Chiwetel Ejiofor Beats Leonardo DiCaprio To Win Best Actor For ’12 Years A Slave’ At BAFTA, See Full Winners List

Chiwetel Ejiofor won best actor at the 2014 British Academy Film Awards at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday for his role in Steve McQueen's slavery drama 12 Years a Slave 2014.

Ejiofor, 36, plays black New Yorker Northup, who is kidnapped and sold into the American South slave trade in 1841.

Ejiofor said he was “so deeply honoured and privileged” to receive the award and praised McQueen. “This is yours by the way, I know that, you know that,” he told the director. “I’m going to keep it but it’s yours”.

See full winners list after the cut.

Best Film
"12 Years a Slave" - WINNER
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Gravity"
"Philomena"

Outstanding British Film
"Gravity" - WINNER
"Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom"
"Philomena"
"Rush"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
"The Selfish Giant"

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Kieran Evans (Director/Writer) - "Kelly + Victor" - WINNER
Colin Carberry (Writer), Glenn Patterson (Writer) - "Good Vibrations"
Kelly Marcel (Writer) - "Saving Mr. Banks"
Paul Wright (Director/Writer), Polly Stokes (Producer) - "For Those in Peril"
Scott Graham (Director/Writer) - "Shell"

Film Not in the English Language
"The Great Beauty" - WINNER
"The Act of Killing"
"Blue Is The Warmest Colour"
"Metro Manila"
"Wadjda"

Documentary
"The Act of Killing" - WINNER
"The Armstrong Lie"
"Blackfish"
"Tim's Vermeer"
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks"

Animated Film
"Frozen" - WINNER
"Despicable Me 2"
"Monsters University"

Director
Alfonso Cuaron - "Gravity" - WINNER
Steve McQueen - "12 Years a Slave"
David O. Russell - "American Hustle"
Paul Greengrass - "Captain Phillips"
Martin Scorsese - "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Original Screenplay
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell - "American Hustle" - WINNER
Woody Allen - "Blue Jasmine"
Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron - "Gravity"
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Bob Nelson - "Nebraska"

Adapted Screenplay
Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope - "Philomena" - WINNER
John Ridley - "12 Years a Slave"
Richard LaGravenese - "Behind The Candelabra"
Billy Ray - "Captain Phillips"
Terence Winter - "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Leading Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years a Slave" - WINNER
Bruce Dern - "Nebraska"
Christian Bale - "American Hustle"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips"

Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett - "Blue Jasmine" - WINNER
Amy Adams - "American Hustle"
Emma Thompson - "Saving Mr. Banks"
Judi Dench - "Philomena"
Sandra Bullock - "Gravity"

Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi - "Captain Phillips" - WINNER
Bradley Cooper - "American Hustle"
Daniel Bruhl - "Rush"
Matt Damon - "Behind The Candelabra"
Michael Fassbender - "12 Years a Slave"

Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence - "American Hustle" - WINNER
Julia Roberts - "August: Osage County"
Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years a Slave"
Oprah Winfrey - "The Butler"
Sally Hawkins - "Blue Jasmine"

Original Music
"Gravity" - Steven Price - WINNER
"12 Years a Slave" - Hans Zimmer
"The Book Thief" - John Williams
"Captain Phillips" - Henry Jackman
"Saving Mr. Banks" - Thomas Newman

Cinematography
"Gravity" - Emmanuel Lubezki - WINNER
"12 Years a Slave" - Sean Bobbitt
"Captain Phillips" - Barry Ackroyd
"Inside Llewyn Davis" - Bruno Delbonnel
"Nebraska" - Phedon Papamichael

Editing
"Rush" - Dan Hanley, Mike Hill - WINNER
"12 Years a Slave" - Joe Walker
"Captain Phillips" - Christopher Rouse
"Gravity" - Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
"The Wolf of Wall Street" - Thelma Schoonmaker

Production Design
"The Great Gatsby" - Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn - WINNER
"12 years a Slave" - Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
"American Hustle" - Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
"Behind The Candelabra" - Howard Cummings
"Gravity" - Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard

Costume Design
"The Great Gatsby" - Catherine Martin - WINNER
"American Hustle" - Michael Wilkinson
"Behind The Candelabra" - Ellen Mirojnick
"The Invisible Woman" - Michael O'Connor
"Saving Mr. Banks" - Daniel Orlandi

Make Up & Hair
"American Hustle" - Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell - WINNER
"Behind The Candelabra" - Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
"The Butler" - Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" - Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater

Sound
"Gravity" - Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro - WINNER
"All Is Lot" - Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
"Captain Phillips" - Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
"Inside Llewyn Davis" - Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
"Rush" - Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse

Special Visual Effects
"Gravity" - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny - WINNER
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
"Iron Man 3" - Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
"Pacific Rim" - Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner 
"Star Trek Into Darkness" - Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett

British Short Animation
"Sleeping With The Fishes" - James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa - WINNER
"Everything I Can See From Here" - Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
"I Am Tom Moody" - Ainslie Henderson

British Short Film
"Room 8" - James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner "Sea View" -- Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot - WINNER
"Island Queen" - Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema
"Keeping Up With The Joneses" - Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
"Orbit Ever After" - Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
"Sea View" - Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot

The EE Rising Star Award (voted by the public)
Will Poulter - WINNER
Dane Dehaan
George Mackay
Lupita Nyong'o
Lea Seydoux

Oustanding British Contribution To Cinema 2014
Peter Greenaway

Fellowship Award 2014
Dame Helen Mirren