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. The award was first presented in 1999 as part of the Meril-Prothom Alo Awards for a 1998 film.

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. Riaz has also come second five times, followed by Manna three times and Arifin Shuvoo twice. The latest winner is Chanchal Chowdhury won the award for his performance in the Hawa (2022).

Multiple wins

The following actors have won two or more times:

Multiple nominations

The following actors received two or more nominations:

Winners and nominees

The first titles in the list below indicate the winners. Winning actors' names are in bold and those not in bold indicate nominations. The years given in the list are considered to be the year of release of the film and not the year of the award. The awards are usually held in the following year.

1998–2009

2010s

2020s

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