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{{Infobox award
| name = [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Critics Award]] for Best Actor
| image =File:Amitabh Bachchan.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = The 2021 recipient: [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| presenter = ''[[Filmfare]]''
| country = India
| year = [[Anupam Kher]], ''[[Daddy (1989 film)|Daddy]]'' ([[36th Filmfare Awards|1991]])
| holder = [[Amitabh Bachchan]], ''[[Gulabo Sitabo]]'' ([[66th Filmfare Awards|2021]])
| website = [http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/ Filmfare Awards]
}}

The '''Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor''' is given by ''[[Filmfare]]'' as part of its annual [[Filmfare Awards]] for [[Hindi films]].

The record of the maximum number of wins in this category is with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] having won the award 4 times (2002, 2006, 2016 & 2021), then [[Manoj Bajpayee|Manoj Bajpai]] 3 times (1999, 2000 & 2017), followed by four actors (in chronological order): [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] (1994 & 2001), [[Ranbir Kapoor]] (2010 & 2012), [[Rajkummar Rao]] (2014 & 2018) and [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] (2019 & 2020).

* There have been two ties in this category's history, between [[Manoj Bajpai]] and [[Shahid Kapoor]] for [[Aligarh (film)|''Aligarh'']] and ''[[Udta Punjab]]'' respectively (2017); and between [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] and [[Ranveer Singh]] for ''[[Andhadhun]]'' and ''[[Padmaavat]]'' respectively (2019).

* 2 actors have won the award in consecutive years; they are [[Manoj Bajpai]] (1999 & 2000) and [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] (2019–20).

* 4 actors have won both the Popular and Critics categories in the same year, three for the same film: [[Hrithik Roshan]] for ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'' in 2004, [[Amitabh Bachchan]] for [[Black (2005 film)|''Black'']] in 2006 and [[Ranbir Kapoor]] for [[Rockstar (2011 film)|''Rockstar'']] in 2012. [[Shah Rukh Khan]] is the first and only actor so far to win both categories in the same year in 1994 for 2 different films, with Best Actor Critics for ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' and Best Actor Popular for ''[[Baazigar]]''.

* [[Aamir Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Hrithik Roshan]], [[Shahid Kapoor]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]] and [[Ranveer Singh]] have all won awards also for [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut|Best Male Debut]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] while [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] has won for Best Male Debut and [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback singer]].

* [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Rishi Kapoor]], [[Anupam Kher]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] have all won awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor while [[Rajkummar Rao]] has won Best Supporting Actor.

* [[Ajay Devgn]] (''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]''), [[Amitabh Bachchan]] ([[Black (2005 film)|''Black'']] and ''[[Piku]]''), [[Rajkummar Rao]] ([[Shahid (film)|''Shahid'']]), [[Irrfan Khan]] (''[[Paan Singh Tomar (film)|Paan Singh Tomar]]'') and [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] (''[[Andhadhun]]'') have all won the [[National Film Award for Best Actor]], while [[Anupam Kher]] (''[[Daddy (1989 film)|Daddy]]'') received a [[National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic)]] and [[Manoj Bajpayee|Manoj Bajpai]] (''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]])'' won [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor]].

== Multiple Wins ==
* '''4 wins''': [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
* '''3 wins''': [[Manoj Bajpayee|Manoj Bajpai]]
* '''2 wins''': [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]], [[Rajkummar Rao]], [[Ayushmann Khurrana]]

==List of winners==

===Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance===
(From 1991 until 1997, there was one special category known as the Critics Award for Best Performance, and was awarded without prior nomination to acknowledge an actor of either [[gender]].)

====1990s====
* '''1991 [[Anupam Kher]] – ''[[Daddy (1989 film)|Daddy]] as Anand '''''
* '''1992''' ''Not awarded''
* '''1993''' ''Won by a female actor''
* '''1994 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]] as Sunil '''''
* '''1995''' Won by a female actor
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* '''1996''' ''Won by a female actor''
* '''1997''' ''Won by a female actor''

===Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor===
(The category is officially divided into two separate categories to acknowledge both male and female actors individually.)

* '''1998 [[Anil Kapoor]] – ''[[Virasat (1997 film)|Virasat]] as Shakti Thakur '''''
* '''1999 [[Manoj Bajpayee|Manoj Bajpai]] – ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]] as Bhiku Mhatre '''''

====2000s====
* '''2000 [[Manoj Bajpayee|Manoj Bajpai]] – ''[[Shool]] as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh '''''
* '''2001 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Mohabbatein]] as Raj Aryan Malhotra '''''
* '''2002 [[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]] as Insp. Manu Verma '''''
* '''2003 [[Ajay Devgan]] – ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' & ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]] as N. Malik (in [[Company (2002 film)|Company]]) / [[Bhagat Singh]] (in [[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]) '''''
* '''2004 [[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]] as Rohit Mehra '''''
* '''2005 [[Pankaj Kapoor]] – ''[[Maqbool]] as Jahangir Khan (Abbaji) '''''
* '''2006 [[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]] as Debraj Sahai '''''
* '''2007 [[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]] as Daljit "DJ" Singh '''''
* '''2008 [[Darsheel Safary]] – ''[[Taare Zameen Par]] as Ishaan Awasthi aka Inu '''''
* '''2009 [[Manjot Singh]] – ''[[Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!]] as Young Lucky '''''

====2010s====
* '''2010 [[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Wake Up Sid]],'' ''[[Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani]]'' & ''[[Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year]] as Siddharth "Sid" Mehra (in [[Wake Up Sid]]) / Prem Shankar Sharma (in [[Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani]]) / Harpreet Singh Bedi (in [[Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year]]) '''''
* '''2011 [[Rishi Kapoor]] – ''[[Do Dooni Chaar]] as Santosh Duggal '''''
* '''2012 [[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]] as Janardhan "Jordan" Jhakhar / JJ '''''
* '''2013 [[Irrfan Khan]] – ''[[Paan Singh Tomar (film)|Paan Singh Tomar]] as [[Paan Singh Tomar]] '''''
* '''2014 [[Rajkummar Rao]] – ''[[Shahid (film)|Shahid]] as [[Shahid Azmi]] '''''
* '''2015 [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] – ''[[Ankhon Dekhi]] as Bauji'''''
* '''2016 [[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Piku]] as Bhashkor Banerjee '''''<ref name=filmfare>{{cite web | title = 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/60th-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards-2014-Complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/46080277.cms |date=15 January 2016| access-date = 2016-01-16 | newspaper = The Times of India}}</ref>
* '''2017 [[Manoj Bajpayee|Manoj Bajpai]] – ''[[Aligarh (film)|Aligarh]] as Prof. [[Ramchandra Siras]] '''''and '''[[Shahid Kapoor]] – ''[[Udta Punjab]] as Tejinder "Tommy" Singh a.k.a. Gabru '''''<ref>{{cite news |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/62nd-filmfare-awards-2017-winners-list/articleshow/56541241.cms|title = 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list |work = The Times of India |date = 15 January 2017 |access-date = 15 January 2017 }}</ref>
* '''2018 [[Rajkummar Rao]] – ''[[Trapped (2016 Hindi film)|Trapped]] as Shaurya ''
**[[Irrfan Khan]] - ''[[Hindi Medium]]'''' as Raj Batra
**[[Rajkummar Rao]] – ''[[Newton (film)|Newton]]'' as Nutan "Newton" Kumar
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] - ''[[Jagga Jasoos]]'' as Jagga
**[[Vikrant Massey]] – ''[[A Death in the Gunj]]'' as Shyamal Chatterjee (Shutu)
* '''2019 [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] - ''[[Andhadhun]] as Akash Saraf '''''and '''[[Ranveer Singh]] – ''[[Padmaavat]] as [[Alauddin Khalji]] '''''
**[[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] - ''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]'' as [[Saadat Hasan Manto]]
**[[Ranbir Kapoor]] – ''[[Sanju]]'' as [[Sanjay Dutt]]
**[[Varun Dhawan]] – ''[[October (2018 film)|October]]'' as Danish "Dan" Walia
**[[Vineet Kumar Singh]] – ''[[Mukkabaaz]]'' as Shravan Kumar Singh

====2020s====
* '''2020 [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] - ''[[Article 15 (film)|Article 15]] as [[Additional Superintendent of Police|Additional SP]] Ayan Ranjan '''''
**[[Akshaye Khanna]] - ''[[Section 375]]'' as Tarun Saluja
**[[Rajkummar Rao]] - ''[[Judgementall Hai Kya]]'' as Keshav Kumar / Shravan
**[[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] - [[Photograph (film)|''Photograph'']] as Rafiullah / "Rafi"

* '''2021 [[Amitabh Bachchan]] - ''[[Gulabo Sitabo]] as Chunan "Mirza" Nawab '''''
**[[Gajraj Rao]] - ''[[Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan]]'' as Shankar Tripathi
**[[Rajkummar Rao]] - ''[[Ludo (film)|Ludo]]'' as Alok “Alu” Kumar Gupta
**[[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] - ''[[Kaamyaab]]'' as Sudhir
**[[Irrfan Khan]] - ''[[Angrezi Medium]]'' as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal
**Shardul Bhardwaj - ''[[Eeb Allay Ooo!]]'' as Anjani Prasad

==See also==
*[[Filmfare Awards]]
*[[Bollywood]]
*[[Cinema of India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf Filmfare Nominees and Winners]

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