| Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical | |
| Awarded For: | Best Actor in a Musical |
| Presenter: | Society of London Theatre |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Holder: | Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard (2024) |
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 commercial 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.
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Anton Rodgers | Songbook | Various Characters |
| Tony Britton | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins | |
| Michael Crawford | Charlie and Algernon | Charlie | |
| Ben Cross | Chicago | Billy Flynn |
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sam Tutty | Dear Evan Hansen | Evan Hansen |
| Andy Nyman | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye | |
| Charlie Stemp | Mary Poppins | Bert | |
| Jac Yarrow | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Joseph | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022 | Eddie Redmayne | Cabaret | Emcee |
| Olly Dobson | Marty McFly | ||
| Arinzé Kene | Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical | Bob Marley | |
| Robert Lindsay | Anything Goes | Moonface Martin | |
| 2023 | Arthur Darvill | Oklahoma! | Curly McLain |
| Alon Abutbul | The Band's Visit | Lt Col Tewfiq Zacharya | |
| Julian Ovenden | South Pacific | Emile de Becque | |
| Andrew Rannells | Tammy Faye | Jim Bakker | |
| 2024 | |||
| Tom Francis | Sunset Boulevard | Joe Gillis | |
| David Cumming | Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley, Doctor Pobil & Others | |
| Daniel Mays | Guys and Dolls | Nathan Detroit | |
| Charlie Stemp | Crazy for You | Bobby Child |