Robert Aramayo has jumped to the defence of Tourette's campaigner John Davidson who left the BAFTAs on Sunday after shouting racial slurs in the audience.
The actor, 33, beat out a host of huge names to win the coveted gong for his acclaimed performance in biopic, I Swear, based on campaigner John Davidson's life with severe Tourette's syndrome.
Warwick Davis takes a swipe at Tom Cruise’s height, best actor Robert Aramayo namechecks Ethan Hawke, and Prince William calls the night’s biggest winning film ‘weird’
• How the night went down
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This year’s Baftas were a chaotic mix of wild praise and inadvertent insults as the best actor prize was won by an unknown – and one of the nominees seemingly slurred from a man in the stalls
One Battle After Another proved to be the big winner with six gongs, while Jessie Buckley won Best Actress, and Robert Aramayo earned a surprise honour for Best Actor for I Swear.
Robert Aramayo couldn't have appeared more shocked or overwhelmed as he accepted the award for Lead Actor at the BAFTAs on Sunday night.
Six wins for US director’s ICE-baiting film of American resistance recognised Anderson’s commitment to complex drama, while best actor win for rising British star was thoroughly deserved
Brit Aramayo beat US stars such Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet, while One Battle After Another picked up six awards.
Paul Thomas Anderson drama scores six awards, as Jessie Buckley becomes first Irish woman to win leading actress prize
One Batt…