Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori

During the third ceremony in 1930, only one of those films was cited in each winner's final award, even though each of the acting winners had two films following their names on the ballots. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. In the first three years of the awards, actors were nominated as the best in their categories. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.

The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927). The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner. It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleĪcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)ġ929 (for performance in films released during the 1927/ 1928 film season) The current holder of the award is Christopher Judge for his role as Kratos in God of War Ragnarök which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.Ĭhristopher Judge received the award in 2022. Laura Bailey has received the most nominations with two, one for her role as Kait Diaz in Gears 5 and one for her portrayal of Abby in The Last of Us Part II, which she won. The inaugural winner in the Leading category was Gonzalo Martin for his role as Sean Diaz in Dontnod Entertainment's Life Is Strange 2. From 2012 to 2019, performers in both leading and supporting roles were considered together in the merged category of British Academy Games Award for Performer but, as of the 16th British Academy Games Awards, during a reconfiguration of categories, BAFTA announced that the Performer award would be split into both Leading and Supporting categories. īAFTA has honoured video game performances since the 8th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony in 2012, with Mark Hamill winning the inaugural award for his performance as the Joker in Batman: Arkham City. The British Academy Video Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in honor of the best leading performance featured in a game 'from voice artistry through to motion capture'. British Academy Video Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role

Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori