This page lists the winners and nominees for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, since its institution in 2009.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media.
Since 2009 (presented in 2010), there have been two separate comedy performance awards for Best Male Comedy Performance and Best Female Comedy Performance. Previously one award for Best Comedy Performance was presented. Steve Coogan has won the award four times, and Jamie Demetriou twice.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Actor Work Character Network 2010 (56th)Peter Capaldi The Thick of ItMalcolm TuckerBBC TwoSimon Bird The InbetweenersWill McKenzieE4Hugh Dennis Outnumbered: The Christmas SpecialPete BrockmanBBC OneDavid MitchellPeep ShowMark CorriganChannel 4 2011 (57th)Steve CooganThe TripSteve CooganBBC TwoJames Buckley The InbetweenersJay CartwrightE4Tom HollanderRev.Adam SmallboneBBC TwoDavid MitchellPeep ShowMark CorriganChannel 4 2012 (58th)Darren BoydSpyTim ElliotSky OneHugh BonnevilleTwenty TwelveIan FletcherBBC FourTom HollanderRev.Adam SmallboneBBC TwoBrendan O'CarrollMrs. Brown's BoysAgnes BrownBBC One 2013 (59th)Steve CooganAlan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My LifeAlan PartridgeSky AtlanticHugh Bonneville Twenty TwelveIan FletcherBBC TwoPeter Capaldi The Thick of ItMalcolm TuckerGreg DaviesCuckooKen ThompsonBBC Three 2014 (60th)Richard AyoadeThe IT CrowdMaurice MossChannel 4Mathew BayntonThe Wrong MansSam PinkettBBC TwoJames Corden Phil BourneChris O'Dowd The IT CrowdRoy TrennemanChannel 4 2015 (61st)Matt BerryToast of LondonSteven ToastChannel 4Brendan O'CarrollMrs. Brown's Boys : The Christmas SpecialAgnes BrownBBC OneHugh Bonneville W1AIan FletcherBBC TwoTom HollanderRev.Adam Smallbone 2016 (62nd)Peter KayPeter Kay's Car ShareJohn RedmondBBC OneHugh Bonneville W1AIan FletcherBBC TwoJavone Prince The Javone Prince ShowVarious CharactersBBC ThreeToby JonesDetectoristsLance StaterBBC Four 2017 (63rd) Steve CooganAlan Partridge's Scissored IsleAlan PartridgeSky AtlanticAsim ChaudhryPeople Just Do NothingChabuddy GBBC ThreeHarry Enfield The WindsorsPrince CharlesChannel 4David Mitchell Upstart CrowWilliam ShakespeareBBC Two 2018 (64th)Toby JonesDetectoristsLance StaterBBC FourRob Brydon The Trip to SpainRob BrydonSky AtlanticAsim ChaudhryPeople Just Do NothingChabuddy GBBC ThreeSamson KayoFamalamVarious Characters 2019 (65th) Steve PembertonInside No. 9Various CharactersBBC TwoJamie DemetriouStath Lets FlatsStath CharalambosChannel 4Alex Macqueen Sally4EverDavidSky AtlanticPeter MullanMumMichaelBBC Two
2020s Year Actor Work Character Network 2020 (66th)Jamie Demetriou Stath Lets FlatsStath CharalambosChannel 4Guz Khan Man Like MobeenMobeenBBC ThreeNcuti Gatwa Sex EducationEric EffiongNetflixYoussef KerkourHomeSami IbrahimChannel 4 2021 (67th) Charlie Cooper This Country Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe BBC Three Guz Khan Man Like Mobeen Mobeen BBC Three Joseph Gilgun Brassic Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill Sky One Ncuti Gatwa Sex Education Eric Effiong Netflix Paul Ritter Friday Night Dinner Martin Goodman Channel 4 Reece Shearsmith Inside No.9 Various Characters BBC Two 2022 (68th)Jamie Demetriou Stath Lets FlatsStath CharalambosChannel 4 Ncuti Gatwa Sex Education Eric Effiong Netflix Joseph Gilgun Brassic Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill Sky Comedy Samson Kayo Bloods Maleek Sky One Steve Coogan This Time with Alan Partridge Alan Partridge BBC One Tim Renkow Jerk Tim BBC Three 2023 (69th) Lenny Rush Am I Being Unreasonable?OllieBBC One Daniel Radcliffe Weird: The Al Yankovic Story "Weird Al" Yankovic The Roku Channel Jon Pointing Big Boys Danny Channel 4 Joseph Gilgun Brassic Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill Sky Max Matt Berry What We Do in the Shadows Laszlo Cravensworth Disney+ Stephen Merchant The Outlaws Greg Dillard BBC One 2024 (70th)Mawaan Rizwan Juice Jamal "Jamma" Jamshidi BBC ThreeAdjani Salmon Dreaming Whilst Black Kwabena BBC ThreeDavid Tennant Good Omens Crowley Prime VideoHammed Animashaun Black Ops Kay BBC OneJamie Demetriou A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou Various characters NetflixJoseph Gilgun Brassic Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill Sky Max 2025(71st) Danny Dyer Mr Bigstuff Lee Sky Comedy Bilal Hasna Extraordinary Kash Disney+ Dylan Thomas-Smith G'wed Reece Duffy ITV2 Nabhaan Rizwan Kaos Dionysus Netflix Oliver Savell Changing Ends Young Alan Carr ITV1 Phil Dunning Smoggie Queens Dickie BBC Three 2026(72nd) Steve Coogan How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) Alan Partridge BBC One Jim Howick Here We Go Paul Jessop BBC One Jon Pointing Big Boys Danny Channel 4 Mawaan Rizwan Juice Jamal "Jamma" Jamshidi BBC Three Lenny Rush Am I Being Unreasonable? Olly BBC One Oliver Savell Changing Ends Young Alan Carr ITV1
Superlatives Record Actor Programme Age (in years) Oldest winner Steve Coogan How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) 60 Oldest nominee Steve Coogan How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) 60 Youngest winner Lenny Rush Am I Being Unreasonable? 14 Youngest nominee Lenny Rush Am I Being Unreasonable? 14
Actors with multiple wins and nominations Multiple wins 4 wins Steve Coogan 2 wins Jamie Demetriou
Multiple nominations The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance multiple times:
5 nominations Steve Coogan 4 nominations Hugh Bonneville Jamie Demetriou Joseph Gilgun
3 nominations Ncuti Gatwa Tom Hollander David Mitchell
2 nominations Matt Berry Peter Capaldi Asim Chaudhry Toby Jones Samson Kayo Brendan O'Carroll Jon Pointing Mawaan Rizwan Lenny Rush Oliver Savell
Programmes with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple nominations
4 nominations Brassic
3 nominations Rev. Sex Education Stath Lets Flats
2 nominations Am I Being Unreasonable? Big Boys Changing Ends Detectorists The Inbetweeners Inside No. 9 The IT Crowd Juice Man Like Mobeen Mrs. Brown's Boys People Just Do Nothing The Thick of It Twenty Twelve The Wrong Mans W1A
References
External links BAFTA official site BAFTA Awards, Internet Movie Database