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Meet the 2026 UK Breakthroughs
Meet the 2026 UK Breakthroughs
Through the Years
Film / British Actor
Recent Winners
Winner
Paul Scofield
A Man For All Seasons
British Actor
Winner
Richard Burton
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold/Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
British Actor
Winner
Dirk Bogarde
Darling
British Actor
Winner
Richard Attenborough
Guns At Batasi/Séance On A Wet Afternoon
British Actor
Winner
Dirk Bogarde
The Servant
British Actor
Winner
Peter O'Toole
Lawrence Of Arabia
British Actor
Winner
Peter Finch
No Love For Johnnie
British Actor
Winner
Peter Finch
The Trials Of Oscar Wilde
British Actor
Through The Years
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Winner
Paul Scofield
A Man For All SeasonsBritish ActorNomineeDirk Bogarde
Accident/Our Mother's HouseBritish ActorNomineeRichard Burton
The Taming Of The ShrewBritish ActorNomineeJames Mason
The Deadly AffairBritish Actor -
Winner
Richard Burton
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold/Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?British ActorNomineeMichael Caine
AlfieBritish ActorNomineeRalph Richardson
The Wrong Box/Dr Zhivago/KhartoumBritish ActorNomineeDavid Warner
Morgan - A Suitable Case For TreatmentBritish Actor -
Winner
Dirk Bogarde
DarlingBritish ActorNomineeMichael Caine
The Ipcress FileBritish ActorNomineeRex Harrison
My Fair LadyBritish ActorNomineeHarry Andrews
The HillBritish Actor -
Winner
Richard Attenborough
Guns At Batasi/Séance On A Wet AfternoonBritish ActorNomineeTom Courtenay
King And CountryBritish ActorNomineePeter O'Toole
BecketBritish ActorNomineePeter Sellers
Dr Strangelove/The Pink PantherBritish Actor -
Winner
Dirk Bogarde
The ServantBritish ActorNomineeTom Courtenay
Billy LiarBritish ActorNomineeAlbert Finney
Tom JonesBritish ActorNomineeHugh Griffith
Tom JonesBritish ActorNomineeRichard Harris
This Sporting LifeBritish Actor -
Winner
Peter O'Toole
Lawrence Of ArabiaBritish ActorNomineeAlan Bates
A Kind Of LovingBritish ActorNomineeJames Mason
LolitaBritish ActorNomineeLaurence Olivier
Term Of TrialBritish ActorNomineePeter Sellers
Only Two Can PlayBritish ActorNomineeRichard Attenborough
The Dock BriefBritish Actor -
Winner
Peter Finch
No Love For JohnnieBritish ActorNomineeDirk Bogarde
VictimBritish Actor -
Winner
Peter Finch
The Trials Of Oscar WildeBritish ActorNomineeRichard Attenborough
The Angry SilenceBritish ActorNomineeAlbert Finney
Saturday Night And Sunday MorningBritish ActorNomineeJohn Fraser
The Trials Of Oscar WildeBritish ActorNomineeAlec Guinness
Tunes Of GloryBritish ActorNomineeJohn Mills
Tunes Of GloryBritish ActorNomineeLaurence Olivier
The EntertainerBritish Actor -
Winner
Peter Sellers
I'm All Right JackBritish ActorNomineeStanley Baker
Yesterday's EnemyBritish ActorNomineeRichard Burton
Look Back In AngerBritish ActorNomineePeter Finch
The Nun's StoryBritish ActorNomineeLaurence Harvey
Expresso BongoBritish ActorNomineeGordon Jackson
Yesterday's EnemyBritish ActorNomineeLaurence Olivier
The Devil's DiscipleBritish Actor -
Winner
Trevor Howard
The KeyBritish ActorNomineeMichael Craig
Sea Of SandBritish ActorNomineeLaurence Harvey
Room At The TopBritish ActorNomineeIS Johar
Harry BlackBritish ActorNomineeAnthony Quayle
Ice Cold In AlexBritish ActorNomineeTerry Thomas
Tom ThumbBritish ActorNomineeDonald Wolfit
Room At The TopBritish Actor -
Winner
Alec Guinness
The Bridge On The River KwaiBritish ActorNomineePeter Finch
Windom's WayBritish ActorNomineeTrevor Howard
ManuelaBritish ActorNomineeLaurence Olivier
The Prince And The ShowgirlBritish ActorNomineeMichael Redgrave
Time Without PityBritish Actor -
Winner
Peter Finch
A Town Like AliceBritish ActorNomineeJack Hawkins
The Long ArmBritish ActorNomineeKenneth More
Reach For The SkyBritish Actor -
Winner
Laurence Olivier
Richard IIIBritish ActorNomineeAlec Guinness
The PrisonerBritish ActorNomineeJack Hawkins
The PrisonerBritish ActorNomineeDavid Kossoff
A Kid For Two FarthingsBritish ActorNomineeKenneth More
The Deep Blue SeaBritish ActorNomineeMichael Redgrave
The Night My Number Came UpBritish ActorNomineeAlfie Bass
The Bespoke OvercoatBritish Actor -
Winner
Kenneth More
Doctor In The HouseBritish ActorNomineeMaurice Denham
The Purple PlainBritish ActorNomineeRobert Donat
Lease Of LifeBritish ActorNomineeJohn Mills
Hobson's ChoiceBritish ActorNomineeDavid Niven
Carrington VCBritish ActorNomineeDonald Wolfit
SvengaliBritish Actor -
Winner
John Gielgud
Julius CaesarBritish ActorNomineeJack Hawkins
The Cruel SeaBritish ActorNomineeTrevor Howard
The Heart of the MatterBritish ActorNomineeDuncan Macrae
The KidnappersBritish ActorNomineeKenneth Moore
GenevieveBritish Actor -
Winner
Ralph Richardson
The Sound BarrierBritish ActorNomineeAlastair Sim
Folly To Be WiseBritish ActorNomineeJack Hawkins
MandyBritish ActorNomineeJames Hayter
The Pickwick PapersBritish ActorNomineeLaurence Olivier
CarrieBritish ActorNomineeNigel Patrick
The Sound BarrierBritish Actor