Derek Jacobi Ian Richardson John Thaw3 nominationsSean Bean Jim Broadbent Michael Bryant Stephen Graham Alec Guinness Leo McKern Pete Postlethwaite Michael Sheen Timothy Spall Ben Whishaw2 nominations''' Alan Badel Peter Barkworth Alan Bates Tom Bell Colin Blakely James Bolam Robert Carlyle George Cole Christopher Eccleston Denholm Elliott Frank Finlay Colin Firth John Gielgud Robert Hardy Bernard Hill Ian Holm Anthony Hopkins John Hurt Toby Jones Robert Lindsay Ray McAnally James Nesbitt Laurence Olivier Tim Pigott-Smith Mark Rylance Jared Harris John Simm Ken Stott David Suchet Dominic West Timothy West Tom Wilkinson References External links List of winners at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Actor Television awards for Best Actor