2015

Ranveer Singh

Bajirao Mastani

Akshay Kumar - Baby

Amitabh Bachchan - Piku

Irrfan Khan - Talvar

Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Manjhi: The Mountain Man

2016

Amitabh Bachchan

Pink

Aamir Khan - Dangal

Akshay Kumar - Airlift

Manoj Bajpayee - Aligarh

Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Raman Raghav 2.0

Sushant Singh Rajput - M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

2017

Rajkummar Rao

Newton

Lalit Behl - Mukti Bhawan

Rajkummar Rao - Trapped

Ranbir Kapoor - Jagga Jasoos

Vikrant Massey - A Death In The Gunj

2018

Vineet Kumar Singh

Mukkabaaz

Ayushmann Khurrana - Andhadhun

Gajraj Rao - Badhaai Ho

Manoj Bajpayee - Gali Guleiyan

Varun Dhawan - October

2019

Ranveer Singh

Gully Boy

Ayushmann Khurrana – Article 15

Farhan Akhtar – The Sky Is Pink

Sushant Singh Rajput – Sonchiriya

Talha Arshad Reshi – Hamid