Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil

Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in Tamil films
Country	India
Presented by	Cinema Express Awards

The Cinema Express Best Actor Award is given as a part of its annual Cinema Express Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films. ^[1]

Winners

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
1981	Kamal Haasan	Raja Paarvai
1982	Kamal Haasan	Moondram Pirai
1984	Rajinikanth	Nallavanuku Nallavan
1985	Rajinikanth	Sri Raghavendra
1986	Vijayakanth	Amman Kovil Kizhakale	[2]
1987	Kamal Haasan	Nayakan	[3]
1988	Prabhu	Manasukkul Mathappu	[4]
1990	Kamal Haasan	Michael Madhana Kamarajan
1991	Rajinikanth	Thalapathi	[5]
1992	Kamal Haasan Rajinikanth	Thevar Magan Annaamalai	[6]
1993	Sathyaraj	Walter Vetrivel	[7]
1994	Sarathkumar	Nattamai	[8]
1995	Rajinikanth	Baashha , Muthu
1996	Kamal Haasan	Indian
1997	Sarathkumar	Surya Vamsam
1998	Karthik	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen	[9]
1999	Ajith Kumar	Valee , Amarkalam	[10]
2000	Ajith Kumar	Mugavaree	[11]
2001	Ajith Kumar	Citizen	[11]
2002	Vikram	Kasi	[12]

References

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