This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor. The Best Actor award was initially given as an "individual honour", without credit to a particular performance, until 1962, when
2026 winner Stephen Graham
Paul Rogers (left) was the first recipient of the award.
Rupert Davies was the first actor to receive this award for a specific work, winning for Maigret.
Keith Michell won the award in 1971.
Callum Turner
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Callum Robilliard Turner is a British actor. After working as a fashion model, he began working in film and television. He had lead roles in the drama film Queen and Country and the mystery drama seri
British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
…66th) Jared Harris Chernobyl Valery Legasov Sky Atlantic Stephen Graham The Virtues Joseph Lowery Channel 4 Takehiro Hira Giri/Haji Kenzo Mori BBC Two Callum Turner The Capture Shaun Emery BBC One 2021 (67th) Paul Mescal Normal People Connell Waldron BBC Three John Boyega Small Axe: Red, White and Blue Leroy Logan…
Turner in 2026
Turner in 2018
Turner at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival