British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance explained

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 three times, and Jamie Demetriou twice.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Actor	Work	Character	Network
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2010 (56th)
Peter Capaldi	The Thick of It	Malcolm Tucker	BBC Two
	The Inbetweeners	Will McKenzie	E4
	Outnumbered: The Christmas Special	Pete Brockman	BBC One
David Mitchell	Peep Show	Mark Corrigan	Channel 4
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2011 (57th)
Steve Coogan	The Trip	Steve Coogan	BBC Two
	The Inbetweeners	Jay Cartwright	E4
Tom Hollander	Rev.	Adam Smallbone	BBC Two
Brendan O'Carroll	Mrs. Brown's Boys	Agnes Brown	BBC One
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2012 (58th)
Darren Boyd	Spy	Tim Elliot	Sky One
Hugh Bonneville	Twenty Twelve	Ian Fletcher	BBC Four
Tom Hollander	Rev.	Adam Smallbone	BBC Two
Brendan O'Carroll	Mrs. Brown's Boys	Agnes Brown	BBC One
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2013 (59th)
Steve Coogan		Alan Partridge	Sky Atlantic
	Twenty Twelve	Ian Fletcher	BBC Two
	The Thick of It	Malcolm Tucker
Greg Davies	Cuckoo	Ken Thompson	BBC Three
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2014 (60th)
Richard Ayoade	The IT Crowd	Maurice Moss	Channel 4
Mathew Baynton	The Wrong Mans	Sam Pinkett	BBC Two
		Phil Bourne
	The IT Crowd	Roy Trenneman	Channel 4
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2015 (61st)
Matt Berry	Toast of London	Steven Toast	Channel 4
Brendan O'Carroll	Mrs. Brown's Boys : The Christmas Special	Agnes Brown	BBC One
	W1A	Ian Fletcher	BBC Two
Tom Hollander	Rev.	Adam Smallbone
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2016 (62nd)
Peter Kay	Peter Kay's Car Share	John Redmond	BBC One
	W1A	Ian Fletcher	BBC Two
	The Javone Prince Show	Various Characters	BBC Three
Toby Jones	Detectorists	Lance Stater	BBC Four
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2017 (63rd)
Steve Coogan	Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle	Alan Partridge	Sky Atlantic
Asim Chaudhry	People Just Do Nothing	Chabuddy G	BBC Three
	The Windsors	Prince Charles	Channel 4
	Upstart Crow	William Shakespeare	BBC Two
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2018 (64th)
Toby Jones	Detectorists	Lance Stater	BBC Four
	The Trip to Spain	Rob Brydon	Sky Atlantic
Asim Chaudhry	People Just Do Nothing	Chabuddy G	BBC Three
Samson Kayo	Famalam	Various Characters
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2019 (65th)
Steve Pemberton	Inside No. 9	Various Characters	BBC Two
Jamie Demetriou	Stath Lets Flats	Stath Charalambos	Channel 4
	Sally4Ever	David	Sky Atlantic
Peter Mullan	Mum	Michael	BBC Two

2020s

Year	Actor	Work	Character	Network
row=scope rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"	2020 (66th)
Jamie Demetriou	Stath Lets Flats	Stath Charalambos	Channel 4
	Man Like Mobeen	Mobeen	BBC Three	[1]
	Sex Education	Eric Effiong	Netflix
Youssef Kerkour	Home	Sami Ibrahim	Channel 4
row=scope rowspan=7	2021 (67th)
Charlie Cooper	This Country	Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe	BBC Three
	Man Like Mobeen	Mobeen	BBC Three	[2]
	Brassic	Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill	Sky One
	Sex Education	Eric Effiong	Netflix
	Friday Night Dinner	Martin Goodman	Channel 4
	Inside No.9	Various Characters	BBC Two
row=scope rowspan=7	2022 (68th)
Jamie Demetriou	Stath Lets Flats	Stath Charalambos	Channel 4
	Sex Education	Eric Effiong	Netflix	[3]
	Brassic	Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill	Sky Comedy
	Bloods	Maleek	Sky One
	This Time with Alan Partridge	Alan Partridge	BBC One
	Jerk	Tim	BBC Three
2023 (69th)	rowspawn=3 style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Lenny Rush	Am I Being Unreasonable?	Ollie	BBC One	[4] [5]
			"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 Three	[6]
	Adjani Salmon	Dreaming Whilst Black	Kwabena	BBC Three
	David Tennant	Good Omens	Crowley	Prime Video
	Hammed Animashaun	Black Ops	Kay	BBC One
	Jamie Demetriou	A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou	Various characters	Netflix
	Joseph Gilgun	Brassic	Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill	Sky Max

Superlatives

Record	Actor	Programme	Age (in years)
row=scope	Oldest winner	Peter Capaldi	The Thick Of It	52
row=scope	Oldest nominee	Peter Mullan	Mum	59
row=scope	Youngest winner	Lenny Rush	Am I Being Unreasonable?	14
row=scope	Youngest nominee	Lenny Rush	Am I Being Unreasonable?	14

Actors with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

3 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:4 nominations

• Hugh Bonneville
• Steve Coogan
• Jamie Demetriou
• Joe Gilgun

3 nominations

• Ncuti Gatwa
• Tom Hollander
• Brendan O'Carroll

2 nominations

• Matt Berry
• Peter Capaldi
• Asim Chaudhry
• Toby Jones
• Samson Kayo
• David Mitchell

Programmes with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple nominations

4 nominations

• Brassic

3 nominations

• Mrs. Brown's Boys
• Rev.
• Sex Education
• Stath Lets Flats

2 nominations

• Detectorists
• The Inbetweeners
• Inside No. 9
• The IT Crowd
• Man Like Mobeen
• People Just Do Nothing
• The Thick of It
• Twenty Twelve
• The Wrong Mans
• W1A

External links

• BAFTA official site
• BAFTA Awards, Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kanter . Jake . 2020-07-31 . BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Night Of Surprises, As ‘Chernobyl’ & ‘The End Of The F***ing World’ Take Two Prizes Each . 2020-07-31 . Deadline.
2. Web site: 2021-04-28 . BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards . 2021-04-28 . www.bafta.org . en.
3. Web site: 30 March 2022 . Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations . 30 March 2022 . The Guardian.
4. Web site: 22 March 2023 . Bafta TV awards 2023: full list of nominations . 22 March 2023 . The Guardian.
5. Web site: 14 May 2023 . Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners . 15 May 2023 . Guardian.
6. News: 20 March 2024 . Bafta TV Awards 2024: The list of nominations . 22 March 2024 . BBC News.