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.infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="British Academy Television Award">British Academy Television Award</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Timothy_Spall_World_Premiere_The_Party_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Timothy_Spall_World_Premiere_The_Party_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/220px-Timothy_Spall_World_Premiere_The_Party_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Timothy_Spall_World_Premiere_The_Party_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/330px-Timothy_Spall_World_Premiere_The_Party_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Timothy_Spall_World_Premiere_The_Party_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/440px-Timothy_Spall_World_Premiere_The_Party_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1026" data-file-height="1539" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">2024 winner <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Spall" title="Timothy Spall">Timothy Spall</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts" title="British Academy of Film and Television Arts">British Academy of Film and Television Arts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Currently held by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Spall" title="Timothy Spall">Timothy Spall</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sixth_Commandment_(TV_series)" title="The Sixth Commandment (TV series)">The Sixth Commandment</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/2024_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2024 British Academy Television Awards">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.bafta.org/">http://www.bafta.org/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a list of the <b>British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor</b>. The Best Actor award was initially given as an "individual honour", without credit to a particular performance, until 1962, when <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Davies" title="Rupert Davies">Rupert Davies</a> won for his performance in <i><a href="/wiki/Maigret_(1960_TV_series)" title="Maigret (1960 TV series)">Maigret</a></i>. Since 1970, nominees have been announced in addition to the winner. The Actor category was split into Leading Actor and <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor">Supporting Actor</a> starting in 2010. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> holds the record of most wins in this category with four, including three consecutive wins, followed by <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a> with three, all of them also being consecutive. <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> has received the most nominations for this award, with six. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners_and_nominees">Winners and nominees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Winners and nominees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Rogers-Keith_Baxter_in_Sleuth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Paul_Rogers-Keith_Baxter_in_Sleuth.jpg/120px-Paul_Rogers-Keith_Baxter_in_Sleuth.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Paul_Rogers-Keith_Baxter_in_Sleuth.jpg/180px-Paul_Rogers-Keith_Baxter_in_Sleuth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Paul_Rogers-Keith_Baxter_in_Sleuth.jpg/240px-Paul_Rogers-Keith_Baxter_in_Sleuth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="511" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(actor)" title="Paul Rogers (actor)">Paul Rogers</a> (left) was the first recipient of the award.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:10%;">Year </th> <th style="width:30%;">Actor </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1955</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(actor)" title="Paul Rogers (actor)">Paul Rogers</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1956</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cushing" title="Peter Cushing">Peter Cushing</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1957</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gough" title="Michael Gough">Michael Gough</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1958</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hordern" title="Michael Hordern">Michael Hordern</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1959</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_Pleasence" title="Donald Pleasence">Donald Pleasence</a></b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rupert_Davies_as_Maigret_in_Murder_on_Monday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Rupert_Davies_as_Maigret_in_Murder_on_Monday.jpg/120px-Rupert_Davies_as_Maigret_in_Murder_on_Monday.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Rupert_Davies_as_Maigret_in_Murder_on_Monday.jpg/180px-Rupert_Davies_as_Maigret_in_Murder_on_Monday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Rupert_Davies_as_Maigret_in_Murder_on_Monday.jpg/240px-Rupert_Davies_as_Maigret_in_Murder_on_Monday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9264" data-file-height="10798" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Davies" title="Rupert Davies">Rupert Davies</a> was the first actor to receive this award for a specific work, winning for <i><a href="/wiki/Maigret_(1960_TV_series)" title="Maigret (1960 TV series)">Maigret</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:30%;">Actors </th> <th style="width:30%;">Work </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1960</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan" title="Patrick McGoohan">Patrick McGoohan</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1961</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Lee_Montague" title="Lee Montague">Lee Montague</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1962</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Davies" title="Rupert Davies">Rupert Davies</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Maigret_(1960_TV_series)" title="Maigret (1960 TV series)">Maigret</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1963</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_H._Corbett" title="Harry H. Corbett">Harry H. Corbett</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Steptoe_and_Son" title="Steptoe and Son">Steptoe and Son</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1964</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Alan_Badel" title="Alan Badel">Alan Badel</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1965</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wymark" title="Patrick Wymark">Patrick Wymark</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1966</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alan_Badel" title="Alan Badel">Alan Badel</a></b> </td> <td><b><i><a href="/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo_(1964_TV_series)" title="The Count of Monte Cristo (1964 TV series)">The Count Of Monte Cristo</a></i>; <i>Meeting Point</i>; <i>A Couple of Dry Martinis</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Not_So_Much_a_Programme,_More_a_Way_of_Life" title="Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life">Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life</a></i>; <i>Famous Gossips</i></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Briers" title="Richard Briers">Richard Briers</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Simon_and_Laura" title="Simon and Laura">Simon and Laura</a></i>; <i>Marriage Lines</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Points_of_View_(TV_programme)" title="Points of View (TV programme)">Points of View</a></i>; <i>Present Laughter - Excerpt</i>; <i>Charley's Aunt</i>; <i>To You At Home Today</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Carmichael" title="Ian Carmichael">Ian Carmichael</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Simon_and_Laura" title="Simon and Laura">Simon and Laura</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Wooster" title="The World of Wooster">The World of Wooster</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wymark" title="Patrick Wymark">Patrick Wymark</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Plane_Makers" title="The Plane Makers">The Plane Makers</a></i>; <i>Crime and Punishment</i>; <i>Once a Jolly Swagman</i>; <i>Malatesta</i>; <i>Sherlock Holmes</i>; <i>I Remember the Battle</i>; <i>Four of Hearts – Tilt</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1967</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Warren_Mitchell" title="Warren Mitchell">Warren Mitchell</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Till_Death_Us_Do_Part" title="Till Death Us Do Part">Till Death Us Do Part</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1968</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Porter" title="Eric Porter">Eric Porter</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Forsyte_Saga_(1967_TV_series)" title="The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)">The Forsyte Saga</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>1969</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Roy_Dotrice" title="Roy Dotrice">Roy Dotrice</a></b> </td> <td><i><b>Brief Lives</b></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Keith_Michell_colour_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Keith_Michell_colour_Allan_Warren.jpg/120px-Keith_Michell_colour_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Keith_Michell_colour_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Keith_Michell_colour_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Keith_Michell_colour_Allan_Warren.jpg/240px-Keith_Michell_colour_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1094" data-file-height="1571" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Keith_Michell" title="Keith Michell">Keith Michell</a> won the award in 1971.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg/120px-AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg/180px-AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg/240px-AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="795" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sir_Anthony_Hopkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Anthony Hopkins">Sir Anthony Hopkins</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/War_and_Peace_(1972_TV_series)" title="War and Peace (1972 TV series)">War and Peace</a></i> in 1973</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Hurt_at_the_London_premiere_of_Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Sp_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Hurt_at_the_London_premiere_of_Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Sp_%28cropped%29.png/120px-John_Hurt_at_the_London_premiere_of_Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Sp_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Hurt_at_the_London_premiere_of_Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Sp_%28cropped%29.png/180px-John_Hurt_at_the_London_premiere_of_Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Sp_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Hurt_at_the_London_premiere_of_Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Sp_%28cropped%29.png/240px-John_Hurt_at_the_London_premiere_of_Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Sp_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Civil_Servant_(film)" title="The Naked Civil Servant (film)">The Naked Civil Servant</a></i> (1976)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Derek_Jacobi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Sir_Derek_Jacobi.jpg/120px-Sir_Derek_Jacobi.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Sir_Derek_Jacobi.jpg/180px-Sir_Derek_Jacobi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Sir_Derek_Jacobi.jpg/240px-Sir_Derek_Jacobi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1477" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sir_Derek_Jacobi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Derek Jacobi">Sir Derek Jacobi</a> won the award for <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Claudius" title="I, Claudius">I, Claudius</a></i> in 1977</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Fox_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Edward_Fox_2011.jpg/120px-Edward_Fox_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Edward_Fox_2011.jpg/180px-Edward_Fox_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Edward_Fox_2011.jpg/240px-Edward_Fox_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="308" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edward_Fox_(actor)" title="Edward Fox (actor)">Edward Fox</a> won the award in 1979 for <i><a href="/wiki/Edward_%26_Mrs._Simpson" title="Edward & Mrs. Simpson">Edward & Mrs. Simpson</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:30%;">Actors </th> <th style="width:30%;">Work </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1970</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Woodward" title="Edward Woodward">Edward Woodward</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Callan_(TV_series)" title="Callan (TV series)">Callan</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Alderton" title="John Alderton">John Alderton</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Please_Sir!" title="Please Sir!">Please Sir!</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Blakely" title="Colin Blakely">Colin Blakely</a> </td> <td><i>Son of Man</i>, <i>The Way We Live Now</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lowe" title="Arthur Lowe">Arthur Lowe</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dad%27s_Army" title="Dad's Army">Dad's Army</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"><b>1971</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Keith_Michell" title="Keith Michell">Keith Michell</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Six_Wives_of_Henry_VIII_(BBC_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series)">The Six Wives of Henry VIII</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bryant_(actor)" title="Michael Bryant (actor)">Michael Bryant</a> </td> <td><i>The Roads to Freedom</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins" title="Anthony Hopkins">Anthony Hopkins</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Inimitable_Mr._Dickens" title="The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens">The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens</a></i>, <i>Uncle Vanya</i>, <i>Hearts and Flowers</i>, <i>Danton</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jayston" title="Michael Jayston">Michael Jayston</a> </td> <td><i>Charles Dickens</i>, <i>Mad Jack</i>, <i>Beethoven</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Jones" title="Freddie Jones">Freddie Jones</a> </td> <td><i>Germinal/Omnibus: John Clare "I Am..."/Sweeney Todd/Uncle Vanya/Menace: The Straight And Narrow</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1972</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Le_Mesurier" title="John Le Mesurier">John Le Mesurier</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Traitor_(TV_drama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Traitor (TV drama)">Traitor</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Burke" title="Alfred Burke">Alfred Burke</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Public_Eye_(TV_series)" title="Public Eye (TV series)">Public Eye</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Finlay" title="Frank Finlay">Frank Finlay</a> </td> <td><i>Casanova</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Haigh" title="Kenneth Haigh">Kenneth Haigh</a> </td> <td><i>Search for the Nile</i>, <i>Man at the Top</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"><b>1973</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins" title="Anthony Hopkins">Anthony Hopkins</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/War_and_Peace_(1972_TV_series)" title="War and Peace (1972 TV series)">War and Peace</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bryant_(actor)" title="Michael Bryant (actor)">Michael Bryant</a> </td> <td><i>The Duchess of Malfi</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Colditz_(1972_TV_series)" title="Colditz (1972 TV series)">Colditz</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Williamson" title="Nicol Williamson">Nicol Williamson</a> </td> <td><i>The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1974</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Finlay" title="Frank Finlay">Frank Finlay</a></b> </td> <td><b><i>The Adventures of Don Quixote</i>; <i>Candide</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Adolf_Hitler_(ITV_Sunday_Night_Theatre)" title="The Death of Adolf Hitler (ITV Sunday Night Theatre)">The Death of Adolf Hitler</a></i></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Crawford" title="Michael Crawford">Michael Crawford</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Mothers_Do_%27Ave_%27Em" title="Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em">Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Hepton" title="Bernard Hepton">Bernard Hepton</a> </td> <td><i>The Adventures of Don Quixote</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Colditz_(1972_TV_series)" title="Colditz (1972 TV series)">Colditz</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> </td> <td><i>Long Day's Journey Into Night</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1975</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barkworth" title="Peter Barkworth">Peter Barkworth</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Crown_Matrimonial_(play)" title="Crown Matrimonial (play)">Crown Matrimonial</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bryant_(actor)" title="Michael Bryant (actor)">Michael Bryant</a> </td> <td><i>Mr Axelford's Angel</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Jackson_(actor)" title="Gordon Jackson (actor)">Gordon Jackson</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Upstairs,_Downstairs_(1971_TV_series)" title="Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)">Upstairs, Downstairs</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lowe" title="Arthur Lowe">Arthur Lowe</a> </td> <td><i>Microbes and Men</i>, <i>David Copperfield</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1976</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Civil_Servant_(film)" title="The Naked Civil Servant (film)">The Naked Civil Servant</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a> </td> <td><i>Plaintiffs and Defendants</i>, <i>Two Sundays</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Britton" title="Tony Britton">Tony Britton</a> </td> <td><i>The Nearly Man</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timothy_West" title="Timothy West">Timothy West</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Seventh_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward the Seventh (television)">Edward the Seventh</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1977</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/I,_Claudius_(TV_series)" title="I, Claudius (TV series)">I, Claudius</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Bolam" title="James Bolam">James Bolam</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/When_the_Boat_Comes_In" title="When the Boat Comes In">When the Boat Comes In</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Conti" title="Tom Conti">Tom Conti</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Glittering_Prizes" title="The Glittering Prizes">The Glittering Prizes</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Shepherd_(actor)" title="Jack Shepherd (actor)">Jack Shepherd</a> </td> <td><i>Bill Brand</i>, <i>Ready When You Are Mr McGill</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1978</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barkworth" title="Peter Barkworth">Peter Barkworth</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Professional_Foul" title="Professional Foul">Professional Foul</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Bolam" title="James Bolam">James Bolam</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/When_the_Boat_Comes_In" title="When the Boat Comes In">When the Boat Comes In</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> </td> <td><i>Philby, Burgess and Maclean</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Powell" title="Robert Powell">Robert Powell</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jesus_of_Nazareth_(TV_series)" title="Jesus of Nazareth (TV series)">Jesus of Nazareth</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1979</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Fox_(actor)" title="Edward Fox (actor)">Edward Fox</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_and_Mrs_Simpson" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward and Mrs Simpson">Edward and Mrs Simpson</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bell_(actor)" title="Tom Bell (actor)">Tom Bell</a> </td> <td><i>Out</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a> </td> <td><i>Night School</i>, <i>Flayed</i>, <i>Mirage</i>, <i>The Lost Boys</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hoskins" title="Bob Hoskins">Bob Hoskins</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)" title="Pennies from Heaven (TV series)">Pennies From Heaven</a></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Alec_Guinness_Allan_Warren_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sir_Alec_Guinness_Allan_Warren_%282%29.jpg/120px-Sir_Alec_Guinness_Allan_Warren_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sir_Alec_Guinness_Allan_Warren_%282%29.jpg/180px-Sir_Alec_Guinness_Allan_Warren_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sir_Alec_Guinness_Allan_Warren_%282%29.jpg/240px-Sir_Alec_Guinness_Allan_Warren_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1144" data-file-height="1364" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> has won twice, for <i><a href="/wiki/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_(TV_series)" title="Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)">Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</a></i> (1980) and <i><a href="/wiki/Smiley%27s_People_(TV_series)" title="Smiley's People (TV series)">Smiley's People</a></i> (1983).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_Andrews_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Anthony_Andrews_Allan_Warren.jpg/120px-Anthony_Andrews_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Anthony_Andrews_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Anthony_Andrews_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Anthony_Andrews_Allan_Warren.jpg/240px-Anthony_Andrews_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4217" data-file-height="6218" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Andrews" title="Anthony Andrews">Anthony Andrews</a> won the award for <i><a href="/wiki/Brideshead_Revisited_(TV_serial)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brideshead Revisited (TV serial)">Brideshead Revisited</a></i> in 1982.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Bates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alan_Bates.jpg/120px-Alan_Bates.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alan_Bates.jpg/180px-Alan_Bates.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alan_Bates.jpg/240px-Alan_Bates.jpg 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="561" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a> won in 1984.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg/120px-Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg/180px-Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg/240px-Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1430" data-file-height="1504" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> won in 1987. Gambon holds the record of most wins in this category with four, including three consecutive wins.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:30%;">Actors </th> <th style="width:30%;">Work </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1980</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)">Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hardy" title="Robert Hardy">Robert Hardy</a> </td> <td><i>Speed King</i> & <i><a href="/wiki/All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_(1978_TV_series)" title="All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)">All Creatures Great and Small</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leo_McKern" title="Leo McKern">Leo McKern</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey" title="Rumpole of the Bailey">Rumpole of the Bailey</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timothy_West" title="Timothy West">Timothy West</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Churchill_and_the_Generals" title="Churchill and the Generals">Churchill and the Generals</a></i>; <i>Henry VIII</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment" title="Crime and Punishment">Crime and Punishment</a></i>; <i>Timothy West as Beecham</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1981</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Denholm_Elliott" title="Denholm Elliott">Denholm Elliott</a></b> </td> <td><b><i>Gentle Folk</i>; <i>In Hiding</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_on_the_Feather" title="Blade on the Feather">Blade on the Feather</a></i>; <i>The Stinker</i> (<a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(TV_series)" title="Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)">Tales of the Unexpected</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Howard" title="Trevor Howard">Trevor Howard</a> </td> <td><i>The Shillingbury Blowers</i>; <i>Staying On</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leo_McKern" title="Leo McKern">Leo McKern</a> </td> <td><i>Rumpole's Return</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Waterston" title="Sam Waterston">Sam Waterston</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Oppenheimer_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oppenheimer (miniseries)">Oppenheimer</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"><b>1982</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Andrews" title="Anthony Andrews">Anthony Andrews</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Brideshead_Revisited_(TV_serial)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brideshead Revisited (TV serial)">Brideshead Revisited</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hardy" title="Robert Hardy">Robert Hardy</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill:_The_Wilderness_Years" title="Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years">Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years</a></i>; <i>Fothergill</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><i><a href="/wiki/Brideshead_Revisited_(TV_serial)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brideshead Revisited (TV serial)">Brideshead Revisited</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nickolas_Grace" title="Nickolas Grace">Nickolas Grace</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1983</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Smiley%27s_People_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smiley's People (miniseries)">Smiley's People</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Cole_(actor)" title="George Cole (actor)">George Cole</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Minder_(TV_series)" title="Minder (TV series)">Minder</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Hill" title="Bernard Hill">Bernard Hill</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Boys_from_the_Blackstuff" title="Boys from the Blackstuff">Boys from the Blackstuff</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Voyage_Round_My_Father" title="A Voyage Round My Father">A Voyage Round My Father</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1984</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/An_Englishman_Abroad" title="An Englishman Abroad">An Englishman Abroad</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leo_McKern" title="Leo McKern">Leo McKern</a> </td> <td><i>Rumpole of the Bailey</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Reilly,_Ace_of_Spies" title="Reilly, Ace of Spies">Reilly, Ace of Spies</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Pickup" title="Ronald Pickup">Ronald Pickup</a> </td> <td><i>Orwell on Jura</i>; <i>Waters of the Moon</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Sheen" title="Martin Sheen">Martin Sheen</a> </td> <td><i>Kennedy</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1985</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Pigott-Smith" title="Tim Pigott-Smith">Tim Pigott-Smith</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Jewel_in_the_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)">The Jewel In The Crown</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Cole_(actor)" title="George Cole (actor)">George Cole</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Minder_(TV_series)" title="Minder (TV series)">Minder</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dance" title="Charles Dance">Charles Dance</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jewel_in_the_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)">The Jewel In The Crown</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Malik" title="Art Malik">Art Malik</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1986</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Peck" title="Bob Peck">Bob Peck</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Edge_of_Darkness" title="Edge of Darkness">Edge of Darkness</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> </td> <td><i>Monsignor Quioxte</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Don_Baker" title="Joe Don Baker">Joe Don Baker</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Edge_of_Darkness" title="Edge of Darkness">Edge of Darkness</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> </td> <td><i>Silas Marner</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" style="text-align:center"><b>1987</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Detective" title="The Singing Detective">The Singing Detective</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Blakely" title="Colin Blakely">Colin Blakely</a> </td> <td><i>Drums Along Balmoral Drive</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denholm_Elliott" title="Denholm Elliott">Denholm Elliott</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_du_Lac_(film)" title="Hotel du Lac (film)">Hotel du Lac</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_McGann" title="Paul McGann">Paul McGann</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monocled_Mutineer" title="The Monocled Mutineer">The Monocled Mutineer</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Malahide" title="Patrick Malahide">Patrick Malahide</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Detective" title="The Singing Detective">The Singing Detective</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Threlfall" title="David Threlfall">David Threlfall</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Postponed" title="Paradise Postponed">Paradise Postponed</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1988</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Jason" title="David Jason">David Jason</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Porterhouse_Blue" title="Porterhouse Blue">Porterhouse Blue</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fortunes_of_War_(TV_series)" title="Fortunes of War (TV series)">Fortunes of War</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady%27s_Not_for_Burning" title="The Lady's Not for Burning">The Lady's Not for Burning</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_McAnally" title="Ray McAnally">Ray McAnally</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Perfect_Spy_(TV_series)" title="A Perfect Spy (TV series)">A Perfect Spy</a></i>; <i>Scout</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tutti_Frutti_(1987_TV_series)" title="Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series)">Tutti Frutti</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1989</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ray_McAnally" title="Ray McAnally">Ray McAnally</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/A_Very_British_Coup" title="A Very British Coup">A Very British Coup</a></b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a> </td> <td><i>A Chip in the Sugar</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Firth" title="Colin Firth">Colin Firth</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tumbledown" title="Tumbledown">Tumbledown</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a> </td> <td><i>Game, Set and Match</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ian_Richardson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Ian_Richardson.jpg/120px-Ian_Richardson.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Ian_Richardson.jpg/180px-Ian_Richardson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Ian_Richardson.jpg/240px-Ian_Richardson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3244" data-file-height="4784" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a> won in 1991 for his role as <a href="/wiki/Francis_Urquhart" title="Francis Urquhart">Francis Urquhart</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Cards_(British_TV_series)" title="House of Cards (British TV series)">House of Cards</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg/120px-Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg/180px-Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg/240px-Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a> won the award three consecutive times for his role as Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald in <i><a href="/wiki/Cracker_(British_TV_series)" title="Cracker (British TV series)">Cracker</a></i> in 1994, 1995, and 1996</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Russell_Beale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Simon_Russell_Beale.jpg/120px-Simon_Russell_Beale.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Simon_Russell_Beale.jpg/180px-Simon_Russell_Beale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Simon_Russell_Beale.jpg/240px-Simon_Russell_Beale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="884" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a> won in 1998 for <i><a href="/wiki/A_Dance_to_the_Music_of_Time#Adaptations" title="A Dance to the Music of Time">A Dance to the Music of Time</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Courtenay_Berlin_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tom_Courtenay_Berlin_2015.jpg/120px-Tom_Courtenay_Berlin_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tom_Courtenay_Berlin_2015.jpg/180px-Tom_Courtenay_Berlin_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tom_Courtenay_Berlin_2015.jpg/240px-Tom_Courtenay_Berlin_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="879" data-file-height="1364" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a> won in 1999 for <i><a href="/wiki/A_Rather_English_Marriage#Television_adaptation" title="A Rather English Marriage">A Rather English Marriage</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:20%;">Actors </th> <th style="width:25%;">Work </th> <th style="width:20%;">Character </th> <th style="width:12%;">Network </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1990</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Thaw" title="John Thaw">John Thaw</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)" title="Inspector Morse (TV series)">Inspector Morse</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse" title="Inspector Morse">Endeavour Morse</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joss_Ackland" title="Joss Ackland">Joss Ackland</a> </td> <td><i>First and Last</i> </td> <td>Alan Holly </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Molina" title="Alfred Molina">Alfred Molina</a> </td> <td><i>The Accountant</i> </td> <td>Lionel Ellerman </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Summer%27s_Lease_(TV_series)" title="Summer's Lease (TV series)">Summer's Lease</a></i> </td> <td>Haverford Downs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1991</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Cards_(British_TV_series)" title="House of Cards (British TV series)">House of Cards</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Francis_Urquhart" title="Francis Urquhart">Francis Urquhart</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Thaw" title="John Thaw">John Thaw</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)" title="Inspector Morse (TV series)">Inspector Morse</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse" title="Inspector Morse">Endeavour Morse</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot" title="Agatha Christie's Poirot">Agatha Christie's Poirot</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot">Hercule Poirot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Man_(TV_serial)" title="The Green Man (TV serial)">The Green Man</a></i> </td> <td>Maurice Allington </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1992</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindsay_(actor)" title="Robert Lindsay (actor)">Robert Lindsay</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/G.B.H._(TV_series)" title="G.B.H. (TV series)">G.B.H.</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Michael Murray</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Thaw" title="John Thaw">John Thaw</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)" title="Inspector Morse (TV series)">Inspector Morse</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse" title="Inspector Morse">Endeavour Morse</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bell_(actor)" title="Tom Bell (actor)">Tom Bell</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Prime_Suspect" title="Prime Suspect">Prime Suspect</a></i> </td> <td>Bill Otley </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/G.B.H._(TV_series)" title="G.B.H. (TV series)">G.B.H.</a></i> </td> <td>Jim Nelson </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1993</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Thaw" title="John Thaw">John Thaw</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)" title="Inspector Morse (TV series)">Inspector Morse</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse" title="Inspector Morse">Endeavour Morse</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a> </td> <td><i>Unnatural Pursuits</i> </td> <td>Hamish Partt </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)" title="Brian Cox (actor)">Brian Cox</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Language_of_Cranes_(film)" title="The Lost Language of Cranes (film)">The Lost Language of Cranes</a></i> </td> <td>Owen Benjamin </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Ungentlemanly_Act" title="An Ungentlemanly Act">An Ungentlemanly Act</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rex_Hunt_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rex Hunt (governor)">Rex Hunt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1994</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cracker_(British_TV_series)" title="Cracker (British TV series)">Cracker</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kitchen" title="Michael Kitchen">Michael Kitchen</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/To_Play_the_King" title="To Play the King">To Play the King</a></i> </td> <td>The King </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Urquhart" title="Francis Urquhart">Francis Urquhart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Pearson" title="Neil Pearson">Neil Pearson</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Between_the_Lines_(TV_series)" title="Between the Lines (TV series)">Between the Lines</a></i> </td> <td>Tony Clark </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1995</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cracker_(British_TV_series)" title="Cracker (British TV series)">Cracker</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Postlethwaite" title="Pete Postlethwaite">Pete Postlethwaite</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_Chuzzlewit_(1994_TV_series)" title="Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)">Martin Chuzzlewit</a></i> </td> <td>Montague Tigg </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scofield" title="Paul Scofield">Paul Scofield</a> </td> <td>Old Martin Chuzzlewitt </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Wilkinson" title="Tom Wilkinson">Tom Wilkinson</a> </td> <td>Seth Pecksniff </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"><b>1996<br />(<a href="/wiki/1996_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1996 British Academy Television Awards">42nd</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cracker_(British_TV_series)" title="Cracker (British TV series)">Cracker</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Firth" title="Colin Firth">Colin Firth</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_(1995_TV_series)" title="Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)">Pride and Prejudice</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mr._Darcy" title="Mr. Darcy">Mr. Darcy</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Whitrow" title="Benjamin Whitrow">Benjamin Whitrow</a> </td> <td>Mr. Bennet </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindsay_(actor)" title="Robert Lindsay (actor)">Robert Lindsay</a> </td> <td><i>Jake's Progress</i> </td> <td>Jamie Diadoni </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Cut_(TV_serial)" title="The Final Cut (TV serial)">The Final Cut</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Urquhart" title="Francis Urquhart">Francis Urquhart</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1997<br />(<a href="/wiki/1997_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1997 British Academy Television Awards">43rd</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Hawthorne" title="Nigel Hawthorne">Nigel Hawthorne</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Fragile_Heart" title="The Fragile Heart">The Fragile Heart</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Edgar Pascoe</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Lazarus" title="Cold Lazarus">Cold Lazarus</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/Karaoke_(TV_series)" title="Karaoke (TV series)">Karaoke</a></i> </td> <td>Daniel Feeld </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> / <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston" title="Christopher Eccleston">Christopher Eccleston</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Friends_in_the_North" title="Our Friends in the North">Our Friends in the North</a></i> </td> <td>Dominic 'Nicky' Hutchinson </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vaughan" title="Peter Vaughan">Peter Vaughan</a> </td> <td>Felix Hutchinson </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1998<br />(<a href="/wiki/1998_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1998 British Academy Television Awards">44th</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/A_Dance_to_the_Music_of_Time_(TV_series)" title="A Dance to the Music of Time (TV series)">A Dance to the Music of Time</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Kenneth Widmerpool</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_the_Code_(film)" title="Breaking the Code (film)">Breaking the Code</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carlyle" title="Robert Carlyle">Robert Carlyle</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hamish_Macbeth_(TV_series)" title="Hamish Macbeth (TV series)">Hamish Macbeth</a></i> </td> <td>Hamish Macbeth </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Wilkinson" title="Tom Wilkinson">Tom Wilkinson</a> </td> <td><i>Cold Enough for Snow</i> </td> <td>Hugh Lloyd </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>1999<br />(<a href="/wiki/1999_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1999 British Academy Television Awards">45th</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/A_Rather_English_Marriage#Television_adaptation" title="A Rather English Marriage">A Rather English Marriage</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Roy Southgate</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carlyle" title="Robert Carlyle">Robert Carlyle</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_After_Jo_Jo" title="Looking After Jo Jo">Looking After Jo Jo</a></i> </td> <td>John Joe "Jo Jo" McCann </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Spall" title="Timothy Spall">Timothy Spall</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Mutual_Friend_(1998_TV_serial)" title="Our Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial)">Our Mutual Friend</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Venus </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Rather_English_Marriage#Television_adaptation" title="A Rather English Marriage">A Rather English Marriage</a></i> </td> <td>Reggie Conyngham-Jervis </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Finney_1966.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Albert_Finney_1966.jpg/120px-Albert_Finney_1966.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Albert_Finney_1966.jpg/180px-Albert_Finney_1966.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Albert_Finney_1966.jpg/240px-Albert_Finney_1966.jpg 2x" data-file-width="786" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> received the award in 2003 for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gathering_Storm_(2002_film)" title="The Gathering Storm (2002 film)">The Gathering Storm</a></i>, he also won a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie">Primetime Emmy Award</a> for the film.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Nighy-3007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bill_Nighy-3007.jpg/120px-Bill_Nighy-3007.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bill_Nighy-3007.jpg/180px-Bill_Nighy-3007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bill_Nighy-3007.jpg/240px-Bill_Nighy-3007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3371" data-file-height="4495" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nighy" title="Bill Nighy">Bill Nighy</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Play_(TV_series)" title="State of Play (TV series)">State of Play</a></i> in 2004.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Rylance_Cannes_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mark_Rylance_Cannes_2016.jpg/120px-Mark_Rylance_Cannes_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mark_Rylance_Cannes_2016.jpg/180px-Mark_Rylance_Cannes_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mark_Rylance_Cannes_2016.jpg/240px-Mark_Rylance_Cannes_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a> has won twice, for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Government_Inspector_(film)" title="The Government Inspector (film)">The Government Inspector</a></i> (2006) and <i><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hall_(TV_series)" title="Wolf Hall (TV series)">Wolf Hall</a></i> (2016).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JimBroadbent07TIFF_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/JimBroadbent07TIFF_cropped.jpg/120px-JimBroadbent07TIFF_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/JimBroadbent07TIFF_cropped.jpg/180px-JimBroadbent07TIFF_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/JimBroadbent07TIFF_cropped.jpg/240px-JimBroadbent07TIFF_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jim_Broadbent" title="Jim Broadbent">Jim Broadbent</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Longford_(film)" title="Longford (film)">Longford</a></i> in 2007</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Garfield_Comic-Con_3,_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Andrew_Garfield_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg/120px-Andrew_Garfield_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Andrew_Garfield_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg/180px-Andrew_Garfield_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Andrew_Garfield_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg/240px-Andrew_Garfield_Comic-Con_3%2C_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1103" data-file-height="1267" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garfield" title="Andrew Garfield">Andrew Garfield</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Boy_A_(film)" title="Boy A (film)">Boy A</a></i> (2009</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:20%;">Actors </th> <th style="width:25%;">Work </th> <th style="width:20%;">Character </th> <th style="width:12%;">Network </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2000<br />(<a href="/wiki/2000_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2000 British Academy Television Awards">46th</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wives_and_Daughters_(1999_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)">Wives and Daughters</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Squire Hamley</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aidan_Gillen" title="Aidan Gillen">Aidan Gillen</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Queer_as_Folk_(British_TV_series)" title="Queer as Folk (British TV series)">Queer as Folk</a></i> </td> <td>Stuart Alan Jones </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Postlethwaite" title="Pete Postlethwaite">Pete Postlethwaite</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_for_Words_(1999_film)" title="Lost for Words (1999 film)">Lost for Words</a></i> </td> <td>Deric Longden </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Spall" title="Timothy Spall">Timothy Spall</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shooting_the_Past" title="Shooting the Past">Shooting the Past</a></i> </td> <td>Oswald Bates </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2001<br />(<a href="/wiki/2001_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2001 British Academy Television Awards">47th</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Longitude_(TV_series)" title="Longitude (TV series)">Longitude</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Harrison" title="John Harrison">John Harrison</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steven_Mackintosh" title="Steven Mackintosh">Steven Mackintosh</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Care_(film)" title="Care (film)">Care</a></i> </td> <td>Davy Younger </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Postlethwaite" title="Pete Postlethwaite">Pete Postlethwaite</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sins" title="The Sins">The Sins</a></i> </td> <td>Len Green </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Stott" title="Ken Stott">Ken Stott</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vice_(TV_series)" title="The Vice (TV series)">The Vice</a></i> </td> <td>Pat Chappel </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2002<br />(<a href="/wiki/2002_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2002 British Academy Television Awards">48th</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Perfect_Strangers_(TV_serial)" title="Perfect Strangers (TV serial)">Perfect Strangers</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Raymond Symon</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_in_a_Cold_Climate_(2001_TV_series)" title="Love in a Cold Climate (2001 TV series)">Love in a Cold Climate</a></i> </td> <td>Matthew Alconleigh </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_We_Live_Now_(2001_TV_serial)" title="The Way We Live Now (2001 TV serial)">The Way We Live Now</a></i> </td> <td>Augustus Melmotte </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Spall" title="Timothy Spall">Timothy Spall</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Vacuuming_Completely_Nude_in_Paradise" title="Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise">Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise</a></i> </td> <td>Tommy Rag </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2003<br />(<a href="/wiki/2003_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2003 British Academy Television Awards">49th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Gathering_Storm_(2002_film)" title="The Gathering Storm (2002 film)">The Gathering Storm</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Nesbitt" title="James Nesbitt">James Nesbitt</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(film)" title="Bloody Sunday (film)">Bloody Sunday</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Cooper" title="Ivan Cooper">Ivan Cooper</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_(2001_film)" title="Conspiracy (2001 film)">Conspiracy</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reinhard_Heydrich" title="Reinhard Heydrich">Reinhard Heydrich</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>/<a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shackleton_(TV_serial)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shackleton (TV serial)">Shackleton</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton" title="Ernest Shackleton">Ernest Shackleton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2004 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2004_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2004 British Academy Television Awards">50th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nighy" title="Bill Nighy">Bill Nighy</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/State_of_Play_(TV_series)" title="State of Play (TV series)">State of Play</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Cameron Lloyd</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston" title="Christopher Eccleston">Christopher Eccleston</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Second_Coming_(TV_serial)" title="The Second Coming (TV serial)">The Second Coming</a></i> </td> <td>Steven Baxter </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Broadbent" title="Jim Broadbent">Jim Broadbent</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Visiters#Adaptations" title="The Young Visiters">The Young Visiters</a></i> </td> <td>Alfred Salteena </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Morrissey" title="David Morrissey">David Morrissey</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Play_(TV_series)" title="State of Play (TV series)">State of Play</a></i> </td> <td>Stephen Collins </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2005 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2005_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2005 British Academy Television Awards">51st</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Ifans" title="Rhys Ifans">Rhys Ifans</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Not_Only_But_Always" title="Not Only But Always">Not Only But Always</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hawking_(2004_film)" title="Hawking (2004 film)">Hawking</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hawking" title="Stephen Hawking">Stephen Hawking</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Strong" title="Mark Strong">Mark Strong</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Firm" class="mw-redirect" title="The Long Firm">The Long Firm</a></i> </td> <td>Harry Starks </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Filthy_Love" title="Dirty Filthy Love">Dirty Filthy Love</a></i> </td> <td>Mark Furness </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2006 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2006_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2006 British Academy Television Awards">52nd</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Government_Inspector_(film)" title="The Government Inspector (film)">The Government Inspector</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)" title="David Kelly (weapons expert)">Dr. David Kelly</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Lawson" title="Denis Lawson">Denis Lawson</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bleak_House_(2005_TV_serial)" title="Bleak House (2005 TV serial)">Bleak House</a></i> </td> <td>John Jarndyce </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Sewell" title="Rufus Sewell">Rufus Sewell</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/ShakespeaRe-Told" title="ShakespeaRe-Told">ShakespeaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Petruchio" title="Petruchio">Petruchio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Hill" title="Bernard Hill">Bernard Hill</a> </td> <td><i>A Very Social Secretary</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2007 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2007_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2007 British Academy Television Awards">53rd</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Broadbent" title="Jim Broadbent">Jim Broadbent</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Longford_(film)" title="Longford (film)">Longford</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford" title="Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford">Frank Pakenham</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Simm" title="John Simm">John Simm</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Life on Mars (UK TV series)">Life on Mars</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Tyler" title="Sam Tyler">Sam Tyler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Serkis" title="Andy Serkis">Andy Serkis</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Longford_(film)" title="Longford (film)">Longford</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Brady" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Brady">Ian Brady</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Williams:_Fantabulosa!" title="Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!">Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Williams" title="Kenneth Williams">Kenneth Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2008 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2008_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2008 British Academy Television Awards">54th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garfield" title="Andrew Garfield">Andrew Garfield</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Boy_A_(film)" title="Boy A (film)">Boy A</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Jack Burridge / Eric Wilson</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hardy" title="Tom Hardy">Tom Hardy</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stuart:_A_Life_Backwards" title="Stuart: A Life Backwards">Stuart: A Life Backwards</a></i> </td> <td>Stuart Shorter </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_MacFadyen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew MacFadyen">Matthew MacFadyen</a> </td> <td><i>Secret Life</i> </td> <td>Charlie Webb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antony_Sher" title="Antony Sher">Antony Sher</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Primo_(2005_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primo (2005 film)">Primo</a></i> </td> <td>Primo Levi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2009 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2009_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2009 British Academy Television Awards">55th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dillane" title="Stephen Dillane">Stephen Dillane</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Shooting_of_Thomas_Hurndall" class="mw-redirect" title="The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall">The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Anthony Hurndall</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Isaacs" title="Jason Isaacs">Jason Isaacs</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Steptoe" title="The Curse of Steptoe">The Curse of Steptoe</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_H._Corbett" title="Harry H. Corbett">Harry H. Corbett</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Stott" title="Ken Stott">Ken Stott</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hancock_%26_Joan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hancock & Joan">Hancock & Joan</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hancock" title="Tony Hancock">Tony Hancock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(British_TV_series)" title="Criminal Justice (British TV series)">Criminal Justice</a></i> </td> <td>Ben Coulter </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg/120px-KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg/180px-KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg/240px-KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1454" data-file-height="1671" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Wallander_(British_TV_series)" title="Wallander (British TV series)">Wallander</a></i> in 2010, he also won an <a href="/wiki/International_Emmy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="International Emmy Award for Best Actor">International Emmy Award</a> for the role in 2017.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dominic_West_(6577113511)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Dominic_West_%286577113511%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Dominic_West_%286577113511%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Dominic_West_%286577113511%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Dominic_West_%286577113511%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Dominic_West_%286577113511%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Dominic_West_%286577113511%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="1098" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dominic_West" title="Dominic West">Dominic West</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Appropriate_Adult" title="Appropriate Adult">Appropriate Adult</a></i> in 2012.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_whishaw_2018_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ben_whishaw_2018_5.jpg/120px-Ben_whishaw_2018_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ben_whishaw_2018_5.jpg/180px-Ben_whishaw_2018_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ben_whishaw_2018_5.jpg/240px-Ben_whishaw_2018_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="953" data-file-height="1242" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a> won twice for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollow_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Hollow Crown (TV series)">The Hollow Crown</a></i> in 2013, and <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Going_to_Hurt_(TV_series)" title="This Is Going to Hurt (TV series)">This Is Going to Hurt</a></i> in 2023</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AV0A6306_Sean_Bean.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/AV0A6306_Sean_Bean.jpg/120px-AV0A6306_Sean_Bean.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/AV0A6306_Sean_Bean.jpg/180px-AV0A6306_Sean_Bean.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/AV0A6306_Sean_Bean.jpg/240px-AV0A6306_Sean_Bean.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2440" data-file-height="3127" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bean" title="Sean Bean">Sean Bean</a> won in 2018 for <i><a href="/wiki/Broken_(British_TV_series)" title="Broken (British TV series)">Broken</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Benedict_Cumberbatch_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Benedict_Cumberbatch_2016.jpg/120px-Benedict_Cumberbatch_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Benedict_Cumberbatch_2016.jpg/180px-Benedict_Cumberbatch_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Benedict_Cumberbatch_2016.jpg/240px-Benedict_Cumberbatch_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2874" data-file-height="3460" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Melrose_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Melrose (TV series)">Patrick Melrose</a></i> in 2019; this was his sixth nomination in this category and first win.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:20%;">Actors </th> <th style="width:25%;">Work </th> <th style="width:20%;">Character </th> <th style="width:12%;">Network </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2010 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2010_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2010 British Academy Television Awards">56th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wallander_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wallander (UK TV series)">Wallander</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Wallander" title="Kurt Wallander">Kurt Wallander</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Gleeson" title="Brendan Gleeson">Brendan Gleeson</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Storm_(2009_film)" title="Into the Storm (2009 film)">Into the Storm</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Englishman_in_New_York_(film)" title="An Englishman in New York (film)">An Englishman in New York</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Crisp" title="Quentin Crisp">Quentin Crisp</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Oyelowo" title="David Oyelowo">David Oyelowo</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Island_(TV_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Small Island (TV film)">Small Island</a></i> </td> <td>Gilbert Joseph </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2011 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2011_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2011 British Academy Television Awards">57th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rigby" title="Daniel Rigby">Daniel Rigby</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_and_Ernie" title="Eric and Ernie">Eric and Ernie</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Morecambe" title="Eric Morecambe">Eric Morecambe</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Broadbent" title="Jim Broadbent">Jim Broadbent</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Any_Human_Heart_(TV_series)" title="Any Human Heart (TV series)">Any Human Heart</a></i> </td> <td>Logan Mountstuart </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)" title="Sherlock (TV series)">Sherlock</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Smith_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Smith (actor)">Matt Smith</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Doctor_(Doctor_Who)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Doctor (Doctor Who)">The Doctor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2012 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2012_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2012 British Academy Television Awards">58th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dominic_West" title="Dominic West">Dominic West</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Appropriate_Adult" title="Appropriate Adult">Appropriate Adult</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_West" title="Fred West">Fred West</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)" title="Sherlock (TV series)">Sherlock</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Simm" title="John Simm">John Simm</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Exile_(TV_series)" title="Exile (TV series)">Exile</a></i> </td> <td>Tom Ronstadt </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gilgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Gilgun">Joseph Gilgun</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_England_%2788" title="This Is England '88">This Is England '88</a></i> </td> <td>Richard Woodford </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2013 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2013_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2013 British Academy Television Awards">59th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Hollow_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Hollow Crown (TV series)">The Hollow Crown</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_II_of_England" title="Richard II of England">Richard II</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bean" title="Sean Bean">Sean Bean</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Accused_(2010_TV_series)" title="Accused (2010 TV series)">Accused</a></i> </td> <td>Simon/Tracie </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Tango_in_Halifax" title="Last Tango in Halifax">Last Tango in Halifax</a></i> </td> <td>Alan Buttershaw </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toby_Jones" title="Toby Jones">Toby Jones</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_(2012_TV_film)" title="The Girl (2012 TV film)">The Girl</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2014 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2014_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2014 British Academy Television Awards">60th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sean_Harris" title="Sean Harris">Sean Harris</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Southcliffe" title="Southcliffe">Southcliffe</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Stephen Morton</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Dornan" title="Jamie Dornan">Jamie Dornan</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_(TV_series)" title="The Fall (TV series)">The Fall</a></i> </td> <td>Paul Spector </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Newberry" title="Luke Newberry">Luke Newberry</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Flesh_(TV_series)" title="In the Flesh (TV series)">In the Flesh</a></i> </td> <td>Kieren Walker </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominic_West" title="Dominic West">Dominic West</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Burton_%26_Taylor" title="Burton & Taylor">Burton & Taylor</a></i> </td> <td>Richard Burton </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2015 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2015_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2015 British Academy Television Awards">61st</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jason_Watkins_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason Watkins (actor)">Jason Watkins</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Honour_of_Christopher_Jefferies" title="The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies">The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Christopher Jefferies</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)" title="Sherlock (TV series)">Sherlock</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Nesbitt" title="James Nesbitt">James Nesbitt</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Missing_(British_TV_series)" title="The Missing (British TV series)">The Missing</a></i> </td> <td>Tony Hughes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toby_Jones" title="Toby Jones">Toby Jones</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marvellous" title="Marvellous">Marvellous</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Baldwin_(Keele_University)" title="Neil Baldwin (Keele University)">Neil Baldwin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2016 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2016_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2016 British Academy Television Awards">62nd</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hall_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolf Hall (miniseries)">Wolf Hall</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Graham_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Graham (actor)">Stephen Graham</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_is_England_%2790" class="mw-redirect" title="This is England '90">This is England '90</a></i> </td> <td>Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Luther_(TV_series)" title="Luther (TV series)">Luther</a></i> </td> <td>John Luther </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/London_Spy" title="London Spy">London Spy</a></i> </td> <td>Daniel Holt </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2017 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2017_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2017 British Academy Television Awards">63rd</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Adeel_Akhtar" title="Adeel Akhtar">Adeel Akhtar</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Murdered_by_My_Father" title="Murdered by My Father">Murdered by My Father</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Shahzad Khan</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Babou_Ceesay" title="Babou Ceesay">Babou Ceesay</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Damilola,_Our_Loved_Boy" title="Damilola, Our Loved Boy">Damilola, Our Loved Boy</a></i> </td> <td>Richard Taylor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/National_Treasure_(2016_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Treasure (2016 TV series)">National Treasure</a></i> </td> <td>Paul Finchley </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollow_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Hollow Crown (TV series)">The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_III_of_England" title="Richard III of England">Richard III</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2018 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2018_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2018 British Academy Television Awards">64th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bean" title="Sean Bean">Sean Bean</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Broken_(British_TV_series)" title="Broken (British TV series)">Broken</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Michael Kerrigan</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Rowan_(actor)" title="Jack Rowan (actor)">Jack Rowan</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Kill_(TV_series)" title="Born to Kill (TV series)">Born to Kill</a></i> </td> <td>Sam Woodford </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cole_(actor)" title="Joe Cole (actor)">Joe Cole</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hang_the_DJ_(Black_Mirror)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hang the DJ (Black Mirror)">Black Mirror</a></i> </td> <td>Frank </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Pigott-Smith" title="Tim Pigott-Smith">Tim Pigott-Smith</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III_(film)" title="King Charles III (film)">King Charles III</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">King Charles III</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2019 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2019_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2019 British Academy Television Awards">65th</a>)<br /></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Melrose_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Melrose (TV series)">Patrick Melrose</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Melrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Melrose">Patrick Melrose</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Grant" title="Hugh Grant">Hugh Grant</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Very_English_Scandal_(TV_series)" title="A Very English Scandal (TV series)">A Very English Scandal</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe" title="Jeremy Thorpe">Jeremy Thorpe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucian_Msamati" title="Lucian Msamati">Lucian Msamati</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kiri_(TV_series)" title="Kiri (TV series)">Kiri</a></i> </td> <td>Tobi Akindele </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chance_Perdomo" title="Chance Perdomo">Chance Perdomo</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Killed_by_My_Debt" title="Killed by My Debt">Killed by My Debt</a></i> </td> <td>Jerome Rogers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jared_Harris_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jared_Harris_2014.jpg/120px-Jared_Harris_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jared_Harris_2014.jpg/180px-Jared_Harris_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jared_Harris_2014.jpg/240px-Jared_Harris_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="616" data-file-height="836" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jared_Harris" title="Jared Harris">Jared Harris</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)" title="Chernobyl (miniseries)">Chernobyl</a></i> in 2020.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Mescal,_2023_Dublin_International_Film_Festival.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Paul_Mescal%2C_2023_Dublin_International_Film_Festival.jpg/120px-Paul_Mescal%2C_2023_Dublin_International_Film_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Paul_Mescal%2C_2023_Dublin_International_Film_Festival.jpg/180px-Paul_Mescal%2C_2023_Dublin_International_Film_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Paul_Mescal%2C_2023_Dublin_International_Film_Festival.jpg/240px-Paul_Mescal%2C_2023_Dublin_International_Film_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="836" data-file-height="1211" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mescal" title="Paul Mescal">Paul Mescal</a> won for <i><a href="/wiki/Normal_People_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal People (miniseries)">Normal People</a></i> in 2021.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bebebe;"> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:20%;">Actors </th> <th style="width:25%;">Work </th> <th style="width:20%;">Character </th> <th style="width:12%;">Network </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><b>2020 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2020_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2020 British Academy Television Awards">66th</a>)<br /></b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jared_Harris" title="Jared Harris">Jared Harris</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)" title="Chernobyl (miniseries)">Chernobyl</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Valery_Legasov" title="Valery Legasov">Valery Legasov</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Graham_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Graham (actor)">Stephen Graham</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Virtues_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Virtues (miniseries)">The Virtues</a></i> </td> <td>Joseph Lowery </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Takehiro_Hira" title="Takehiro Hira">Takehiro Hira</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Giri/Haji" title="Giri/Haji">Giri/Haji</a></i> </td> <td>Kenzo Mori </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Callum_Turner" title="Callum Turner">Callum Turner</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Capture_(TV_series)" title="The Capture (TV series)">The Capture</a></i> </td> <td>Shaun Emery </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" style="text-align:center"><b>2021 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2021_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2021 British Academy Television Awards">67th</a>)<br /></b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mescal" title="Paul Mescal">Paul Mescal</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Normal_People_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal People (miniseries)">Normal People</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Connell Waldron</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Boyega" title="John Boyega">John Boyega</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Axe_(anthology)" title="Small Axe (anthology)"> Small Axe</a>: <a href="/wiki/Red,_White_and_Blue_(2020_film)" title="Red, White and Blue (2020 film)">Red, White and Blue</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Logan" title="Leroy Logan">Leroy Logan</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu" title="Paapa Essiedu">Paapa Essiedu</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_May_Destroy_You" title="I May Destroy You">I May Destroy You</a></i> </td> <td>Kwame </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Parkes" title="Shaun Parkes">Shaun Parkes</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Axe_(anthology)" title="Small Axe (anthology)"> Small Axe</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mangrove_(film)" title="Mangrove (film)">Mangrove</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Crichlow" title="Frank Crichlow">Frank Crichlow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_O%27Connor" title="Josh O'Connor">Josh O'Connor</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Crown (TV series)">The Crown</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">Charles, Prince of Wales</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waleed_Zuaiter" title="Waleed Zuaiter">Waleed Zuaiter</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Baghdad_Central_(TV_series)" title="Baghdad Central (TV series)"> Baghdad Central</a></i> </td> <td>Muhsin al-Khafaji </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" style="text-align:center"><b>2022 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2022_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2022 British Academy Television Awards">68th</a>)<br /></b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bean" title="Sean Bean">Sean Bean</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Time_(2021_TV_series)" title="Time (2021 TV series)">Time</a></b></i> </td> <td><b>Mark Cobden</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Adewunmi" title="Samuel Adewunmi">Samuel Adewunmi</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_Me_(TV_series)" title="You Don't Know Me (TV series)">You Don't Know Me</a></i> </td> <td>Hero </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Thewlis" title="David Thewlis">David Thewlis</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Landscapers_(TV_series)" title="Landscapers (TV series)">Landscapers</a></i> </td> <td>Christopher Edwards </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Olly_Alexander" title="Olly Alexander">Olly Alexander</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Sin_(TV_series)" title="It's a Sin (TV series)">It's a Sin</a></i> </td> <td>Ritchie Tozer </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Graham" title="Stephen Graham">Stephen Graham</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Help_(2021_television_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Help (2021 television film)">Help</a></i> </td> <td>Tony </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Quarshie" title="Hugh Quarshie">Hugh Quarshie</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stephen_(TV_series)" title="Stephen (TV series)">Stephen</a></i> </td> <td>Neville Lawrence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV (TV channel)">ITV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7," style="text-align:center"><b>2023 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2023_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2023 British Academy Television Awards">69th</a>)</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a></b> </td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Going_to_Hurt_(TV_series)" title="This Is Going to Hurt (TV series)">This Is Going to Hurt</a></b></i> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kay_(writer)" title="Adam Kay (writer)">Adam Kay</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taron_Egerton" title="Taron Egerton">Taron Egerton</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Bird_(miniseries)" title="Black Bird (miniseries)">Black Bird</a></i></td> <td>James "Jimmy" Keene Jr.</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Apple_TV%2B" title="Apple TV+">Apple TV+</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Oldman" title="Gary Oldman">Gary Oldman</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slow_Horses" title="Slow Horses">Slow Horses</a></i></td> <td>Jackson Lamb </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Freeman" title="Martin Freeman">Martin Freeman</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Responder" title="The Responder">The Responder</a></i></td> <td>Chris Carson</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cillian_Murphy" title="Cillian Murphy">Cillian Murphy</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)" title="Peaky Blinders (TV series)">Peaky Blinders</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Shelby" title="Tommy Shelby">Tommy Shelby</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chaske_Spencer" title="Chaske Spencer">Chaske Spencer</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_English_(TV_series)" title="The English (TV series)">The English</a></i></td> <td>Sgt. Eli Whipp / Wounded Wolf</td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" style="text-align:center"><b>2024 <br />(<a href="/wiki/2024_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2024 British Academy Television Awards">70th</a>)</b> <br /><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0C4DE;"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Spall" title="Timothy Spall">Timothy Spall</a></b></td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Sixth_Commandment_(TV_series)" title="The Sixth Commandment (TV series)">The Sixth Commandment</a></b></i></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Farquhar" title="Peter Farquhar">Peter Farquhar</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)" title="Brian Cox (actor)">Brian Cox</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)" title="Succession (TV series)">Succession</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logan_Roy" class="mw-redirect" title="Logan Roy">Logan Roy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a> / <a href="/wiki/HBO_Max" class="mw-redirect" title="HBO Max">HBO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominic_West" title="Dominic West">Dominic West</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Crown (TV series)">The Crown</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Charles">Prince Charles</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kane_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Kane Robinson">Kane Robinson</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Boy" title="Top Boy">Top Boy</a></i></td> <td>Gerard "Sully" Sullivan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu" title="Paapa Essiedu">Paapa Essiedu</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lazarus_Project_(TV_series)" title="The Lazarus Project (TV series)">The Lazarus Project</a></i></td> <td>George</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sky_Max" title="Sky Max">Sky Max</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Coogan" title="Steve Coogan">Steve Coogan</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reckoning_(2023_TV_series)" title="The Reckoning (2023 TV series)">The Reckoning</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Savile" title="Jimmy Savile">Jimmy Savile</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Actors_with_multiple_wins_and_nominations">Actors with multiple wins and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Actors with multiple wins and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiple_wins">Multiple wins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Multiple wins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>4 wins</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></li></ul> <p><b>3 wins</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>2 wins</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Badel" title="Alan Badel">Alan Badel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barkworth" title="Peter Barkworth">Peter Barkworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bean" title="Sean Bean">Sean Bean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thaw" title="John Thaw">John Thaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiple_nominations">Multiple nominations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Multiple nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>6 nominations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a></li></ul> <p><b>5 nominations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a></li></ul> <p><b>4 nominations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Spall" title="Timothy Spall">Timothy Spall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thaw" title="John Thaw">John Thaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>3 nominations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bean" title="Sean Bean">Sean Bean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Broadbent" title="Jim Broadbent">Jim Broadbent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bryant_(actor)" title="Michael Bryant (actor)">Michael Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Graham" title="Stephen Graham">Stephen Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_McKern" title="Leo McKern">Leo McKern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Postlethwaite" title="Pete Postlethwaite">Pete Postlethwaite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_West" title="Dominic West">Dominic West</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>2 nominations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Badel" title="Alan Badel">Alan Badel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barkworth" title="Peter Barkworth">Peter Barkworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bell_(actor)" title="Tom Bell (actor)">Tom Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Blakely" title="Colin Blakely">Colin Blakely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Bolam" title="James Bolam">James Bolam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carlyle" title="Robert Carlyle">Robert Carlyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cole_(actor)" title="George Cole (actor)">George Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)" title="Brian Cox (actor)">Brian Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston" title="Christopher Eccleston">Christopher Eccleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denholm_Elliott" title="Denholm Elliott">Denholm Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu" title="Paapa Essiedu">Paapa Essiedu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Finlay" title="Frank Finlay">Frank Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Firth" title="Colin Firth">Colin Firth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hardy" title="Robert Hardy">Robert Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Hill" title="Bernard Hill">Bernard Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins" title="Anthony Hopkins">Anthony Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Jones" title="Toby Jones">Toby Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindsay_(actor)" title="Robert Lindsay (actor)">Robert Lindsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_McAnally" title="Ray McAnally">Ray McAnally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Nesbitt" title="James Nesbitt">James Nesbitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Pigott-Smith" title="Tim Pigott-Smith">Tim Pigott-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simm" title="John Simm">John 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Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance">Entertainment Performance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFDFC8;width:1%">Special awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Fellowship" title="BAFTA Fellowship">Fellowship</a></li> <li>Special Award</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFDFC8;width:1%">Retired awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Audience_Award" title="British Academy Television Audience Award">Audience Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Performance" title="British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance">Comedy Performance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFDFC8;width:1%">Ceremonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1955_Guild_of_Television_Producers_and_Directors_Awards" title="1955 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Guild_of_Television_Producers_and_Directors_Awards" title="1956 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Guild_of_Television_Producers_and_Directors_Awards" title="1957 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards" title="1958 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards" title="1959 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards" title="1960 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards" title="1961 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards" title="1962 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards" title="1963 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Society_of_Film_and_Television_Arts_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Awards_1985&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Academy Television Awards 1985 (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Awards_1986&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Academy Television Awards 1986 (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Awards_1987&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Academy Television Awards 1987 (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Awards_1988&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Academy Television Awards 1988 (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Academy_Television_Awards_1989&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Academy Television Awards 1989 (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1990 British Academy Television Awards">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_British_Academy_Television_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 British Academy Television Awards (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1996 British Academy Television Awards">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1997 British Academy Television Awards">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1998 British Academy Television Awards">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="1999 British Academy Television Awards">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2000 British Academy Television Awards">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2001 British Academy Television Awards">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2002 British Academy Television Awards">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2003 British Academy Television Awards">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2004 British Academy Television Awards">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2005 British Academy Television Awards">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2006 British Academy Television Awards">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2007 British Academy Television Awards">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2008 British Academy Television Awards">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2009 British Academy Television Awards">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2010 British Academy Television Awards">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2011 British Academy Television Awards">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2012 British Academy Television Awards">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2013 British Academy Television Awards">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2014 British Academy Television Awards">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2015 British Academy Television Awards">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2016 British Academy Television Awards">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2017 British Academy Television Awards">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2018 British Academy Television Awards">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2019 British Academy Television Awards">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2020 British Academy Television Awards">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2021 British Academy Television Awards">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2022 British Academy Television Awards">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2023 British Academy Television Awards">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2024 British Academy Television Awards">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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title="Peter Cushing">Peter Cushing</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gough" title="Michael Gough">Michael Gough</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hordern" title="Michael Hordern">Michael Hordern</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Pleasence" title="Donald Pleasence">Donald Pleasence</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan" title="Patrick McGoohan">Patrick McGoohan</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Montague" title="Lee Montague">Lee Montague</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Davies" title="Rupert Davies">Rupert Davies</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_H._Corbett" title="Harry H. Corbett">Harry H. Corbett</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Badel" title="Alan Badel">Alan Badel</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wymark" title="Patrick Wymark">Patrick Wymark</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Badel" title="Alan Badel">Alan Badel</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Mitchell" title="Warren Mitchell">Warren Mitchell</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Porter" title="Eric Porter">Eric Porter</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Dotrice" title="Roy Dotrice">Roy Dotrice</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Woodward" title="Edward Woodward">Edward Woodward</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Michell" title="Keith Michell">Keith Michell</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Le_Mesurier" title="John Le Mesurier">John Le Mesurier</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins" title="Anthony Hopkins">Anthony Hopkins</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Finlay" title="Frank Finlay">Frank Finlay</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barkworth" title="Peter Barkworth">Peter Barkworth</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFDFC8;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barkworth" title="Peter Barkworth">Peter Barkworth</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Hawthorne" title="Nigel Hawthorne">Nigel Hawthorne</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFDFC8;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> 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