Anexo:Premio Laurence Olivier al mejor actor
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 |