British Academy Television Award | |
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![]() 2025 winner Lennie James | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
First award | 1955 |
Currently held by | Lennie James for Mr Loverman (2025) |
Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor. The Best Actor award was initially given as an "individual honour", without credit to a particular performance, until 1962, when Rupert Davies won for his performance in Maigret .
Since 1970, nominees have been announced in addition to the winner. The Actor category was split into Leading Actor and Supporting Actor starting in 2010.
Michael Gambon holds the record of most wins in this category with four, including three consecutive wins, followed by Robbie Coltrane with three, all of them also being consecutive. Additionally, Alan Badel, Peter Barkworth, Sean Bean, Alec Guinness, Mark Rylance, John Thaw, and Ben Whishaw, all have received the award twice. Benedict Cumberbatch has received the most nominations for this award with six, followed by Coltrane with five.
Year | Actor |
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1955 | |
Paul Rogers | |
1956 | |
Peter Cushing | |
1957 | |
Michael Gough | |
1958 | |
Michael Hordern | |
1959 | |
Donald Pleasence | |
Year | Actors | Work |
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1960 | ||
Patrick McGoohan | ||
1961 | ||
Lee Montague | ||
1962 | ||
Rupert Davies | Maigret | |
1963 | ||
Harry H. Corbett | Steptoe and Son | |
1964 | ||
Alan Badel | ||
1965 | ||
Patrick Wymark | ||
1966 | ||
Alan Badel | The Count Of Monte Cristo ; Meeting Point; A Couple of Dry Martinis; Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life ; Famous Gossips | |
Richard Briers | Simon and Laura ; Marriage Lines; Points of View ; Present Laughter - Excerpt; Charley's Aunt; To You At Home Today | |
Ian Carmichael | Simon and Laura ; The World of Wooster | |
Patrick Wymark | The Plane Makers ; Crime and Punishment; Once a Jolly Swagman; Malatesta; Sherlock Holmes; I Remember the Battle; Four of Hearts – Tilt | |
1967 | ||
Warren Mitchell | Till Death Us Do Part | |
1968 | ||
Eric Porter | The Forsyte Saga | |
1969 | ||
Roy Dotrice | Brief Lives | |
The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times:
4 wins 3 wins | 2 wins |
The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times: