British Film Institute Fellowship British Film Institute Fellowship The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established in 1933, based in the United Kingdom. It has awarded its Fellowship title to individuals in "recognition of their outstanding contribution to film or television culture" and is considered the highest accolade presented by the Institute: British actor John Hurt said the award was "the highest honour possible". The first awards were made in 1983, the same year as BFI National Archive's Silver Jubilee and the BFI's fiftieth anniversary, and as of February 2017, there are 85 Fellows. Awards are not presented every year, but every
British Academy Television Award for Best Actor Churchill in "The Gathering Storm" "'2004 Bill Nighy as Cameron Lloyd in "State of Play" "'2005 Rhys Ifans as Peter Cook in "Not Only But Always" "'2006 Mark Rylance as Dr. David Kelly in "The Government Inspector" "'2007 Jim Broadbent as Frank Pakenham in "Longford" "'2008 Andrew Garfield as Jack Burridge / Eric Wilson in "Boy A" "'2009 Stephen Dillane as Anthony Hurndall in "The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall" In 2010, BAFTA split the category into Leading Actor and Supporting Actor. This is the list of BAFTA TV Awards for Leading Actor. The following people have been awarded the British