Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Malayalam

The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Malayalam is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam films. The award is given by the chosen jury of critics assigned.

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Malayalam
Awarded for	Best performance by an actor in Malayalam films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First award	2013
Currently held by	Joju George, Iratta (2023)
Website	Filmfare Awards

Winners

Year	Actress	Role	Film	Ref.
2013	Prithviraj Sukumaran	J.C. Daniel / Harris Daniel	Celluloid	[1]
2014	Nivin Pauly	Rameshan	1983	[2]
2015	Jayasurya	Sudhi Vathmeekam	Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam	[3]
2016	Dulquer Salmaan	Siddharth	Kali	[4]
		Krishnan	Kammatipaadam
2017	Tovino Thomas	John Mathew	Mayaanadhi	[5]
2018	Soubin Shahir	Majeed	Sudani from Nigeria	[6]
2020 / 21	Jayasurya	Murali Nambiar / Vellam Murali	Vellam	[7]
2022	Alencier Ley Lopez	Ittychan	Appan	[8]
2023	Joju George	in a dual role as: DYSP Pramod Kumar ASI Vinod Kumar	Iratta	[9]

Superlatives

Superlative	Actress	Record
Most awards	Jayasurya	2 wins

See also

• Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Malayalam