but he may just be on the list for recognition, not as a "serious" nomination. After all, it's pretty impressive for a part-time actor who got into all this late in life to be on a list like this at all. But I'm just speculating.
The BAFTA considerations and even nominations are quite serious though.
Melina Juergens for example won the Best Actress BAFTA for her performance as Senua in the game "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice" and she wasn't even an actress at the time. She was Ninja Theory's media manager/editor who was merely asked if she could step in while they were searching for an actual actress to fill the role, but she was so natural at it that they decided to make her Senua right on the spot (they have a documentary about it, it's quite a wonderful watch).
And she won against both Ashly Burch (Tiny Tina in Borderlands, Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn) and Laura Bailey (a voice acting veteran and part of the Matthew Mercer Critical Role DnD crew). Rightfully so because she was absolutely amazing as Senua.
