BizAsiaLive. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2024 Winners: Shah Rukh Khan Wins Best Actor; Jawan Bags Best Film, Best Music". News18. Retrieved 11 March 2024.