We awarded 14 monstas for the best pop, theatre, TV and film of 2019 in December – and here we look at the cream of 2020 so far and what’s to come. Anthony Hopkins, Jonas Nay, Sacha Dhawan, Hugh Grant and Billy Porter are previous winners in this category.

• Read on for our top 7 best TV/fim actors of 2020 so far and our hopes for the next three months

1. Matthew Macfadyen (Quiz, ITV) Shortlist

2. Paul Mescal (Normal People, BBC3) Review

3. Dev Patel (The Personal History of David Copperfield) Shortlist

4. Ben Whishaw (The Personal History of David Copperfield) Shortlist

5. Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education, Netflix) Shortlist

6. Michael Sheen (Staged, BBC2)

7. David Tennant (Staged, BBC2)

On our radar for the next three months are James McAvoy and Andrew Scott (His Dark Materials, BBC1, Q&A) Olly Alexander and Omari Douglas (Boys, Channel 4), Josh O’Connor (The Crown, Netflix), Hugh Laurie (Roadkill, BBC1) and Adam Pålsson (Young Wallander, Netflix).

• Picture by Simon Ridgeway and Paul Stephenson courtesy GCB Films/Infinity Hill/BBC
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