Sumathi Most Popular Actor Award

The Sumathi Popular Teledrama Actor Award is presented annually in Sri Lanka by the Sumathi Group of Companies for the most Popular Sri Lankan television actor of the year, determined by a publicly popular vote.[1]

Channa Perera and Kavinga Perera has received the award three times becoming most awarded.

The annual award was first given in 1995. The following is a list of the winners of this award since then.[2]

Year Popular Actor Ref.
1995 Kamal Addararachchi [3]
1996 Lucky Dias [4]
1997 Jeewan Kumaranatunga [5]
1998 Palitha Silva [6]
1999 Sriyantha Mendis [7]
2000 Lucky Dias [8]
2001 Channa Perera [9]
2002 Channa Perera [10]
2003 Channa Perera [11]
2004 Roshan Pilapitiya [12]
2006 Roshan Pilapitiya [13]
2007 Suraj Mapa

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2008 Roshan Ranawana [15]
2009 Chandika Nanayakkara [16]
2010 Chandika Nanayakkara [17]
2011 Saranga Disasekara [18]
2012 Dhananjaya Siriwardena [19]
2013 Vishwa Kodikara [20]
2014 Vishwa Kodikara [21]
2015 Kavinga Perera [22]
2016 Kavinga Perera [23]
2017 Kavinga Perera [24]
2018 Raween Kanishka [25]
2019 Sumiran Gunasekara [26]
2021 Sajitha Anuththara [27]
2023 Uddika Premarathna [28]
2024 Saranga Disasekara [29]
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