Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Only You
Josh O’Connor
2018 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
A Prayer Before Dawn
Joe Cole
2017 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
God’s Own Country
Josh O’Connor
2016 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
I, Daniel Blake
Dave Johns
2015 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Legend
Tom Hardy
2014 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Calvary
Brendan Gleeson
2013 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Filth
James McAvoy
2012 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Berberian Sound Studio
Toby Jones
2011 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Shame
Michael Fassbender
2010 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
The King’s Speech
Colin Firth
2009 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Bronson
Tom Hardy
2008 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Hunger
Michael Fassbender
2007 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortensen
2006 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Red Road
Tony Curran
2005 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
The Constant Gardener
Ralph Fiennes
2004 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Vera Drake
Phil Davis
2003 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Dirty Pretty Things
Chiwetel Ejiofor
2002 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Bloody Sunday
James Nesbitt
2001 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Sexy Beast
Ben Kingsley
2000 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
Some Voices
Daniel Craig
1999 British Independent Film Awards – Best Actor
