BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winners

2025	I Swear	★	Robert Aramayo
2024	The Brutalist	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Adrien Brody
2023	Oppenheimer	★★★★★★★★★☆☆	Cillian Murphy
2022	Elvis	★★☆☆☆☆☆	Austin Butler
2021	King Richard	★★★☆☆☆	Will Smith
2020	The Father	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Anthony Hopkins
2019	Joker	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Joaquin Phoenix
2018	Bohemian Rhapsody	★★★★☆	Rami Malek
2017	Darkest Hour	★★★☆☆	Gary Oldman
2016	Manchester by the Sea	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Casey Affleck
2015	The Revenant	★★★★★★★★☆	Leonardo DiCaprio
2014	The Theory of Everything	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Eddie Redmayne
2013	12 Years a Slave	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Chiwetel Ejiofor
2012	Lincoln	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Daniel Day-Lewis
2011	The Artist	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Jean Dujardin
2010	The King's Speech	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Colin Firth
2009	A Single Man	★☆☆	Colin Firth
2008	The Wrestler	★★★☆	Mickey Rourke
2007	There Will Be Blood	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Daniel Day-Lewis
2006	The Last King of Scotland	★★★☆	Forest Whitaker
2005	Capote	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Philip Seymour Hoffman
2004	Ray	★★☆☆	Jamie Foxx
2003	Lost in Translation	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Bill Murray
2002	Gangs of New York	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Daniel Day-Lewis
2001	A Beautiful Mind	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Russell Crowe
2000	Billy Elliot	★☆☆☆☆☆	Jamie Bell
1999	American Beauty	★★★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Kevin Spacey
1998	Life Is Beautiful	★★☆☆☆	Roberto Benigni
1997	The Full Monty	★★☆☆☆☆	Robert Carlyle
1996	Shine	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Geoffrey Rush
1995	The Madness of King George	★☆☆☆☆☆	Nigel Hawthorne
1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	★★★☆☆☆	Hugh Grant
1993	The Remains of the Day	★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Anthony Hopkins
1992	Chaplin	★☆☆	Robert Downey Jr.
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Anthony Hopkins
1990	Cinema Paradiso	★☆	Philippe Noiret
1989	My Left Foot	★★☆☆☆☆☆	Daniel Day-Lewis
1988	A Fish Called Wanda	★☆☆☆☆☆	John Cleese
1987	The Name of the Rose	★	Sean Connery
1986	Mona Lisa	★★☆☆☆☆☆	Bob Hoskins
1985	Kiss of the Spider Woman	★★☆☆☆☆☆	William Hurt
1984	The Killing Fields	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Haing S. Ngor
1983	Educating Rita	★★★☆☆☆☆	Michael Caine
1983	Tootsie	★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Dustin Hoffman
1982	Gandhi	★★★★★★★★★★	Ben Kingsley
1981	Atlantic City	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Burt Lancaster
1980	The Elephant Man	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	John Hurt
1979	The China Syndrome	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Jack Lemmon
1978	The Goodbye Girl	★★★☆☆☆☆	Richard Dreyfuss
1977	Network	★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Peter Finch
1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	★★★★★★★★★★★★★★	Jack Nicholson
1975	The Godfather Part II	★★★★☆☆☆☆	Al Pacino
1975	Dog Day Afternoon	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Al Pacino
1974	The Last Detail	★☆☆☆	Jack Nicholson
1974	Chinatown	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Jack Nicholson
1973	Charley Varrick	★	Walter Matthau
1973	Pete 'n' Tillie	★☆	Walter Matthau
1972	The French Connection	★★★★★★★★☆☆☆	Gene Hackman
1972	The Poseidon Adventure	★☆	Gene Hackman
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Peter Finch
1970	Downhill Racer	★	Robert Redford
1970	Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here	★★	Robert Redford
1970	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Robert Redford
1969	John and Mary	★☆☆	Dustin Hoffman
1969	Midnight Cowboy	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Dustin Hoffman
1968	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Spencer Tracy
1967	In the Heat of the Night	★★★★★★★☆☆	Rod Steiger
1967	A Man for All Seasons	★★★★★★★★★★	Paul Scofield
1966	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Richard Burton
1966	The Pawnbroker	★☆☆	Rod Steiger
1966	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	★☆	Richard Burton
1965	Cat Ballou	★★☆☆	Lee Marvin
1965	The Killers	★☆☆	Lee Marvin
1965	Darling	★★★★☆☆☆☆	Dirk Bogarde
1964	Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow	★	Marcello Mastroianni
1964	Seance on a Wet Afternoon	★	Richard Attenborough
1964	Guns at Batasi	★	Richard Attenborough
1963	Divorce Italian Style	★★☆☆☆☆	Marcello Mastroianni
1963	The Servant	★☆☆	Dirk Bogarde
1962	Birdman of Alcatraz	★☆☆	Burt Lancaster
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	★★★★★★☆☆☆	Peter O'Toole
1961	No Love for Johnnie	★	Peter Finch
1961	The Hustler	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Paul Newman
1960	The Apartment	★★★★★★☆☆☆	Jack Lemmon
1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	★☆	Peter Finch
1959	Some Like It Hot	★☆☆☆☆	Jack Lemmon
1959	I'm All Right Jack	★	Peter Sellers
1958	The Defiant Ones	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Sidney Poitier
1958	The Key	★	Trevor Howard
1957	12 Angry Men	★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Henry Fonda
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	★★★★★★★★★	Alec Guinness
1956	Gervaise	★★☆	François Périer
1956	A Town Like Alice	★★☆	Peter Finch
1955	Marty	★★★★★★★★☆	Ernest Borgnine
1955	Richard III	★★☆☆☆	Laurence Olivier
1954	On the Waterfront	★★★★★★★★	Marlon Brando
1954	Doctor in the House	★	Kenneth More
1953	Julius Caesar	★☆☆☆	John Gielgud
1952	The Sound Barrier	★★☆	Ralph Richardson
1952	Viva Zapata!	★☆☆	Marlon Brando