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Best British Actor
We've taken your Best British Actor nominations, and mixed in a few of our own, to come up with this definitive list of 50 for you to vote on. So, who is the biggest male screen star we've ever produced?

 
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25 - Kenneth Branagh
The most brilliant champion of Shakespeare in film since Olivier, Branagh was first bitten by the bard bug at age fifteen, when he saw Derek Jacobi perform Hamlet on stage. His passion for Shakespeare's work never waned, leading to stunning performances in Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet and Henry V.

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24 - Charlie Chaplin
In terms of fame, popularity and legacy to cinema, Chaplin could easily claim to be Britain's greatest ever screen actor, even discounting his work as a producer, writer and composer. Just watch The Immigrant and The Gold Rush to find out why.

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23 - Jim Broadbent
One of the most treasured character actors working in the UK today, Broadbent has won sizeable acclaim for roles in films like Topsy Turvy, Moulin Rouge, Little Voice and then Iris, which won him a BAFTA, Golden Globe and then an Oscar.

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22 - Peter Sellers
One of the most - if not the most - versatile comic actors Britain has ever produced, Sellers inhabited his creations (Clouseau, Dr Strangelove et al) with such comic conviction we cannot imagine them played by anyone else.

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21 - Laurence Olivier
Universally acknowledged as one of the greats of the 20th century, Olivier was the first actor ever to be made a life peer. A career of incredible performances included Henry V, Hamlet, Spartacus and Sleuth.

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