# British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance

This page lists the winners and nominees for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, since its institution in 2009.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media.
Since 2009 (presented in 2010), there have been two separate comedy performance awards for Best Male Comedy Performance and Best Female Comedy Performance. Previously one award for Best Comedy Performance was presented. Steve Coogan has won the award three times, and Jamie Demetriou twice.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Work | Character | Network |
| 2010 (56th) |
| 2010 (56th) | Peter Capaldi | The Thick of It | Malcolm Tucker | BBC Two |
| 2010 (56th) | Simon Bird | The Inbetweeners | Will McKenzie | E4 |
| 2010 (56th) | Hugh Dennis | Outnumbered: The Christmas Special | Pete Brockman | BBC One |
| 2010 (56th) | David Mitchell | Peep Show | Mark Corrigan | Channel 4 |
| 2011 (57th) |
| 2011 (57th) | Steve Coogan | The Trip | Steve Coogan | BBC Two |
| 2011 (57th) | James Buckley | The Inbetweeners | Jay Cartwright | E4 |
| 2011 (57th) | Tom Hollander | Rev. | Adam Smallbone | BBC Two |
| 2011 (57th) | Brendan O'Carroll | Mrs. Brown's Boys | Agnes Brown | BBC One |
| 2012 (58th) |
| 2012 (58th) | Darren Boyd | Spy | Tim Elliot | Sky One |
| 2012 (58th) | Hugh Bonneville | Twenty Twelve | Ian Fletcher | BBC Four |
| 2012 (58th) | Tom Hollander | Rev. | Adam Smallbone | BBC Two |
| 2012 (58th) | Brendan O'Carroll | Mrs. Brown's Boys | Agnes Brown | BBC One |
| 2013 (59th) |
| 2013 (59th) | Steve Coogan | Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life | Alan Partridge | Sky Atlantic |
| 2013 (59th) | Hugh Bonneville | Twenty Twelve | Ian Fletcher | BBC Two |
| 2013 (59th) | Peter Capaldi | The Thick of It | Malcolm Tucker | BBC Two |
| 2013 (59th) | Greg Davies | Cuckoo | Ken Thompson | BBC Three |
| 2014 (60th) |
| 2014 (60th) | Richard Ayoade | The IT Crowd | Maurice Moss | Channel 4 |
| 2014 (60th) | Mathew Baynton | The Wrong Mans | Sam Pinkett | BBC Two |
| 2014 (60th) | James Corden | The Wrong Mans | Phil Bourne | BBC Two |
| 2014 (60th) | Chris O'Dowd | The IT Crowd | Roy Trenneman | Channel 4 |
| 2015 (61st) |
| 2015 (61st) | Matt Berry | Toast of London | Steven Toast | Channel 4 |
| 2015 (61st) | Brendan O'Carroll | Mrs. Brown's Boys : The Christmas Special | Agnes Brown | BBC One |
| 2015 (61st) | Hugh Bonneville | W1A | Ian Fletcher | BBC Two |
| 2015 (61st) | Tom Hollander | Rev. | Adam Smallbone | BBC Two |
| 2016 (62nd) |
| 2016 (62nd) | Peter Kay | Peter Kay's Car Share | John Redmond | BBC One |
| 2016 (62nd) | Hugh Bonneville | W1A | Ian Fletcher | BBC Two |
| 2016 (62nd) | Javone Prince | The Javone Prince Show | Various Characters | BBC Three |
| 2016 (62nd) | Toby Jones | Detectorists | Lance Stater | BBC Four |
| 2017 (63rd) |
| 2017 (63rd) | Steve Coogan | Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle | Alan Partridge | Sky Atlantic |
| 2017 (63rd) | Asim Chaudhry | People Just Do Nothing | Chabuddy G | BBC Three |
| 2017 (63rd) | Harry Enfield | The Windsors | Prince Charles | Channel 4 |
| 2017 (63rd) | David Mitchell | Upstart Crow | William Shakespeare | BBC Two |
| 2018 (64th) |
| 2018 (64th) | Toby Jones | Detectorists | Lance Stater | BBC Four |
| 2018 (64th) | Rob Brydon | The Trip to Spain | Rob Brydon | Sky Atlantic |
| 2018 (64th) | Asim Chaudhry | People Just Do Nothing | Chabuddy G | BBC Three |
| 2018 (64th) | Samson Kayo | Famalam | Various Characters | BBC Three |
| 2019 (65th) |
| 2019 (65th) | Steve Pemberton | Inside No. 9 | Various Characters | BBC Two |
| 2019 (65th) | Jamie Demetriou | Stath Lets Flats | Stath Charalambos | Channel 4 |
| 2019 (65th) | Alex Macqueen | Sally4Ever | David | Sky Atlantic |
| 2019 (65th) | Peter Mullan | Mum | Michael | BBC Two |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Work | Character | Network |
| 2020 (66th) | Jamie Demetriou | Stath Lets Flats | Stath Charalambos | Channel 4 |
| 2020 (66th) | Guz Khan | Man Like Mobeen | Mobeen | BBC Three |
| 2020 (66th) | Ncuti Gatwa | Sex Education | Eric Effiong | Netflix |
| 2020 (66th) | Youssef Kerkour | Home | Sami Ibrahim | Channel 4 |
| 2021 (67th) | Charlie Cooper | This Country | Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe | BBC Three |
| 2021 (67th) | Guz Khan | Man Like Mobeen | Mobeen | BBC Three |
| 2021 (67th) | Joseph Gilgun | Brassic | Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill | Sky One |
| 2021 (67th) | Ncuti Gatwa | Sex Education | Eric Effiong | Netflix |
| 2021 (67th) | Paul Ritter | Friday Night Dinner | Martin Goodman | Channel 4 |
| 2021 (67th) | Reece Shearsmith | Inside No.9 | Various Characters | BBC Two |
| 2022 (68th) | Jamie Demetriou | Stath Lets Flats | Stath Charalambos | Channel 4 |
| 2022 (68th) | Ncuti Gatwa | Sex Education | Eric Effiong | Netflix |
| 2022 (68th) | Joseph Gilgun | Brassic | Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill | Sky Comedy |
| 2022 (68th) | Samson Kayo | Bloods | Maleek | Sky One |
| 2022 (68th) | Steve Coogan | This Time with Alan Partridge | Alan Partridge | BBC One |
| 2022 (68th) | Tim Renkow | Jerk | Tim | BBC Three |
| 2023 (69th) | Lenny Rush | Am I Being Unreasonable? | Ollie | BBC One |
| 2023 (69th) | Daniel Radcliffe | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | "Weird Al" Yankovic | The Roku Channel |
| 2023 (69th) | Jon Pointing | Big Boys | Danny | Channel 4 |
| 2023 (69th) | Joseph Gilgun | Brassic | Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill | Sky Max |
| 2023 (69th) | Matt Berry | What We Do in the Shadows | Laszlo Cravensworth | Disney+ |
| 2023 (69th) | Stephen Merchant | The Outlaws | Greg Dillard | BBC One |
| 2024 (70th) | Mawaan Rizwan | Juice | Jamal "Jamma" Jamshidi | BBC Three |
| 2024 (70th) | Adjani Salmon | Dreaming Whilst Black | Kwabena | BBC Three |
| 2024 (70th) | David Tennant | Good Omens | Crowley | Prime Video |
| 2024 (70th) | Hammed Animashaun | Black Ops | Kay | BBC One |
| 2024 (70th) | Jamie Demetriou | A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou | Various characters | Netflix |
| 2024 (70th) | Joseph Gilgun | Brassic | Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill | Sky Max |

## Superlatives

| Record | Actor | Programme | Age (in years) |
| Oldest winner | Peter Capaldi | The Thick Of It | 52 |
| Oldest nominee | Peter Mullan | Mum | 59 |
| Youngest winner | Lenny Rush | Am I Being Unreasonable? | 14 |
| Youngest nominee | Lenny Rush | Am I Being Unreasonable? | 14 |

## Actors with multiple wins and nominations
### Multiple wins

3 wins
* Steve Coogan
2 wins
* Jamie Demetriou

### Multiple nominations

The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance multiple times: