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See Olivier Awards for more information about the awards and a full list of categories and winners.
The Laurence Olivier Awards are a series of awards presented annually by The Society of London Theatre. They are presented in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre, most notably plays and musicals in the West End of London, an area commonly referred to as "Theatreland". The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 and, in 1984 they we renamed in honour of the renowned British actor Lord Olivier. The Olivier Awards are the most prestigious theatrical awards in the United Kingdom and are the UK equivalent of the Tony Awards.
This list comprises the winners of the now obsolete Actor of the Year in a New Play category shown in bold. Where possible other nominees will be shown in italics.
- 1988 – David Haig for Our Country's Good
- 1984 – Brian Cox for Rat in the Skull
- 1983 – Jack Shepherd for Glengarry Glen Ross
- 1982 – Ian McDiarmid for Insignificance
- 1981 – Trevor Eve for Children of a Lesser God
- 1980 – Roger Rees for Nicholas Nickleby
- 1979 – Ian McKellen for Bent
- 1978 – Tom Conti for Whose Life is it Anyway?
- 1977 – Michael Bryant for State of Revolution
- 1976 – Paul Copley for King and Country
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