IIFA Award for Best Actor explained
The IIFA Award for Best Actor recognizes leading male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The recipient is chosen by viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
With 5 awards, Hrithik Roshan & Shahrukh Khan holds the record for most wins in this category.
Superlatives
Multiple winners
Multiple nominees
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|
| Actor with most awards | | 5 |
| Actor with most nominations | Shah Rukh Khan | 16 |
| Actor with most consecutive nominations | 11 |
| Actor with most consecutive wins | | 2 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | | 9 |
| Actor with most nominations in a single year | | 2 |
| Eldest Winner | Amitabh Bachchan | 68 |
| Eldest Nominee | 75 |
| Youngest Winner | Hrithik Roshan | 27 |
| Youngest Nominee | Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor | |
- Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan, Farhan Akhtar and Vicky Kaushal are the recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh and Vicky Kaushal are the recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Male Debut.
- Farhan Akhtar and Vicky Kaushal are the only actors who won in all three big categories: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Male Debut.
- Hrithik Roshan achieved supremacy in the 2000s with 4 wins. Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh took over in the 2010s with 2 wins each.
- Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan are the only actors to be nominated twice for the same role. Sanjay Dutt was nominated in 2004 and 2007 for his portrayal of Munna Bhai in Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munnabhai. Hrithik Roshan achieved this feat twice in the Krrish franchise; he was nominated for his role as Krishna Mehra for Krrish in 2007 and 2014 for Krrish 3 (he won in 2007), and for his role as Rohit Mehra in 2004 for Koi... Mil Gaya and 2014 for Krrish 3 (he won in 2004). Shah Rukh Khan was nominated in 2007 and 2012 for his portrayal of the titular character in Don and Don 2 respectively.
- In 2000, both Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan were nominated for the same film – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. However, none of them won.
- Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor hold a unique record of receiving nominations in this category in all 3 decades (2000s, 2010s, 2020s). Hrithik won in 2000s and Shahid triumphed in 2010s and 2020s.
List of winners
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
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