Paul Rogers was an English actor of film, stage and television. He was the first winner of the BAFTA TV Award Best Actor in 1955 and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The Homecoming in 1967.
Paul Rogers (left) and Keith Baxter in the Broadway production of Sleuth (1971)
British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
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 Rupert Davies won for his performance in Maigret.
Since 1970, nominees have been announced in addition to the winner. The Actor category was split into Leading Actor and Supporting Actor starting in 2010.
2024 winner Timothy Spall
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.