BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

E10360

BAFTA Award film award

The BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious British film accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding performances by male actors in leading roles.

Aliases (12)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	BAFTA Award → film award →
awardedFor	best performance by an actor in a leading role → outstanding leading performance by a male actor →
categoryOf	acting award → leading actor award →
ceremonyType	film awards ceremony →
country	United Kingdom →
eligibility	male actors in leading roles →
eligibleWork	feature films →
field	cinema →
formerName	BAFTA Award for Best Actor → BAFTA Award for Best British Actor → BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor →
frequency	annual →
genre	film →
hasAwardedSince	1950s →
hasGenderRestriction	male →
hasLanguage	English →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.bafta.org/awards/film →
inception	1952 →
location	London →
medium	motion pictures →
notableRecipient	Anthony Hopkins → Colin Firth → Daniel Day-Lewis → Gary Oldman → Jack Nicholson → Marlon Brando → Peter Finch → Robert De Niro →
organizer	British Academy of Film and Television Arts →
partOf	British Academy Film Awards →
presentedBy	BAFTA → British Academy of Film and Television Arts →
relatedAward	Academy Award for Best Actor → BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role → BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role →
relatedOrganization	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
scope	international →
selectionProcess	voting by BAFTA members →
status	active →

Referenced by (54)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Beautiful Mind (2001 film) ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (nomination)") → Albert Finney → Anthony Hopkins → Bill Murray → Bob Hoskins → Casey Affleck → Casey Affleck ("BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role") → Casey Affleck ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (nomination)") → Chiwetel Ejiofor → Cillian Murphy → Colin Firth → Colin Firth → Daniel Day-Lewis → Forest Whitaker → Gary Oldman → Geoffrey Rush → Gregory Peck ("BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor") → Hugh Grant → Jamie Bell → Jamie Foxx → Joaquin Phoenix → John Hurt → Leonardo DiCaprio → Leonardo DiCaprio → Liam Neeson ("BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Schindler's List") → Peter Finch → Philip Seymour Hoffman → Rami Malek → Robert Shaw ("BAFTA Award for Best British Actor (nomination)") → Russell Crowe → Sean Bean ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor") → Sean Connery → The King’s Speech → Tom Courtenay → William James Murray →	awardReceived
Colin Farrell → Ewan McGregor → Frank Langella → Jesse Eisenberg → Michael Keaton → Omar Sharif →	nominatedFor
Casey Affleck ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Manchester by the Sea") → Colin Firth ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role – The King’s Speech") → Russell Crowe ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for A Beautiful Mind") →	awardReceivedForWork
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ("BAFTA Award for Best British Actor") → BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ("BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor") → BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor") →	formerName
Forest Whitaker ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Last King of Scotland") → Jamie Bell ("BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Billy Elliot") →	awardReceivedFor
Academy Award for Best Actor → BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role →	relatedAward
Four Weddings and a Funeral →	award
A Single Man →	baftaNomination
César Award for Best Actor →	equivalentTo