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Theatre: 'Best Actor in a Musical' Olivier Award Winners

The Olivier Awards first awarded a 'gong' for Best Performance in a Musical in 1977, and the two inaugural awards were won by female performers. In 1979, the first 'Best Actor' Olivier was awarded and the subsequent winners (with a somewhat surprising nod to Alan Bennett in the nineties) are presented here in chronological order for the first (or only) time they took home the award... can you figure out which roles they won for, and who might have won the award twice (three actors).
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Anton Rodgers
Anton Rodgers
1
Denis Quilley
Denis Quilley
2
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
3
Roy Hudd
Roy Hudd
4
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson
5
Paul Clarkson
Paul Clarkson
6
Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay
7
John Bardon
John Bardon
8
Emil Wolk
Emil Wolk
9
Con O'Neill
Con O'Neill
10
Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce
11
Philip Quast
Philip Quast
12
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
13
Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman
14
Alun Armstrong
Alun Armstrong
15
John Gordon Sinclair
John Gordon Sinclair
16
Adrian Lester
Adrian Lester
17
Kat and the Kings (Entire Cast)
Kat and the Kings (Entire Cast)
18
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
19
Daniel Evans
Daniel Evans
20
Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings
21
David Bedella
David Bedella
22
Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane
23
James Lomas
James Lomas
24
George Maguire
George Maguire
25
Liam Mower
Liam Mower
26
Michael Ball
Michael Ball
27
Douglas Hodge
Douglas Hodge
28
Aneurin Barnard
Aneurin Barnard
29
David Thaxton
David Thaxton
30
Bertie Carvel
Bertie Carvel
31
Gavin Creel
Gavin Creel
32
John Dagleish
John Dagleish
33
Matt Henry
Matt Henry
34
Andy Karl
Andy Karl
35
Giles Terera
Giles Terera
36
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
37
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