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Theatre - Olivier Awards
Most Wins for Male Acting
This list features the lead male actors that have won the most acting awards for both Musical and Drama in Olivier Awards history - this exclude awards for supporting roles.
RANK | ACTOR | NOMINATIONS | WINS | YEARS |
1 | Ian McKellen | 10 | 4 | Waiting for Godot (1994), King Lear (2002), The Seagull (2007), No Man's Land (2016) |
2 | Philip Quast | 3 | 3 | Sunday in the Park with George (1991), The Fix (1998), South Pacific (2002) |
3 | Roger Allam | 5 | 2 | Privates on Parade (2002), Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 (2011) |
4 | Derek Jacobi | 5 | 2 | Cyrano de Bergerac (1983), Twelfth Night (2009) |
5 | Antony Sher | 5 | 2 | Richard III and Torch Song Trilogy (1985) Stanley (1997) |
6 | Brian Cox | 3 | 2 | Rat in the Skull (1984), Titus Andronicus (1988) |
7 | Alan Howard | 3 | 2 | Henry IV, Part One and Two (1976), Coriolanus (1978) |
8 | Mark Rylance | 3 | 2 | Much Ado About Nothing (1994), Jerusalem (2010) |
9 | Michael Ball | 3 | 2 | Hairspray (2008), Sweeney Todd (2013) |
10 | Michael Crawford | 3 | 2 | Barnum (1981), The Phantom of the Opera (1986) |
11 | Robert Lindsay | 3 | 2 | Me and My Girl (1985), Oliver! (1997) |
12 | Daniel Evans | 3 | 2 | Merrily We Roll Along (2001), Sunday in the Park with George (2007) |
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