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.

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.

Year Popular Actor Ref.
1995 Kamal Addararachchi
1996 Lucky Dias
1997 Jeewan Kumaranatunga
1998 Palitha Silva
1999 Sriyantha Mendis
2000 Lucky Dias
2001 Channa Perera
2002 Channa Perera
2003 Channa Perera
2004 Roshan Pilapitiya
2006 Roshan Pilapitiya
2007 Suraj Mapa

2008 Roshan Ranawana
2009 Chandika Nanayakkara
2010 Chandika Nanayakkara
2011 Saranga Disasekara
2012 Dhananjaya Siriwardena
2013 Vishwa Kodikara
2014 Vishwa Kodikara
2015 Kavinga Perera
2016 Kavinga Perera
2017 Kavinga Perera
2018 Raween Kanishka
2019 Sumiran Gunasekara
2021 Sajitha Anuththara
2023 Uddika Premarathna
2024 Saranga Disasekara
2025 Saranga Disasekara