Christopher Eccleston in "Let Him Have It" and David Stevens in "Shallow Grave" and for his television performances in "Cracker" and "Hillsborough". His BAFTA-nominated performance as Nicky Hutchinson in the BBC miniseries "Our Friends in the North" (1996) established Eccleston as a household name in the UK; he followed the serial with film roles in "Jude", "A Price Above Rubies", "Elizabeth", "eXistenZ", "Gone in 60 Seconds", "The Invisible Circus", "The Others", "24 Hour Party People" and "28 Days Later" and television roles including the drama series "Clocking Off" and a second BAFTA-nominated performance as Messianic figure Stephen Baxter in the ITV drama
Christopher Eccleston (2002). Eccleston appeared in a stage role in "Hamlet" in the 2002 production at Leeds's West Yorkshire Playhouse. March–April 2004 saw him return to the venue in a new play, "Electricity". Eccleston has been twice nominated in the Best Actor category at the British Academy Television Awards. His first nomination came in 1997 for "Our Friends in the North", but he lost to Nigel Hawthorne (for "The Fragile Heart"). He was nominated in 2004 for "The Second Coming"; Bill Nighy won for "State of Play". Eccleston won the Best Actor category at the 1997 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for "Our