Year Winner Film Language
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
1999 1.Mammooty 2.Ajay Devgan Dr. AmbedkarZakhm EnglishHindi
1998 1.Suresh Gopi 2.Balachandra Menon Kaliyattam Samaantharangal Malayalam
1997 Kamal Haasan Indian Tamil
1996 Rajit Kapur The Making of the Mahatma English
1995 Nana Patekar Krantiveer Hindi
1994 Mammooty Ponthanmada & Vidheyan Malayalam
1993 Mithun Chakraborty Tahader Katha Bengali
1992 Mohanlal Bharatham Malayalam
1991 Amitabh Bachchan Agneepath Hindi
1990 Mammooty Mathilukal & Oru Vadakkan Veera Gatha 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 Aarohan 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