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| 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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45 - Charles Laughton
The character actor of character actors, Laughton is remembered for his brilliant portrayal of the king in The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1933). Critics lament that he did not direct more - his one feature, Night Of The Hunter, was outstanding.
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44 - Terence Stamp
Michael Caine's sparring partner, boy Stamp was the pin-up boy of 60s cinema. A smouldering debut in Peter Ustinov's Billy Budd earned an Oscar nomination, and the 60s saw Stamp work with the cream of directing talent, including Fellini and Schlesinger.
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43 - Jonny Lee Miller
Born in 1972, the grandson of Bernard Lee (M in the early Bond movies) Miller has admittedly had some misses (Love, Honour and Obey), but he's also had leading roles in three important British movies: Trainspotting (brought him international fame), Mansfield Park and Gillies MacKinnon's Regeneration.
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42 - Robert Shaw
Typically cast as 'the heavy', Shaw was a talented character actor who always managed to bring humanity to the most menacing of roles. Oscar-nominated for A Man For All Seasons, he's also loved for his grizzled shark chaser in Jaws.
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41 - James Mason
Famous for playing sleek, cerebral charmers with a sadistic streak, in 1948 Mason leaped from Britain to Hollywood and widened his repertoire, starring with Judy Garland in A Star Is Born.
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