Overview
- At the 79th BAFTAs in London, the 33-year-old won Leading Actor for portraying activist John Davidson in Kirk Jones’s biopic I Swear.
- He prevailed over high-profile contenders including Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio after entering the season without an Oscar nomination.
- The public vote also granted him the EE Rising Star award, resulting in a rare same-night double that broadened his popular recognition.
- In an emotional acceptance, he thanked director Kirk Jones and cited formative advice from Ethan Hawke during his Juilliard training.
- Coverage since the ceremony noted a BBC apology for airing an involuntary slur by Davidson related to Tourette syndrome, with Aramayo stressing the absence of intent.