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4/6 BAFTA Best Actor Nominees are NYT alum

Posted 24 Mar 2026

Four out of the six nominees for Best Actor at this year's TV BAFTAs are NYT alumni and over 80% started out at a youth theatre.

Best Actor Nominees include alumni Colin Firth (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth), Ellis Howard (What It Feels Like For a Girl), Matt Smith (The Death of Bunny Munro) and Taron Egerton (Smoke).

Adolescence, Co-created by NYT alum Jack Thorne and produced by our friends and supporters at Netflix leads the nominations with 11. The NYT REP Company are staging Jack's adaptation of Let the Right One in this May. Book Now.

Other NYT alumni nominated for this year's TV BAFTAs include:

Mawaan Rizwan, nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy for Juice

Lucy Punch, nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy for Amandaland

Fehinti Balogun, nominated for Best supporting Actor for Down Cemetery Road

Congratulations to all nominees. Read more.