British Academy Film Award for Best British Actor
British Academy Film Awards · 85 nominations across 16 ceremonies · 16 wins
21st BAFTA Film Awards · 1968
- Winner Paul Scofield · A Man for All Seasons
- Nominee Dirk Bogarde · Accident
- Nominee Richard Burton · The Taming of the Shrew
- Nominee James Mason · The Deadly Affair
- Nominee Dirk Bogarde · Our Mother's House
20th BAFTA Film Awards · 1967
- Winner Richard Burton · The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Nominee David Warner · Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment
- Nominee Ralph Richardson · Khartoum
- Nominee Michael Caine · Alfie
- Nominee Ralph Richardson · The Wrong Box
- Nominee Ralph Richardson · Doctor Zhivago
19th BAFTA Film Awards · 1966
- Winner Dirk Bogarde · Darling
- Nominee Rex Harrison · My Fair Lady
- Nominee Michael Caine · The Ipcress File
- Nominee Harry Andrews · The Hill
18th BAFTA Film Awards · 1965
- Winner Richard Attenborough · Guns at Batasi
- Nominee Peter Sellers · The Pink Panther
- Nominee Peter Sellers · Dr. Strangelove
- Nominee Peter O'Toole · Becket
- Nominee Tom Courtenay · King and Country
17th BAFTA Film Awards · 1964
- Winner Dirk Bogarde · The Servant
- Nominee Tom Courtenay · Billy Liar
- Nominee Hugh Griffith · Tom Jones
- Nominee Albert Finney · Tom Jones
- Nominee Richard Harris · This Sporting Life
16th BAFTA Film Awards · 1963
- Winner Peter O'Toole · Lawrence of Arabia
- Nominee Richard Attenborough · The Dock Brief
- Nominee Alan Bates · A Kind of Loving
- Nominee Laurence Olivier · Term of Trial
- Nominee James Mason · Lolita
- Nominee Peter Sellers · Only Two Can Play
15th BAFTA Film Awards · 1962
- Winner Peter Finch · No Love for Johnnie
- Nominee Dirk Bogarde · Victim
14th BAFTA Film Awards · 1961
- Winner Peter Finch · The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Nominee John Mills · Tunes of Glory
- Nominee John Fraser · The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Nominee Laurence Olivier · The Entertainer
- Nominee Richard Attenborough · The Angry Silence
- Nominee Albert Finney · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Nominee Alec Guinness · Tunes of Glory
13th BAFTA Film Awards · 1960
- Winner Peter Sellers · I'm All Right Jack
- Nominee Stanley Baker · Yesterday's Enemy
- Nominee Gordon Jackson · Yesterday's Enemy
- Nominee Peter Finch · The Nun's Story
- Nominee Laurence Olivier · The Devil's Disciple
- Nominee Laurence Harvey · Expresso Bongo
- Nominee Richard Burton · Look Back In Anger
12th BAFTA Film Awards · 1959
- Winner Trevor Howard · The Key
- Nominee Michael Craig · Sea of Sand
- Nominee Laurence Harvey · Room at the Top
- Nominee Terry-Thomas · Tom Thumb
- Nominee I. S. Johar · Harry Black
- Nominee Anthony Quayle · Ice Cold in Alex
- Nominee Donald Wolfit · Room at the Top
11th BAFTA Film Awards · 1958
- Winner Alec Guinness · The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Nominee Michael Redgrave · Time Without Pity
- Nominee Trevor Howard · Manuela
- Nominee Peter Finch · Windom's Way
- Nominee Laurence Olivier · The Prince and the Showgirl
10th BAFTA Film Awards · 1957
- Winner Peter Finch · A Town Like Alice
- Nominee Kenneth More · Reach for the Sky
- Nominee Jack Hawkins · The Long Arm
9th BAFTA Film Awards · 1956
- Winner Laurence Olivier · Richard III
- Nominee Michael Redgrave · The Night My Number Came Up
- Nominee Kenneth More · The Deep Blue Sea
- Nominee Jack Hawkins · The Prisoner
- Nominee Alec Guinness · The Prisoner
- Nominee Alfie Bass · The Bespoke Overcoat
8th BAFTA Film Awards · 1955
- Winner Kenneth More · Doctor in the House
- Nominee Donald Wolfit · Svengali
- Nominee Maurice Denham · The Purple Plain
- Nominee David Niven · Carrington V.C.
- Nominee Robert Donat · Lease of Life
- Nominee John Mills · Hobson's Choice
7th BAFTA Film Awards · 1954
- Winner John Gielgud · Julius Caesar
- Nominee Trevor Howard · The Heart of the Matter
- Nominee Kenneth More · Genevieve
- Nominee Duncan Macrae · The Kidnappers
- Nominee Jack Hawkins · The Cruel Sea
6th BAFTA Film Awards · 1953
- Winner Ralph Richardson · The Sound Barrier
- Nominee Alastair Sim · Folly to Be Wise
- Nominee Laurence Olivier · Carrie
- Nominee James Hayter · The Pickwick Papers
- Nominee Jack Hawkins · Mandy
- Nominee Nigel Patrick · The Sound Barrier