The British Academy Video Games Award for Performer is an award presented annually by the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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(BAFTA) in honor of the best performance featured in a game "from voice artistry through to motion capture".
The award was first given at the
8th British Academy Video Games Awards
The 8th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 16 March 2012 in the London Hil ...
ceremony in 2012, with
Mark Hamill
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winning for his performance as the
Joker in ''
Batman: Arkham City''.
The performer with the most awards is
Ashley Johnson with two, one each for her portrayal of
Ellie
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in both ''
The Last of Us
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'' and ''
The Last of Us: Left Behind''.
Troy Baker
Troy Baker (born April 1, 1976) is an American voice actor and musician. Baker is known for his video game roles, including Joel Miller in ''The Last of Us'' (2013) and its sequel (2020), Booker DeWitt in ''BioShock Infinite'' (2013), Samuel ...
has received the most nominations with five, twice for his work as
Joel Miller in ''The Last of Us'' series and once each for
Pagan Min
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in ''
Far Cry 4
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'', Sam Drake in ''
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'', and Higgs in ''
Death Stranding
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''.
Since 2019, the award has been split into "
Performer in a Leading Role" and "
Performer in a Supporting Role".
Winners and nominees
![Troy Baker SDCC 2019 (48378614692) (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Troy_Baker_SDCC_2019_%2848378614692%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.
Multiple wins and nominations
The following performers received two or more awards:
The following performers received two or more nominations:
The following series received two or more awards:
The following series received two or more nominations:
References
External links
British Academy Video Games Awards official website
{{British Academy Games Awards
Performer
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Awards for video game performances