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Most Wins for Best Actor

This list features actors that have won the most awards for Best Actor at the BAFTA Awards.

RANK

ACTOR

NOMINATIONS

WINS

FILMS

1

Peter Finch

7

5

A Town Like Alice (1956)

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

No Love for Johnnie (1961)

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

Network (1977)

2

Daniel Day-Lewis

7

4

My Left Foot (1989)

Gangs of New York (2002)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Lincoln (2012)

3

Jack Lemmon

7

3

Some Like It Hot (1959)

The Apartment (1960)

The China Syndrome (1979)

4

Marlon Brando

7

3

Viva Zapata! (1952)

Julius Caesar (1953)

On the Waterfront (1954)

5

Antony Hopkins

5

3

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Remains of the Day (1993)

The Father (2020)

6

Marcello Mastroianni

2

2

Divorce Italian Style (1963)

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964)

7

Dirk Bogarde

5

2

The Servant (1963)

Darling (1965)

8

Rod Steiger

2

2

The Pawnbroker (1966)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

9

Jack Nicholson

3

2

Chinatown; The Last Detail (1974)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976)

10

Burt Lancaster

3

2

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

Atlantic City (1981)

11

Dustin Hoffman

7

2

John and Mary; Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Tootsie (1983)

12

Colin Firth

2

2

A Single Man (2009)

The King’s Speech (2010)


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References

Wikipedia. BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role#Multiple_wins (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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