# Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical

The Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
| 2001 (1st) |
| 2001 (1st) | Todd McKenney | The Boy from Oz | Peter Allen |
| 2001 (1st) | Anthony Warlow | Annie | Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks |
| 2001 (1st) | David Campbell | Shout! The Legend of the Wild One | Johnny O'Keefe |
| 2001 (1st) | Rob Guest | Jolson | Al Jolson |
| 2002 (2nd) |
| 2002 (2nd) | Peter Coleman-Wright | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd |
| 2002 (2nd) | Martin Crewes | Oh! What a Night | Rik |
| 2002 (2nd) | Robert Grubb | Mamma Mia! | Harry Bright |
| 2002 (2nd) | Wayne Scott Kermond | Singin' in the Rain | Cosmo Brown |
| 2003 (3rd) |
| 2003 (3rd) | Toby Allen | Cabaret | The Emcee |
| 2003 (3rd) | Paul McDermott | The Witches of Eastwick | Darryl van Horne |
| 2003 (3rd) | Anthony Warlow | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote |
| 2003 (3rd) | John Waters | Oliver! | Fagin |
| 2004 (4th) |
| 2004 (4th) | Matt Hetherington | The Full Monty | Jerry |
| 2004 (4th) | Peter Carroll | The Republic of Myopia | President of Myopia and Maximilian Sault |
| 2004 (4th) | Michael Falzon | We Will Rock You | Galileo |
| 2004 (4th) | Tony Harvey | The Lion King | Scar |
| 2005 (5th) |
| 2005 (5th) | Mitchell Butel | The Venetian Twins | Zanetto |
| 2005 (5th) | Kane Alexander | Urinetown | Bobby Strong |
| 2005 (5th) | Shane Bourne | Urinetown | Officer Lockstock |
| 2005 (5th) | Reg Livermore | The Producers | Max Bialystock |
| 2006 (6th) |
| 2006 (6th) | David Campbell | Sunset Boulevard | Joe |
| 2006 (6th) | David Campbell | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Chip Tolentino |
| 2006 (6th) | Ian Stenlake | Oklahoma! | Curly McLain |
| 2006 (6th) | Chaim Topol | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye |
| 2007 (7th) |
| 2007 (7th) | iOTA | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Hedwig |
| 2007 (7th) | David Harris | Miss Saigon | Chris |
| 2007 (7th) | Hugh Jackman | The Boy from Oz | Peter Allen |
| 2007 (7th) | Tony Sheldon | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Bernadette |
| 2008 (8th) |
| 2008 (8th) | Lochlan Denholm, Nick Twiney, Rarmian Newton and Rhys Kosakowski | Billy Elliot the Musical | Billy Elliot |
| 2008 (8th) | iOTA | The Rocky Horror Show | Dr. Frank-N-Furter |
| 2008 (8th) | Mitchell Butel | Little Me | Various |
| 2008 (8th) | Anthony Warlow | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom |
| 2009 (9th) |
| 2009 (9th) | Bille Brown | Monty Python's Spamalot | King Arthur |
| 2009 (9th) | Reg Livermore | My Fair Lady | Professor Henry Higgins |
| 2009 (9th) | Todd McKenney | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Tick |
| 2009 (9th) | Eddie Perfect | Shane Warne: The Musical | Shane Warne |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
| 2010 (10th) |
| 2010 (10th) | Mitchell Butel | Avenue Q | Princeton |
| 2010 (10th) | Michael Cormick | Mamma Mia! | Sam Carmichael |
| 2010 (10th) | Bobby Fox | Jersey Boys | Frankie Valli |
| 2010 (10th) | Geoffrey Rush | The Drowsy Chaperone | Man in Chair |
| 2011 (11th) |
| 2011 (11th) | Matt Lee | Mary Poppins | Bert |
| 2011 (11th) | David Harris | Wicked | Fiyero |
| 2011 (11th) | Ben Lewis | Love Never Dies | The Phantom |
| 2011 (11th) | Anthony Warlow | Doctor Zhivago | Yuri Zhivago |
| 2012 (12th) |
| 2012 (12th) | Mitchell Butel | The Mikado | Ko-Ko |
| 2012 (12th) | Trevor Ashley | Fat Swan | Natalie Portly |
| 2012 (12th) | Justin Burford | Rock of Ages | Drew Boley |
| 2012 (12th) | Anthony Warlow | Annie | Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks |
| 2013 (13th) |
| 2013 (13th) | Geoffrey Rush | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus |
| 2013 (13th) | David Harris | Legally Blonde | Emmett Forrest |
| 2013 (13th) | Wayne Scott Kermond | The Producers | Max Bialystock |
| 2013 (13th) | John Waters | The Addams Family | Gomez Addams |
| 2014 (14th) |
| 2014 (14th) | Craig McLachlan | Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show | Dr. Frank-N-Furter |
| 2014 (14th) | Matt Hetherington | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Freddy Benson |
| 2014 (14th) | Martin Crewes | Sweet Charity | Charlie, Vittorio and Oscar |
| 2014 (14th) | Josh Quong Tart | The Lion King | Scar |
| 2015 (15th) |
| 2015 (15th) | Simon Gleeson | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean |
| 2015 (15th) | Todd McKenney | La Cage aux Folles | Albin |
| 2015 (15th) | Todd McKenney | Anything Goes | Lord Evelyn Oakleigh |
| 2015 (15th) | Hayden Tee | Les Misérables | Javert |
| 2016 (16th) |
| 2016 (16th) | James Millar | Matilda the Musical | Miss Trunchbull |
| 2016 (16th) | Rob Mills | Ghost the Musical | Sam Wheat |
| 2016 (16th) | Anthony Warlow | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye |
| 2016 (16th) | Brent Hill | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour |
| 2017 (17th) |
| 2017 (17th) | Callum Francis | Kinky Boots | Lola |
| 2017 (17th) | Charles Edwards | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins |
| 2017 (17th) | AJ Holmes | The Book of Mormon | Elder Cunningham |
| 2017 (17th) | Ainsley Melham | Aladdin | Aladdin |
| 2018 (18th) |
| 2018 (18th) | David Campbell | Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical | Bobby Darin |
| 2018 (18th) | Ian Stenlake | Mamma Mia! | Sam Carmichael |
| 2018 (18th) | David Campbell | Assassins | John Wilkes Booth |
| 2018 (18th) | David Harris | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Tick |
| 2018 (18th) | Euan Doidge | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Felicia |
| 2019 (19th) |
| 2019 (19th) | Brent Hill | School of Rock the Musical | Dewey |
| 2019 (19th) | Paul Slade Smith | Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Willy Wonka |
| 2019 (19th) | Alexander Lewis | Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side Story | Tony |
| 2019 (19th) | Blake Bowden | The Book of Mormon | Elder Price |