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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Award for lead actor in a television drama series


Award for lead actor in a television drama series

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namePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
imageNoah Wyle and Representative Katherine Clark on Capitol Hill in 2025.jpg
image_upright0.7
captionThe 2025 recipient: Noah Wyle
awarded_forOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
presenterAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
countryUnited States
year1954
holderNoah Wyle,
The Pitt (2025)
website

The Pitt (2025)

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Beginning with 1966, leading actors in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:

  • # – Indicates a performance in a miniseries or television film, before the category's creation
  • § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, before and after the category's creation

Winners and nominations

1950s

YearActorRoleProgramNetworkBest Male Star of a Regular Series1954
(6th)
Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categoriesBest Actor Starring in a Regular Series1955
(7th)
Best Actor - Continuing Performance1956
(8th)
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor1957
(9th)Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series1958
(10th)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series1959
(11th)
Donald O'ConnorHimself*The Colgate Comedy Hour*NBC
Sid CaesarVarious charactersYour Show of ShowsNBC
Wally CoxRobinson PeepersMister Peepers
Jackie GleasonVarious charactersThe Jackie Gleason ShowCBS
Jack WebbJoe FridayDragnetNBC
Danny ThomasDanny Williams*Make Room for Daddy*ABC
Richard BooneDr. Konrad StynerMedicNBC
Robert CummingsRobert BeanblossomMy Hero
Jackie GleasonVarious charactersThe Jackie Gleason ShowCBS
Jack WebbJoe FridayDragnetNBC
Phil SilversMSgt. Ernest G. Bilko*The Phil Silvers Show*CBS
Robert CummingsBob CollinsThe Bob Cummings ShowCBS
Jackie GleasonRalph KramdenThe Honeymooners
Danny ThomasDanny WilliamsMake Room for DaddyABC
Robert YoungJim AndersonFather Knows BestCBS
Robert YoungJim Anderson*Father Knows Best*NBC
James ArnessMatt DillonGunsmokeCBS
Charles BoyerVarious charactersFour Star Playhouse
David Niven
Hugh O'BrianWyatt EarpThe Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpABC
Robert YoungJim Anderson*Father Knows Best*NBC
James ArnessMatt DillonGunsmokeCBS
Robert CummingsBob CollinsThe Bob Cummings Show
Phil SilversMSgt. Ernest G. BilkoThe Phil Silvers Show
Danny ThomasDanny WilliamsThe Danny Thomas ShowABC & CBS
Raymond BurrPerry Mason*Perry Mason*CBS
James ArnessMatt DillonGunsmokeCBS
Richard BoonePaladinHave Gun – Will Travel
James GarnerBret MaverickMaverickABC
Craig StevensPeter GunnPeter GunnNBC
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Stuart Bailey77 Sunset StripABC

1960s

YearActorRoleProgramNetworkOutstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support)1960
(12th)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)1961
(13th)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)1962
(14th)
1963
(15th)
1964
(16th)
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers1965
(17th)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series1966
(18th)1967
(19th)1968
(20th)1969
(21st)
Robert StackEliot Ness*The Untouchables*ABC
Richard BoonePaladinHave Gun – Will TravelCBS
Raymond BurrPerry MasonPerry Mason
Raymond BurrPerry Mason*Perry Mason*CBS
Jackie CooperChick HenneseyHenneseyCBS
Robert StackEliot NessThe UntouchablesABC
E. G. MarshallLawrence Preston*The Defenders*CBS
Paul BurkeDet. Adam FlintNaked CityABC
Jackie CooperChick HenneseyHenneseyCBS
Vince EdwardsBen CaseyBen CaseyABC
George MaharisBuz MurdockRoute 66CBS
E. G. MarshallLawrence Preston*The Defenders*CBS
Ernest BorgnineLt. Cmdr. Quinton McHaleMcHale's NavyABC
Paul BurkeDet. Adam FlintNaked City
Vic MorrowSgt. SandersCombat!
Dick Van DykeRob PetrieThe Dick Van Dyke ShowCBS
Dick Van DykeRob Petrie*The Dick Van Dyke Show*CBS
Richard BooneVarious charactersThe Richard Boone ShowNBC
Dean JaggerPrincipal Albert VaneMr. Novak
David JanssenDr. Richard KimbleThe FugitiveABC
George C. ScottNeil BrockEast Side/West SideCBS
Leonard BernsteinConductor*New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein*CBS
Lynn FontanneFanny Bowditch HolmesHallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"NBC
Alfred LuntOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Barbra StreisandHerself*My Name Is Barbra*CBS
Dick Van DykeRob Petrie*The Dick Van Dyke Show*
Julie AndrewsHerselfThe Andy Williams Show: "November 30, 1964"NBC
Johnny CarsonHostThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Gladys CooperMargaret St. ClairThe Rogues
Robert CooteTimmy St. Clair
Richard CrennaJames SlatterySlattery's PeopleCBS
Julie HarrisFlorence NightingaleHallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror"NBC
Bob HopeHimselfChrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Dean JaggerPrincipal Albert VaneMr. Novak
Danny KayeHostThe Danny Kaye ShowCBS
David McCallumIllya KuryakinThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.NBC
Red SkeltonHimselfThe Red Skelton HourCBS
Bill CosbyAlexander Scott*I Spy*NBC
Richard CrennaJames SlatterySlattery's PeopleCBS
Robert CulpKelly RobinsonI SpyNBC
David JanssenDr. Richard KimbleThe FugitiveABC
David McCallumIllya KuryakinThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.NBC
Bill CosbyAlexander Scott*I Spy*NBC
Robert CulpKelly RobinsonI SpyNBC
Ben GazzaraPaul BryanRun for Your LifeNBC
David JanssenDr. Richard KimbleThe FugitiveABC
Martin LandauRollin HandMission: ImpossibleCBS
Bill CosbyAlexander Scott*I Spy*NBC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Robert CulpKelly RobinsonI Spy
Ben GazzaraPaul BryanRun for Your Life
Martin LandauRollin HandMission: ImpossibleCBS
Carl BetzClinton Judd*Judd, for the Defense*ABC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Peter GravesJim PhelpsMission: ImpossibleCBS
Martin LandauRollin Hand
Ross MartinArtemus GordonThe Wild Wild West

1970s

YearActorRoleProgramNetworkOutstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series1970
(22nd)1971
(23rd)1972
(24th)Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing)1973
(25th)Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series1974
(26th)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series1975
(27th)1976
(28th)1977
(29th)1978
(30th)1979
(31st)
Robert YoungDr. Marcus Welby*Marcus Welby, M.D.*ABC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Mike ConnorsJoe MannixMannixCBS
Robert WagnerAl MundyIt Takes a ThiefABC
Hal HolbrookHays Stowe*The Bold Ones: The Senator*NBC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Mike ConnorsJoe MannixMannixCBS
Robert YoungDr. Marcus WelbyMarcus Welby, M.D.ABC
Peter FalkColumbo*Columbo*NBC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Mike ConnorsJoe MannixMannixCBS
Keith Michell #Henry VIII of EnglandThe Six Wives of Henry VIII
Robert YoungDr. Marcus WelbyMarcus Welby, M.D.ABC
Richard ThomasJohn-Boy Walton*The Waltons*CBS
David CarradineKwai Chang CaineKung FuABC
Mike ConnorsJoe MannixMannixCBS
William ConradFrank CannonCannon
Peter FalkColumboColumboNBC
Telly SavalasLt. Theo Kojak*Kojak*CBS
William ConradFrank CannonCannonCBS
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
Richard ThomasJohn-Boy WaltonThe WaltonsCBS
Robert BlakeDet. Tony Baretta*Baretta*ABC
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
Barry NewmanAnthony J. PetrocelliPetrocelliNBC
Telly SavalasLt. Theo KojakKojakCBS
Peter FalkColumbo*Columbo*NBC
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford FilesNBC
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
James GarnerJim Rockford*The Rockford Files*NBC
Robert BlakeDet. Tony BarettaBarettaABC
Peter FalkColumboColumboNBC
Jack KlugmanDr. R. Quincy, M.E.Quincy, M.E.
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
Ed AsnerLou Grant*Lou Grant*CBS
James BroderickDoug LawrenceFamilyABC
Peter FalkColumboColumboNBC
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford Files
Jack KlugmanDr. R. Quincy, M.E.Quincy, M.E.
Ralph WaiteJohn Walton, Sr.The WaltonsCBS
Ron LeibmanMartin Kazinski*Kaz*CBS
Ed AsnerLou GrantLou GrantCBS
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford FilesNBC
Jack KlugmanDr. R. Quincy, M.E.Quincy, M.E.

1980s

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork1980
(32nd)1981
(33rd)1982
(34th)1983
(35th)1984
(36th)
1985
(37th)1986
(38th)1987
(39th)1988
(40th)1989
(41st)
Ed AsnerLou Grant*Lou Grant*CBS
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford FilesNBC
Jack KlugmanR. QuincyQuincy, M.E.
Larry HagmanJ. R. EwingDallasCBS
Daniel J. TravantiFrank Furillo*Hill Street Blues*NBC
Ed AsnerLou GrantLou GrantCBS
Jim Davis (posthumously)Jock EwingDallas
Larry HagmanJ. R. Ewing
Louis Gossett Jr. §Bessie's FatherPalmerstown, U.S.A.
Pernell RobertsTrapper John McIntyreTrapper John, M.D.
Daniel J. TravantiFrank Furillo*Hill Street Blues*NBC
Ed AsnerLou GrantLou GrantCBS
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.
James GarnerBret MaverickBret MaverickNBC
John ForsytheBlake CarringtonDynastyABC
Ed FlandersDonald Westphall*St. Elsewhere*NBC
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.CBS
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
John ForsytheBlake CarringtonDynastyABC
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street BluesNBC
Tom SelleckThomas Magnum*Magnum, P.I.*CBS
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
Ed FlandersDonald Westphall
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street Blues
John ForsytheBlake CarringtonDynastyABC
William DanielsMark Craig*St. Elsewhere*NBC
Don JohnsonSonny CrockettMiami ViceNBC
Ed FlandersDonald WestphallSt. Elsewhere
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street Blues
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.CBS
William DanielsMark Craig*St. Elsewhere*NBC
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.CBS
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe Equalizer
Bruce WillisDavid AddisonMoonlightingABC
Ed FlandersDonald WestphallSt. ElsewhereNBC
Bruce WillisDavid Addison*Moonlighting*ABC
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
Ed FlandersDonald Westphall
Corbin BernsenArnie BeckerL.A. Law
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe EqualizerCBS
Richard KileyJoe Gardner*A Year in the Life*NBC
Corbin BernsenArnie BeckerL.A. LawNBC
Michael TuckerStuart Markowitz
Ron PerlmanVincentBeauty and the BeastCBS
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe EqualizerCBS
Carroll O'ConnorBill Gillespie*In the Heat of the Night*NBC
Ken WahlVinnie TerranovaWiseguyCBS
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe Equalizer
Ron PerlmanVincentBeauty and the Beast
Michael TuckerStuart MarkowitzL.A. LawNBC

1990s

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork1990
(42nd)1991
(43rd)1992
(44th)1993
(45th)1994
(46th)1995
(47th)1996
(48th)1997
(49th)1998
(50th)1999
(51st)
Peter FalkColumbo*Columbo*"Agenda for Murder"ABC
Scott BakulaSam BeckettQuantum LeapNBC
Robert LoggiaNick MancusoMancuso, F.B.I.
Kyle MacLachlanDale CooperTwin PeaksABC
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe EqualizerCBS
James Earl JonesGabriel Bird*Gabriel's Fire*"Pilot"ABC
Scott BakulaSam BeckettQuantum Leap"Shock Theater: October 3, 1954"NBC
Michael MoriartyBenjamin StoneLaw & Order"Indifference"
Peter FalkColumboColumbo"Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star"ABC
Kyle MacLachlanDale CooperTwin Peaks"Episode 16"
Christopher Lloyd §Alistair Dimple*Road to Avonlea*"Another Point of View"Disney Channel
Scott BakulaSam BeckettQuantum Leap"Dreams: February 28, 1979"NBC
Harrison Page §Reverend Walters"Song for the Soul: April 7, 1963"
Kirk Douglas §General KalthrobTales from the Crypt"Yellow"HBO
Rob MorrowJoel FleischmanNorthern Exposure"Jules et Joel"CBS
Michael MoriartyBenjamin StoneLaw & Order"The Wages of Love"NBC
Sam WaterstonForrest BedfordI'll Fly Away"Hard Lessons Master Magician"
Tom SkerrittJimmy Brock*Picket Fences*"High Tidings"CBS
Scott BakulaSam BeckettQuantum Leap"Lee Harvey Oswald: October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963"NBC
Michael MoriartyBenjamin StoneLaw & Order"Night and Fog"
Sam WaterstonForrest BedfordI'll Fly Away"All in the Life"
Rob MorrowJoel FleischmanNorthern Exposure"Kaddish for Uncle Manny"CBS
Dennis FranzAndy Sipowicz*NYPD Blue*"NYPD Lou"ABC
David CarusoJohn KellyNYPD Blue"Pilot"ABC
Michael MoriartyBenjamin StoneLaw & Order"Sanctuary"NBC
Tom SkerrittJimmy BrockPicket Fences"Dairy Queen"CBS
Peter FalkColumboColumbo"It's All in the Game"ABC
Mandy PatinkinJeffrey Geiger*Chicago Hope*"Over the Rainbow"CBS
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD Blue"A.D.A. Sipowicz"ABC
Jimmy SmitsBobby Simone"The Bookie and Kooky Cookie"
George ClooneyDoug RossER"Long Day's Journey"NBC
Anthony EdwardsMark Greene"Love's Labor Lost"
Dennis FranzAndy Sipowicz*NYPD Blue*"Closing Time"ABC
Jimmy SmitsBobby SimoneNYPD Blue"A Death in the Family"ABC
Andre BraugherFrank PembletonHomicide: Life on the Street"For God and Country"NBC
George ClooneyDoug RossER"Hell and High Water"
Anthony EdwardsMark Greene"A Shift in the Night"
Dennis FranzAndy Sipowicz*NYPD Blue*"Where's 'Swaldo?"ABC
Jimmy SmitsBobby SimoneNYPD Blue"My Wild Irish Nose"ABC
David DuchovnyFox MulderThe X-Files"Small Potatoes"Fox
Anthony EdwardsMark GreeneER"Tribes"NBC
Sam WaterstonJack McCoyLaw & Order"Mad Dog"
Andre BraugherFrank Pembleton*Homicide: Life on the Street*"Fallen Heroes, Part 2"NBC
David DuchovnyFox MulderThe X-Files"Redux II"Fox
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD Blue"The One That Got Away"ABC
Jimmy SmitsBobby Simone"Lost Israel"
Anthony EdwardsMark GreeneER"Family Practice"NBC
Dennis FranzAndy Sipowicz*NYPD Blue*"Safe Home"ABC
Jimmy SmitsBobby SimoneNYPD Blue"Hearts and Souls"ABC
James GandolfiniTony SopranoThe Sopranos"The Sopranos"HBO
Dylan McDermottBobby DonnellThe Practice"Happily Ever After"ABC
Sam WaterstonJack McCoyLaw & Order"Sideshow"NBC

2000s

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork2000
(52nd)2001
(53rd)2002
(54th)2003
(55th)2004
(56th)2005
(57th)2006
(58th)2007
(59th)2008
(60th)2009
(61st)
James GandolfiniTony Soprano*The Sopranos*"The Happy Wanderer"HBO
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD Blue"The Last Round Up"ABC
Jerry OrbachLennie BriscoeLaw & Order"Marathon"NBC
Martin SheenJosiah BartletThe West Wing"Take This Sabbath Day"
Sam WaterstonJack McCoyLaw & Order"Killerz"
James GandolfiniTony Soprano*The Sopranos*"Amour Fou"HBO
Andre BraugherDr. Ben GideonGideon's Crossing"The Lottery"ABC
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD Blue"In the Wind"
Martin SheenJosiah BartletThe West Wing"Two Cathedrals"NBC
Rob LoweSam Seaborn"Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Michael ChiklisVic Mackey*The Shield*"Pilot"FX
Kiefer SutherlandJack Bauer24"11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m."Fox
Martin SheenJosiah BartletThe West Wing"Night Five"NBC
Michael C. HallDavid FisherSix Feet Under"A Private Life"HBO
Peter KrauseNate Fisher"In the Game"
James GandolfiniTony Soprano*The Sopranos*"Whitecaps"HBO
Kiefer SutherlandJack Bauer24"Day 2: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m."Fox
Martin SheenJosiah BartletThe West Wing"Twenty Five"NBC
Michael ChiklisVic MackeyThe Shield"Dominoes Falling"FX
Peter KrauseNate FisherSix Feet Under"The Secret"HBO
James SpaderAlan Shore*The Practice*"Mr. Shore Goes to Town"ABC
Anthony LaPagliaJack MaloneWithout a TraceCBS
James GandolfiniTony SopranoThe Sopranos"Where's Johnny?"HBO
Kiefer SutherlandJack Bauer24"Day 3: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m."Fox
Martin SheenJosiah BartletThe West Wing"Memorial Day"NBC
James SpaderAlan Shore*Boston Legal*"Death Be Not Proud"ABC
Hank AzariaDr. Craig "Huff" HuffstodtHuff"Crazy Nuts & All Fucked Up"Showtime
Hugh LaurieGregory HouseHouse"Detox"Fox
Ian McShaneAl SwearengenDeadwood"The Whores Can Come"HBO
Kiefer SutherlandJack Bauer24"Day 4: 2:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m."Fox
Kiefer SutherlandJack Bauer*24*"Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."Fox
Christopher MeloniElliot StablerLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit"Ripped"NBC
Denis LearyTommy GavinRescue Me"Justice"FX
Martin SheenJosiah BartletThe West Wing"Tomorrow"NBC
Peter KrauseNate FisherSix Feet Under"Time Flies"HBO
James SpaderAlan Shore*Boston Legal*"Angel of Death"ABC
Denis LearyTommy GavinRescue Me"Retards"FX
Hugh LaurieGregory HouseHouse"Half-Wit"Fox
James GandolfiniTony SopranoThe Sopranos"The Second Coming"HBO
Kiefer SutherlandJack Bauer24"Day 6: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m."Fox
Bryan CranstonWalter White*Breaking Bad*"Pilot"AMC
Gabriel ByrnePaul WestonIn Treatment"Week 4: Paul and Gina"HBO
Hugh LaurieGregory HouseHouse"House's Head"Fox
James SpaderAlan ShoreBoston Legal"The Court Supreme"ABC
Jon HammDon DraperMad Men"The Wheel"AMC
Michael C. HallDexter MorganDexter"There's Something About Harry"Showtime
Bryan CranstonWalter White*Breaking Bad*"Phoenix"AMC
Gabriel ByrnePaul WestonIn Treatment"Week 4: Gina"HBO
Hugh LaurieGregory HouseHouse"Under My Skin"Fox
Jon HammDon DraperMad Men"The Mountain King"AMC
Michael C. HallDexter MorganDexter"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"Showtime
Simon BakerPatrick JaneThe Mentalist"Pilot"CBS

2010s

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork2010
(62nd)
2011
(63rd)
2012
(64th)
2013
(65th)
2014
(66th)
2015
(67th)
2016
(68th)
2017
(69th)
2018
(70th)
2019
(71st)
Bryan CranstonWalter White*Breaking Bad*"Full Measure"AMC
Hugh LaurieGregory HouseHouse"Broken"Fox
Jon HammDon DraperMad Men"The Gypsy and the Hobo"AMC
Kyle ChandlerEric TaylorFriday Night Lights"East of Dillon"DirecTV
Matthew FoxJack ShephardLost"The End"ABC
Michael C. HallDexter MorganDexter"The Getaway"Showtime
Kyle ChandlerEric Taylor*Friday Night Lights*"Always"DirecTV
Hugh LaurieGregory HouseHouse"After Hours"Fox
Jon HammDon DraperMad Men"The Suitcase"AMC
Michael C. HallDexter MorganDexter"Teenage Wasteland"Showtime
Steve BuscemiNucky ThompsonBoardwalk Empire"A Return to Normalcy"HBO
Timothy OlyphantRaylan GivensJustified"Reckoning"FX
Damian LewisNicholas Brody*Homeland*"Marine One"Showtime
Bryan CranstonWalter WhiteBreaking Bad"Crawl Space"AMC
Hugh BonnevilleRobert CrawleyDownton Abbey"Episode Seven"PBS
Jon HammDon DraperMad Men"The Other Woman"AMC
Michael C. HallDexter MorganDexter"Nebraska"Showtime
Steve BuscemiNucky ThompsonBoardwalk Empire"Two Boats and a Lifeguard"HBO
Jeff DanielsWill McAvoy*The Newsroom*"We Just Decided To"HBO
Bryan CranstonWalter WhiteBreaking Bad"Say My Name"AMC
Damian LewisNicholas BrodyHomeland"Q&A"Showtime
Hugh BonnevilleRobert CrawleyDownton Abbey"Episode Five"PBS
Jon HammDon DraperMad Men"In Care Of"AMC
Kevin SpaceyFrank UnderwoodHouse of Cards"Chapter 1"Netflix
Bryan CranstonWalter White*Breaking Bad*"Ozymandias"AMC
Jeff DanielsWill McAvoyThe Newsroom"Election Night, Part 2"HBO
Jon HammDon DraperMad Men"The Strategy"AMC
Kevin SpaceyFrank UnderwoodHouse of Cards"Chapter 26"Netflix
Matthew McConaugheyRust CohleTrue Detective"Form and Void"HBO
Woody HarrelsonMartin Hart"The Locked Room"
Jon HammDon Draper*Mad Men*"Person to Person"AMC
Bob OdenkirkJimmy McGillBetter Call Saul"Pimento"AMC
Jeff DanielsWill McAvoyThe Newsroom"What Kind of Day Has It Been"HBO
Kevin SpaceyFrank UnderwoodHouse of Cards"Chapter 32"Netflix
Kyle ChandlerJohn RayburnBloodline"Part 12"
Liev SchreiberRay DonovanRay Donovan"Walk This Way"Showtime
Rami MalekElliot Alderson*Mr. Robot*"eps1.0 hellofriend.mov"USA Network
Bob OdenkirkJimmy McGillBetter Call Saul"Klick"AMC
Kevin SpaceyFrank UnderwoodHouse of Cards"Chapter 52"Netflix
Kyle ChandlerJohn RayburnBloodline"Part 23"
Liev SchreiberRay DonovanRay Donovan"Exsuscito"Showtime
Matthew RhysPhilip JenningsThe Americans"The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears"FX
Sterling K. BrownRandall Pearson*This Is Us*"Memphis"NBC
Anthony HopkinsDr. Robert FordWestworld"The Bicameral Mind"HBO
Bob OdenkirkJimmy McGillBetter Call Saul"Expenses"AMC
Kevin SpaceyFrank UnderwoodHouse of Cards"Chapter 53"Netflix
Liev SchreiberRay DonovanRay Donovan"Rattus Rattus"Showtime
Matthew RhysPhilip JenningsThe Americans"Crossbreed"FX
Milo VentimigliaJack PearsonThis Is Us"Moonshadow"NBC
Matthew RhysPhilip Jennings*The Americans*"START"FX
Ed HarrisThe Man in Black / WilliamWestworld"Vanishing Point"HBO
Jason BatemanMartin "Marty" ByrdeOzark"The Toll"Netflix
Jeffrey WrightBernard LoweWestworld"The Passenger"HBO
Milo VentimigliaJack PearsonThis Is Us"The Car"NBC
Sterling K. BrownRandall Pearson"Number Three"
Billy PorterPray Tell*Pose*"Love Is the Message"FX
Bob OdenkirkJimmy McGillBetter Call Saul"Winner"AMC
Jason BatemanMartin "Marty" ByrdeOzark"Reparations"Netflix
Kit HaringtonJon SnowGame of Thrones"The Iron Throne"HBO
Milo VentimigliaJack PearsonThis Is Us"Sometimes"NBC
Sterling K. BrownRandall Pearson"R & B"

2020s

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork2020
(72nd)
2021
(73rd)
2022
(74th)
2023
(75th)
2024
(76th)
2025
(77th)
Jeremy StrongKendall Roy*Succession*"This Is Not for Tears"HBO
Billy PorterPray TellPose"Love's in Need of Love Today"FX
Brian CoxLogan RoySuccession"Hunting"HBO
Jason BatemanMarty ByrdeOzark"Su Casa Es Mi Casa"Netflix
Sterling K. BrownRandall PearsonThis Is Us"After the Fire"NBC
Steve CarellMitch KesslerThe Morning Show"Lonely at the Top"Apple TV+
Josh O'ConnorCharles, Prince of Wales*The Crown*"Terra Nullius"Netflix
Billy PorterPray TellPose"Take Me To Church"FX
Jonathan MajorsAtticus FreemanLovecraft Country"Sundown"HBO
Matthew RhysPerry MasonPerry Mason"Chapter 8"
Regé-Jean PageSimon BassettBridgerton"Art of the Swoon"Netflix
Sterling K. BrownRandall PearsonThis Is Us"Forty: Part 2"NBC
Lee Jung-jaeSeong Gi-hun*Squid Game*"Gganbu"Netflix
Adam ScottMark Scout / Mark SSeverance"Good News About Hell"Apple TV+
Bob OdenkirkJimmy McGill / Saul GoodmanBetter Call Saul"Plan and Execution"AMC
Brian CoxLogan RoySuccession"All the Bells Say"HBO
Jason BatemanMarty ByrdeOzark"Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin’"Netflix
Jeremy StrongKendall RoySuccession"Too Much Birthday"HBO
Kieran CulkinRoman Roy*Succession*"Church and State"HBO
Jeff BridgesDan ChaseThe Old Man"I"FX
Brian CoxLogan RoySuccession"Rehearsal"HBO
Bob OdenkirkJimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene TakovicBetter Call Saul"Saul Gone"AMC
Pedro PascalJoel MillerThe Last of Us"Kin"HBO
Jeremy StrongKendall RoySuccession"With Open Eyes"
Hiroyuki SanadaLord Yoshii Toranaga*Shōgun*"The Abyss of Life"FX
Idris ElbaSam NelsonHijack"Comply Slowly"Apple TV+
Donald GloverJohn Smith / MichaelMr. & Mrs. Smith"Couples Therapy (Naked & Afraid)"Prime Video
Walton GogginsThe Ghoul / Cooper HowardFallout"The Ghouls"
Gary OldmanJackson LambSlow Horses"Footprints"Apple TV+
Dominic WestCharles, Prince of WalesThe Crown"Aftermath"Netflix
Noah WyleDr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch*The Pitt*"9:00 P.M."HBO Max
Sterling K. BrownXavier CollinsParadise"The Day"Hulu
Gary OldmanJackson LambSlow Horses"Identity Theft"Apple TV+
Pedro PascalJoel MillerThe Last of Us"The Price"HBO
Adam ScottMark Scout / Mark SSeverance"Cold Harbor"Apple TV+

Programs with multiple wins

;4 wins

  • Breaking Bad (3 consecutive)
  • NYPD Blue (2 consecutive)

;3 wins

  • Columbo
  • I Spy (consecutive)
  • The Sopranos (2 consecutive)
  • St. Elsewhere (2 consecutive)

;2 wins

  • Boston Legal
  • The Defenders
  • Father Knows Best (consecutive)
  • Hill Street Blues (consecutive)
  • Lou Grant
  • Perry Mason
  • Succession

Programs with multiple nominations

;14 nominations

  • NYPD Blue

;10 nominations

  • St. Elsewhere

;8 nominations

  • Columbo
  • Law & Order
  • Mad Men
  • This Is Us

;7 nominations

  • Succession
  • The West Wing

;6 nominations

  • 24
  • Better Call Saul
  • Breaking Bad
  • ER
  • House
  • I Spy
  • The Sopranos

;5 nominations

  • Dexter
  • The Equalizer
  • Hill Street Blues
  • House of Cards
  • Ironside
  • Lou Grant
  • Magnum, P.I.
  • Quantum Leap
  • The Rockford Files

;4 nominations

  • L.A. Law
  • Mannix
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Ozark
  • Quincy, M.E.
  • Six Feet Under
  • The Streets of San Francisco

;3 nominations

  • The Americans
  • Boston Legal
  • Dallas
  • The Danny Thomas Show Originally titled "Make Room for Daddy", where the series was nominated twice.
  • Dynasty
  • Father Knows Best
  • The Fugitive
  • Gunsmoke
  • The Jackie Gleason Show
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • The Newsroom
  • Perry Mason
  • Pose
  • Ray Donovan
  • The Waltons
  • Westworld

;2 nominations

  • Baretta
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Bloodline
  • Boardwalk Empire
  • The Bob Cummings Show
  • Cannon
  • The Crown
  • The Defenders
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show
  • Downton Abbey
  • Dragnet
  • Four Star Playhouse
  • Friday Night Lights
  • Have Gun – Will Travel
  • Hennesey
  • Homeland
  • Homicide: Life on the Street
  • I'll Fly Away
  • In Treatment
  • Kojak
  • The Last of Us
  • Moonlighting
  • Naked City
  • Northern Exposure
  • The Phil Silvers Show
  • Picket Fences
  • The Practice
  • Rescue Me
  • Run for Your Life
  • Severance
  • The Shield
  • Slow Horses
  • True Detective
  • Twin Peaks
  • The Untouchables
  • The X-Files

Performers with multiple wins

;4 wins

  • Bryan Cranston (3 consecutive)
  • Dennis Franz (2 consecutive)

;3 wins

  • Bill Cosby (consecutive)
  • Peter Falk
  • James Gandolfini (2 consecutive)
  • James Spader (2 consecutive)
  • Robert Young (2 consecutive)

;2 wins

  • Ed Asner
  • Raymond Burr
  • William Daniels (consecutive)
  • E. G. Marshall (consecutive)
  • Daniel J. Travanti (consecutive)

Performers with multiple nominations

;8 nominations

  • Raymond Burr*
  • Peter Falk*
  • Dennis Franz*
  • Jon Hamm*

;7 nominations

  • James Garner*

;6 nominations

  • Sterling K. Brown*
  • Bryan Cranston*
  • James Gandolfini*
  • Michael C. Hall
  • Hugh Laurie
  • Bob Odenkirk
  • Martin Sheen
  • Kiefer Sutherland*
  • Robert Young*

;5 nominations

  • Ed Asner*
  • William Daniels*
  • Ed Flanders*
  • Tom Selleck*
  • Jimmy Smits
  • Kevin Spacey
  • Daniel J. Travanti*
  • Sam Waterston
  • Edward Woodward

;4 nominations

  • Scott Bakula
  • Jason Bateman
  • Richard Boone
  • Kyle Chandler*
  • Mike Connors
  • Anthony Edwards
  • Jack Klugman
  • Karl Malden
  • Michael Moriarty
  • Matthew Rhys*
  • James Spader*

;3 nominations

  • James Arness
  • Andre Braugher*
  • Bill Cosby*
  • Brian Cox
  • Robert Culp
  • Jeff Daniels*
  • John Forsythe
  • David Janssen
  • Peter Krause
  • Martin Landau
  • Billy Porter*
  • Liev Schreiber
  • Jeremy Strong*
  • Milo Ventimiglia

;2 nominations

  • Corbin Bernsen
  • Robert Blake*
  • Hugh Bonneville
  • Paul Burke
  • Steve Buscemi
  • Gabriel Byrne
  • Michael Chiklis*
  • George Clooney
  • William Conrad
  • Jackie Cooper
  • David Duchovny
  • Ben Gazzara
  • Larry Hagman
  • Denis Leary
  • Damian Lewis*
  • Kyle MacLachlan
  • E. G. Marshall*
  • Rob Morrow
  • Gary Oldman
  • Pedro Pascal
  • Ron Perlman
  • Telly Savalas*
  • Adam Scott
  • Tom Skerritt*
  • Robert Stack*
  • Richard Thomas*
  • Michael Tucker
  • Jack Webb
  • Bruce Willis*

(*) refers to those who have won in this category

Superlatives

SuperlativePerformerProgramYearAge
Oldest WinnerRichard KileyA Year in the Life1988
(40th)66
Oldest NomineeAnthony HopkinsWestworld2017
(69th)79
Youngest WinnerRichard ThomasThe Waltons1973
(25th)21
Youngest Nominee

Notes

References

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