Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in professional London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was introduced in 1979, along with the award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 1977 and 1978, there had been a commingled actor/actress award for Best Performance in a Musical, won both times by an actress.
Multiple awards and nominations for Best Actor
Awards
Three awards
Two awards
Nominations
Four nominations
Three nominations
- Alun Armstrong
- Michael Crawford
- Daniel Evans
- Tim Flavin
- Henry Goodman
- Douglas Hodge
- Denis Lawson
- Robert Lindsay
- Clarke Peters
- Jonathan Pryce
- Charlie Stemp
Two nominations
Multiple awards and nominations for a character
Awards
3 awards
2 awards
- George from ''Sunday in the Park with George''
Nominations
4 nominations
- Fagin from Oliver!
- Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls
- Sweeney Todd from ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''
3 nominations
- Billy Flynn from Chicago
- Bobby Child from Crazy for You
- Curly McLain from Oklahoma!
- Emcee in Cabaret
- Emile de Becque from South Pacific
- Fred Graham from Kiss Me, Kate
- Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady
- Tevye from ''Fiddler on the Roof''
2 nominations
- Albin from La Cage aux Folles
- Bert from Mary Poppins
- George from Sunday in the Park with George
- Haywood Patterson from The Scottsboro Boys
- Joseph from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Mickey from Blood Brothers
- Sky Masterson from Guys and Dolls
- The Engineer from Miss Saigon
- The Pirate King from ''The Pirates of Penzance''