This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor. The Best Actor award was initially given as an "individual honour", without credit to a particular performance, until 1962, when Rupert Davies won for his performance in Maigret. Since 1970, nominees have been announced in addition to the winner. The Actor category was split into Leading Actor and Supporting Actor starting in 2010.
Michael Gambon holds the record of most wins in this category with four, including three consecutive wins, followed by Robbie Coltrane with three, all of them also being consecutive. Benedict Cumberbatch was received the most nominations for this award, with six.
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This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor The Best Actor award was initially given as an individual honour without credit to a particular performance until 1962 when Rupert Davies won for his performance in Maigret Since 1970 nominees have been announced in addition to the winner The Actor category was split into Leading Actor and Supporting Actor starting in 2010 British Academy Television Award2023 winner Ben WhishawCountryUnited KingdomPresented byBritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsFirst awarded1955Currently held byBen Whishaw for This is Going to Hurt 2022 Websitehttp www bafta org Michael Gambon holds the record of most wins in this category with four including three consecutive wins followed by Robbie Coltrane with three all of them also being consecutive Benedict Cumberbatch was received the most nominations for this award with six Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 1950s 1 2 1960s 1 3 1970s 1 4 1980s 1 5 1990s 1 6 2000s 1 7 2010s 1 8 2020s 2 Actors with multiple wins and nominations 2 1 Multiple wins 2 2 Multiple nominations 3 References 4 External linksWinners and nominees edit nbsp Paul Rogers left was the first recipient of the award 1950s edit Year Actor1955Paul Rogers1956Peter Cushing1957Michael Gough1958Michael Hordern1959Donald Pleasence1960s edit nbsp Rupert Davies was the first actor to receive this award for a specific work winning for Maigret Year Actors Work1960Patrick McGoohan1961Lee Montague1962Rupert Davies Maigret1963Harry H Corbett Steptoe and Son1964Alan Badel1965Patrick Wymark1966Alan Badel The Count Of Monte Cristo Meeting Point A Couple of Dry Martinis Not So Much a Programme More a Way of Life Famous GossipsRichard Briers Simon and Laura Marriage Lines Points of View Present Laughter Excerpt Charley s Aunt To You At Home TodayIan Carmichael Simon and Laura The World of WoosterPatrick Wymark The Plane Makers Crime and Punishment Once a Jolly Swagman Malatesta Sherlock Holmes I Remember the Battle Four of Hearts Tilt1967Warren Mitchell Till Death Us Do Part1968Eric Porter The Forsyte Saga1969Roy Dotrice Brief Lives1970s edit nbsp Edward Woodward won in 1970 for Callan nbsp Keith Michell won the award in 1971 nbsp Edward Fox won the award in 1979 for Edward amp Mrs Simpson Year Actors Work1970Edward Woodward CallanJohn Alderton Please Sir Colin Blakely Son of Man The Way We Live NowArthur Lowe Dad s Army1971Keith Michell The Six Wives of Henry VIIIMichael Bryant The Roads to FreedomAnthony Hopkins The Great Inimitable Mr Dickens Uncle Vanya Hearts and Flowers DantonMichael Jayston Charles Dickens Mad Jack BeethovenFreddie Jones Germinal Omnibus John Clare I Am Sweeney Todd Uncle Vanya Menace The Straight And Narrow1972John Le Mesurier TraitorAlfred Burke Public EyeFrank Finlay CasanovaKenneth Haigh Search for the Nile Man at the Top1973Anthony Hopkins War and PeaceMichael Bryant The Duchess of Malfi ColditzNicol Williamson The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui1974Frank Finlay The Adventures of Don Quixote Candide The Death of Adolf HitlerMichael Crawford Some Mothers Do Ave EmBernard Hepton The Adventures of Don Quixote ColditzLaurence Olivier Long Day s Journey Into Night1975Peter Barkworth Crown MatrimonialMichael Bryant Mr Axelford s AngelGordon Jackson Upstairs DownstairsArthur Lowe Microbes and Men David Copperfield1976John Hurt The Naked Civil ServantAlan Bates Plaintiffs and Defendants Two SundaysTony Britton The Nearly ManTimothy West Edward the Seventh1977Derek Jacobi I ClaudiusJames Bolam When the Boat Comes InTom Conti The Glittering PrizesJack Shepherd Bill Brand Ready When You Are Mr McGill1978Peter Barkworth Professional FoulJames Bolam When the Boat Comes InDerek Jacobi Philby Burgess and MacleanRobert Powell Jesus of Nazareth1979Edward Fox Edward and Mrs SimpsonTom Bell OutIan Holm Night School Flayed Mirage The Lost BoysBob Hoskins Pennies From Heaven1980s edit nbsp Alec Guinness has won twice for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1980 and Smiley s People 1983 nbsp Anthony Andrews won the award for Brideshead Revisited in 1982 nbsp Ian Richardson won in 1991 for House of Cards nbsp Alan Bates won in 1984 nbsp Michael Gambon won in 1987 Gambon holds the record of most wins in this category with four including three consecutive wins Year Actors Work1980Alec Guinness Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyRobert Hardy Speed King amp All Creatures Great and SmallLeo McKern Rumpole of the BaileyTimothy West Churchill and the Generals Henry VIII Crime and Punishment Timothy West as Beecham1981Denholm Elliott Gentle Folk In Hiding Blade on the Feather The Stinker Tales of the Unexpected Trevor Howard The Shillingbury Blowers Staying OnLeo McKern Rumpole s ReturnSam Waterston Oppenheimer1982Anthony Andrews Brideshead RevisitedRobert Hardy Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years FothergillJohn Gielgud Brideshead RevisitedNickolas GraceJeremy Irons1983Alec Guinness Smiley s PeopleGeorge Cole MinderBernard Hill Boys from the BlackstuffLaurence Olivier A Voyage Round My Father1984Alan Bates An Englishman AbroadLeo McKern Rumpole of the Bailey Reilly Ace of SpiesRonald Pickup Orwell on Jura Waters of the MoonMartin Sheen Kennedy1985Tim Pigott Smith The Jewel In The CrownGeorge Cole MinderCharles Dance The Jewel In The CrownArt Malik1986Bob Peck Edge of DarknessAlec Guinness Monsignor QuioxteJoe Don Baker Edge of DarknessBen Kingsley Silas Marner1987Michael Gambon The Singing DetectiveColin Blakely Drums Along Balmoral DriveDenholm Elliott Hotel du LacPaul McGann The Monocled MutineerPatrick Malahide The Singing DetectiveDavid Threlfall Paradise Postponed1988David Jason Porterhouse BlueKenneth Branagh Fortunes of War The Lady s Not for BurningRay McAnally A Perfect Spy ScoutRobbie Coltrane Tutti Frutti1989Ray McAnally A Very British CoupAlan Bennett A Chip in the SugarColin Firth TumbledownIan Holm Game Set and Match1990s edit nbsp Robbie Coltrane won the award three consecutive times all for his work in Cracker nbsp Simon Russell Beale won in 1998 for A Dance to the Music of Time nbsp Tom Courtenay won in 1999 for A Rather English Marriage Year Actors Work Character Network1990John Thaw Inspector Morse Endeavour Morse ITVJoss Ackland First and Last Alan Holly BBC OneAlfred Molina The Accountant Lionel EllermanJohn Gielgud Summer s Lease Haverford Downs BBC Two1991Ian Richardson House of Cards Francis Urquhart BBCJohn Thaw Inspector Morse Endeavour Morse ITVDavid Suchet Agatha Christie s Poirot Hercule PoirotAlbert Finney The Green Man Maurice Allington BBC One1992Robert Lindsay G B H Michael Murray Channel 4John Thaw Inspector Morse Endeavour Morse ITVTom Bell Prime Suspect Bill OtleyMichael Palin G B H Jim Nelson Channel 41993John Thaw Inspector Morse Endeavour Morse ITVAlan Bates Unnatural Pursuits Hamish Partt BBC TwoBrian Cox The Lost Language of Cranes Owen BenjaminIan Richardson An Ungentlemanly Act Rex Hunt1994Robbie Coltrane Cracker Dr Edward Fitz Fitzgerald ITVMichael Kitchen To Play the King The King BBCIan Richardson Francis UrquhartNeil Pearson Between the Lines Tony Clark BBC One1995Robbie Coltrane Cracker Dr Edward Fitz Fitzgerald ITVPete Postlethwaite Martin Chuzzlewit Montague Tigg BBC TwoPaul Scofield Old Martin ChuzzlewittTom Wilkinson Seth Pecksniff1996 42nd Robbie Coltrane Cracker Dr Edward Fitz Fitzgerald ITVColin Firth Pride and Prejudice Mr Darcy BBC OneBenjamin Whitrow Mr BennetRobert Lindsay Jake s Progress Jamie Diadoni Channel 4Ian Richardson The Final Cut Francis Urquhart BBC1997 43rd Nigel Hawthorne The Fragile Heart Edgar Pascoe Channel 4Albert Finney Cold Lazarus Karaoke Daniel Feeld BBC One Channel 4Christopher Eccleston Our Friends in the North Dominic Nicky Hutchinson BBC TwoPeter Vaughan Felix Hutchinson1998 44th Simon Russell Beale A Dance to the Music of Time Kenneth Widmerpool Channel 4Derek Jacobi Breaking the Code Alan Turing BBCRobert Carlyle Hamish Macbeth Hamish Macbeth BBC OneTom Wilkinson Cold Enough for Snow Hugh Lloyd1999 45th Tom Courtenay A Rather English Marriage Roy Southgate BBCRobert Carlyle Looking After Jo Jo John Joe Jo Jo McCann BBC TwoTimothy Spall Our Mutual Friend Mr VenusAlbert Finney A Rather English Marriage Reggie Conyngham Jervis BBC2000s edit nbsp Albert Finney received the award in 2003 for The Gathering Storm he also won a Primetime Emmy Award for the film nbsp Bill Nighy won for State of Play in 2004 nbsp Mark Rylance has won twice for The Government Inspector 2006 and Wolf Hall 2016 nbsp Jim Broadbent won for Longford in 2007 he also received a Golden Globe Award for the role Year Actors Work Character Network2000 46th Michael Gambon Wives and Daughters Squire Hamley BBC OneAidan Gillen Queer as Folk Stuart Alan Jones Channel 4Pete Postlethwaite Lost for Words Deric Longden ITVTimothy Spall Shooting the Past Oswald Bates BBC Two2001 47th Michael Gambon Longitude John Harrison Channel 4Steven Mackintosh Care Davy Younger BBC OnePete Postlethwaite The Sins Len GreenKen Stott The Vice Pat Chappel ITV2002 48th Michael Gambon Perfect Strangers Raymond Symon BBC TwoAlan Bates Love in a Cold Climate Matthew Alconleigh BBC OneDavid Suchet The Way We Live Now Augustus MelmotteTimothy Spall Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Tommy Rag BBC Two2003 49th Albert Finney The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill BBCJames Nesbitt Bloody Sunday Ivan Cooper ITVKenneth Branagh Conspiracy Reinhard Heydrich BBC Two HBOShackleton Ernest Shackleton Channel 42004 50th Bill Nighy State of Play Cameron Lloyd BBC OneChristopher Eccleston The Second Coming Steven Baxter ITVJim Broadbent The Young Visiters Alfred Salteena BBC OneDavid Morrissey State of Play Stephen Collins2005 51st Rhys Ifans Not Only But Always Peter Cook Channel 4Benedict Cumberbatch Hawking Stephen Hawking BBC TwoMark Strong The Long Firm Harry StarksMichael Sheen Dirty Filthy Love Mark Furness ITV2006 52nd Mark Rylance The Government Inspector Dr David Kelly Channel 4Denis Lawson Bleak House John Jarndyce BBC OneRufus Sewell ShakespeaRe Told The Taming of the Shrew PetruchioBernard Hill A Very Social Secretary David Blunkett Channel 42007 53rd Jim Broadbent Longford Frank Pakenham Channel 4John Simm Life on Mars Sam Tyler BBC OneAndy Serkis Longford Ian Brady Channel 4Michael Sheen Kenneth Williams Fantabulosa Kenneth Williams BBC Four2008 54th Andrew Garfield Boy A Jack Burridge Eric Wilson Channel 4Tom Hardy Stuart A Life Backwards Stuart Shorter BBC TwoMatthew MacFadyen Secret Life Charlie Webb Channel 4Antony Sher Primo Primo Levi BBC Four2009 55th Stephen Dillane The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall Anthony Hurndall Channel 4Jason Isaacs The Curse of Steptoe Harry H Corbett BBC FourKen Stott Hancock amp Joan Tony HancockBen Whishaw Criminal Justice Ben Coulter BBC One2010s edit nbsp Kenneth Branagh won for Wallander in 2010 he also won an International Emmy Award for the role in 2017 nbsp Dominic West won for Appropriate Adult in 2012 nbsp Sean Bean won in 2018 for Broken nbsp Benedict Cumberbatch won for Patrick Melrose in 2019 this was his sixth nomination in this category and first win Year Actors Work Character Network2010 56th Kenneth Branagh Wallander Kurt Wallander BBC OneBrendan Gleeson Into the Storm Winston Churchill BBCJohn Hurt An Englishman in New York Quentin Crisp ITVDavid Oyelowo Small Island Gilbert Joseph BBC One2011 57th Daniel Rigby Eric and Ernie Eric Morecambe BBC TwoJim Broadbent Any Human Heart Logan Mountstuart Channel 4Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock Holmes BBC OneMatt Smith Doctor Who The Doctor2012 58th Dominic West Appropriate Adult Fred West ITVBenedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock Holmes BBC OneJohn Simm Exile Tom RonstadtJoseph Gilgun This Is England 88 Richard Woodford Channel 42013 59th Ben Whishaw The Hollow Crown Richard II BBC TwoSean Bean Accused Simon Tracie BBC OneDerek Jacobi Last Tango in Halifax Alan ButtershawToby Jones The Girl Alfred Hitchcock BBC Two2014 60th Sean Harris Southcliffe Stephen Morton Channel 4Jamie Dornan The Fall Paul Spector BBC TwoLuke Newberry In the Flesh Kieren Walker BBC ThreeDominic West Burton amp Taylor Richard Burton BBC Four2015 61st Jason Watkins The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies Christopher Jefferies ITVBenedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock Holmes BBC OneJames Nesbitt The Missing Tony HughesToby Jones Marvellous Neil Baldwin BBC Two2016 62nd Mark Rylance Wolf Hall Thomas Cromwell BBC TwoStephen Graham This is England 90 Andrew Combo Gascoigne Channel 4Idris Elba Luther John Luther BBC OneBen Whishaw London Spy Daniel Holt BBC Two2017 63rd Adeel Akhtar Murdered by My Father Shahzad Khan BBC ThreeBabou Ceesay Damilola Our Loved Boy Richard Taylor BBC OneRobbie Coltrane National Treasure Paul Finchley Channel 4Benedict Cumberbatch The Hollow Crown The Wars of the Roses Richard III BBC Two2018 64th Sean Bean Broken Michael Kerrigan BBC OneJack Rowan Born to Kill Sam Woodford Channel 4Joe Cole Black Mirror Frank NetflixTim Pigott Smith King Charles III King Charles III BBC Two2019 65th Benedict Cumberbatch Patrick Melrose Patrick Melrose Sky AtlanticHugh Grant A Very English Scandal Jeremy Thorpe BBC OneLucian Msamati Kiri Tobi Akindele Channel 4Chance Perdomo Killed by My Debt Jerome Rogers BBC Three2020s edit nbsp Jared Harris won for Chernobyl in 2020 nbsp Paul Mescal won for Normal People in 2021 Year Actors Work Character Network2020 66th 1 Jared Harris Chernobyl Valery Legasov Sky AtlanticStephen Graham The Virtues Joseph Lowery Channel 4Takehiro Hira Giri Haji Kenzo Mori BBC TwoCallum Turner The Capture Shaun Emery BBC One2021 67th 2 Paul Mescal Normal People Connell Waldron BBC ThreeJohn Boyega Small Axe Red White and Blue Leroy Logan BBC OnePaapa Essiedu I May Destroy You KwameShaun Parkes Small Axe Mangrove Frank CrichlowJosh O Connor The Crown Charles Prince of Wales NetflixWaleed Zuaiter Baghdad Central Muhsin al Khafaji Channel 42022 68th 3 Sean Bean Time Mark Cobden BBC OneSamuel Adewunmi You Don t Know Me Hero BBC OneDavid Thewlis Landscapers Christopher Edwards Sky AtlanticOlly Alexander It s a Sin Ritchie Tozer Channel 4Stephen Graham Help TonyHugh Quarshie Stephen Neville Lawrence ITV2023 69th 4 5 Ben Whishaw This Is Going to Hurt Adam Kay BBC OneTaron Egerton Black Bird James Jimmy Keene Jr Apple TV Gary Oldman Slow Horses Jackson LambMartin Freeman The Responder Chris Carson BBC OneCillian Murphy Peaky Blinders Tommy ShelbyChaske Spencer The English Sgt Eli Whipp Wounded Wolf BBC TwoActors with multiple wins and nominations editMultiple wins edit The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times 4 wins Michael Gambon3 wins Robbie Coltrane 2 wins Alan Badel Peter Barkworth Sean Bean Alec Guinness Mark Rylance John Thaw Ben Whishaw Multiple nominations edit The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times 6 nominations Benedict Cumberbatch5 nominations Robbie Coltrane4 nominations Kenneth Branagh Michael Gambon Albert Finney Derek Jacobi Ian Richardson John Thaw Ben Whishaw 3 nominations Sean Bean Jim Broadbent Michael Bryant Stephen Graham Alec Guinness Leo McKern Pete Postlethwaite Michael Sheen Timothy Spall 2 nominations Alan Badel Peter Barkworth Alan Bates Tom Bell Colin Blakely James Bolam Robert Carlyle George Cole Christopher Eccleston Denholm Elliott Frank Finlay Colin Firth John Gielgud Robert Hardy Bernard Hill Ian Holm Anthony Hopkins John Hurt Toby Jones Robert Lindsay Ray McAnally James Nesbitt Laurence Olivier Tim Pigott Smith Mark Rylance Jared Harris John Simm Ken Stott David Suchet Dominic West Timothy West Tom WilkinsonReferences edit Kanter Jake 2020 07 31 BAFTA TV Awards Winners Night Of Surprises As Chernobyl amp The End Of The F ing World Take Two Prizes Each Deadline Retrieved 2020 07 31 BAFTA TV 2021 Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards www bafta org 2021 04 28 Retrieved 2021 04 28 Bafta TV awards 2022 full list of nominations The Guardian 30 March 2022 Retrieved 30 March 2022 Ritman Alex 22 March 2023 BAFTA TV Awards This is Going to Hurt The Responder Lead Pack of Nominees The Hollywood Reporter Archived from the original on 22 March 2023 Retrieved 22 March 2023 Bafta TV awards 2023 the full list of winners Guardian 14 May 2023 Retrieved 15 May 2023 External links editList of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title British Academy Television Award for Best Actor amp oldid 1177179298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
