British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
British Academy Film Awards · 261 nominations across 58 ceremonies · 58 wins
79th BAFTA Film Awards · 2026
- Winner Robert Aramayo · I Swear
- Nominee Ethan Hawke · Blue Moon
- Nominee Michael B. Jordan · Sinners
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · One Battle After Another
- Nominee Timothée Chalamet · Marty Supreme
- Nominee Jesse Plemons · Bugonia
78th BAFTA Film Awards · 2025
- Winner Adrien Brody · The Brutalist
- Nominee Timothée Chalamet · A Complete Unknown
- Nominee Sebastian Stan · The Apprentice
- Nominee Hugh Grant · Heretic
- Nominee Colman Domingo · Sing Sing
- Nominee Ralph Fiennes · Conclave
77th BAFTA Film Awards · 2024
- Winner Cillian Murphy · Oppenheimer
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · Maestro
- Nominee Barry Keoghan · Saltburn
- Nominee Paul Giamatti · The Holdovers
- Nominee Teo Yoo · Past Lives
- Nominee Colman Domingo · Rustin
76th BAFTA Film Awards · 2023
- Winner Austin Butler · Elvis
- Nominee Bill Nighy · Living
- Nominee Daryl McCormack · Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
- Nominee Colin Farrell · The Banshees of Inisherin
- Nominee Brendan Fraser · The Whale
- Nominee Paul Mescal · Aftersun
75th BAFTA Film Awards · 2022
- Winner Will Smith · King Richard
- Nominee Adeel Akhtar · Ali & Ava
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · Don't Look Up
- Nominee Mahershala Ali · Swan Song
- Nominee Benedict Cumberbatch · The Power of the Dog
- Nominee Stephen Graham · Boiling Point
74th BAFTA Film Awards · 2021
- Winner Anthony Hopkins · The Father
- Nominee Mads Mikkelsen · Another Round
- Nominee Riz Ahmed · Sound of Metal
- Nominee Adarsh Gourav · The White Tiger
- Nominee Tahar Rahim · The Mauritanian
- Nominee Chadwick Boseman · Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
73rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2020
- Winner Joaquin Phoenix · Joker
- Nominee Adam Driver · Marriage Story
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Nominee Jonathan Pryce · The Two Popes
- Nominee Taron Egerton · Rocketman
72nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2019
- Winner Rami Malek · Bohemian Rhapsody
- Nominee Viggo Mortensen · Green Book
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · A Star Is Born
- Nominee Christian Bale · Vice
- Nominee Steve Coogan · Stan & Ollie
71st BAFTA Film Awards · 2018
- Winner Gary Oldman · Darkest Hour
- Nominee Timothée Chalamet · Call Me by Your Name
- Nominee Jamie Bell · Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
- Nominee Daniel Kaluuya · Get Out
- Nominee Daniel Day-Lewis · Phantom Thread
70th BAFTA Film Awards · 2017
- Winner Casey Affleck · Manchester by the Sea
- Nominee Andrew Garfield · Hacksaw Ridge
- Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal · Nocturnal Animals
- Nominee Viggo Mortensen · Captain Fantastic
- Nominee Ryan Gosling · La La Land
69th BAFTA Film Awards · 2016
- Winner Leonardo DiCaprio · The Revenant
- Nominee Eddie Redmayne · The Danish Girl
- Nominee Matt Damon · The Martian
- Nominee Bryan Cranston · Trumbo
- Nominee Michael Fassbender · Steve Jobs
68th BAFTA Film Awards · 2015
- Winner Eddie Redmayne · The Theory of Everything
- Nominee Benedict Cumberbatch · The Imitation Game
- Nominee Michael Keaton · Birdman
- Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal · Nightcrawler
- Nominee Ralph Fiennes · The Grand Budapest Hotel
67th BAFTA Film Awards · 2014
- Winner Chiwetel Ejiofor · 12 Years a Slave
- Nominee Bruce Dern · Nebraska
- Nominee Tom Hanks · Captain Phillips
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · The Wolf of Wall Street
- Nominee Christian Bale · American Hustle
66th BAFTA Film Awards · 2013
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · Lincoln
- Nominee Joaquin Phoenix · The Master
- Nominee Ben Affleck · Argo
- Nominee Hugh Jackman · Les Misérables
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · Silver Linings Playbook
65th BAFTA Film Awards · 2012
- Winner Jean Dujardin · The Artist
- Nominee Michael Fassbender · Shame
- Nominee George Clooney · The Descendants
- Nominee Gary Oldman · Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Nominee Brad Pitt · Moneyball
64th BAFTA Film Awards · 2011
- Winner Colin Firth · The King's Speech
- Nominee Javier Bardem · Biutiful
- Nominee James Franco · 127 Hours
- Nominee Jeff Bridges · True Grit
- Nominee Jesse Eisenberg · The Social Network
63rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2010
- Winner Colin Firth · A Single Man
- Nominee Jeremy Renner · The Hurt Locker
- Nominee Andy Serkis · Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
- Nominee Jeff Bridges · Crazy Heart
- Nominee George Clooney · Up in the Air
62nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2009
- Winner Mickey Rourke · The Wrestler
- Nominee Dev Patel · Slumdog Millionaire
- Nominee Frank Langella · Frost/Nixon
- Nominee Sean Penn · Milk
- Nominee Brad Pitt · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
61st BAFTA Film Awards · 2008
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · There Will Be Blood
- Nominee Viggo Mortensen · Eastern Promises
- Nominee Ulrich Mühe · The Lives of Others
- Nominee James McAvoy · Atonement
- Nominee George Clooney · Michael Clayton
60th BAFTA Film Awards · 2007
- Winner Forest Whitaker · The Last King of Scotland
- Nominee Richard Griffiths · The History Boys
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · The Departed
- Nominee Daniel Craig · Casino Royale
- Nominee Peter O'Toole · Venus
59th BAFTA Film Awards · 2006
- Winner Philip Seymour Hoffman · Capote
- Nominee Ralph Fiennes · The Constant Gardener
- Nominee Heath Ledger · Brokeback Mountain
- Nominee Joaquin Phoenix · Walk the Line
- Nominee David Strathairn · Good Night, and Good Luck.
58th BAFTA Film Awards · 2005
- Winner Jamie Foxx · Ray
- Nominee Gael García Bernal · The Motorcycle Diaries
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · The Aviator
- Nominee Jim Carrey · Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Nominee Johnny Depp · Finding Neverland
57th BAFTA Film Awards · 2004
- Winner Bill Murray · Lost in Translation
- Nominee Jude Law · Cold Mountain
- Nominee Johnny Depp · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Nominee Sean Penn · Mystic River
- Nominee Benicio del Toro · 21 Grams
- Nominee Sean Penn · 21 Grams
56th BAFTA Film Awards · 2003
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · Gangs of New York
- Nominee Jack Nicholson · About Schmidt
- Nominee Nicolas Cage · Adaptation.
- Nominee Michael Caine · The Quiet American
- Nominee Adrien Brody · The Pianist
55th BAFTA Film Awards · 2002
- Winner Russell Crowe · A Beautiful Mind
- Nominee Jim Broadbent · Iris
- Nominee Kevin Spacey · The Shipping News
- Nominee Ian McKellen · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Nominee Tom Wilkinson · In the Bedroom
54th BAFTA Film Awards · 2001
- Winner Jamie Bell · Billy Elliot
- Nominee Michael Douglas · Wonder Boys
- Nominee Geoffrey Rush · Quills
- Nominee Tom Hanks · Cast Away
- Nominee Russell Crowe · Gladiator
53rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2000
- Winner Kevin Spacey · American Beauty
- Nominee Russell Crowe · The Insider
- Nominee Jim Broadbent · Topsy-Turvy
- Nominee Ralph Fiennes · The End of the Affair
- Nominee Om Puri · East Is East
52nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1999
- Winner Roberto Benigni · Life Is Beautiful
- Nominee Tom Hanks · Saving Private Ryan
- Nominee Michael Caine · Little Voice
- Nominee Joseph Fiennes · Shakespeare in Love
51st BAFTA Film Awards · 1998
- Winner Robert Carlyle · The Full Monty
- Nominee Billy Connolly · Mrs. Brown
- Nominee Kevin Spacey · L.A. Confidential
- Nominee Ray Winstone · Nil by Mouth
50th BAFTA Film Awards · 1997
- Winner Geoffrey Rush · Shine
- Nominee Ralph Fiennes · The English Patient
- Nominee Timothy Spall · Secrets & Lies
- Nominee Ian McKellen · Richard III
49th BAFTA Film Awards · 1996
- Winner Nigel Hawthorne · The Madness of King George
- Nominee Nicolas Cage · Leaving Las Vegas
- Nominee Massimo Troisi · Il Postino: The Postman
- Nominee Jonathan Pryce · Carrington
48th BAFTA Film Awards · 1995
- Winner Hugh Grant · Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Nominee Tom Hanks · Forrest Gump
- Nominee John Travolta · Pulp Fiction
- Nominee Terence Stamp · The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
47th BAFTA Film Awards · 1994
- Winner Anthony Hopkins · The Remains of the Day
- Nominee Liam Neeson · Schindler's List
- Nominee Anthony Hopkins · Shadowlands
- Nominee Daniel Day-Lewis · In the Name of the Father
46th BAFTA Film Awards · 1993
- Winner Robert Downey Jr. · Chaplin
- Nominee Tim Robbins · The Player
- Nominee Daniel Day-Lewis · The Last of the Mohicans
- Nominee Stephen Rea · The Crying Game
45th BAFTA Film Awards · 1992
- Winner Anthony Hopkins · The Silence of the Lambs
- Nominee John Thaw · Inspector Morse
- Nominee Gérard Depardieu · Cyrano de Bergerac
- Nominee Kevin Costner · Dances with Wolves
- Nominee Alan Rickman · Truly, Madly, Deeply
44th BAFTA Film Awards · 1991
- Winner Philippe Noiret · Cinema Paradiso
- Nominee Sean Connery · The Hunt for Red October
- Nominee John Thaw · Inspector Morse
- Nominee Robert De Niro · Goodfellas
- Nominee Tom Cruise · Born on the Fourth of July
43rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1990
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · My Left Foot
- Nominee Robin Williams · Dead Poets Society
- Nominee Dustin Hoffman · Rain Man
- Nominee Kenneth Branagh · Henry V
42nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1989
- Winner John Cleese · A Fish Called Wanda
- Nominee Kevin Kline · A Fish Called Wanda
- Nominee Michael Douglas · Fatal Attraction
- Nominee Robin Williams · Good Morning, Vietnam
41st BAFTA Film Awards · 1988
- Winner Sean Connery · The Name of the Rose
- Nominee Gérard Depardieu · Jean de Florette
- Nominee Gary Oldman · Prick Up Your Ears
- Nominee Yves Montand · Jean de Florette
40th BAFTA Film Awards · 1987
- Winner Bob Hoskins · Mona Lisa
- Nominee Paul Hogan · Crocodile Dundee
- Nominee Michael Caine · Hannah and Her Sisters
- Nominee Woody Allen · Hannah and Her Sisters
39th BAFTA Film Awards · 1986
- Winner William Damaged · Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Nominee Harrison Ford · Witness
- Nominee Victor Banerjee · A Passage to India
- Nominee F. Murray Abraham · Amadeus
38th BAFTA Film Awards · 1985
- Winner Haing S. Ngor · The Killing Fields
- Nominee Albert Finney · The Dresser
- Nominee Tom Courtenay · The Dresser
- Nominee Sam Waterston · The Killing Fields
37th BAFTA Film Awards · 1984
- Winner Dustin Hoffman · Tootsie
36th BAFTA Film Awards · 1983
- Winner Ben Kingsley · Gandhi
- Nominee Henry Fonda · On Golden Pond
- Nominee Warren Beatty · Reds
- Nominee Albert Finney · Shoot the Moon
- Nominee Jack Lemmon · Missing
35th BAFTA Film Awards · 1982
- Winner Burt Lancaster · Atlantic City
- Nominee Bob Hoskins · The Long Good Friday
- Nominee Robert De Niro · Raging Bull
- Nominee Jeremy Irons · The French Lieutenant's Woman
34th BAFTA Film Awards · 1981
- Winner John Hurt · The Elephant Man
- Nominee Peter Sellers · Being There
- Nominee Roy Scheider · All That Jazz
- Nominee Dustin Hoffman · Kramer vs. Kramer
33rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1980
- Winner Jack Lemmon · The China Syndrome
- Nominee Robert De Niro · The Deer Hunter
- Nominee Martin Sheen · Apocalypse Now
- Nominee Woody Allen · Manhattan
32nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1979
- Winner Richard Dreyfuss · The Goodbye Girl
- Nominee Peter Ustinov · Death on the Nile
- Nominee Brad Davis · Midnight Express
- Nominee Anthony Hopkins · Magic
31st BAFTA Film Awards · 1978
- Winner Peter Finch · Network
- Nominee William Holden · Network
- Nominee Sylvester Stallone · Rocky
- Nominee Woody Allen · Annie Hall
30th BAFTA Film Awards · 1977
- Winner Jack Nicholson · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Nominee Walter Matthau · The Bad News Bears
- Nominee Robert De Niro · Taxi Driver
- Nominee Dustin Hoffman · Marathon Man
- Nominee Walter Matthau · The Sunshine Boys
- Nominee Dustin Hoffman · All the President's Men
29th BAFTA Film Awards · 1976
- Winner Al Pacino · Dog Day Afternoon
28th BAFTA Film Awards · 1975
- Winner Jack Nicholson · Chinatown
- Nominee Albert Finney · Murder on the Orient Express
27th BAFTA Film Awards · 1974
- Winner Walter Matthau · Charley Varrick
- Nominee Donald Sutherland · Steelyard Blues
- Nominee Donald Sutherland · Don't Look Now
26th BAFTA Film Awards · 1973
- Winner Gene Hackman · The French Connection
25th BAFTA Film Awards · 1972
- Winner Peter Finch · Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- Nominee Dirk Bogarde · Death in Venice
- Nominee Albert Finney · Gumshoe
- Nominee Dustin Hoffman · Little Big Man
24th BAFTA Film Awards · 1971
- Winner Robert Redford · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Nominee Elliott Gould · Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- Nominee George C. Scott · Patton
- Nominee Elliott Gould · MASH
- Nominee Paul Newman · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
23rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1970
- Winner Dustin Hoffman · John and Mary
- Nominee Walter Matthau · The Secret Life of an American Wife
- Nominee Nicol Williamson · Inadmissible Evidence
- Nominee Alan Bates · Women in Love
- Nominee Walter Matthau · Hello, Dolly!
22nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1969
- Winner Spencer Tracy · Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Nominee Trevor Howard · The Charge of the Light Brigade
- Nominee Ron Moody · Oliver!
- Nominee Nicol Williamson · The Bofors Gun