Sumathi Most Popular Actor Award

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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.{{cite web|title=About Sumathi Awards|url=https://sumathiawards.lk/about-sumathi-awards.php|website=www.sumathiawards.lk}}

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.{{cite web|title=Sumathi Award winners in each year|url=https://sumathiawards.lk/sumathi-awards-winners.php|website=www.sumathiawards.lk}}

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Year	Popular Actor	Ref.
1995	Kamal Addararachchi	sumathiawards.lk
1996	Lucky Dias	sumathiawards.lk
1997	Jeewan Kumaranatunga	sumathiawards.lk
1998	Palitha Silva	sumathiawards.lk
1999	Sriyantha Mendis	sumathiawards.lk
2000	Lucky Dias	sumathiawards.lk
2001	Channa Perera	sumathiawards.lk
2002	Channa Perera	sumathiawards.lk
2003	Channa Perera	sumathiawards.lk
2004	Roshan Pilapitiya	sumathiawards.lk
2006	Roshan Pilapitiya	sumathiawards.lk
2007	Suraj Mapa	sumathiawards.lk
2008	Roshan Ranawana	sumathiawards.lk
2009	Chandika Nanayakkara	{{cite web|title=Senpathiyo bags Sumathi award|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/091115/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_07.html|publisher=The Sunday Times}}
2010	Chandika Nanayakkara	{{cite web|title=Sriyantha, Duleeka bag Best Sumathi Awards|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/101024/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_10.html|publisher=The Sunday Times}}
2011	Saranga Disasekara	{{cite web|title='Thaksalawa' tops Sumathi awards|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/111127/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_4.html|publisher=The Sunday Times}}
2012	Dhananjaya Siriwardena	{{cite web|title=The award gave me pleasure|url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2012/12/06/?fn=sa1212069|publisher=Sarasaviya}}
2013	Vishwa Kodikara	{{cite web|title=18th Sumathi awards|url=https://movingimages.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/daily-lakbima-1-nov-2013-page17.jpg|publisher=nalakagunawardene.com}}
2014	Vishwa Kodikara	sumathiawards.lk
2015	Kavinga Perera	{{cite web|title=EAP Broadcasting Company wins big at Sumathi Awards 2015|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/83259/eap-broadcasting-company-wins-big-at-sumathi-awards-2015|publisher=Daily Mirror}}
2016	Kavinga Perera	{{cite web|title=Sumathi Awards 2016|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article20160701CT20161030.php?id=1769|publisher=Ceylon Today}}
2017	Kavinga Perera	{{cite web|title=Best Moments Of Sumathi Awards 2017|url=http://www.asianmirror.lk/entertainment/item/25387-sumathi-awards-2017-best-moments|publisher=Asian Mirror}}
2018	Raween Kanishka	{{cite web|title=Sumathi Awards 2018 award winners|url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2018/09/06/?fn=sa1809064|publisher=Sarasaviya}}
2019	Sumiran Gunasekara	{{cite web|title=Sumathi Award winners 2019 |date=30 October 2019 |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news-features/2019/10/31/11638/2019-සුමති-සම්මාන|publisher=Sarasaviya}}
2021	Sajitha Anuththara	{{Cite web|url=https://www.gossiplankanews.com/2021/03/sumathi-tele-awards-2020_26.html?m=1|title = සුමති ටෙලි සම්මාන 2020 - ජනප්‍රියම සජිත - සෙනාලි හොඳම රොෂාන්- සමනලී}}
2023	Uddika Premarathna	{{cite web | url=https://sumathiawards.lk/sumathi-awards-winners.php | title=Sumathi Awards }}
2024	Saranga Disasekara	https://sumathiawards.lk/sumathi-awards-winners.php