The National Film Award (India) (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Actor winners:
| Year | Winner | Film | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Soumitra Chatterjee | Podokkhep | Bengali |
| 2006 | Amitabh Bachchan | Black | Hindi |
| 2005 | Saif Ali Khan | Hum Tum | Hindi |
| 2004 | Vikram | Pithamagan | Tamil |
| 2003 | Ajay Devgan | The Legend of Bhagat Singh | Hindi |
| 2002 | Murali | Neythukaaran | Malayalam |
| 2001 | Anil Kapoor | Pukar | Hindi |
| 2000 | Mohanlal | Vaanaprastham | Malayalam |
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| 1998 | 1. Vishal Veeru Devgan, Hindi:विशाल देवगन born (April 2 1969 in New Delhi, India) popularly known as Ajay Devgan is Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ( Marathi:डॊभीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर ( April 14, 1891 — December 6, 1956 Zakhm ( Devnagari: ज़ख़्म meaning wound) is a 1998 Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Suresh Gopi 2. Suresh Gopi is an National Film Award -winning actor in Malayalam cinema who is famous for his roles in police dramas Balachandra Menon | Kaliyattam Samaantharangal | Malayalam Malayalam |
| 1997 | Kamal Haasan | Indian | Tamil |
| 1996 | Rajit Kapur | The Making of the Mahatma | English |
| 1995 | Nana Patekar | Krantiveer | Hindi |
| 1994 | Mammooty | Ponthan Mada & Vidheyan | Malayalam |
| 1993 | Mithun Chakraborty | Tahader Katha | Bengali |
| 1992 | Mohanlal | Bharatham | Malayalam |
| 1991 | Amitabh Bachchan | Agneepath | Hindi |
| 1990 | Mammooty | Mathilukal & Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha | Malayalam |
| 1989 | Premji | Piravi | Malayalam |
| 1988 | Kamal Haasan | Nayakan | Tamil |
| 1987 | Chaaru Haasan | Tabarana Kathe | Kannada |
| 1986 | Shashi Kapoor | New Delhi Times | Hindi |
| 1985 | Naseeruddin Shah | Paar | Hindi |
| 1984 | Om Puri | Ardh Satya | Hindi |
| 1983 | Kamal Haasan | Moondram Pirai | Tamil |
| 1982 | Om Puri | Arohan | Hindi |
| 1981 | Balan K. Nair | Oppol | Malayalam |
| 1980 | Naseeruddin Shah | Sparsh | Hindi |
| 1979 | Arun Mukherjee | Parashuram | Bengali |
| 1978 | Gopi | Kodiyettam | Malayalam |
| 1977 | Mithun Chakraborty | Mrigaaya | Bengali |
| 1976 | M.V. Vasudeva Rao | Chomana Dudi | Kannada |
| 1975 | Sadhu Mehr | Ankur | Hindi |
| 1974 | P. J. Antony | Nirmalyam | Malayalam |
| 1973 | Sanjeev Kumar | Koshish | Hindi |
| 1972 | M.G. Ramachandran | Rickshawkaran | Tamil |
| 1971 | Sanjeev Kumar | Dastak | Hindi |
| 1970 | Utpal Dutt | Bhuvan Shome | Hindi |
| 1969 | Ashok Kumar | Aashirwaad | Hindi |
| 1968 | Uttam Kumar | Antony Firingee & Chiriakhana | Bengali |