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Through the Years
Television / Actor
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Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers
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Sean Harris
Southcliffe
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Stephen Dillane
The Shooting Of Thomas Hurndall
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Andrew Garfield
Boy A
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Jim Broadbent
Longford
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Mark Rylance
The Government Inspector
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Rhys Ifans
Not Only But Always
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Bill Nighy
State Of Play
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Through The Years
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Sean Harris
SouthcliffeActorNomineeDominic West
Burton And TaylorActorNomineeJamie Dornan
The FallActorNomineeLuke Newberry
In The FleshActor -
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Stephen Dillane
The Shooting Of Thomas HurndallActorNomineeJason Isaacs
The Curse Of SteptoeActorNomineeKen Stott
Hancock And JoanActorNomineeBen Whishaw
Criminal JusticeActor -
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Andrew Garfield
Boy AActorNomineeMatthew Macfadyen
Secret LifeActorNomineeAntony Sher
PrimoActorNomineeTom Hardy
Stuart: A Life BackwardsActor -
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Jim Broadbent
LongfordActorNomineeAndy Serkis
LongfordActorNomineeMichael Sheen
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!ActorNomineeJohn Simm
Life On MarsActor -
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Mark Rylance
The Government InspectorActorNomineeBernard Hill
A Very Social SecretaryActorNomineeDenis Lawson
Bleak HouseActorNomineeRufus Sewell
The Taming Of The ShrewActor -
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Rhys Ifans
Not Only But AlwaysActorNomineeBenedict Cumberbatch
HawkingActorNomineeMichael Sheen
Dirty Filthy LoveActorNomineeMark Strong
The Long FirmActor -
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Bill Nighy
State Of PlayActorNomineeJim Broadbent
The Young VisitersActorNomineeChristopher Eccleston
The Second ComingActorNomineeDavid Morrissey
State Of PlayActor -
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Albert Finney
The Gathering StormActorNomineeKenneth Branagh
ConspiracyActorNomineeKenneth Branagh
ShackletonActorNomineeJames Nesbitt
Bloody SundayActor -
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Michael Gambon
Perfect StrangersActorNomineeAlan Bates
Love In A Cold ClimateActorNomineeTimothy Spall
Vacuuming Completely Nude In ParadiseActorNomineeDavid Suchet
The Way We Live NowActor -
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Michael Gambon
LongitudeActorNomineeSteven Mackintosh
CareActorNomineePete Postlethwaite
The SinsActorNomineeKen Stott
The ViceActor -
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Michael Gambon
Wives And DaughtersActorNomineeAidan Gillen
Queer As FolkActorNomineePete Postlethwaite
Lost For WordsActorNomineeTimothy Spall
Shooting The PastActor -
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Tom Courtenay
A Rather English MarriageActorNomineeAlbert Finney
A Rather English MarriageActorNomineeTimothy Spall
Our Mutual FriendActorNomineeRobert Carlyle
Looking After Jo JoActor -
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Simon Russell Beale
A Dance To The Music Of TimeActorNomineeRobert Carlyle
Hamish MacbethActorNomineeDerek Jacobi
Breaking The CodeActorNomineeTom Wilkinson
Cold Enough For SnowActor -
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Nigel Hawthorne
The Fragile HeartActorNomineePeter Vaughan
Our Friends In The NorthActorNomineeChristopher Eccleston
Our Friends In The NorthActorNomineeAlbert Finney
Cold Lazarus/KaraokeActor -
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Robbie Coltrane
CrackerActorNomineeBenjamin Whitrow
Pride And PrejudiceActorNomineeColin Firth
Pride And PrejudiceActorNomineeRobert Lindsay
Jake's ProgressActorNomineeIan Richardson
The Final CutActor -
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Robbie Coltrane
CrackerActorNomineePete Postlethwaite
Martin ChuzzlewitActorNomineePaul Scofield
Martin ChuzzlewitActorNomineeTom Wilkinson
Martin ChuzzlewitActor -
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Robbie Coltrane
CrackerActorNomineeMichael Kitchen
To Play The KingActorNomineeNeil Pearson
Between The LinesActorNomineeIan Richardson
To Play The KingActor -
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John Thaw
Inspector MorseActorNomineeAlan Bates
Unnatural PursuitsActorNomineeBrian Cox
The Lost Language Of CranesActorNomineeIan Richardson
An Ungentlemanly ActActor -
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Robert Lindsay
GBHActorNomineeTom Bell
Prime SuspectActorNomineeMichael Palin
GBHActorNomineeJohn Thaw
Inspector MorseActor -
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Ian Richardson
House Of CardsActorNomineeAlbert Finney
The Green ManActorNomineeDavid Suchet
Agatha Christie's PoirotActorNomineeJohn Thaw
Inspector MorseActor -
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John Thaw
Inspector MorseActorNomineeJoss Ackland
First And LastActorNomineeJohn Gielgud
Summer's LeaseActorNomineeAlfred Molina
The AccountantActor -
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Ray McAnally
A Very British CoupActorNomineeAlan Bennett
A Chip In The SugarActorNomineeColin Firth
TumbledownActorNomineeIan Holm
Game, Set And MatchActor -
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David Jason
Porterhouse BlueActorNomineeKenneth Branagh
Fortunes Of War/The Lady’s Not For BurningActorNomineeRobbie Coltrane
Tutti FruttiActorNomineeRay McAnally
A Perfect Spy/ScoutActor -
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Michael Gambon
The Singing DetectiveActorNomineePatrick Malahide
The Singing DetectiveActorNomineePaul McGann
The Monocled MutineerActorNomineeDavid Threlfall
Paradise PostponedActorNomineeColin Blakely
Drums Along Balmoral DriveActorNomineeDenholm Elliott
Hotel Du LacActor -
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Bob Peck
Edge Of DarknessActorNomineeBen Kingsley
Silas MarnerActorNomineeJoe Don Baker
Edge Of DarknessActorNomineeAlec Guinness
Monsignor QuixoteActor -
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Tim Pigott-Smith
The Jewel In The CrownActorNomineeGeorge Cole
MinderActorNomineeCharles Dance
The Jewel In The CrownActorNomineeArt Malik
The Jewel In The CrownActor -
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Alan Bates
An Englishman AbroadActorNomineeLeo McKern
Rumpole Of The Bailey/Reilly, Ace Of SpiesActorNomineeRonald Pickup
Orwell On Jura/Waters Of The MoonActorNomineeMartin Sheen
KennedyActor -
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Alec Guinness
Smiley's PeopleActorNomineeGeorge Cole
MinderActorNomineeBernard Hill
Boys From The BlackstuffActorNomineeLaurence Olivier
A Voyage Round My FatherActor -
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Anthony Andrews
Brideshead RevisitedActorNomineeJohn Gielgud
Brideshead RevisitedActorNomineeRobert Hardy
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years/FothergillActorNomineeJeremy Irons
Brideshead RevisitedActor -
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Denholm Elliott
Gentle Folk/In Hiding/Blade On The Feather/The StinkerActorNomineeTrevor Howard
The Shillingbury Blowers/Staying OnActorNomineeLeo McKern
Rumple's ReturnActorNomineeSam Waterston
OppenheimerActor -
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Alec Guinness
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyActorNomineeTimothy West
Churchill And The Generals/Henry VIII/Crime And Punishment/Timothy West As BeechamActorNomineeRobert Hardy
Speed King/All Creatures Great And SmallActorNomineeLeo McKern
Rumpole Of The BaileyActor -
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Edward Fox
Edward And Mrs SimpsonActorNomineeTom Bell
OutActorNomineeIan Holm
Night School/Flayed/Mirage/Lost BoysActorNomineeBob Hoskins
Pennies From HeavenActor -
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Peter Barkworth
Professional Foul/The Country PartyActorNomineeDerek Jacobi
Philby, Burgess And MacleanActorNomineeRobert Powell
Jesus Of NazarethActorNomineeJames Bolam
When The Boat Comes InActor -
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Derek Jacobi
I, ClaudiusActorNomineeJames Bolam
When The Boat Comes InActorNomineeTom Conti
The Glittering PrizesActorNomineeJack Shepherd
Ready When You Are Mr McGillActor -
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John Hurt
The Naked Civil Servant/Nijinsky, God Of The DanceActorNomineeTimothy West
Edward VIIActorNomineeAlan Bates
Plaintiffs And Defendants/Two SundaysActorNomineeTony Britton
The Nearly ManActor -
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Peter Barkworth
Crown MatrimonialActorNomineeMichael Bryant
Mr Axelford's AngelActorNomineeGordon Jackson
Upstairs, DownstairsActorNomineeArthur Lowe
Microbes And Men/David CopperfieldActor -
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Frank Finlay
The Adventures Of Don Quixote/Candide/The Death Of Adolf HitlerActorNomineeMichael Crawford
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'EmActorNomineeBernard Hepton
The Adventures Of Don Quixote/ColditzActorNomineeLaurence Olivier
Long Day's Journey Into NightActor -
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Anthony Hopkins
War And PeaceActorNomineeMichael Bryant
The Duchess Of Malfi/Colditz: TweedledumActorNomineeNicol Williamson
The Resistible Rise Of Arturo UiActor -
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John Le Mesurier
TraitorActorNomineeKenneth Haigh
The Search For The Nile/Man At The TopActorNomineeAlfred Burke
Public EyeActorNomineeFrank Finlay
CasanovaActor -
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Keith Michell
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII/An Ideal HusbandActorNomineeMichael Jayston
The Hero Of My Life - Charles Dickens/Mad Jack/Biography: BeethovenActorNomineeFreddie Jones
Germinal/Omnibus: John Clare "I Am..."/Sweeney Todd/Uncle Vanya/Menace: The Straight And NarrowActorNomineeMichael Bryant
The Roads To FreedomActorNomineeAnthony Hopkins
The Great Inimitable Mr Dickens/Uncle Vanya/Hearts And Flowers/Biography: DantonActor -
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Edward Woodward
Callan/Omnibus: A Dream Divided/A Bit Of A HolidayActorNomineeJohn Alderton
Please Sir!ActorNomineeColin Blakely
The Son Of Man/The Way We Live NowActorNomineeArthur Lowe
Dad's ArmyActor -
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Roy Dotrice
Brief LivesActor -
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Eric Porter
Eric PorterActor -
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Warren Mitchell
Warren MitchellActor -
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Alan Badel
The Count Of Monte Cristo/Meeting Point/A Couple Of Dry Martinis/Not So Much A Programme…/Famous GossipsActorNomineeRichard Briers
Simon and Laura/Marriage Lines/Points of View/Present Laughter - Excerpt/Charley's Aunt/To You At Home TodayActorNomineeIan Carmichael
Simon and Laura/The World of WoosterActorNomineePatrick Wymark
The Plane Makers/Crime and Punishment/Once a Jolly Swagman/Malatesta/Sherlock Holmes/I Remember the Battle/Four of Hearts - TiltActor -
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Patrick Wymark
Patrick WymarkActor -
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Alan Badel
Alan BadelActor -
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Harry H Corbett
Harry H CorbettActor -
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Rupert Davies
Rupert DaviesActor -
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Lee Montague
Lee MontagueActor -
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Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohanActor -
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Donald Pleasence
Donald PleasenceActor -
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Michael Hordern
Michael HordernActor -
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Michael Gough
Michael GoughActor -
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Peter Cushing
Peter CushingActor -
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Paul Rogers
Paul RogersActor