Anexo:Premio Laurence Olivier al mejor actor
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El Premio Laurence Olivier al Mejor actor en una obra de teatro es un galardón anual, otorgado por The Society of London Theatre en reconocimiento a la labor de intérpretes masculinos de teatro comercial en el Reino Unido. Entre 1976 y 1984, y también en 1988 hubo dos categorías: Mejor actor en un estreno y mejor actor en una reposición.
| Año | Persona | Obra | Resultado |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kenneth Cranham | The Father | Ganador |
| 2016 | Kenneth Branagh | The Winter's Tale | Nominado |
| 2016 | Benedict Cumberbatch | Hamlet | Nominado |
| 2016 | Adrian Lester | Red Velvet | Nominado |
| 2016 | Mark Rylance | Farinelli and the King | Nominado |
| 2015 | Mark Strong | A View from the Bridge | Ganador |
| 2015 | Richard Armitage | The Crucible | Nominado |
| 2015 | James McAvoy | The Ruling Class | Nominado |
| 2015 | Tim Pigott-Smith | King Charles III | Nominado |
| 2014 | Rory Kinnear | Othello | Ganador |
| 2014 | Henry Goodman | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Nominado |
| 2014 | Tom Hiddleston | Coriolanus | Nominado |
| 2014 | Jude Law | Henry V | Nominado |
| 2013 | Luke Treadaway | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Ganador |
| 2013 | Rupert Everett | The Judas Kiss | Nominado |
| 2013 | James McAvoy | Macbeth | Nominado |
| 2013 | Mark Rylance | Twelfth Night | Nominado |
| 2013 | Rafe Spall | Constellations | Nominado |
| 2012 | Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller | Frankenstein | Ganador |
| 2012 | James Corden | One Man, Two Guvnors | Nominado |
| 2012 | David Haig | The Madness of George III | Nominado |
| 2012 | Douglas Hodge | Inadmissible Evidence | Nominado |
| 2012 | Jude Law | Anna Christie | Nominado |
| 2011 | Roger Allam | Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 | Ganador |
| 2011 | Derek Jacobi | King Lear | Nominado |
| 2011 | Rory Kinnear | Hamlet | Nominado |
| 2011 | Mark Rylance | La Bête | Nominado |
| 2011 | David Suchet | All My Sons | Nominado |
| 2010 | Mark Rylance | Jerusalem | Ganador |
| 2010 | James Earl Jones | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Nominado |
| 2010 | Jude Law | Hamlet | Nominado |
| 2010 | James McAvoy | Three Days of Rain | Nominado |
| 2010 | Ken Stott | A View from the Bridge | Nominado |
| 2010 | Samuel West | Enron | Nominado |
| 2009 | Derek Jacobi | Twelfth Night | Ganador |
| 2009 | David Bradley | No Man's Land | Nominado |
| 2009 | Michael Gambon | No Man's Land | Nominado |
| 2009 | Adam Godley | Rain Man | Nominado |
| 2008 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Othello | Ganador |
| 2008 | Ian McKellen | King Lear | Nominado |
| 2008 | Mark Rylance | Boeing boeing | Nominado |
| 2008 | John Simm | Elling | Nominado |
| 2008 | Patrick Stewart | Macbeth | Nominado |
| 2007 | Rufus Sewell | Rock 'n' Roll | Ganador |
| 2007 | Iain Glen | The Crucible | Nominado |
| 2007 | David Haig | Donkeys' Years | Nominado |
| 2007 | Frank Langella | Frost/Nixon | Nominado |
| 2007 | Michael Sheen | Frost/Nixon | Nominado |
| 2006 | Brian Dennehy | Death of a Salesman | Ganador |
| 2006 | Richard Griffiths | Heroes | Nominado |
| 2006 | Derek Jacobi | Don Carlos | Nominado |
| 2006 | Con O'Neill | Telstar | Nominado |
| 2006 | David Threlfall | Someone Who'll Watch Over Me | Nominado |
| 2005 | Richard Griffiths | The History Boys | Ganador |
| 2005 | Michael Gambon | Endgame | Nominado |
| 2005 | Jonathan Pryce | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? | Nominado |
| 2005 | Ben Whishaw | Hamlet | Nominado |
| 2005 | Patrick Stewart | Macbeth | Nominado |
| 2004 | Matthew Kelly | Of Mice and Men | Ganador |
| 2004 | Roger Allam | Democracy | Nominado |
| 2004 | Kenneth Branagh | Edmond | Nominado |
| 2004 | Greg Hicks | Coriolanus | Nominado |
| 2004 | Michael Sheen | Caligula | Nominado |
| 2003 | Simon Russell Beale | Uncle Vanya | Ganador |
| 2003 | Michael Gambon | A Number | Nominado |
| 2003 | Mark Rylance | Twelfth Night | Nominado |
| 2003 | David Tennant | Lobby Hero | Nominado |
| 2002 | Roger Allam | Privates on Parade | Ganador |
| 2002 | Simon Russell Beale | Humble Boy | Nominado |
| 2002 | Sean Foley | The Play What I Wrote | Nominado |
| 2002 | Hamish McColl | The Play What I Wrote | Nominado |
| 2002 | Alan Rickman | Private Lives | Nominado |
| 2001 | Conleth Hill | Stones in His Pockets | Ganador |
| 2001 | Simon Russell Beale | Hamlet | Nominado |
| 2001 | Sean Campion | Stones in His Pockets | Nominado |
| 2001 | Michael Gambon | The Caretaker | Nominado |
| 2001 | Bill Nighy | Blue/Orange | Nominado |
| 2000 | Henry Goodman | The Merchant of Venice | Ganador |
| 2000 | Roger Allam | Summerfolk | Nominado |
| 2000 | Stephen Dillane | The Real Thing | Nominado |
| 2000 | Michael Sheen | Look Back in Anger | Nominado |
| 2000 | Antony Sher | The Winter's Tale | Nominado |
| 1999 | Kevin Spacey | The Iceman Cometh | Ganador |
| 1999 | Michael Gambon | The Unexpected Man | Nominado |
| 1999 | Iain Glen | The Blue Room | Nominado |
| 1999 | Jim Norton | The Weir | Nominado |
| 1999 | David Suchet | Amadeus | Nominado |
| 1998 | Ian Holm | King Lear | Ganador |
| 1998 | Michael Gambon | Tom & Clem | Nominado |
| 1998 | Rupert Graves | Hurlyburly | Nominado |
| 1998 | John Wood | The Invention of Love | Nominado |
| 1998 | Simon Russell Beale | Othello | Nominado |
| 1997 | Antony Sher | Stanley | Ganador |
| 1997 | Paul Scofield | John Gabriel Borkman | Nominado |
| 1997 | Ken Stott | Art | Nominado |
| 1997 | David Suchet | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominado |
| 1996 | Alex Jennings | Peer Gynt | Ganador |
| 1996 | Michael Gambon | Skylight | Nominado |
| 1996 | Daniel Massey | Taking Sides | Nominado |
| 1996 | Donal McCann | The Steward of Christendom | Nominado |
| 1995 | David Bamber | My Night with Reg | Ganador |
| 1995 | James Bolam | Glengarry Glen Ross | Nominado |
| 1995 | Adrian Lester | As You Like It | Nominado |
| 1995 | Bob Peck | Rutherford and Son | Nominado |
| 1994 | Mark Rylance | Much Ado About Nothing | Ganador |
| 1994 | Henry Goodman | Hysteria | Nominado |
| 1994 | Patrick Stewart | A Christmas Carol | Nominado |
| 1994 | David Suchet | Oleanna | Nominado |
| 1993 | Robert Stephens | Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 | Ganador |
| 1993 | Kenneth Cranham | An Inspector Calls | Nominado |
| 1993 | Paul Eddington | No Man's Land | Nominado |
| 1993 | Paul Scofield | Heartbreak House | Nominado |
| 1992 | Nigel Hawthorne | The Madness of George III | Ganador |
| 1992 | Marcus D'Amico | Angels in America | Nominado |
| 1992 | Robert Lindsay | Becket | Nominado |
| 1992 | Ian McKellen | Uncle Vanya | Nominado |
| 1991 | Ian McKellen | Richard III | Ganador |
| 1991 | Richard Harris | Henry IV | Nominado |
| 1991 | John Malkovich | Burn This | Nominado |
| 1991 | Warren Mitchell | The Homecoming | Nominado |
| 1990 | Oliver Ford Davies | Racing Demon | Ganador |
| 1990 | Nigel Hawthorne | Shadowlands | Nominado |
| 1990 | Ian McKellen | Othello & Bent | Nominado |
| 1990 | Michael Pennington | The Wars of the Roses | Nominado |
| 1987 | Michael Gambon | A View from the Bridge | Ganador |
| 1987 | Tokusaburo Arashi | Medea | Nominado |
| 1987 | Hugh Quarshie | The Two Noble Kinsmen | Nominado |
| 1987 | Nicholas Woodeson | Flight | Nominado |
| 1986 | Albert Finney | Orphans | Ganador |
| 1986 | Derek Jacobi | Breaking the Code | Nominado |
| 1986 | Ian McKellen | The Cherry Orchard | Nominado |
| 1986 | Martin Sheen | The Normal Heart | Nominado |
| 1985 | Antony Sher | Richard III /Torch Song Trilogy | Ganador |
| 1985 | Alun Armstrong | The Crucible | Nominado |
| 1985 | Kenneth Branagh | Henry V | Nominado |
| 1985 | Anthony Hopkins | Pravda | Nominado |