Evening Standard Theatre Award For Best Actor
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.
Richard Burton was the inaugural winner of the award. The most recent recipient is Andrew Scott.
| Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
 2023 recipient: Andrew Scott | |
| Awarded for | Best Actor |
| Location |  United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Evening Standard |
| Currently held by | Andrew Scott for Vanya (2023) |
Simon Russell Beale has won the award the most frequently, with four separate wins. Albert Finney, Ian Holm, Alec McCowen, Laurence Olivier, and Paul Scofield have each won the award thrice, while thirteen other actors have won twice. Chiwetel Ejiofor was the first black actor to win, and Adrian Lester was the second. Two instances have occurred where two actors have been awarded as winners from the same play: In 2011, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller from Frankenstein; and again in 2013, Rory Kinnear and Lester from Othello. 2001 was the first year in which additional runner-ups/nominees were recognized, rather than just the winners as in all the years' prior.
Winners and nominees
1950s
| Year | Actor | Work | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
2020s
| Year | Actor | Work | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | |||
| James McAvoy | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano | |
| Paapa Essiedu | A Number | Various | |
| Shubham Saraf | The Father and the Assassin | Nathuram Godse | |
| Lennie James | A Number | Salter | |
| Giles Terera | Blues for an Alabama Sky | Guy Jacobs | |
| 2023 | |||
| Andrew Scott | Vanya | Various | |
| Paapa Essiedu | The Effect | Tristan | |
| Mark Gatiss | The Motive and the Cue | Sir John Gielgud | |
| Paul Mescal | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski |
Multiple awards and nominations
Awards4 wins 3 wins | 2 wins | Nominations3 nominations 2 nominations
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See also
References
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