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]
2005	Not Awarded	[13]
2006	Roshan Pilapitiya	[14]
2007	Suraj Mapa	[15]
2008	Roshan Ranawana	[16]
2009	Chandika Nanayakkara	[17]
2010	Chandika Nanayakkara	[18]
2011	Saranga Disasekara	[19]
2012	Dhananjaya Siriwardena	[20]
2013	Vishwa Kodikara	[21]
2014	Vishwa Kodikara	[22]
2015	Kavinga Perera	[23]
2016	Kavinga Perera	[24]
2017	Kavinga Perera	[25]
2018	Raween Kanishka	[26]
2019	Sumiran Gunasekara	[27]
2020	Not Awarded	[28]
2021	Sajitha Anuththara	[29]
2022	Not Awarded	[30]
2023	Uddika Premarathna	[31]
2024	Saranga Disasekara	[32]
2025	Saranga Disasekara	[33]