2009 Stephen Dillane – The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (TV)
2008 Andrew Garfield – Boy A (TV) Chłopiec A
2007 Jim Broadbent – Longford (TV) Longford
2006 Mark Rylance – The Government Inspector (TV)
2005 Rhys Ifans – Not Only But Always (TV)
2004 Bill Nighy – State of Play (miniserial TV) Stan gry
2003 Albert Finney – The Gathering Storm (TV) Wzbierająca burza
2002 Michael Gambon – Perfect Strangers (TV)
2001 Michael Gambon – Longitude (TV) Długość geograficzna
2000 Michael Gambon – Wives and Daughters (miniserial TV) Żony i córki
1999 Tom Courtenay – A Rather English Marriage (TV) Typowo angielskie małżeństwo
1998 Simon Russell Beale – A Dance to the Music of Time (miniserial TV) Taniec do muzyki czasu
1997 Nigel Hawthorne – The Fragile Heart (TV)
1996 Robbie Coltrane – Cracker (serial TV) Doktor Fitz
1995 Robbie Coltrane – Cracker (serial TV) Doktor Fitz
1994 Robbie Coltrane – Cracker (serial TV) Doktor Fitz
1993 John Thaw – Inspector Morse (serial TV) Sprawy inspektora Morse'a
1992 Robert Lindsay – G.B.H. (miniserial TV) Poważne uszkodzenie ciała
1991 Ian Richardson – House of Cards (TV)
1990 John Thaw – Inspector Morse (serial TV) Sprawy inspektora Morse'a
1989 Ray McAnally – A Very British Coup (TV)
1988 David Jason – Porterhouse Blue (TV)
1987 Michael Gambon – The Singing Detective (miniserial TV)
1986 Bob Peck – Edge of Darkness (miniserial TV)
1985 Tim Pigott-Smith – The Jewel in the Crown (miniserial TV) Klejnot w koronie
1984 Alan Bates – An Englishman Abroad (TV)
1983 Alec Guinness – Smiley's People (miniserial TV)
1982 Anthony Andrews – Brideshead Revisited (miniserial TV)
1981 Denholm Elliott – Blade on the Feather (TV)
1980 Alec Guinness – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (miniserial TV)
1979 Edward Fox – Edward & Mrs. Simpson (miniserial TV) Edward i pani Simpson
1978 Peter Barkworth – Professional Foul (TV)
1977 Derek Jacobi – I, Claudius (miniserial TV) Ja, Klaudiusz
1976 John Hurt – The Naked Civil Servant (TV) Nagi urzędnik
1975 Peter Barkworth – Crown Matrimonial (TV)
1974 Frank Finlay – The Adventures of Don Quixote (TV)
1973 Anthony Hopkins – War and Peace (miniserial TV)
1972 John Le Mesurier – Traitor (TV)
1971 Keith Michell – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (miniserial TV) Henryk VIII i jego sześć żon
1970 Edward Woodward – Callan (serial TV)
1969 Roy Dotrice – Misleading Cases (serial TV)
1968 Eric Porter – The Forsyte Saga (miniserial TV) Saga rodu Forsyte'ów
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