Through the Years

Television / Leading Actor

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Kenneth Branagh

Wallander
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Daniel Rigby

Eric And Ernie
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Dominic West

Appropriate Adult
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Ben Whishaw

Richard II (The Hollow Crown)
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Jason Watkins

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
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Mark Rylance

Wolf Hall
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Murdered by My Father

Adeel Akhtar
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Broken

Sean Bean
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Through The Years

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    Toby Jones

    Mr Bates vs The Post Office
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    Richard Gadd

    Baby Reindeer
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    Martin Freeman

    The Responder
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    Lennie James

    Mr Loverman
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    Gary Oldman

    Slow Horses
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    David Tennant

    Rivals
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    Timothy Spall

    The Sixth Commandment
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    Paapa Essiedu

    The Lazarus Project
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    Kane Robinson

    Top Boy
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    Dominic West

    The Crown
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    Steve Coogan

    The Reckoning
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    Brian Cox

    Succession
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    Ben Whishaw

    This Is Going to Hurt
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    Martin Freeman

    The Responder
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    Chaske Spencer

    The English
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    Gary Oldman

    Slow Horses
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    Cillian Murphy

    Peaky Blinders
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    Taron Egerton

    Black Bird
    Leading Actor
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    Sean Bean

    Time
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    Samuel Adewunmi

    You Don't Know Me
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    Hugh Quarshie

    Stephen
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    David Thewlis

    Landscapers
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    Olly Alexander

    It's A Sin
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    Stephen Graham

    Help
    Leading Actor
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    Normal People

    Paul Mescal
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    Baghdad Central

    Waleed Zuaiter
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    Small Axe

    Shaun Parkes
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    I May Destroy You

    Paapa Essiedu
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    The Crown

    Josh O'Connor
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    Small Axe

    John Boyega
    Leading Actor
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    Chernobyl

    Jared Harris
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    Giri/Haji

    Takehiro Hira
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    The Virtues

    Stephen Graham
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    The Capture

    Callum Turner
    Leading Actor
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    Patrick Melrose

    Benedict Cumberbatch
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    Kiri

    Lucian Msamati
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    A Very English Scandal

    Hugh Grant
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    Killed By My Debt

    Chance Perdomo
    Leading Actor
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    Broken

    Sean Bean
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    King Charles III

    Tim Pigott-Smith
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    Hang the DJ (Black Mirror)

    Joe Cole
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    Born to Kill

    Jack Rowan
    Leading Actor
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    Murdered by My Father

    Adeel Akhtar
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    National Treasure

    Robbie Coltrane
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    The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses

    Benedict Cumberbatch
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    Damilola Our Loved Boy

    Babou Ceesay
    Leading Actor
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    Mark Rylance

    Wolf Hall
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    Stephen Graham

    This is England ’90
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    Idris Elba

    Luther
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    Ben Whishaw

    London Spy
    Leading Actor
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    Jason Watkins

    The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
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    Toby Jones

    Marvellous
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    James Nesbitt

    The Missing
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    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Sherlock
    Leading Actor
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    Ben Whishaw

    Richard II (The Hollow Crown)
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    Toby Jones

    The Girl
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    Sean Bean

    Accused (Tracie’s Story)
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    Derek Jacobi

    Last Tango in Halifax
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    Dominic West

    Appropriate Adult
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    Joseph Gilgun

    This is England '88
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    John Simm

    Exile
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    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Sherlock
    Leading Actor
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    Daniel Rigby

    Eric And Ernie
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    Matt Smith

    Doctor Who
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    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Sherlock
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    Jim Broadbent

    Any Human Heart
    Leading Actor
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    Kenneth Branagh

    Wallander
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    David Oyelowo

    Small Island
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    John Hurt

    An Englishman In New York
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    Brendan Gleeson

    Into The Storm
    Leading Actor