Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

The Laurence Olivier Awards are a series of awards presented annually by The Society of London Theatre. They are presented in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre, most notably plays and musicals in the West End of London, an area commonly referred to as "Theatreland". The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 and, in 1984 they we renamed in honour of the renowned British actor Lord Olivier. The Olivier Awards are the most prestigious theatrical awards in the United Kingdom and are the UK equivalent of the Tony Awards.

Award winners

1970s

• 1979: Anton Rodgers – Songbook
  • Tony Britton – My Fair Lady
  • Michael Crawford – Flowers for Algernon
  • Ben Cross – Chicago

1980s

1980: Denis Quilley – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tom Conti – They're Playing Our Song John Diedrich – Oklahoma! Denis Lawson – Pal Joey 1981: Michael Crawford – Barnum Brian Blessed – Cats Henderson Forsythe – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Wayne Sleep – Cats 1982: Roy Hudd – Underneath the Arches Tim Curry – The Pirates of Penzance Bob Hoskins – Guys and Dolls Stephen Moore – Poppy 1983: Denis Lawson – Mr. Cinders George Costigan – Blood Brothers Teddy Kempner – Snoopy! The Musical Peter Woodward – Bashville 1984: Paul Clarkson – The Hired Man Tim Flavin – On Your Toes David Kernan – The Ratepayers' Iolanthe Lon Satton – Starlight Express

1985: Robert Lindsay – Me and My Girl Alun Armstrong – Les Misérables Mark McGann – Lennon Colm Wilkinson – Les Misérables 1986: Michael Crawford – The Phantom of the Opera Paul Bentley – HMS Pinafore George Hearn – La Cage aux Folles Tommy Körberg – Chess 1987: John Bardon and Emil Wolk – Kiss Me, Kate Bernard Alane – Bless the Bride Mark McGann – Up on the Roof Gary Olsen – Up on the Roof 1988: Con O'Neill – Blood Brothers Bille Brown – The Wizard of Oz Nickolas Grace – Candide Mickey Rooney – Sugar Babies

1990s

1989/1990: Jonathan Pryce – Miss Saigon Alun Armstrong – The Baker's Wife Matthew Devitt – Return to the Forbidden Planet Paul Hipp – Buddy 1991: Philip Quast – Sunday in the Park with George Ian Bartholomew – Into the Woods Bruce Hubbard – Show Boat Paul J. Medford – Five Guys Named Moe 1992: Alan Bennett – Talking Heads Philip Bird – Good Rockin' Tonite Jason Donovan – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Damon Evans – Carmen Jones 1993: Henry Goodman – Assassins Brent Carver – Kiss of the Spider Woman Michael Hayden – Carousel Kirby Ward – Crazy for You 1994: Alun Armstrong – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Roger Allam – City of Angels David Burt – The Beggar's Opera Alan Cumming – Cabaret

1995: John Gordon Sinclair – She Loves Me Peter Duncan – The Card Tim Flavin – Crazy for You Jonathan Pryce – Oliver! 1996: Adrian Lester – Company Brian Conley – Jolson The Musical Ross Lehman – Hot Mikado Clarke Peters – Unforgettable 1997: Robert Lindsay – Oliver! Iain Glen – Martin Guerre Paul Keating – Tommy Stephen Pacey – By Jeeves 1998: Philip Quast – The Fix John Barrowman – The Fix Henry Goodman – Chicago Andrew C Wadsworth – Kiss Me, Kate 1999: Entire Cast – Kat and the Kings Adam Garcia – Saturday Night Fever Hugh Jackman – Oklahoma! Clarke Peters – Chicago

2000s

2000: Simon Russell Beale – Candide Rob Edwards – The Lion King Daniel Evans – Candide Ben Keaton – Animal Crackers Gus MacGregor – Buddy 2001: Daniel Evans – Merrily We Roll Along Jimmy Johnston – The Pirates of Penzance Paul Robinson – Singin' in the Rain David Shannon – The Beautiful Game 2002: Philip Quast – South Pacific Brent Barrett – Kiss Me, Kate Paul Keating – Closer to Heaven Jonathan Pryce – My Fair Lady 2003: Alex Jennings – My Fair Lady Tim Flavin – My One and Only Michael Jibson – Our House Euan Morton – Taboo 2004: David Bedella – Jerry Springer: The Opera Graham Bickley – Ragtime Michael Brandon – Jerry Springer: The Opera Kevyn Morrow – Ragtime

2005: Nathan Lane – The Producers Lee Evans – The Producers Paul Hegarty – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Gavin Lee – Mary Poppins 2006: James Lomas, George Maguire and Liam Mower – Billy Elliot the Musical Douglas Hodge – Guys and Dolls Ewan McGregor – Guys and Dolls 2007: Daniel Evans – Sunday in the Park with George Tim Curry – Spamalot Clarke Peters – Porgy and Bess Philip Quast – Evita 2008: Michael Ball – Hairspray Bertie Carvel – Parade Henry Goodman – Fiddler on the Roof Bob Martin – The Drowsy Chaperone 2009: Douglas Hodge – La Cage aux Folles Denis Lawson – La Cage aux Folles Ryan Molloy – Jersey Boys Matt Rawle – Zorro

2010s

• 2010: Aneurin Barnard – Spring Awakening
  • Rowan Atkinson – Oliver!
  • Bob Golding – Morecambe
  • Alexander Hanson – A Little Night Music
  • Tony Sheldon – Priscilla Queen of the Desert

• 2011: David Thaxton – Passion
  • Alex Gaumond – Legally Blonde
  • Michael Xavier – Love Story
  • Ramin Karimloo – Love Never Dies
  • Sahr Ngaujah – Fela!

External links

• Official London Theatre winners, actor