Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor
Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor | |
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![]() The 2019 recipient Andrew Scott | |
Awarded for | Best Actor |
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Presented by | Evening Standard |
Currently held by | Andrew Scott for Present Laughter (2019) |
The Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor is an annual award presented since 1955 by the Evening Standard in recognition of achievement in British theatre.
Winners and nominees[]
1950s[]
Year | Actor | Work | Character |
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1955 | |||
Richard Burton | Henry V | Henry V | |
1956 | |||
Paul Scofield | The Power and the Glory | The Priest | |
1957 | |||
Laurence Olivier | The Entertainer | Archie Rice | |
1958 | |||
Michael Redgrave | A Touch of the Sun | Philip Lester | |
1959 | |||
Eric Porter | Rosmersholm | John Rosmer |
1960s[]
Year | Actor | Work | Character |
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1960 | |||
Alec Guinness | Ross | T. E. Lawrence | |
Rex Harrison | Platonov | Mikhail Platonov | |
1961 | |||
Christopher Plummer | Becket | Henry II | |
1962 | |||
Paul Scofield | King Lear | King Lear | |
1963 | |||
Michael Redgrave | Uncle Vanya | Uncle Vanya | |
1964 | |||
Nicol Williamson | Inadmissible Evidence | Bill Maitland | |
1965 | |||
Ian Holm | Henry V | Henry V | |
1966 | |||
Albert Finney | A Flea in Her Ear | Victor Emmanuel Chandebise | |
1967 | |||
Laurence Olivier | Dance of Death | Edgar | |
1968 | |||
Alec McCowen | Hadrian VII | Frederick Rolfe | |
1969 | |||
Nicol Williamson | Hamlet | Hamlet |
1970s[]
Year | Actor | Work | Character |
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1970 | |||
John Gielgud | Home | Harry | |
Ralph Richardson | Jack | ||
1971 | |||
Alan Bates | Butley | Ben Butley | |
1972 | |||
Laurence Olivier | Long Day's Journey into Night | James Tyrone | |
1973 | |||
Alec McCowen | The Misanthrope | Alceste | |
1974 | |||
John Wood | Travesties | Henry Carr | |
1975 | |||
John Gielgud | No Man's Land | Spooner | |
1976 | |||
Albert Finney | Tamburlaine the Great | Tamburlaine | |
1977 | |||
Donald Sinden | King Lear | King Lear | |
1978 | |||
Alan Howard | Coriolanus | Coriolanus | |
1979 | |||
Warren Mitchell | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman |
1980s[]
Year | Actor | Work | Character |
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1980 | |||
Tom Courtenay | The Dresser | Norman | |
1981 | |||
Alan Howard | Good | John Halder | |
1982 | |||
Alec McCowen | The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. | Adolf Hitler | |
1983 | |||
Derek Jacobi | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | |
1984 | |||
Ian McKellen | Coriolanus | Coriolanus | |
1985 | |||
Antony Sher | Richard III | Richard III | |
1986 | |||
Albert Finney | Orphans | Harold | |
1987 | |||
Michael Gambon | A View from the Bridge | Eddie Carbone | |
1988 | |||
Eric Porter | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy | |
1989 | |||
Ian McKellen | Othello | Iago |
1990s[]
Year | Actor | Work | Character |
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1990 | |||
Richard Harris | Henry IV | Henry IV | |
1991 | |||
John Wood | King Lear | King Lear | |
1992 | |||
Nigel Hawthorne | The Madness of George III | George III | |
1993 | |||
Ian Holm | Moonlight | Andy | |
1994 | |||
Tom Courtenay | Moscow Stations | Venichka Yerofeev | |
1995 | |||
Michael Gambon | Volpone | Volpone | |
1996 | |||
Paul Scofield | John Gabriel Borkman | John Gabriel Borkman | |
1997 | |||
Ian Holm | King Lear | King Lear | |
1998 | |||
Kevin Spacey | The Iceman Cometh | Theodore "Hickey" Hickman | |
1999 | |||
Stephen Dillane | The Real Thing | Henry |
2000s[]
2010s[]
Multiple awards and nominations[]
Awards[]
4 wins
3 wins
2 wins
- Tom Courtenay
- Ralph Fiennes
- Michael Gambon
- John Gielgud
- Alan Howard
- Rory Kinnear
- Ian McKellen
- Eric Porter
- Michael Redgrave
- Nicol Williamson
- John Wood
Nominations[]
3 nominations
2 nominations
- Bertie Carvel
- Charles Edwards
- Ian McKellen
- Simon Russell Beale
See also[]
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
- Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
References[]
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- ^ Dex, Robert (2017-11-17). "Here's the shortlist for the 2017 Evening Standard Theatre Awards". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ Thompson, Jessie (2018-11-19). "Find out the winners of this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ "Read the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2018 shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ Paskett, Zoe (2019-11-25). "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
External links[]
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- Theatre acting awards
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- Evening Standard Awards