page_title: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: English: Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni won an award in Terni in the "Events Valentine" Italiano: Roberto Benigni viene premiato a Terni durante le "Manifestazioni valentiniane"
context_page_description: Best Actor in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Roberto Benigni won in 1998 for Life Is Beautiful
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