AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actor in Television Drama is awarded annually by the Australian Film Institute as part of the awards in television for excellence in acting in television drama by an actor.

Prior to 1990, two awards existed and were called Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini Series and Best Lead Actor in a Telefeature. The awards were merged in 1990 to become Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini Series which in 1991 was renamed Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. In 2000, the Awards were again awarded in two categories, called Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature or Mini Series and Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. In 2002, the Awards were again combined under the title Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama and two years later, in 2004, the Award was named Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy. A separate comedy Award was established in 2006, and this Award became Best Lead Actor in Television Drama.[1]

Contents

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini Series

Year Winner Mini Series Network Other nominees
1986 Simon Chilvers The Dunera Boys ABC TV
1987 Nicholas Eadie Vietnam
1988 Ed Devereaux The True Believers
1989 Peter Kowitz Bodysurfer

Best Lead Actor in a Telefeature

Year Winner Telefeature Network Other nominees
1986 Peter Kowitz The Long Way Home
1987 Steven Jacob A single life
1988 Ernie Dingo A Waltz Through The Hills
1989 Bill Hunter Police State

Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini Series

Year Winner Telefeature or Mini Series Network Other nominees
1990 Frankie J Holden Police Crop

Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama

Year Winner Television Drama Episode Network Other nominees
1991 Gary Sweet Police Rescue "Mates" ABC TV
1992 Gary Sweet Police Rescue "Off The Track" ABC TV
1993 Peter Phelps G.P. "Exposed" ABC TV
1994 Aaron Blabey The Damnation of Harvey McHugh "Spay Misty for me" ABC TV
1995 Colin Friels Frontline "The siege" ABC TV
Steve Vidler
1996 Tony Martin Blue Murder ABC TV
1997 David Wenham Simone de Beauvoir's Babies
1998 Stephen Dillane Kings in Grass Castles ABC TV
1999 Jeremy Sims Aftershocks
2000 Geoff Morrell Grass Roots "The whole year" ABC TV
2001 Samuel Johnson The Secret Life of Us ABC TV
2002 Joel Edgerton The Secret Life of Us ABC TV
2003 Shane Bourne MDA ABC TV

Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature or Mini Series

Year Winner Telefeature or Mini Series Episode Network Other nominees
2000 Andy Anderson Halifax f.p. "A person of interest" Nine Network
2001 David Field My Husband, My Killer

Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

Year Winner Television Drama or Comedy Episode Network Other nominees
2004 Abe Forsythe Marking Time
2005 Shane Bourne MDA ABC TV

Best Lead Actor in Television Drama

Year Winner Television Drama Episode Network Other nominees[2][3][4]
2006 David Wenham Answered by fire ABC TV
2007 Stephen Curry The King
2008 Gyton Grantley Underbelly Nine Network
2009 Roy Billing Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Nine Network
2010 Richard Roxburgh Hawke Network Ten

See also

References

  1. ^ "Television categories 1986 - 2009". AFI Award Winners. Australian Film Institute. 2009. http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDisplay.aspx?Section=2009_Awards_PDFs&ContentID=5761. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 
  2. ^ "Nominees and Winners". L'Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Awards. Australian Film Institute. 2008. http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDisplay.aspx?ContentID=5931&Section=AFI_Awards_Nominees. Retrieved 2010-11-21. 
  3. ^ "Nominees and Winners". 2009 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards. Australian Film Institute. 2009. http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=9668&Section=AFI_Award_Winners1. Retrieved 2010-11-21. 
  4. ^ "Nominees". 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards. Australian Film Institute. 2010. http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=11586&Section=Television_Nominees1. Retrieved 2010-11-21. 
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