Awards & Winners

British Independent Film Award for Best Actor

British Independent Film Awards

The British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film is an annual award given to the Best Actor who starred in a British independent film. The award was introduced in 1998.

Check all the winners of British Independent Film Award for Best Actor presented under British Independent Film Awards since 1998 .


James McAvoy

Honored for : Filth

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James McAvoy Filth
Jim Broadbent Le Week-End
Steve Coogan Philomena
Tom Hardy Locke
Jack O'Connell Starred Up

Toby Jones

Honored for : Berberian Sound Studio

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Toby Jones Berberian Sound Studio
Terence Stamp Song for Marion
Tim Roth Broken
Steve Oram Sightseers
Riz Ahmed Ill Manors

Michael Fassbender

Honored for : Shame

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gary Oldman Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brendan Gleeson The Guard
Peter Mullan Tyrannosaur
Neil Maskell Kill List
Michael Fassbender Shame

Colin Firth

Honored for : The King's Speech

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Broadbent Another Year
Riz Ahmed Four Lions
Scoot McNairy Monsters
Colin Firth The King's Speech
Aidan Gillen Treacle Jr.

Tom Hardy

Honored for : Bronson

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Capaldi In the Loop
Tom Hardy Bronson
Sam Rockwell Moon
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Nowhere Boy
Andy Serkis Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Michael Fassbender

Honored for : Hunger

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Fassbender Hunger
Colin Farrell In Bruges
Brendan Gleeson In Bruges
Riz Ahmed Shifty
Thomas Turgoose Somers Town

Viggo Mortensen

Honored for : Eastern Promises

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Broadbent When Did You Last See Your Father?
Viggo Mortensen Eastern Promises
Sam Riley Control
Jamie Bell Mister Foe
Cillian Murphy Sunshine

Tony Curran

Honored for : Red Road

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cillian Murphy The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Tony Curran Red Road
James McAvoy The Last King of Scotland
Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole Venus

Ralph Fiennes

Honored for : The Constant Gardener

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ralph Fiennes The Constant Gardener
Matthew Macfadyen In My Father's Den
Chiwetel Ejiofor Kinky Boots
Johnny Depp The Libertine
Bob Hoskins Mrs Henderson Presents

Phil Davis

Honored for : Vera Drake

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ian Hart Blind Flight
Paddy Considine Dead Man's Shoes
Daniel Craig Enduring Love
Phil Davis Vera Drake
Geoffrey Rush The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Honored for : Dirty Pretty Things

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joaquin Phoenix Buffalo Soldiers
Kevin McKidd 16 Years of Alcohol
Chiwetel Ejiofor Dirty Pretty Things
Paddy Considine In America
Ewan McGregor Young Adam

James Nesbitt

Honored for : Bloody Sunday

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Timothy Spall All or Nothing
Bill Nighy Lawless Heart
James Nesbitt Bloody Sunday
Richard Harris My Kingdom

Ben Kingsley

Honored for : Sexy Beast

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ian Hart Liam
Ray Winstone Sexy Beast
Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast
Timothy Spall Lucky Break

Daniel Craig

Honored for : Some Voices

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Craig Some Voices
Peter Mullan Miss Julie
Adrian Lester Love's Labour's Lost
Jim Broadbent Topsy Turvy
Paul Bettany Gangster No. 1

Ian McKellen

Honored for : Gods and Monsters

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters
Daniel Craig The Trench
Ray Winstone The War Zone
Michael Caine Little Voice
Daniel Auteuil The Lost Son

Ray Winstone

Honored for : Nil by Mouth

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Winstone Nil by Mouth
Peter Mullan My Name Is Joe
Jonathan Pryce Regeneration
David Thewlis Divorcing Jack
John Hurt Love and Death on Long Island