IIFA Award for Best Actor

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA Award]] for Best Actor
| image = File:Ranveer at filmfare (cropped).jpg
| caption =The 2019 Recipient: [[Ranveer Singh]]
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| presenter = International Indian Film Academy
| country = [[India]]
| year = [[Sanjay Dutt]], ''[[Vaastav: The Reality]]'' ([[1st IIFA Awards|2000]])
| holder = [[Ranveer Singh]] ''[[Padmaavat]]'' ([[20th IIFA Awards|2019]])
| website = [http://www.iifa.com IIFA Awards]
}}

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 four awards each, [[Hrithik Roshan]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] share the record for most wins in this category.

† - indicates the actor also ''won'' the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]] 
‡ - indicates the actor was also ''nominated'' for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]

==Superlatives==
{| class="wikitable"
! Superlative !! Actor !! Record
|-
| Actor with most awards || [[Shah Rukh Khan]] & [[Hrithik Roshan]] || 4
|-
| Actor with most nominations || Shah Rukh Khan || 16
|-
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning || [[Salman Khan]] || 9
|-
| Actor with most nominations in a single year || [[Aamir Khan]] {{Small|(2002)}} Ajay Devgan {{Small|(2003)}} Shahrukh Khan {{Small|(2005, 2007)}} [[Amitabh Bachchan]] {{Small|(2006)}} [[Saif Ali Khan]] {{Small|(2006)}} || 2
|}

===Multiple Nominees===
* '''16 Nominations''': [[Shah Rukh Khan]]
* '''9 Nominations:''' [[Salman Khan]], [[Hrithik Roshan]]
* '''8 Nominations:''' [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]]
* '''7 Nominations:''' [[Aamir Khan]]
* '''6 Nominations:''' [[Ajay Devgn]]
* '''4 Nominations:''' [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Shahid Kapoor]]

==List of winners==

===2000s===
*'''2000 [[Sanjay Dutt]] – ''[[Vaastav: The Reality]]''''' as '''Raghunath "Raghu" Namdev Shivalkar''' †
**[[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[Sarfarosh]]'' as ACP Ajay Singh Rathod ‡
**[[Ajay Devgan]] – ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' as Vanraj ‡
**[[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] – ''[[Haseena Maan Jaayegi]]'' as Monu
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' as Sameer ‡
*'''2001 [[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]''''' as '''Rohit / Raj †
**[[Akshay Kumar]] – ''[[Dhadkan]]'' as Ram
**[[Anil Kapoor]] – ''[[Pukar (2000 film)|Pukar]]'' as Major Jaidev Rajvansh ‡
**[[Sanjay Dutt]] – ''[[Mission Kashmir]]'' as SSP Inayat Khan ‡
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Mohabbatein]]'' as Raj Aryan Malhotra ‡
*'''2002 [[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[Lagaan]]''''' as '''Bhuvan''' †
**Aamir Khan – ''[[Dil Chahta Hai]]'' as Akash Malhotra ‡
**[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' as Inspector Manu Verma ‡
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' as Rahul Raichand ‡
**[[Sunny Deol]] – ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' as Tara Singh ‡
*'''2003 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]'' as '''Devdas Mukherjee''' †
**[[Ajay Devgan]] – ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' as Malik ‡
**Ajay Devgan – ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'' as [[Bhagat Singh]]
**[[Akshaye Khanna]] – ''[[Deewangee]]'' as Raj Goyal
**[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Kaante]]'' as Yashvardhan Rampal 'Major' ‡
*'''2004 [[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]''''' as '''Rohit Mehra''' †
**[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Baghban (2003 film)|Baghban]]'' as Raj Malhotra ‡
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Tere Naam]]'' as Radhe Mohan ‡
**[[Sanjay Dutt]] – ''[[Munna Bhai MBBS]]'' as Murli Prasad Sharma / [[Munna Bhai]]
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'' as Aman Mathur ‡
*'''2005 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Veer-Zaara]]''''' as '''Veer Pratap Singh''' ‡
**[[Nana Patekar]] – ''[[Ab Tak Chhappan]]'' as Inspector Sadhu Agashe
**[[Saif Ali Khan]] – ''[[Hum Tum]]'' as Karan Kapoor
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Mujhse Shaadi Karogi]]'' as Sameer Malhotra
**Shah Rukh Khan – ''[[Swades]]'' as Mohan Bhargava †
*'''2006 [[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]''''' as '''Debraj Sahai''' †
**[[Abhishek Bachchan]] – ''[[Bunty Aur Babli]]'' as '''Rakesh Trivedi / Bunty''' ‡
**Amitabh Bachchan – ''[[Sarkar (2005 film)|Sarkar]]'' as Subhash 'Sarkar' Nagre ‡
**[[Saif Ali Khan]] – ''[[Parineeta (2005 film)|Parineeta]]'' as Shekhar Rai ‡
**Saif Ali Khan – ''[[Salaam Namaste]]'' as Nikhil "Nick" Arora
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Paheli]]'' as Kishanlal / Prem
*'''2007 [[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Krrish]]''''' as '''Krishna (Krrish) Mehra / Rohit Mehra''' ‡
**[[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' as Daljeet 'DJ' / [[Chandrashekhar Azad]] ‡
**[[Ajay Devgan]] – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' as Omkara 'Omi' Shukla
**[[Sanjay Dutt]] – ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' as Murli Prasad Sharma / Munna Bhai ‡
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Don (2006 Hindi film)|Don]]'' as [[Don (character)|Don]] / Vijay ‡
**Shah Rukh Khan – ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' as Dev Saran ‡
*'''2008 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Chak De! India]]''''' as '''Kabir Khan''' †
**[[Abhishek Bachchan]] – ''[[Guru (2007 film)|Guru]]'' as Gurukant "Guru" Desai ‡
**[[Akshay Kumar]] – ''[[Bhool Bhulaiyaa]]'' as Dr. Aditya Shrivastav
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Partner (2007 film)|Partner]]'' as Prem "Love Guru"
**[[Shahid Kapoor]] – ''[[Jab We Met]]'' as Aditya Kashyap ‡
*'''2009 [[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Jodhaa Akbar]]''''' as '''Jalaluddin Mohammad [[Akbar]]''' †
**[[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'' as Sanjay Singhania ‡
**[[Abhishek Bachchan]] – ''[[Dostana (2008 film)|Dostana]]'' as Sameer ‡
**[[Naseeruddin Shah]] – ''[[A Wednesday!]]'' as The Common Man ‡
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi]]'' as Surinder "Suri" Sahni / Raj ‡

===2010s===
*'''2010 [[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Paa (film)|Paa]]''''' as '''Auro''' †
**[[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[3 Idiots]]'' as Ranchhoddas 'Rancho' Shyamaldas Chhanchad / Phunsukh Wangdu ‡
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' as Siddharth "Sid" Mehra ‡
**[[Saif Ali Khan]] – ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]'' as Jai Vardhan Singh / Veer Singh ‡
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Wanted (2009 film)|Wanted]]'' as Radhe
**[[Shahid Kapoor]] – ''[[Kaminey]]'' as Charlie / Guddu ‡
*'''2011 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[My Name is Khan]]''''' as '''Rizwan Khan''' †
**[[Ajay Devgn]] – ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai]]'' as Sultan Mirza ‡
**[[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]'' as Ethan Mascarenhas ‡
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Raajneeti]]'' as Samar Pratap ‡
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Dabangg]]'' as Chulbul Pandey ‡
*'''2012 [[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]]''''' as '''Janardhan Jordan Jakhar''' †
**[[Ajay Devgn]] – ''[[Singham]]'' as Inspector Bajirao Singham ‡
**[[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' as Arjun ‡
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)|Bodyguard]]'' as Lovely Singh ‡
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Don 2]]'' as Don ‡
*'''2013 [[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Barfi!]]''''' as '''Murphy "Barfi" Johnson''' †
**[[Ayushmann Khurrana]] – ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' as Vicky Arora
**[[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Agneepath (2012 film)|Agneepath]]'' as Vijay Deenanath Chauhan ‡
**[[Irrfan Khan]] – ''[[Paan Singh Tomar (film)|Paan Singh Tomar]]'' as [[Paan Singh Tomar]] ‡
**[[Manoj Bajpai]] – ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1]]'' as Sardar Khan ‡
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Jab Tak Hai Jaan]]'' as Samar Anand ‡
*'''2014 [[Farhan Akhtar]] – ''[[Bhaag Milkha Bhaag]]''''' as '''[[Milkha Singh]]''' †
**[[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Krrish 3]]'' as Krishna ([[Krrish (character)|Krrish]]) Mehra / Rohit Mehra ‡
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani]]'' as Kabir "Bunny" Thapar ‡
**[[Ranveer Singh]] – ''[[Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela]]'' as Ram Rajari ‡
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Chennai Express]]'' as Rahul Mithaiwala ‡
**[[Sushant Singh Rajput]] – ''[[Kai Po Che!]]'' as Ishaan Bhatt
*'''2015 [[Shahid Kapoor]] – ''[[Haider (film)|Haider]]''''' as '''Haider Meer''' †
**[[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[PK (film)|PK]]'' as PK ‡
**[[Arjun Kapoor]] – ''[[2 States (2014 film)|2 States]]'' as Krish Malhotra
**[[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Bang Bang (2014 film)|Bang Bang]]'' as Rajveer / Jai Nanda ‡
**[[Randeep Hooda]] – ''[[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|Highway]]'' as Mahabir Bhati
**[[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Happy New Year (2014 film)|Happy New Year]]'' as Chandramohan Manohar Sharma a.k.a. Charlie
*'''2016 [[Ranveer Singh]] – ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]''''' as '''[[Bajirao I|Peshwa Bajirao]] †'''
**[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Piku]]'' as Bhashkor Banerjee ‡
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Tamasha (2015 film)|Tamasha]]'' as Ved Vardhan Sahni ‡
**[[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Bajrangi Bhaijaan]]'' as Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi "Bajrangi" ‡
**[[Varun Dhawan]] – ''[[Badlapur (film)|Badlapur]]'' as Raghav "Raghu" Pratap Singh ‡
*'''2017 [[Shahid Kapoor]] – ''[[Udta Punjab]]''''' as '''Tommy Singh''' ‡
** [[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]'' as Deepak Sehgal ‡
** [[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Ae Dil Hai Mushkil]]'' as Ayan Sanger ‡
** [[Salman Khan]] – ''[[Sultan (2016 film)|Sultan]]'' as Sultan Ali Khan ‡
** [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Fan (film)|Fan]]'' as Gaurav / Aryan Khanna ‡
** [[Sushant Singh Rajput]] – ''[[M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story]]'' as [[M.S. Dhoni]] ‡
*'''2018 [[Irrfan Khan]] – ''[[Hindi Medium]]''''' as '''Raj Batra''' †
**[[Adil Hussain]] - ''[[Hotel Salvation|Mukti Bhawan]] as Rajiv''
**[[Akshay Kumar]] - ''[[Toilet: Ek Prem Katha]]'' as Keshav Sharma ‡
**[[Rajkummar Rao]] - ''[[Newton (film)|Newton]]'' as Nutan "Newton" Kumar
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] - ''[[Jagga Jasoos]] as Jagga''
*'''2019 [[Ranveer Singh]] - [[Padmaavat]] as [[Alauddin Khilji]] ‡'''
**[[Ayushmann Khurrana]] - [[Andhadhun]] as Akash ‡
**[[Rajkummar Rao]] - [[Stree (2018 film)|Stree]] as Vicky ‡
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] - [[Sanju]] as [[Sanjay Dutt]] †
**[[Vicky Kaushal]] - [[Raazi]] as Iqbal Syed

== See also ==
* [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA Awards]]
* [[Bollywood]]
* [[Cinema of India]]

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090822183347/http://www.iifa.com/web07/cntnt/iifa.htm Official site]
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