British Soap Award for Best Actor

The British Soap Award for Best Actor was an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards from its inception in 1999 until 2019. Alongside Best Actress, the award was voted for by the public. EastEnders was the most awarded soap in this category, with ten wins. Emmerdale actor Danny Miller is the most awarded actor, with three wins. In 2022, it was announced that the category had been replaced with the award for Best Leading Performer.^[1] The final winner of the award was Hollyoaks actor Gregory Finnegan.^[2]

British Soap Award for Best Actor
Country	United Kingdom
First award	1999
Final award	2019
Most wins	Danny Miller (3)
Most nominations	Danny Dyer Shane Richie Jack P. Shepherd (all 4)

Winners and nominees

1999 and 2006 winner Ross Kemp.

2001 and 2002 winner Martin Kemp.

2004 nominee Christopher Timothy.

2008 winner Chris Fountain.

2010 winner Scott Maslen.

2011, 2012 and 2016 winner Danny Miller. He is the most awarded recipient.

2013 winner Alan Halsall.

Four-time nominee Danny Dyer.

2019 winner Gregory Finnegan.

Year	Actor	Role	Soap opera
1999[3]	Ross Kemp	Grant Mitchell	EastEnders
	Kelvin Fletcher	Andy Sugden	Emmerdale
	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street
	Dean Sullivan	Jimmy Corkhill	Brookside
2000[4]	Joe Absolom	Matthew Rose	EastEnders
	Martin Kemp	Steve Owen	EastEnders
	John Savident	Fred Elliott	Coronation Street
2001[5]	Martin Kemp	Steve Owen	EastEnders
	Clive Hornby	Jack Sugden	Emmerdale
2002[6]	Martin Kemp	Steve Owen	EastEnders
	Colin Wells	Jake Booth	Crossroads
	Perry Fenwick	Billy Mitchell	EastEnders
	Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders
	Dean Sullivan	Jimmy Corkhill	Brookside
2003[7]	Brian Capron	Richard Hillman	Coronation Street
	Perry Fenwick	Billy Mitchell	EastEnders
	Alex Ferns	Trevor Morgan	EastEnders
	Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders
2004[8]	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Ariyon Bakare	Ben Kwarme	Doctors
	Billy Hartman	Terry Woods	Emmerdale
	Christopher Timothy	Mac McGuire	Doctors
2005[9]	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Antony Cotton	Sean Tully	Coronation Street
	Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street
	Nigel Harman	Dennis Rickman	EastEnders
2006[10]	Ross Kemp	Grant Mitchell	EastEnders
	Antony Cotton	Sean Tully	Coronation Street
	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Bradley Walsh	Danny Baldwin	Coronation Street
2007[11]	Antony Cotton	Sean Tully	Coronation Street
	Chris Fountain	Justin Burton	Hollyoaks
	James Sutton	John Paul McQueen	Hollyoaks
	Bill Ward	Charlie Stubbs	Coronation Street
2008[12]	Chris Fountain	Justin Burton	Hollyoaks
	Charlie Clements	Bradley Branning	EastEnders
	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street
	James Sutton	John Paul McQueen	Hollyoaks
2009[13]	Robert Kazinsky	Sean Slater	EastEnders
	Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street
	Jamie Lomas	Warren Fox	Hollyoaks
	Gray O'Brien	Tony Gordon	Coronation Street
2010[14]	Scott Maslen	Jack Branning	EastEnders
	Nitin Ganatra	Masood Ahmed	EastEnders
	Chris Gascoyne	Peter Barlow	Coronation Street
	Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale
2011[15]	Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale
	Chris Gascoyne	Peter Barlow	Coronation Street
	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Emmett J. Scanlan	Brendan Brady	Hollyoaks
2012[16]	Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale
	Chris Gascoyne	Peter Barlow	Coronation Street
	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Emmett J. Scanlan	Brendan Brady	Hollyoaks
2013[17]	Alan Halsall	Tyrone Dobbs	Coronation Street
	Nitin Ganatra	Masood Ahmed	EastEnders
	Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale
	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Emmett J. Scanlan	Brendan Brady	Hollyoaks
2014[18]	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street
	Danny Dyer	Mick Carter	EastEnders
	Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale
	Kieron Richardson	Ste Hay	Hollyoaks
	Jeremy Sheffield	Patrick Blake	Hollyoaks
2015[19]	Adam Woodyatt	Ian Beale	EastEnders
	Danny Dyer	Mick Carter	EastEnders
	Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street
	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street
	Michael Parr	Ross Barton	Emmerdale
2016[20]	Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale
	Charlie Clapham	Freddie Roscoe	Hollyoaks
	Danny Dyer	Mick Carter	EastEnders
	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street
	Kieron Richardson	Ste Hay	Hollyoaks
2017[21]	John Middleton	Ashley Thomas	Emmerdale
	Gregory Finnegan	James Nightingale	Hollyoaks
	Jamie Lomas	Warren Fox	Hollyoaks
	Danny Miller	Aaron Dingle	Emmerdale
	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street
2018[22]	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street
	Theo Graham	Hunter McQueen	Hollyoaks
	Ryan Hawley	Robert Sugden	Emmerdale
	Connor McIntyre	Pat Phelan	Coronation Street
	Michael Parr	Ross Barton	Emmerdale
2019[23]	Gregory Finnegan	James Nightingale	Hollyoaks
	Danny Dyer	Mick Carter	EastEnders
	Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale
	Zack Morris	Keegan Baker	EastEnders
	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street

Achievements

Actors with multiple wins

Actor	Role	Soap opera	Wins	Nominations[a]
Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale	3	2
Ross Kemp	Grant Mitchell	EastEnders	2	0
Martin Kemp	Steve Owen	EastEnders	2	1
Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders	2	4

Wins by soap

Soap opera	Wins	Nominations[a]
EastEnders	10	19
Coronation Street	5	19
Emmerdale	4	11
Hollyoaks	2	14

Notes

1. These nominations did not result in a win.