British Academy Video Games Award for Performer
Awarded forBest performance in a game
Presented byBAFTA
First awarded2012
Last awarded2018
Most awardsAshley Johnson (2)
Most nominations
Websitewww.bafta.org/games

The British Academy Video Games Award for Performer is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in honor of the best performance featured in a game "from voice artistry through to motion capture".[1]

The award was first given at the 8th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony in 2012, with Mark Hamill winning for his performance as the Joker in Batman: Arkham City.[2] The performer with the most awards is Ashley Johnson with two, one each for her portrayal of Ellie in both The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Left Behind.[3] Troy Baker and Nolan North received the most nominations with three.

Since 2019, the award has been split into "Performer in a Leading Role" and "Performer in a Supporting Role".[4]

Winners and nominees

Ashley Johnson won twice, in 2013 and 2014
Nolan North (left) and Troy Baker both received three nominations
Mark Hamill, 2011 winner
Danny Wallace, 2012 winner
Merle Dandridge, 2015 winner
Jeremy Davies, 2018 winner

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) Ref.
2011
(8th) 		Mark Hamill Batman: Arkham City The Joker [2]
Stephen Fry LittleBigPlanet 2 Narrator
Togo Igawa Total War: Shogun 2 Diplomat, Advisor and Military General
Stephen Merchant Portal 2 Wheatley
Nolan North Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Nathan Drake
Aaron Staton L.A. Noire Cole Phelps
2012
(9th) 		Danny Wallace Thomas Was Alone Narrator [5]
Nigel Carrington Dear Esther Narrator
Dave Fennoy The Walking Dead Lee Everett
Adrian Hough Assassin's Creed III Haytham Kenway
Melissa Hutchison The Walking Dead Clementine
Nolan North Uncharted: Golden Abyss Nathan Drake
2013
(10th) 		Ashley Johnson The Last of Us Ellie [6]
Troy Baker The Last of Us Joel Miller
Kevan Brighting The Stanley Parable The Narrator
Courtnee Draper BioShock Infinite Elizabeth
Steven Ogg Grand Theft Auto V Trevor Philips
Elliot Page Beyond: Two Souls Jodie Holmes
2014
(11th) 		Ashley Johnson The Last of Us: Left Behind Ellie [3]
Troy Baker Far Cry 4 Pagan Min
Logan Cunningham Transistor Transistor
Adam Harrington The Wolf Among Us Bigby Wolf
Melissa Hutchison The Walking Dead: Season Two Clementine
Kevin Spacey Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Jonathan Irons
2015
(12th) 		Merle Dandridge Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Kate Collins [7]
Ashly Burch Life Is Strange Chloe Price
Doug Cockle The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Geralt of Rivia
Oliver Dimsdale Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Stephen Appleton
Mark Hamill Batman: Arkham Knight Joker
Masasa Moyo Broken Age: Act 2 Vella
2016

(13th)

Cissy Jones Firewatch Delilah [8]
Troy Baker Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Sam Drake
Alex Hernandez Mafia III Lincoln Clay
Navid Negahban 1979 Revolution: Black Friday Hajj Agha
Nolan North Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Nathan Drake
Emily Rose Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Elena Fisher
2017

(14th)

Melina Juergens Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Senua [9]
Laura Bailey Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Nadine Ross
Claudia Black Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Chloe Frazer
Ashly Burch Horizon Zero Dawn Aloy
Valerie Rose Lohman What Remains of Edith Finch Edith Finch
Abubakar Salim Assassin's Creed Origins Bayek
2018

(15th)

Jeremy Davies God of War The Stranger/Baldur [10]
Danielle Bisutti God of War Freya
Roger Clark Red Dead Redemption 2 Arthur Morgan
Christopher Judge God of War Kratos
Melissanthi Mahut Assassin's Creed Odyssey Kassandra
Sunny Suljic God of War Atreus

Multiple wins and nominations

Performers[edit]

The following performers received two or more nominations:

Performer Nominations Wins
Troy Baker 3 0
Nolan North
Ashley Johnson 2 2
Mark Hamill 1
Ashly Burch 0
Melissa Hutchison

Series[edit]

The following series received two or more nominations:

Series / game Nominations Wins
Uncharted 7 0
God of War (game) 4 1
The Last of Us 3 2
Assassin's Creed 0
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
The Walking Dead
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture 2 1
The Last of Us (game)
Batman: Arkham 0
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
The Walking Dead (game)

References

  1. ^ "British Academy Games Awards Rules and Guidelines 2015" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Games in 2012". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Games in 2015". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ^ Wales, Matt (September 9, 2019). "BAFTA announces new categories for 2020 video game awards, submissions now open". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Games in 2013". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Games in 2014". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  7. ^ Nunneley, Stephany (7 April 2016). "Fallout 4 wins Best Game at 2016 BAFTA Game Awards". VG247. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Games in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  9. ^ "What Remains of Edith Finch wins Bafta's top games award". BBC. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  10. ^ "God of War wins best game at Bafta Awards". BBC News. 4 April 2019.

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