Robert Aramayo wins BAFTA Rising Star and Best Actor for I Swear

Robert Aramayo won the EE Rising Star Award at the British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs, held in London on 22 February 2026. It is the only BAFTA film prize decided by a public vote. He was shortlisted alongside Miles Caton, Chase Infiniti, Archie Madekwe and Posy Sterling.

The prize followed his acclaimed lead performance in I Swear, in which he played John Davidson, a Scottish campaigner who lives with Tourette's syndrome. The film traces Davidson's life from a difficult adolescence to his work raising awareness of the condition.

The same night Aramayo also took the Best Actor prize for the role, an upset over Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Reports described him as the first person to win both awards in the same year. The double win lifted a performer previously best known for television work, including Game of Thrones and The Rings of Power, into the top tier of the awards season, and it framed the attention around his next projects.