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	1955
Last awarded	2013
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 in Maigret
• 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, Colditz
• 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 Microbes and Men, David Copperfield

1976 John Hurt in The Naked Civil Servant

• Alan Bates in Plaintiffs 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 Fortunes 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 as Endeavour Morse in Inspector Morse

• Joss Ackland as Alan Holly in First and Last
• John Gielgud as Haverford Downs in Summer's Lease
• Alfred Molina as Lionel Ellerman in The Accountant

1991 Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart in House of Cards

• Albert Finney as Maurice Allington in The Green Man
• David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot
• John Thaw as Endeavour Morse in Inspector Morse

1992 Robert Lindsay as Michael Murray in G.B.H.

• Tom Bell as Bill Otley in Prime Suspect
• Michael Palin as Jim Nelson in G.B.H
• John Thaw as Endeavour Morse in Inspector Morse

1993 John Thaw as Endeavour Morse in Inspector Morse

• Alan Bates as Hamish Partt in Unnatural Pursuits
• Brian Cox as Owen Benjamin in The Lost Language of Cranes
• Ian Richardson as Rex Hunt in An Ungentlemanly Act

1994 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald in Cracker

• Michael Kitchen as The King in To Play the King
• Neil Pearson as Tony Clark in Between the Lines
• Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart in To Play the King

1995 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald in Cracker

• Pete Postlethwaite as Montague Tigg in Martin Chuzzlewit
• Paul Scofield as Old Martin Chuzzlewitt in Martin Chuzzlewit
• Tom Wilkinson as Seth Pecksniff in Martin Chuzzlewit

1996Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald in Cracker

• Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice
• Robert Lindsay as Jamie Diadoni in Jake's Progress
• Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart in The Final Cut
• Benjamin Whitrow as Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice

1997 Nigel Hawthorne as Edgar Pascoe in The Fragile Heart

• Christopher Eccleston as Dominic 'Nicky' Hutchinson in Our Friends in the North
• Albert Finney as Daniel Feeld in Cold Lazarus / Karaoke
• Peter Vaughan as Felix Hutchinson in Our Friends in the North

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

• Robert Carlyle as Hamish Macbeth in Hamish Macbeth
• Derek Jacobi as Alan Turing in Breaking the Code
• Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Lloyd in Cold Enough for Snow

1999 Tom Courtenay as Roy Southgate in A Rather English Marriage

• Robert Carlyle as John Joe "Jo Jo" McCann in Looking after Jo Jo
• Albert Finney as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis in A Rather English Marriage
• Timothy Spall as Mr. Venus in Our Mutual Friend

2000s

2000 Michael Gambon as Squire Hamley in Wives and Daughters

• Aiden Gillen as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk
• Pete Postlethwaite as Deric Longden in Lost for Words
• Timothy Spall as Oswald Bates in Shooting the Past

2001 Michael Gambon as John Harrison in Longitude

• Steven Mackintosh as Davy Younger in Care
• Pete Postlethwaite as Len Green in The Sins
• Ken Stott as Pat Chappel in The Vice

2002 Michael Gambon as Raymond Symon in Perfect Strangers

• Alan Bates as Matthew Alconleigh in Love in a Cold Climate
• Timothy Spall as Tommy Rag in Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
• David Suchet as Augustus Melmotte in The Way We Live Now

2003 Albert Finney as Winston Churchill in The Gathering Storm

• Kenneth Branagh as Reinhard Heydrich in Conspiracy
• Kenneth Branagh as Ernest Shackleton in Shackleton
• James Nesbitt as Ivan Cooper in Bloody Sunday

2004 Bill Nighy as Cameron Lloyd in State of Play

• Jim Broadbent as Alfred Salteena in The Young Visiters
• Christopher Eccleston as Steven Baxter in The Second Coming
• David Morrissey as Stephen Collins in State of Play

2005 Rhys Ifans as Peter Cook in Not Only But Always

• Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Hawking in Hawking
• Mark Strong as Harry Starks in The Long Firm
• Michael Sheen as Mark Furness in Dirty Filthy Love

2006 Mark Rylance as Dr. David Kelly in The Government Inspector

• Bernard Hill as David Blunkett in A Very Social Secretary
• Denis Lawson as John Jarndyce in Bleak House
• Rufus Sewell as Petruchio in ShakespeaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew

2007 Jim Broadbent as Frank Pakenham in Longford

• Andy Serkis as Ian Brady in Longford
• Michael Sheen as Kenneth Williams in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
• John Simm as Sam Tyler in Life on Mars

2008 Andrew Garfield as Jack Burridge / Eric Wilson in Boy A

• Tom Hardy as Stuart Shorter in Stuart: A Life Backwards
• Matthew MacFadyen as Charlie Webb in Secret Life
• Antony Sher as Primo Levi in Primo

2009 Stephen Dillane as Anthony Hurndall in The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

• Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe
• Ken Stott as Tony Hancock in Hancock & Joan
• Ben Whishaw as Ben Coulter in Criminal Justice

2010s

2010 Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander in Wallander

• Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill in Into the Storm
• John Hurt as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York
• David Oyelowo as Gilbert Joseph in Small Island

2011 Daniel Rigby as Eric Morecambe in Eric and Ernie

• Jim Broadbent as Logan Mountstuart in Any Human Heart
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock
• Matt Smith as The Doctor in Doctor Who

2012 Dominic West as Fred West in Appropriate Adult

• Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock
• Joseph Gilgun as Richard "Woody" Woodford in This Is England '88
• John Simm as Tom Ronstadt in Exile

2013 Ben Whishaw as Richard II in Richard II (The Hollow Crown)

• Sean Bean as Simon / Tracie in Accused (Tracie's Story)
• Derek Jacobi as Alan Buttershaw in Last Tango in Halifax
• Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl

2014 Sean Harris as Stephen Morton in Southcliffe

• Jamie Dornan as Paul Spector in The Fall
• Luke Newberry as Kieren Walker in In the Flesh
• Dominic West as Richard Burton in Burton & Taylor

2015 Jason Watkins as Christopher Jefferies in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

• Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock
• Toby Jones as Neil Baldwin in Marvellous
• James Nesbitt as Tony Hughes in The Missing

2016 Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall

• Idris Elba as John Luther in Luther
• Stephen Graham as Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in This Is England '90
• Ben Whishaw as Daniel Holt in London Spy