BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

**Best Actor in a Leading Role** is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).  It is to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a movie.

## Winners and nominees

From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actor awards: one for a British actor and another for a foreign actor. In 1968, the two prizes of British and Foreign actor were combined to create a single Best Actor award. Its current title, for Best Actor in a Leading Role, has been used since 1995.

### 1950s

- **1952**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Ralph Richardson** – ***The Sound Barrier***
        - Laurence Olivier – _Carrie_
        - Alastair Sim – _Folly to Be Wise_
        - Jack Hawkins – _Mandy_
        - James Hayter – _The Pickwick Papers_
        - Nigel Patrick – _The Sound Barrier_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Marlon Brando** – ***Viva Zapata!***
        - Humphrey Bogart – _The African Queen_
        - Fredric March – _Death of a Salesman_
        - Pierre Fresnay – _Dieu a besoin des hommes_
        - Francesco Golisano – _Miracolo a Milano_

- **1953**
    - **Best British Actor** – **John Gielgud** – ***Julius Caesar***
        - Jack Hawkins – _The Cruel Sea_
        - Kenneth More – _Genevieve_
        - Trevor Howard – _The Heart of the Matter_
        - Duncan Macrae – _The Kidnappers'
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Marlon Brando** – ***Julius Caesar***
        - Spencer Tracy – _The Actress_
        - Claude Laydu – _Journal d'un curé de campagne_
        - Marcel Mouloudji – _Nous sommes tous des assassins_
        - Eddie Albert – _Roman Holiday_
        - Gregory Peck – _Roman Holiday_
        - Van Heflin – _Shane_

- **1954**
    - **Best British Actor**– **Kenneth More** – ***Doctor in the House***
        - David Niven – _Carrington V.C._
        - John Mills – _Hobson's Choice_
        - Robert Donat – _Lease of Life_
        - Maurice Denham – _The Purple Plain_
        - Donald Wolfit – _Svengali_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Marlon Brando** – ***On the Waterfront***
        - José Ferrer – _The Caine Mutiny_
        - Fredric March – _Executive Suite_
        - James Stewart – _The Glenn Miller Story_
        - Neville Brand – _Riot in Cell Block 11_

- **1955**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Laurence Olivier** – ***Richard III***
        - Alfie Bass – _The Bespoke Overcoat_
        - Kenneth More – _The Deep Blue Sea_
        - Michael Redgrave – _The Night My Number Came Up_
        - Alec Guinness – _The Prisoner_
        - Jack Hawkins – _The Prisoner_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Ernest Borgnine** – ***Marty***
        - James Dean – _East of Eden_
        - Jack Lemmon – _Mister Roberts_
        - Frank Sinatra – _Not as a Stranger_
        - Toshirô Mifune – _Shichinin no samurai_
        - Takashi Shimura – _Shichinin no samurai_

- **1956**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Peter Finch** – ***A Town Like Alice***
        - Jack Hawkins – _The Long Arm_
        - Kenneth More – _Reach for the Sky_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **François Périer** – ***Gervaise***
        - Karl Malden – _Baby Doll_
        - Pierre Fresnay – _Le Défroqué_
        - Frank Sinatra – _The Man with the Golden Arm_
        - Spencer Tracy – _The Mountain_
        - William Holden – _Picnic_
        - James Dean – _Rebel Without a Cause_
        - Gunnar Björnstrand – _Sommarnattens leende_

- **1957**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Alec Guinness** – ***The Bridge on the River Kwai***
        - Trevor Howard – _Manuela_
        - Laurence Olivier – _The Prince and the Showgirl_
        - Michael Redgrave – _Time Without Pity_
        - Peter Finch – _Windom's Way_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Henry Fonda** – ***12 Angry Men***
        - Sidney Poitier – _Edge of the City_
        - Ed Wynn – _The Great Man_
        - Robert Mitchum – _Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison_
        - Pierre Brasseur – _Porte des Lilas_
        - Tony Curtis – _Sweet Smell of Success_
        - Richard Basehart – _Time Limit_
        - Jean Gabin – _La Traversée de Paris_

- **1958**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Trevor Howard** – ***The Key***
        - I.S. Johar – _Harry Black_
        - Anthony Quayle – _Ice Cold in Alex_
        - Laurence Harvey – _Room at the Top_
        - Donald Wolfit – _Room at the Top_
        - Michael Craig – _Sea of Sand_
        - Terry-Thomas – _tom thumb_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Sidney Poitier** – ***The Defiant Ones***
        - Paul Newman – _Cat on a Hot Tin Roof_
        - Tony Curtis – _The Defiant Ones_
        - Curd Jürgens – _The Enemy Below_
        - Curd Jürgens – _The Inn of the Sixth Happiness_
        - Spencer Tracy – _The Last Hurrah_
        - Glenn Ford – _The Sheepman_
        - Victor Sjöström – _Smultronstället_
        - Charles Laughton – _Witness for the Prosecution_
        - Marlon Brando – _The Young Lions_

- **1959**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Peter Sellers** – ***I'm All Right Jack***
        - Laurence Olivier – _The Devil's Disciple_
        - Laurence Harvey – _Expresso Bongo_
        - Richard Burton – _Look Back in Anger_
        - Peter Finch – _The Nun's Story_
        - Stanley Baker – _Yesterday's Enemy_
        - Gordon Jackson – _Yesterday's Enemy_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Jack Lemmon** – ***Some Like It Hot***
        - James Stewart – _Anatomy of a Murder_
        - Takashi Shimura – _Ikiru_
        - Jean Desailly – _Maigret tend un piège_
        - Jean Gabin – _Maigret tend un piège_
        - Zbigniew Cybulski – _Popiól i diament_

### 1960s

- **1960**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Peter Finch** – ***The Trials of Oscar Wilde***
        - Richard Attenborough – _The Angry Silence_
        - Laurence Olivier – _The Entertainer_
        - Albert Finney – _Saturday Night and Sunday Morning_
        - John Fraser – _The Trials of Oscar Wilde_
        - Alec Guinness – _Tunes of Glory_
        - John Mills – _Tunes of Glory_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Jack Lemmon** – ***The Apartment***
        - George Hamilton – _Crime & Punishment_
        - Burt Lancaster – _Elmer Gantry_
        - Fredric March – _Inherit the Wind_
        - Spencer Tracy – _Inherit the Wind_
        - Yves Montand – _Let's Make Love_

- **1961**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Peter Finch** – ***No Love for Johnnie***
        - Dirk Bogarde – _Victim_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Paul Newman** – ***The Hustler***
        - Vladimir Ivashov – _Ballada o soldate_
        - Alberto Sordi – _The Best of Enemies_
        - Montgomery Clift – _Judgment at Nuremberg_
        - Maximilian Schell – _Judgment at Nuremberg_
        - Sidney Poitier – _A Raisin in the Sun_
        - Philippe Leroy – _Le Trou_

- **1962**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Peter O'Toole** – ***Lawrence of Arabia***
        - Richard Attenborough – _The Dock Brief_
        - Alan Bates – _A Kind of Loving_
        - James Mason – _Lolita_
        - Peter Sellers – _Only Two Can Play_
        - Laurence Olivier – _Term of Trial_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Burt Lancaster** – ***Birdman of Alcatraz***
        - Charles Laughton – _Advise and Consent_
        - Robert Ryan – _Billy Budd_
        - Anthony Quinn – _Lawrence of Arabia_
        - George Hamilton – _Light in the Piazza_
        - Kirk Douglas – _Lonely Are the Brave_
        - Jean-Paul Belmondo – _Léon Morin, prêtre_
        - Georges Wilson – _Une aussi longue absence_

- **1963**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Dirk Bogarde** – ***The Servant***
        - Tom Courtenay – _Billy Liar_
        - Richard Harris – _This Sporting Life_
        - Albert Finney – _Tom Jones_
        - Hugh Griffith – _Tom Jones_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Marcello Mastroianni** – ***Divorzio all'italiana***
        - Franco Citti – _Accattone_
        - Howard Da Silva – _David and Lisa_
        - Jack Lemmon – _Days of Wine and Roses_
        - Paul Newman – _Hud_
        - Gregory Peck – _To Kill a Mockingbird_

- **1964**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Richard Attenborough** – ***Guns at Batasi*** and ***Seance on a Wet Afternoon***
        - Peter O'Toole – _Becket_
        - Peter Sellers – _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_
        - Tom Courtenay – _King & Country_
        - Peter Sellers – _The Pink Panther_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Marcello Mastroianni** – ***Ieri, oggi, domani***
        - Cary Grant – _Charade_
        - Sterling Hayden – _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_
        - Sidney Poitier – _Lilies of the Field_

- **1965**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Dirk Bogarde** – ***Darling***
        - Harry Andrews – _The Hill_
        - Michael Caine – _The Ipcress File_
        - Rex Harrison – _My Fair Lady_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Lee Marvin** – ***Cat Ballou*** and ***The Killers***
        - Anthony Quinn – _Alexis Zorbas_
        - Innokenti Smoktunovsky – _Hamlet_
        - Jack Lemmon – _Good Neighbor Sam_
        - Jack Lemmon – _How to Murder Your Wife_
        - Oskar Werner – _Ship of Fools_

- **1966**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Richard Burton** – ***The Spy Who Came in from the Cold*** and ***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?***
        - Michael Caine – _Alfie_
        - Ralph Richardson – _Doctor Zhivago_
        - Ralph Richardson – _Khartoum_
        - Ralph Richardson – _The Wrong Box_
        - David Warner – _Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Rod Steiger** – ***The Pawnbroker***
        - Sidney Poitier – _A Patch of Blue_
        - Jean-Paul Belmondo – _Pierrot le fou_
        - Oskar Werner – _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_

- **1967**
    - **Best British Actor** – **Paul Scofield** – ***A Man for All Seasons***
        - Dirk Bogarde – _Accident_
        - James Mason – _The Deadly Affair_
        - Dirk Bogarde – _Our Mother's House_
        - Richard Burton – _The Taming of the Shrew_
    - **Best Foreign Actor** – **Rod Steiger** – ***In the Heat of the Night***
        - Warren Beatty – _Bonnie and Clyde_
        - Orson Welles – _Campanadas a medianoche_
        - Sidney Poitier – _In the Heat of the Night_

- **1968** – **Spencer Tracy** – ***Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*** as Matt Drayton
    - Ron Moody – _Oliver!_
    - Trevor Howard – _The Charge of the Light Brigade_
    - Nicol Williamson – _The Bofors Gun_

- **1969** – **Dustin Hoffman** – ***John and Mary*** as John, and ***Midnight Cowboy*** as Enrico 'Ratso' Rizzo
    - Walter Matthau – _Hello, Dolly!_
    - Walter Matthau – _The Secret Life of an American Wife_
    - Nicol Williamson – _Inadmissible Evidence_
    - Alan Bates – _Women in Love_

### 1970s

- **1970** – **Robert Redford** – ***Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*** as the Sundance Kid, ***Downhill Racer*** as David Chappellet, and ***Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here*** as Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper
    - Paul Newman – _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_
    - George C. Scott – _Patton_
    - Elliott Gould – _MASH_
    - Elliott Gould – _Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice_

- **1971** – **Peter Finch** – ***Sunday Bloody Sunday*** as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
    - Albert Finney – _Gumshoe_
    - Dustin Hoffman – _Little Big Man_
    - Dirk Bogarde – _Morte a Venezia_

- **1972** – **Gene Hackman** – ***The French Connection*** as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, and ***The Poseidon Adventure*** as Reverend Frank Scott
    - Marlon Brando – _The Godfather_
    - Marlon Brando – _The Nightcomers_
    - George C. Scott – _The Hospital_
    - George C. Scott – _They Might Be Giants_
    - Robert Shaw – _Young Winston_

- **1973** – **Walter Matthau** – ***Charley Varrick*** as Charley Varrick, and ***Pete 'n' Tillie*** as Pete
    - Marlon Brando – _Ultimo tango a Parigi_
    - Donald Sutherland – _Steelyard Blues_
    - Donald Sutherland – _Don't Look Now_
    - Laurence Olivier – _Sleuth_

- **1974** – **Jack Nicholson** – ***Chinatown*** as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes, and ***The Last Detail*** as Billy Buddusky
    - Gene Hackman – _The Conversation_
    - Albert Finney – _Murder on the Orient Express_
    - Al Pacino – _Serpico_

- **1975** – **Al Pacino** – ***The Godfather Part II*** as Michael Corleone, and ***Dog Day Afternoon*** as Sonny Wortzik
    - Richard Dreyfuss – _Jaws_
    - Gene Hackman – _French Connection II_
    - Gene Hackman – _Night Moves_
    - Dustin Hoffman – _Lenny_

- **1976** – **Jack Nicholson** – ***One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*** as Randle McMurphy
    - Robert De Niro – _Taxi Driver_
    - Dustin Hoffman – _All the President's Men_
    - Dustin Hoffman – _Marathon Man_
    - Walter Matthau – _The Bad News Bears_
    - Walter Matthau – _The Sunshine Boys_

- **1977** – **Peter Finch** – ***Network*** as Howard Beale
    - William Holden – _Network_
    - Woody Allen – _Annie Hall_
    - Sylvester Stallone – _Rocky_

- **1978** – **Richard Dreyfuss** – ***The Goodbye Girl*** as Elliot Garfield
    - Peter Ustinov** – ***Death on the Nile_
    - Anthony Hopkins** – ***Magic_
    - Brad Davis** – ***Midnight Express***

- **1979** – **Jack Lemmon** – ***The China Syndrome*** as Jack Godell
    - Woody Allen – _Manhattan_
    - Robert De Niro – _The Deer Hunter_
    - Martin Sheen – _Apocalypse Now_

### 1980s

- **1980** – **John Hurt** – ***The Elephant Man*** as John Merrick
    - Dustin Hoffman – _Kramer vs. Kramer_
    - Roy Scheider – _All That Jazz_
    - Peter Sellers – _Being There_

- **1981** – **Burt Lancaster** – ***Atlantic City*** as Lou Pascal
    - Jeremy Irons – _The French Lieutenant's Woman_
    - Robert De Niro – _Raging Bull_
    - Bob Hoskins – _The Long Good Friday_

- **1982** – **Ben Kingsley** – ***Gandhi*** as Mahatma Gandhi
    - Warren Beatty – _Reds_
    - Henry Fonda – _On Golden Pond_
    - Albert Finney – _Shoot the Moon_
    - Jack Lemmon – _Missing_

- **1983** – **Michael Caine **– ***Educating Rita*** as Dr. Frank Bryant and **Dustin Hoffman** – ***Tootsie *** as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
    - Michael Caine – _The Honorary Consul_
    - Robert De Niro – _The King of Comedy_

- **1984** – **Haing S. Ngor** – ***The Killing Fields*** as Dith Pran
    - Sam Waterston – _The Killing Fields_
    - Tom Courtenay – _The Dresser_
    - Albert Finney – _The Dresser_

- **1985** – **William Hurt** – ***Kiss of the Spider Woman*** as Luis Molina
    - F. Murray Abraham – _Amadeus_
    - Harrison Ford – _Witness_
    - Victor Banerjee – _A Passage to India_

- **1986** – **Bob Hoskins** – ***Mona Lisa*** as George
    - Woody Allen – _Hannah and Her Sisters_
    - Michael Caine – _Hannah and Her Sisters_
    - Paul Hogan – _Crocodile Dundee_

- **1987** – **Sean Connery** – ***Der Name der Rose*** as William of Baskerville
    - Gérard Depardieu – _Jean de Florette_
    - Yves Montand – _Jean de Florette_
    - Gary Oldman – _Prick Up Your Ears_

- **1988** – **John Cleese** – ***A Fish Called Wanda*** as Archie Leach
    - Kevin Kline – _A Fish Called Wanda_ as Otto West
    - Michael Douglas – _Fatal Attraction_ as Dan Gallagher
    - Robin Williams – _Good Morning, Vietnam_ as Adrian Cronauer

- **1989** – **Daniel Day-Lewis** – ***My Left Foot*** as Christy Brown
    - Dustin Hoffman – _Rain Man_ as Raymond Babbit
    - Robin Williams – _Dead Poets Society_ as John Keating
    - Kenneth Branagh – _Henry V_ as Henry V

### 1990s

- **1990** – **Philippe Noiret** – ***Nuovo cinema Paradiso*** as Alfredo
    - Robert De Niro – _Goodfellas_ as Jimmy Conway
    - Sean Connery – _The Hunt for Red October_ as Captain Marko Ramius
    - Tom Cruise – _Born on the Fourth of July_ as Ron Kovic

- **1991** – **Anthony Hopkins** – ***The Silence of the Lambs*** as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
    - Kevin Costner – _Dances with Wolves_ as Lieutenant Dunbar
    - Alan Rickman – _Truly, Madly, Deeply_ as Jamie
    - Gérard Depardieu – _Cyrano de Bergerac_ as Cyrano de Bergerac

- **1992** – **Robert Downey, Jr.** – ***Chaplin*** as Charlie Chaplin
    - Stephen Rea – _The Crying Game_ as Fergus
    - Tim Robbins – _The Player_ as Griffin Mill
    - Daniel Day-Lewis – _The Last of the Mohicans_ as Nathaniel Poe

- **1993** – **Anthony Hopkins** – ***Shadowlands*** as C. S. Lewis
    - Anthony Hopkins – _The Remains of the Day_ as James Stevens
    - Liam Neeson – _Schindler's List_ as Oskar Schindler
    - Daniel Day-Lewis – _In the Name of the Father_ as Gerry Conlon

- **1994** – **Hugh Grant** – ***Four Weddings and a Funeral*** as Charles
    - Tom Hanks – _Forrest Gump_ as Forrest Gump
    - Terence Stamp – _The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_ as Ralph / Bernadette Bassenger
    - John Travolta – _Pulp Fiction_ as Vincent Vega

- **1995** – **Nigel Hawthorne** – ***The Madness of King George*** as George III
    - Jonathan Pryce – _Carrington_ as Lytton Strachey
    - Nicolas Cage – _Leaving Las Vegas_ as Ben Sanderson
    - Massimo Troisi – _Il Postino_ as Mario Ruoppolo

- **1996** – **Geoffrey Rush** – ***Shine*** as David Helfgott
    - Ralph Fiennes – _The English Patient_ as Count Laszlo de Almásy
    - Ian McKellen – _Richard III_ as Richard III
    - Timothy Spall – _Secrets & Lies_ as Maurice Purley

- **1997** – **Robert Carlyle** – ***The Full Monty*** as Gaz
    - Kevin Spacey – _L.A. Confidential_ as Jack Vincennes
    - Billy Connolly – _Mrs Brown_ as John Brown
    - Ray Winstone – _Nil by Mouth_ as Ray

- **1998** – **Roberto Benigni** – ***Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)*** as Guido
    - Michael Caine – _Little Voice_ as Ray Say
    - Tom Hanks – _Saving Private Ryan_ as Captain John H. Miller
    - Joseph Fiennes – _Shakespeare in Love_ as William Shakespeare

- **1999** – **Kevin Spacey** – ***American Beauty*** as Lester Burnham
    - Om Puri – _East Is East_ as George Khan
    - Ralph Fiennes – _The End of the Affair_ as Maurice Bendrix
    - Russell Crowe – _The Insider_ as Jeffrey Wigand
    - Jim Broadbent – _Topsy-Turvy_ as W. S. Gilbert

### 2000s

- **2000** – **Jamie Bell** as Billy Elliot – ***Billy Elliot***
    - Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius – _Gladiator_
    - Michael Douglas as Grady Tripp – _Wonder Boys_
    - Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland – _Cast Away_
    - Geoffrey Rush as Marquis de Sade – _Quills_

- **2001** – **Russell Crowe** as John Nash – ***A Beautiful Mind***
    - Jim Broadbent as John Bayley – _Iris_
    - Ian McKellen as Gandalf – _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_
    - Kevin Spacey as Quoyle – _The Shipping News_
    - Tom Wilkinson as Matt Fowler – _In the Bedroom_

- **2002** – **Daniel Day-Lewis** as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting – ***Gangs of New York***
    - Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman – _The Pianist_
    - Nicolas Cage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman – _Adaptation._
    - Michael Caine as Thomas Fowler – _The Quiet American_
    - Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt – _About Schmidt_

- **2003** – **Bill Murray** as Bob Harris – ***Lost in Translation***
    - Benicio del Toro as Jack Jordan – _21 Grams_
    - Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow – _Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl_
    - Jude Law as W. P. Inman – _Cold Mountain_
    - Sean Penn as Paul Rivers – _21 Grams_
    - Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum – _Mystic River_

- **2004** – **Jamie Foxx** as Ray Charles – ***Ray***
    - Jim Carrey as Joel Barish – _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_
    - Johnny Depp as James M. Barrie – _Finding Neverland_
    - Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes – _The Aviator_
    - Gael García Bernal as Ernesto "Che" Guevara – _The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)_

- **2005** – **Philip Seymour Hoffman** as Truman Capote – ***Capote***
    - Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle – _The Constant Gardener_
    - Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar – _Brokeback Mountain_
    - Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash – _Walk the Line_
    - David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow – _Good Night, and Good Luck_

- **2006** – **Forest Whitaker** as Idi Amin – ***The Last King of Scotland***
    - Daniel Craig as James Bond – _Casino Royale_
    - Leonardo DiCaprio as Billy Costigan – _The Departed_
    - Richard Griffiths as Hector – _The History Boys_
    - Peter O'Toole as Maurice – _Venus_

- **2007** – **Daniel Day-Lewis** as Daniel Plainview – ***There Will Be Blood***
    - George Clooney as Michael Clayton – _Michael Clayton_
    - James McAvoy as Robbie Turner – _Atonement_
    - Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai – _Eastern Promises_
    - Ulrich Mühe as Gerd Wiesler – _The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)_

- **2008** – **Mickey Rourke** as Randy "The Ram" Robinson – ***The Wrestler***
    - Frank Langella as Richard Nixon – _Frost/Nixon_
    - Dev Patel as Jamal Malik – _Slumdog Millionaire_
    - Sean Penn as Harvey Milk – _Milk_
    - Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button – _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_

- **2009** – **Colin Firth** as George Falconer – ***A Single Man***
    - Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake – _Crazy Heart_
    - George Clooney as Ryan Bingham – _Up in the Air_
    - Jeremy Renner as SFC. William James – _The Hurt Locker_
    - Andy Serkis as Ian Dury – _Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll_

### 2010s

- **2010** – **Colin Firth** as King George VI – ***The King's Speech***
    - Javier Bardem as Uxbal – _Biutiful_
    - Jeff Bridges as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn – _True Grit_
    - Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg – _The Social Network_
    - James Franco as Aron Ralston – _127 Hours_

- **2011** - **Jean Dujardin_' as George Valentin – ***The Artist***
    - George Clooney as Matt King – _The Descendants_
    - Michael Fassbender as Brandon Sullivan – _Shame_
    - Gary Oldman as George Smiley – _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_
    - Brad Pitt as Billy Beane – _Moneyball_

## Other websites

- BAFTA Awards Database