Meril-Prothom Alo Award for Best Film Actor

The Meril-Prothom Alo Award for Best Film Actor is an award jointly presented by Meril and Prothom Alo in recognition of the contribution of Bangladeshi film actors.

[1] Riaz won the award for the first time in this category.

Shakib Khan won this award for a record seven times, including five times in a row from 2011 to 2015.

The latest winner is Chanchal Chowdhury won the award for his performance in the Hawa (2022).

The following actors have won two or more times: The following actors received two or more nominations: The first titles in the list below indicate the winners.

Shakib Khan won the award maximum seven times for his performances in the films Priya Amar Priya (2008), Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na (2010), King Khan (2011), Don Number One (2012), Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini (2013), Hero: The Superstar (2014) and Shikari (2016).
Riaz won the award the second most five times for his performances in Shashurbari Zindabad (2001), O Priya Tumi Kothay (2002), Moner Majhe Tumi (2003) and Hridoyer Kotha (2006).
Arifin Shuvoo won the award twice for his performance in Chuye Dile Mon (2015) and Dhaka Attack (2017).
Siam Ahmed won the award thrice for his performance in PoraMon 2 (2018), Fagun Haway (2019) and Mridha Bonam Mridha (2021)