Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor is a state film award of the

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n state of

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given during the annual

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

. The award honours

Kannada Language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

films.

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Recipients

The first recipient was Rajkumar who was honored in 1967 for his performance in ''

Bangaarada Hoovu ''Bangarada Hoovu'' () is a 1967 Indian Kannada language film directed, written and produced by B. A. Arasu Kumar. The film stars Dr. Rajkumar, Rajkumar, Kalpana (Kannada actress), Kalpana, Udaykumar and Shylashri. The film won many laurels upon ...

''. As of 2019 he was the most honored actor with nine awards. Vishnuvardhan was honored in seven occasions. Two actors

Anant Nag Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and En ...

Shiva Rajkumar Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema.

have been honored four times, while

Lokesh Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada plays and films. His wife Girija Lokesh is an actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent m ...

honored three times and two actors

Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada films and television. In a career of over 34 years, Aravind has been appeared in over 140 films including several Tamil and T ...

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Raj ...

have won the award two times. The award was tied in 1998 between Vishnuvardhan and

. Interestingly,

Shiva Rajkumar Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema.

Raghavendra Rajkumar Raghavendra Rajkumar (born 15 August 1965) is an Indian actor, singer and producer of Kannada cinema. He is the son of actor Dr. Rajkumar and film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He made his debut as a lead in the film ''Chiranjeevi Sudhakar'' ...

and

are the siblings bagged this award. The most recent recipient is

who is honored in 2018 for his performance in the film ''

Ammana Mane ''Ammana Mane'' () is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Nikhil Manjoo Lingaiah and starring Raghavendra Rajkumar and Rohini Nagesh. The film is based on a book by Sri Lalithe. Cast *Raghavendra Rajkumar as Rajeeva *Rohini ...

''. The following is a complete list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won.

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{{Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards Kannada-language films

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