Laurence Olivier Award untuk Aktor Terbaik

Laurence Olivier Award untuk Aktor Terbaik dalam Drama adalah penghargaan tahunan yang diberikan oleh Society of London Theatre sebagai pengakuan atas pencapaian di teater komersial London. Penghargaan ini didirikan sebagai Penghargaan Masyarakat Teater West End di tahun 1976, dan berganti nama menjadi 1984 untuk menghormati aktor film dan sutradara Laurence Olivier.

Penghargaan ini diperkenalkan pada tahun 1985, sebagai Aktor Tahun Ini, kemudian diubah namanya menjadi nama saat ini untuk acara tahun 1993. Sebelum penghargaan ini, dari tahun 1976 hingga 1984 (dan lagi di 1988), ada sepasang penghargaan yang diberikan setiap tahun untuk kategori umum ini, satu untuk Aktor Tahun Ini dalam Drama Baru dan yang lainnya untuk Aktor Tahun Ini dalam Pementasan Ulang.

Pemenang dan nominasi
1980-an
 Tahun Aktor Drama Karakter 1985 Antony Sher Richard III dan Torch Song Trilogy Richard III dari Inggris / Arnold Beckoff Alun Armstrong The Crucible dan The Winter's Tale John Proctor / Leontes Kenneth Branagh Henry V Henry V dari Inggris Anthony Hopkins Pravda Lambert Le Roux 1986 Albert Finney Orphans Harold Derek Jacobi Breaking the Code Alan Turing Ian McKellen The Cherry Orchard Lopakhin Martin Sheen The Normal Heart Ned Weeks 1987 Michael Gambon A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone Tokusaburo Arashi Medea Medea Hugh Quarshie The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Great White Hope dan The Rover Arcite / Jack Jefferson / Belville Nicholas Woodeson Sarcophagus dan Flight Bessmertny / Mike Levine 1989/90 Oliver Ford Davies Racing Demon The Rev. Lionel Espy Nigel Hawthorne Shadowlands Lewis Ian McKellen Othello dan Bent Iago / Max Michael Pennington The Wars of the Roses Berbagai Karakter
1990-an
 Tahun Aktor Drama Karakter 1991 Ian McKellen Richard III Richard III dari Inggris Richard Harris Henry IV Henry IV, Kaisar Romawi Suci John Malkovich Burn This Pale Warren Mitchell The Homecoming Max 1992 Nigel Hawthorne The Madness of George III George III Marcus D'Amico Angels in America Louis Ironson Robert Lindsay Becket Henry II dari Inggris Ian McKellen Uncle Vanya Uncle Vanya 1993 Robert Stephens Henry IV, Parts 1 dan 2 Falstaff Kenneth Cranham An Inspector Calls Inspector Goole Paul Eddington No Man's Land Spooner Paul Scofield Heartbreak House Captain Shotover 1994 Mark Rylance Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Henry Goodman Hysteria Sigmund Freud Patrick Stewart A Christmas Carol Various Characters David Suchet Oleanna John 1995 David Bamber My Night with Reg Guy James Bolam Glengarry Glen Ross Shelly Levene Adrian Lester As You Like It Rosalind Bob Peck Rutherford and Son John Rutherford 1996 Alex Jennings Peer Gynt Peer Gynt Michael Gambon Skylight Tom Sergeant Daniel Massey Taking Sides Wilhelm Furtwängler Donal McCann The Steward of Christendom Thomas Dunne 1997 Antony Sher Stanley Stanley Spencer Paul Scofield John Gabriel Borkman John Gabriel Borkman Ken Stott Art Yvan David Suchet Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George 1998 Ian Holm King Lear King Lear Simon Russell Beale Othello Iago Michael Gambon Tom & Clem Tom Driberg Rupert Graves Hurlyburly Eddie John Wood The Invention of Love A. E. Housman 1999 Kevin Spacey The Iceman Cometh Theodore "Hickey" Hickman Michael Gambon The Unexpected Man Parsky Iain Glen The Blue Room Various Characters Jim Norton The Weir Jack David Suchet Amadeus Salieri
2000-an
 Tahun Aktor Drama Karakter 2000 Henry Goodman The Merchant of Venice Shylock Roger Allam Summerfolk Bassov Stephen Dillane The Real Thing Henry Michael Sheen Look Back in Anger Jimmy Porter Antony Sher The Winter's Tale Leontes 2001 Conleth Hill Stones in His Pockets Charlie Conlon Simon Russell Beale Hamlet Prince Hamlet Sean Campion Stones in His Pockets Jake Quinn Michael Gambon The Caretaker Davies Bill Nighy Blue/Orange Professor Smith 2002 Roger Allam Privates on Parade Terri Dennis Simon Russell Beale Humble Boy Felix Humble Sean Foley The Play What I Wrote Sean Hamish McColl The Play What I Wrote Hamish Alan Rickman Private Lives Elyot 2003 Simon Russell Beale Uncle Vanya Uncle Vanya Michael Gambon A Number Salter Mark Rylance Twelfth Night Olivia David Tennant Lobby Hero Jeff 2004 Matthew Kelly Of Mice and Men Lennie Small Roger Allam Democracy Willy Brandt Kenneth Branagh Edmond Edmond Burke Greg Hicks Coriolanus Coriolanus Michael Sheen Caligula Caligula 2005 Richard Griffiths The History Boys Douglas Hector Michael Gambon Endgame Hamm Jonathan Pryce The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Martin Ben Whishaw Hamlet Prince Hamlet 2006 Brian Dennehy Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Richard Griffiths Heroes Henri Derek Jacobi Don Carlos Philip II dari Spanyol Con O'Neill Telstar Joe Meek David Threlfall Someone Who'll Watch Over Me Michael 2007 Rufus Sewell Rock 'n' Roll Jan Iain Glen The Crucible John Proctor David Haig Donkeys' Years Christopher Headingley Frank Langella Frost/Nixon Richard Nixon Michael Sheen Frost/Nixon David Frost 2008 Chiwetel Ejiofor Othello Othello Ian McKellen King Lear King Lear Mark Rylance Boeing Boeing Robert John Simm Elling Elling Patrick Stewart Macbeth Macbeth 2009 Derek Jacobi Twelfth Night Malvolio David Bradley No Man's Land Spooner Michael Gambon No Man's Land Hirst Adam Godley Rain Man Raymond Babitt
2010-an
 Tahun Aktor Drama Karakter 2010 Mark Rylance Jerusalem Johnny James Earl Jones Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Daddy Jude Law Hamlet Prince Hamlet James McAvoy Three Days of Rain Walker / Ned Ken Stott A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone Samuel West ENRON Jeffrey Skilling 2011 Roger Allam Henry IV, Parts 1 dan 2 Falstaff Derek Jacobi King Lear Raja Lear Rory Kinnear Hamlet Prince Hamlet Mark Rylance La Bête Valere David Suchet All My Sons Joe Keller 2012 Benedict Cumberbatch  & Jonny Lee Miller Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein  / The Creature James Corden One Man, Two Guvnors Francis Henshall David Haig The Madness of George III George III Douglas Hodge Inadmissible Evidence William Maitland Jude Law Anna Christie Mat Burke 2013 Luke Treadaway The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Christopher Boone Rupert Everett The Judas Kiss Oscar Wilde James McAvoy Macbeth Macbeth Mark Rylance Twelfth Night Olivia Rafe Spall Constellations Roland 2014 Rory Kinnear Othello Iago Henry Goodman The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Arturo Ui Tom Hiddleston Coriolanus Coriolanus Jude Law Henry V Henry V dari Inggris 2015 Mark Strong A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone Richard Armitage The Crucible John Procter James McAvoy The Ruling Class Jack Gurney Tim Pigott-Smith King Charles III Raja Charles lll 2016 Kenneth Cranham The Father Andre Kenneth Branagh The Winter's Tale Leontes Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet Prince Hamlet Adrian Lester Red Velvet Ira Aldridge Mark Rylance Farinelli and the King Raja Philippe V dari Spanyol 2017 Jamie Parker Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Harry Potter Ed Harris Buried Child Dodge Tom Hollander Travesties Henry Carr Ian McKellen No Man's Land Spooner2018Bryan CranstonNetworkHoward BealePaddy ConsidineThe FerrymanQuinn CarneyAndrew GarfieldAngels in AmericaPrior WalterAndrew ScottHamletPrince Hamlet2019Kyle SollerThe InheritanceEric GlassSimon Russell BealeAdam GodleyBen MilesThe Lehman TrilogyHenry LehmanEmanuel LehmanMayer LehmanArinzé KeneMistyArinzéIan McKellenKing LearRaja LearDavid SuchetThe PriceGregory Solomon
2020-an
 Tahun Aktor Drama Karakter 2020 Andrew Scott  Present Laughter Garry Essendine Toby Jones Uncle Vanya Uncle Vanya James McAvoy Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Wendell Pierce Death of a Salesman Willy Loman 2021 Tidak ditampilkan karena penutupan produksi teater selama pandemi lockdown COVID-19 yang diperpanjang2022Hiran AbeysekeraLife of PiPi PatelBen DanielsThe Normal HeartNed WeeksOmari DouglasConstellationsManuelCharles EdwardsBest of EnemiesGore Vidal2023Paul MescalA Streetcar Named DesireStanley KowalskiTom HollanderPatriotsBerezovskyRafe SpallTo Kill a MockingbirdAtticus FinchDavid TennantGoodJohn HalderGiles TereraBlues for an Alabama SkyGuy Jacobs2024Mark Gatiss   The Motive and the Cue   Sir John Gielgud  Joseph Fiennes  Dear England  Gareth Southgate James Norton  A Little Life  Jude St Francis Andrew Scott  Vanya  Semua karakter David Tennant  Macbeth  Macbeth 2025  John Lithgow   Giant   Roald Dahl  Adrien Brody The Fear of 13 Nick Yarris Billy Crudup Harry Clarke Harry Clarke Paapa Essiedu Death of England: Delroy Delroy Mark Strong Oedipus Oedipus

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