This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor. The Best Actor award was initially given as an "individual honour", without credit to a particular performance, until 1962, when Rupert Davies won for his performance in Maigret. Since 1970, nominees have been announced in addition to the winner. The Actor category was split into Leading Actor and Supporting Actor starting in 2010.
| British Academy Television Award | |
|---|---|
 2024 winner Timothy Spall | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Currently held by | Timothy Spall for The Sixth Commandment (2024) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
Michael Gambon holds the record of most wins in this category with four, including three consecutive wins, followed by Robbie Coltrane with three, all of them also being consecutive. Benedict Cumberbatch has received the most nominations for this award, with six.
Winners and nominees
edit1950s
edit| Year | Actor |
|---|---|
| 1955 | |
| Paul Rogers | |
| 1956 | |
| Peter Cushing | |
| 1957 | |
| Michael Gough | |
| 1958 | |
| Michael Hordern | |
| 1959 | |
| Donald Pleasence |
1960s
edit| Year | Actors | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
1970s
edit1980s
edit1990s
edit2000s
edit2010s
edit2020s
editActors with multiple wins and nominations
editMultiple wins
editThe following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times:
|
4 wins 3 wins |
2 wins
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Multiple nominations
editThe following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actor multiple times:
References
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- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "BAFTA TV Awards 2024: Nominations". BBC. Retrieved March 20, 2024.