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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!
- 1956
- Best British Actor – Peter Finch – A Town Like Alice
- Best Foreign Actor – François Périer – Gervaise
- 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
1960s
1970s
- 1971 – Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
- 1972 – Gene Hackman – The French Connection as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, and The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Frank Scott
1980s
- 1980 – John Hurt – The Elephant Man as John Merrick
- 1984 – Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran
1990s
2000s
2010s