British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

British Academy Television Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1954
Last awarded	2012
Official website	http://www.bafta.org/

1950s

• 1955 Paul Rogers — (Unknown)
• 1956 Peter Cushing — (Unknown)
• 1957 Michael Gough — (Unknown)
• 1958 Michael Hordern — (Unknown)
• 1959 Donald Pleasence — (Unknown)

1960s

• 1960 Patrick McGoohan — (Unknown)
• 1961 Lee Montague — (Unknown)
• 1962 Rupert Davies — (Unknown)
• 1963 Harry H. Corbett in Steptoe and Son
• 1964 Alan Badel — (Unknown)
• 1965 Patrick Wymark — (Unknown)
• 1966 Alan Badel — (Unknown)
• 1967 Warren Mitchell in Till Death Us Do Part
• 1968 Eric Porter in The Forsyte Saga
• 1969 Roy Dotrice in Misleading Cases

1970s

*1970 Edward Woodward in Callan

• John Alderton in Please Sir!
• Colin Blakely in Son of Man, The Way We Live Now
• Arthur Lowe in Dad's Army

*1971 Keith Michell in The Six Wives of Henry VIII

• Michael Bryant in The Roads to Freedom
• Anthony Hopkins in The Great Inimitable Mr Dickens, Uncle Vanya, Hearts and Flowers, Danton
• Michael Jayston in Charles Dickens, Mad Jack, Beethoven

*1972 John Le Mesurier in Traitor

• Alfred Burke in Public Eye
• Frank Finlay in Casanova
• Kenneth Haigh in Search for the Nile, Man at the Top

*1973 Anthony Hopkins in War and Peace

• Michael Bryant in The Duchess of Malfi
• Nicol Williamson in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

*1974 Frank Finlay in The Adventures of Don Quixote; Candide; The Death of Adolf Hitler

• Michael Crawford in Some Mothers Do Ave Em
• Bernard Hepton in The Adventures of Don Quixote, Colditz
• Laurence Olivier in Long Day's Journey Into Night

*1975 Peter Barkworth in Crown Matrimonial

• Michael Bryant in Mr Axelford's Angel
• Gordon Jackson in Upstairs, Downstairs
• Arthur Lowe in Mircobes and Men, David Copperfield

*1976 John Hurt in The Naked Civil Servant

• Alan Bates in Plantiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
• Tony Britton in The Nearly Man
• Timothy West in Edward the Seventh

*1977 Derek Jacobi in I, Claudius

• James Bolam in When the Boat Comes In
• Tom Conti in The Glittering Prizes
• Jack Shepherd in Bill Brand, Ready When You Are Mr McGill

*1978 Peter Barkworth in Professional Foul

• James Bolam in When the Boat Comes In
• Derek Jacobi in Philby, Burgess and Maclean
• Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth

*1979 Edward Fox in Edward and Mrs Simpson

• Tom Bell in Out
• Ian Holm in Night School, Flayed, Mirage, The Lost Boys
• Bob Hoskins in Pennies From Heaven

1980s

1980 Alec Guinness in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

• Robert Hardy in Speed King & All Creatures Great and Small
• Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey
• Timothy West in Churchill and the Generals; Henry VIII; Crime and Punishment; Timothy West as Beecham

1981 Denholm Elliott in Gentle Folk; In Hiding; Blade on the Feather; The Stinker (Tales of the Unexpected)

• Trevor Howard in The Shillingbury Blowers; Staying On
• Leo McKern in Rumpole's Return
• Sam Waterston in Oppenheimer

1982 Anthony Andrews in Brideshead Revisited

• John Gielgud in Brideshead Revisited
• Robert Hardy in Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years; Fothergill
• Jeremy Irons in Brideshead Revisited

1983 Alec Guinness in Smiley's People

• George Cole in Minder
• Bernard Hill in Boys from the Blackstuff
• Laurence Olivier in A Voyage Round My Father

1984 Alan Bates in An Englishman Abroad

• Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey; Riley - Ace of Spies
• Ronald Pickup in Orwell on Jura; Waters of the Moon
• Martin Sheen in Kennedy

1985 Tim Pigott-Smith in The Jewel In The Crown

• George Cole in Minder
• Charles Dance in The Jewel in the Crown
• Art Malik in The Jewel in the Crown

1986 Bob Peck in Edge of Darkness

• Joe Don Baker in Edge of Darkness
• Alec Guinness in Monsignor Quioxte
• Ben Kingsley in Silas Marner

1987 Michael Gambon in The Singing Detective

• Colin Blakely in Drums Along Balmoral Drive
• Denholm Elliott in Hotel du Lac
• Paul McGann in The Monocled Mutineer
• Patrick Malahide in The Singing Detective
• David Threlfall in Paradise Postponed

1988 David Jason in Porterhouse Blue

• Kenneth Branagh in Fortune's of War; The Lady's Not for Burning
• Robbie Coltrane in Tutti Frutti
• Ray McAnally in A Perfect Spy; Scout

1989 Ray McAnally in A Very British Coup

• Alan Bennett in A Chip in the Sugar
• Colin Firth in Tumbledown
• Ian Holm in Game, Set and Match

1990s

1990 John Thaw in Inspector Morse

• Joss Ackland in First and Last
• John Gielgud in Summer's Lease
• Alfred Molina in The Accountant

1991 Ian Richardson in House of Cards

• Albert Finney in The Green Man
• David Suchet in Agatha Christie's Poirot
• John Thaw in Inspector Morse

1992 Robert Lindsay in G.B.H.

• Tom Bell in Prime Suspect
• Michael Palin in G.B.H
• John Thaw in Inspector Morse

1993 John Thaw in Inspector Morse

• Alan Bates in Unnatural Pursuits
• Brian Cox in The Lost Language of Cranes'
• Ian Richardson in An Ungentlemanly Act

1994 Robbie Coltrane in Cracker

• Michael Kitchen in To Play the King
• Neil Pearson in Between the Lines
• Ian Richardson in To Play the King

1995 Robbie Coltrane in Cracker

• Pete Postlethwaite in Martin Chuzzlewit
• Paul Scofield in Martin Chuzzlewit
• Tom Wilkinson in Martin Chuzzlewit

1996 Robbie Coltrane in Cracker

• Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice
• Robert Lindsay in Jake's Progress
• Ian Richardson in The Final Cut
• Benjamin Whitrow in Pride and Prejudice

1997 Nigel Hawthorne in The Fragile Heart

• Christopher Eccleston in Our Friends in the North
• Albert Finney in Cold Lazarus/Karaoke
• Peter Vaughn in Our Friends in the North

1998 Simon Russell Beale in A Dance to the Music of Time

• Robert Carlyle in Hamish MacBeth
• Derek Jacobi in Breaking the Code
• Tom Wilkinson in Cold Enough for Snow

1999 Tom Courtenay in A Rather English Marriage

• Robert Carlyle in Looking after Jo Jo
• Albert Finney in A Rather English Marriage
• Timothy Spall in Our Mutual Friend

2000s

2000 Michael Gambon in Wives and Daughters

• Aiden Gillen in Queer as Folk
• Pete Postlethwaite in Lost for Words
• Timothy Spall in Shooting the Past

2001 Michael Gambon in Longitude

• Steven Mackintosh in Care
• Pete Postlethwaite in The Sins
• Ken Stott in The Vice

2002 Michael Gambon in Perfect Strangers

• Alan Bates in Love in a Cold Climate
• Timothy Spall in Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
• David Suchet in The Way We Live Now

2003 Albert Finney in The Gathering Storm

• Kenneth Branagh in Conspiracy
• Kenneth Branagh in Shackleton
• James Nesbitt in Bloody Sunday

2004 Bill Nighy in State of Play

• Jim Broadbent in The Young Visiters
• Christopher Eccleston in The Second Coming
• David Morrissey in State of Play

2005 Rhys Ifans in Not Only But Always

• Benedict Cumberbatch in Hawking
• Mark Strong in The Long Firm
• Michael Sheen in Dirty Filthy Love

2006 Mark Rylance in The Government Inspector

• Bernard Hill in A Very Social Secretary
• Denis Lawson in Bleak House
• Rufus Sewell in ShakespeaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew

2007 Jim Broadbent in Longford

• Andy Serkis in Longford
• Michael Sheen in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
• John Simm in Life on Mars

2008 Andrew Garfield in Boy A

• Tom Hardy in Stuart: A Life Backwards
• Matthew MacFadyen in Secret Life
• Antony Sher in Primo

2009 Stephen Dillane in The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

• Jason Isaacs in The Curse of Steptoe
• Ken Stott in Hancock & Joan
• Ben Whishaw in Criminal Justice

2010s

2010 Kenneth Branagh in Wallander

• Brendan Gleeson in Into the Storm
• John Hurt in An Englishman in New York
• David Oyelowo in Small Island

2011 Daniel Rigby in Eric and Ernie

• Jim Broadbent in Any Human Heart
• Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock
• Matt Smith in Doctor Who

2012 Dominic West in Appropriate Adult

• Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock
• Joseph Gilgun in This is England 88
• John Simm in Exile

2013 Ben Whishaw in Richard II (The Hollow Crown)

• Sean Bean in Accused (Tracie's Story)
• Derek Jacobi in Last Tango in Halifax
• Toby Jones in The Girl