The first recipient was Uttam Kumar from Bengali cinema , who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967 for his performances in '' Anthony Firingee '' and '' Chiriyakhana '' . As of 2017 , Amitabh Bachchan is the most honoured actor with four awards followed by Kamal Haasan and Mammootty with three awards , while six actors — Sanjeev Kumar , Om Puri , Naseeruddin Shah , Mithun Chakraborty , Mohanlal , and Ajay Devgn — have won the award two times . Two actors have achieved the honour for performing in two languagesMithun Chakraborty ( Hindi and Bengali ) and Mammootty ( Malayalam and English ) . The most recent recipient is Riddhi Sen , who was honoured at the 65th National Film Awards for his performance in the Bengali film '' Nagarkirtan '' . Riddhi Sen is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 19
15th National Film Awards
15th National Film Awards
National Film Award for Best Actor