# British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role

The British Academy Video Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in honour of the best leading performance featured in a game "from voice artistry through to motion capture".
BAFTA has honoured video game performances since the 8th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony in 2012, with Mark Hamill winning the inaugural award for his performance as the Joker in Batman: Arkham City. From 2012 to 2019, performers in both leading and supporting roles were considered together in the merged category of British Academy Games Award for Performer but, as of the 16th British Academy Games Awards, during a reconfiguration of categories, BAFTA announced that the Performer award would be split into both Leading and Supporting categories.
The inaugural winner in the Leading category was Gonzalo Martin for his role as Sean Diaz in Dontnod Entertainment's Life Is Strange 2. Laura Bailey has received the most nominations with two, one for her role as Kait Diaz in Gears 5 and one for her portrayal of Abby in The Last of Us Part II, which she won.
The current holder of the award is Nadji Jeter for his role as Miles Morales in Spider-Man 2, who won at the 20th British Academy Games Awards in 2024.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.
Table key :
* Indicates the winner
| Year | Performer | Game | Role(s) |
| 2019 (16th) | Gonzalo Martin | Life Is Strange 2 | Sean Diaz |
| 2019 (16th) | Laura Bailey | Gears 5 | Kait Diaz |
| 2019 (16th) | Courtney Hope | Control | Jesse Faden |
| 2019 (16th) | Logan Marshall-Green | Telling Lies | David |
| 2019 (16th) | Norman Reedus | Death Stranding | Sam Bridges |
| 2019 (16th) | Barry Sloane | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Captain Price |
| 2020 (17th) |
| 2020 (17th) | Laura Bailey | The Last of Us Part II | Abby |
| 2020 (17th) | Cody Christian | Final Fantasy VII Remake | Cloud Strife |
| 2020 (17th) | Nadji Jeter | Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Miles Morales/Spider-Man |
| 2020 (17th) | Ashley Johnson | The Last of Us Part II | Ellie |
| 2020 (17th) | Cherami Leigh | Cyberpunk 2077 | Female V |
| 2020 (17th) | Daisuke Tsuji | Ghost of Tsushima | Jin Sakai |
| 2021 (18th) |
| 2021 (18th) | Jane Perry | Returnal | Selene Vassos |
| 2021 (18th) | Ozioma Akagha | Deathloop | Julianna Blake |
| 2021 (18th) | Jason E. Kelley | Deathloop | Colt Vahn |
| 2021 (18th) | Jennifer Hale | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Rivet |
| 2021 (18th) | Jon McLaren | Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill/Star-Lord |
| 2021 (18th) | Erika Mori | Life Is Strange: True Colors | Alex Chen |
| 2022 (19th) | Christopher Judge | God of War Ragnarök | Kratos |
| 2022 (19th) | Sunny Suljic | God of War Ragnarök | Atreus |
| 2022 (19th) | Alain Mesa | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | Alejandro Vargas |
| 2022 (19th) | Charlotte McBurney | A Plague Tale: Requiem | Amicia |
| 2022 (19th) | Manon Gage | Immortality | Marissa Marcel |
| 2022 (19th) | Siobhan Williams | The Quarry | Laura |
| 2023 (20th) | Nadji Jeter | Spider-Man 2 | Miles Morales |
| 2023 (20th) | Amelia Tyler | Baldur's Gate 3 | Narrator |
| 2023 (20th) | Cameron Monaghan | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Cal Kestis |
| 2023 (20th) | Neil Newbon | Baldur's Gate 3 | Astarion |
| 2023 (20th) | Samantha Béart | Baldur's Gate 3 | Karlach |
| 2023 (20th) | Yuri Lowenthal | Spider-Man 2 | Peter Parker |

## Multiple wins and nominations
### Performers

| Performer | Nominations | Wins |
| Laura Bailey | 2 | 1 |
| Nadji Jeter | 2 | 1 |

### Series

| Series / game | Nominations | Wins |
| God of War Ragnarök | 2 | 1 |
| The Last of Us Part II | 2 | 1 |
| Life Is Strange | 2 | 1 |
| Call of Duty | 2 | 0 |
| Deathloop | 2 | 0 |