British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
British Academy Film Awards · 103 nominations across 30 ceremonies · 30 wins
38th BAFTA Film Awards · 1985
- Winner Haing S. Ngor · The Killing Fields
- Nominee John Lynch · Cal
- Nominee Rupert Everett · Another Country
- Nominee Tim Roth · The Hit
37th BAFTA Film Awards · 1984
- Winner Phyllis Logan · Another Time, Another Place
- Nominee Kevin Kline · Sophie's Choice
- Nominee Julie Walters · Educating Rita
- Nominee Greta Scacchi · Heat and Dust
36th BAFTA Film Awards · 1983
- Winner Ben Kingsley · Gandhi
- Nominee Henry Thomas · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Nominee Kathleen Turner · Body Heat
- Nominee Drew Barrymore · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
35th BAFTA Film Awards · 1982
- Winner Joe Pesci · Raging Bull
- Nominee Klaus Maria Brandauer · Mephisto
- Nominee Cathy Moriarty · Raging Bull
- Nominee Timothy Hutton · Ordinary People
34th BAFTA Film Awards · 1981
- Winner Judy Davis · My Brilliant Career
- Nominee Debra Winger · Urban Cowboy
- Nominee Sônia Braga · Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
- Nominee John Gordon Sinclair · Gregory's Girl
33rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1980
- Winner Dennis Christopher · Breaking Away
- Nominee Ray Winstone · That Summer!
- Nominee Gary Busey · The Buddy Holly Story
- Nominee Sigourney Weaver · Alien
32nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1979
- Winner Christopher Reeve · Superman
- Nominee Mary Beth Hurt · Interiors
- Nominee Melanie Mayron · Girlfriends
- Nominee Brad Davis · Midnight Express
31st BAFTA Film Awards · 1978
- Winner Isabelle Huppert · The Lacemaker
- Nominee Saverio Marconi · Padre Padrone
- Nominee Olimpia Carlisi · The Middle of the World
- Nominee Jeannette Clift · The Hiding Place
30th BAFTA Film Awards · 1977
- Winner Jodie Foster · Bugsy Malone
29th BAFTA Film Awards · 1976
- Winner Valerie Perrine · Lenny
- Nominee Alfred Lutter · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Nominee Robert De Niro · The Godfather Part II
- Nominee Lily Tomlin · Nashville
28th BAFTA Film Awards · 1975
- Winner Georgina Hale · Mahler
- Nominee Sissy Spacek · Badlands
- Nominee Cleavon Little · Blazing Saddles
27th BAFTA Film Awards · 1974
- Winner Peter Egan · The Hireling
- Nominee Kris Kristofferson · Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
- Nominee Jim Dale · Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
- Nominee David Essex · That'll Be the Day
26th BAFTA Film Awards · 1973
- Winner Joel Grey · Cabaret
- Nominee Simon Ward · Young Winston
- Nominee Al Pacino · The Godfather
- Nominee Bud Cort · Harold and Maude
25th BAFTA Film Awards · 1972
- Winner Dominic Guard · The Go-Between
- Nominee Carrie Snodgress · Diary of a Mad Housewife
- Nominee Gary Grimes · Summer of '42
- Nominee Janet Suzman · Nicholas and Alexandra
24th BAFTA Film Awards · 1971
- Winner Dai Bradley · Kes
- Nominee Sally Thomsett · The Railway Children
- Nominee Liza Minnelli · The Sterile Cuckoo
- Nominee Michael Sarrazin · They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
23rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1970
- Winner Jon Voight · Midnight Cowboy
- Nominee Ali MacGraw · Goodbye, Columbus
- Nominee Jennie Linden · Women in Love
- Nominee Kim Darby · True Grit
22nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1969
- Winner Dustin Hoffman · The Graduate
- Nominee Katharine Ross · The Graduate
- Nominee Pia Degermark · Elvira Madigan
- Nominee Jack Wild · Oliver!
21st BAFTA Film Awards · 1968
- Winner Faye Dunaway · Bonnie and Clyde
- Nominee Michael J. Pollard · Bonnie and Clyde
- Nominee Milo O'Shea · Ulysses
- Nominee Peter Kastner · You're a Big Boy Now
20th BAFTA Film Awards · 1967
- Winner Vivien Merchant · Alfie
- Nominee Jeremy Kemp · The Blue Max
- Nominee Frank Finlay · Othello
- Nominee Alan Arkin · The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
19th BAFTA Film Awards · 1966
- Winner Judi Dench · Four in the Morning
- Nominee Barbara Ferris · Catch Us If You Can
- Nominee Tom Nardini · Cat Ballou
- Nominee Michael Crawford · The Knack ...and How to Get It
18th BAFTA Film Awards · 1965
- Winner Julie Andrews · Mary Poppins
- Nominee Elizabeth Ashley · The Carpetbaggers
- Nominee The Beatles · A Hard Day's Night
- Nominee Lynn Redgrave · Girl with Green Eyes
17th BAFTA Film Awards · 1964
- Winner James Fox · The Servant
15th BAFTA Film Awards · 1962
- Winner Rita Tushingham · A Taste of Honey
- Nominee Murray Melvin · A Taste of Honey
- Nominee Anthony Hancock · The Rebel
14th BAFTA Film Awards · 1961
- Winner Albert Finney · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Nominee Jean-Pierre Léaud · The 400 Blows
11th BAFTA Film Awards · 1958
- Winner Paul Massie · Orders to Kill
- Nominee Mylène Demongeot · The Crucible
10th BAFTA Film Awards · 1957
- Winner Eli Wallach · Baby Doll
- Nominee Susan Strasberg · Picnic
- Nominee Stephen Boyd · The Man Who Never Was
- Nominee Elizabeth Wilson · Patterns of Power
- Nominee Don Murray · Bus Stop
9th BAFTA Film Awards · 1956
- Winner Paul Scofield · That Lady
- Nominee Jo Van Fleet · East of Eden
8th BAFTA Film Awards · 1955
- Winner David Kossoff · The Young Lovers
- Nominee Maggie McNamara · The Moon Is Blue
- Nominee Eva Marie Saint · On the Waterfront
7th BAFTA Film Awards · 1954
- Winner Norman Wisdom · Trouble in Store
6th BAFTA Film Awards · 1953
- Winner Claire Bloom · Limelight
- Nominee Dorothy Alison · Mandy
- Nominee Mandy Miller · Mandy
- Nominee Dorothy Tutin · The Importance of Being Earnest