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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Award
Award
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | |
| country | United States | |
| year | 1954 | |
| holder | Tramell Tillman, | |
| Severance (2025) | ||
| website | ||
| image | Tramel Tillman at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 05.jpg | caption=The 2025 recipient: Tramell Tillman |
Severance (2025)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with 1970, supporting actors in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances often 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, prior to the category's creation in 1975
- § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation in 1975
FOX is the only one of the Big Four networks to not win this category, with only one nomination.
Winners and nominations
1950s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Best Series Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Supporting Performance by an Actor | Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series | Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | ||||||||||
| (6th) | ||||||||||
| Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories | ||||||||||
| Art Carney | Various characters | *The Jackie Gleason Show* | CBS | |||||||
| Ben Alexander | Officer Frank Smith | Dragnet | NBC | |||||||
| William Frawley | Fred Mertz | I Love Lucy | CBS | |||||||
| Tony Randall | Harvey Weskitt | Mister Peepers | NBC | |||||||
| Carl Reiner | Various characters | Your Show of Shows | ||||||||
| 1955 | ||||||||||
| (7th) | ||||||||||
| Art Carney | Various characters | *The Jackie Gleason Show* | CBS | |||||||
| Ben Alexander | Officer Frank Smith | Dragnet | NBC | |||||||
| Don DeFore | Thorny | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet | ABC | |||||||
| William Frawley | Fred Mertz | I Love Lucy | CBS | |||||||
| Gale Gordon | Osgood Conklin | Our Miss Brooks | ||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||
| (8th) | ||||||||||
| Art Carney | Ed Norton | *The Honeymooners* | CBS | |||||||
| Ed Begley # | Andy Sloane | Patterns | NBC | |||||||
| William Frawley | Fred Mertz | I Love Lucy | CBS | |||||||
| Carl Reiner | Various characters | Caesar's Hour | NBC | |||||||
| Cyril Ritchard # | Mr. Darling / Captain Hook | Peter Pan | ||||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||||
| (9th) | ||||||||||
| Carl Reiner | Various characters | *Caesar's Hour* | NBC | |||||||
| Art Carney | Various characters | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | |||||||
| Paul Ford | Col. John T. Hall | The Phil Silvers Show | ||||||||
| William Frawley | Fred Mertz | I Love Lucy | ||||||||
| Ed Wynn # | Army | Requiem for a Heavyweight | ||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||
| (10th) | ||||||||||
| Carl Reiner | Various characters | *Caesar's Hour* | NBC | |||||||
| Paul Ford | Col. John T. Hall | The Phil Silvers Show | CBS | |||||||
| William Frawley | Fred Mertz | I Love Lucy | ||||||||
| Louis Nye | Various characters | The Steve Allen Show | NBC | |||||||
| Dennis Weaver | Chester Goode | Gunsmoke | CBS | |||||||
| 1959 | ||||||||||
| (11th) | ||||||||||
| Dennis Weaver | Chester Goode | *Gunsmoke* | CBS | |||||||
| Herschel Bernardi | Lt. Jacoby | Peter Gunn | NBC | |||||||
| Johnny Crawford | Mark McCain | The Rifleman | ABC | |||||||
| William Hopper | Paul Drake | Perry Mason | CBS |
1960s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support) | Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series | Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor | Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ||||||||||
| (12th) | ||||||||||
| Robert Stack | Eliot Ness | *The Untouchables* | ABC | |||||||
| Richard Boone | Paladin | Have Gun – Will Travel | CBS | |||||||
| Raymond Burr | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | ||||||||
| 1961 | ||||||||||
| (13th) | ||||||||||
| Don Knotts | Barney Fife | *The Andy Griffith Show* | CBS | |||||||
| Abby Dalton | Lt. Martha Hale | Hennesey | CBS | |||||||
| Barbara Hale | Della Street | Perry Mason | ||||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||
| (14th) | ||||||||||
| Don Knotts | Barney Fife | *The Andy Griffith Show* | CBS | |||||||
| Sam Jaffe | Dr. David Zorba | Ben Casey | ABC | |||||||
| Barry Jones # | The Dean | Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |||||||
| Horace McMahon | Lt. Mike Parker | Naked City | ABC | |||||||
| George C. Scott § | Dr. Karl Anders | Ben Casey | ||||||||
| 1963 | ||||||||||
| (15th) | ||||||||||
| Don Knotts | Barney Fife | *The Andy Griffith Show* | CBS | |||||||
| Tim Conway | Ens. Charles Parker | McHale's Navy | ABC | |||||||
| Paul Ford # | Col. Wainwright Purdy III | Teahouse of the August Moon: Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |||||||
| Hurd Hatfield # | Lionel de Rothschild | Invincible Mr. Disraeli: Hallmark Hall of Fame | ||||||||
| Robert Redford # | George Laurents | Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire | ABC | |||||||
| 1964 | ||||||||||
| (16th) | ||||||||||
| Albert Paulsen # | Lt. Volkoval | *Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre* | NBC | |||||||
| Sorrell Booke § | Julius Orloff | Dr. Kildare | NBC | |||||||
| Conlan Carter | Doc | Combat! | ABC | |||||||
| Carl Lee § | Lonnie Hill | The Nurses | CBS | |||||||
| 1965 | ||||||||||
| (17th) | ||||||||||
| Leonard Bernstein | Conductor | *New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein* | CBS | |||||||
| Lynn Fontanne | Fanny Bowditch Holmes | Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee" | NBC | |||||||
| Alfred Lunt | Oliver Wendell Holmes | |||||||||
| Barbra Streisand | Herself | *My Name Is Barbra* | CBS | |||||||
| Dick Van Dyke | Rob Petrie | *The Dick Van Dyke Show* | ||||||||
| Julie Andrews | Herself | The Andy Williams Show | NBC | |||||||
| Johnny Carson | Himself | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | ||||||||
| Gladys Cooper | Margaret St. Clair | The Rogues | ||||||||
| Robert Coote | Timmy St. Clair | |||||||||
| Richard Crenna | James Slattery | Slattery's People | CBS | |||||||
| Julie Harris | Florence Nightingale | Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror" | NBC | |||||||
| Bob Hope | Himself | Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special | ||||||||
| Dean Jagger | Principal Albert Vane | Mr. Novak | ||||||||
| Danny Kaye | Himself | The Danny Kaye Show | CBS | |||||||
| David McCallum | Illya Kuryakin | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | NBC | |||||||
| Red Skelton | Himself | The Red Skelton Hour | CBS | |||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||
| (18th) | ||||||||||
| James Daly # | Dr. O'Meara | *Eagle in a Cage* | NBC | |||||||
| David Burns § | The Great McGonigle | The Trials of O'Brien | CBS | |||||||
| Leo G. Carroll | Alexander Waverly | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | NBC | |||||||
| 1967 | ||||||||||
| (19th) | ||||||||||
| Eli Wallach # | Happy Locarno | *The Poppy Is Also a Flower* | ABC | |||||||
| Leo G. Carroll | Alexander Waverly | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | NBC | |||||||
| Leonard Nimoy | Spock | Star Trek | ||||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||||
| (20th) | ||||||||||
| Milburn Stone | Doc | *Gunsmoke* | CBS | |||||||
| Joseph Campanella | Lew Wickersham | Mannix | CBS | |||||||
| Lawrence Dobkin # | Dr. Gettlinger | CBS Playhouse | ||||||||
| Leonard Nimoy | Spock | Star Trek | NBC | |||||||
| 1969 | ||||||||||
| (21st) | ||||||||||
| Werner Klemperer | Colonel Klink | *Hogan's Heroes* | CBS | |||||||
| Greg Morris | Barney Collier | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |||||||
| Leonard Nimoy | Spock | Star Trek | NBC |
1970s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama | Best Supporting Actor in Drama | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||||||||
| (22nd) | ||||||||
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | *Marcus Welby, M.D.* | ABC | |||||
| Tige Andrews | Capt. Adam Greer | The Mod Squad | ABC | |||||
| Greg Morris | Barney Collier | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |||||
| 1971 | ||||||||
| (23rd) | ||||||||
| David Burns # | Mr. Solomon | *The Price: Hallmark Hall of Fame* | NBC | |||||
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |||||
| Robert Young # | Senator Earl Gannon | Vanished!: NBC World Premiere Movie | NBC | |||||
| 1972 | ||||||||
| (24th) | ||||||||
| Jack Warden # | George Halas | *Brian's Song: ABC Movie of the Week* | ABC | |||||
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |||||
| Greg Morris | Barney Collier | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |||||
| 1973 | ||||||||
| (25th) | ||||||||
| Scott Jacoby # | Nick Salter | *That Certain Summer: ABC Movie of the Week* | ABC | |||||
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |||||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |||||
| 1974 | ||||||||
| (26th) | ||||||||
| Michael Moriarty # | Jim O'Connor | *The Glass Menagerie* | ABC | |||||
| Sam Waterston # | Tom Wingfield | The Glass Menagerie | ABC | |||||
| Michael Douglas | Steve Keller | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |||||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |||||
| 1975 | ||||||||
| (27th) | ||||||||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | *The Waltons* | CBS | |||||
| J.D. Cannon | Peter B. Clifford | McCloud | NBC | |||||
| Michael Douglas | Steve Keller | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |||||
| 1976 | ||||||||
| (28th) | ||||||||
| Anthony Zerbe | Lt. K.C. Trench | *Harry O* | ABC | |||||
| Ray Milland # | Duncan Calderwood | Rich Man, Poor Man | ABC | |||||
| Robert Reed # | Teddy Boylan | |||||||
| Michael Douglas | Steve Keller | The Streets of San Francisco | ||||||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |||||
| 1977 | ||||||||
| (29th) | ||||||||
| Gary Frank | Willie Lawrence | *Family* | ABC | |||||
| Noah Beery Jr. | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |||||
| David Doyle | John Bosley | Charlie's Angels | ABC | |||||
| Tom Ewell | Billy Truman | Baretta | ||||||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |||||
| 1978 | ||||||||
| (30th) | ||||||||
| Robert Vaughn # | Frank Flaherty | *Washington: Behind Closed Doors* | ABC | |||||
| Sam Wanamaker # | Moses Weiss | Holocaust | NBC | |||||
| David Warner # | Heydrich | |||||||
| Ossie Davis # | Martin Luther King Sr. | King | ||||||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |||||
| 1979 | ||||||||
| (31st) | ||||||||
| Stuart Margolin | Evelyn "Angel" Martin | *The Rockford Files* | NBC | |||||
| Noah Beery Jr. | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |||||
| Joe Santos | Det. Dennis Becker | |||||||
| Mason Adams | Charlie Hume | Lou Grant | CBS | |||||
| Robert Walden | Joe Rossi |
1980s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||
| (32nd) | ||||
| Stuart Margolin | Evelyn "Angel" Martin | *The Rockford Files* | NBC | |
| Noah Beery Jr. | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
| Mason Adams | Charlie Hume | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Robert Walden | Joe Rossi | |||
| 1981 | ||||
| (33rd) | ||||
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | *Hill Street Blues* | NBC | |
| Charles Haid | Officer Andy Renko | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | |||
| Mason Adams | Charlie Hume | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Robert Walden | Joe Rossi | |||
| 1982 | ||||
| (34th) | ||||
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | *Hill Street Blues* | NBC | |
| Taurean Blacque | Det. Neal Washington | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| Charles Haid | Officer Andy Renko | |||
| Michael Warren | Officer Bobby Hill | |||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | |||
| 1983 | ||||
| (35th) | ||||
| James Coco § | Arnie | *St. Elsewhere* | NBC | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | ||
| Joe Spano | Sgt. Henry Goldblume | |||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | |||
| 1984 | ||||
| (36th) | ||||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | *Hill Street Blues* | NBC | |
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| James Sikking | Lt. Howard Hunter | |||
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | ||
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
| 1985 | ||||
| (37th) | ||||
| Edward James Olmos | Lt. Martin Castillo | *Miami Vice* | NBC | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | Hill Street Blues | ||
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
| John Karlen | Harvey Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | ||
| 1986 | ||||
| (38th) | ||||
| John Karlen | Harvey Lacey | *Cagney & Lacey* | CBS | |
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Edward James Olmos | Lt. Martin Castillo | Miami Vice | ||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | Hill Street Blues | ||
| 1987 | ||||
| (39th) | ||||
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | *Magnum, P.I.* | CBS | |
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Michael Tucker | Stuart Markowitz | |||
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| John Karlen | Harvey Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | |
| 1988 | ||||
| (40th) | ||||
| Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | *L.A. Law* | NBC | |
| Alan Rachins | Douglas Brackman | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | NBC | ||
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Timothy Busfield | Elliot Weston | Thirtysomething | ABC | |
| 1989 | ||||
| (41st) | ||||
| Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | *L.A. Law* | NBC | |
| Richard Dysart | Leland McKenzie | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | NBC | ||
| Jonathan Banks | Frank McPike | Wiseguy | CBS | |
| Timothy Busfield | Elliot Weston | Thirtysomething | ABC |
1990s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||
| (42nd) | ||||
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | *L.A. Law* | NBC | |
| Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Richard Dysart | Leland McKenzie | |||
| Dean Stockwell | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | ||
| Timothy Busfield | Elliot Weston | Thirtysomething | ABC | |
| 1991 | ||||
| (43rd) | ||||
| Timothy Busfield | Elliot Weston | *Thirtysomething* | ABC | |
| David Clennon | Miles Drentell | Thirtysomething | ABC | |
| Richard Dysart | Leland McKenzie | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | |||
| Dean Stockwell | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | ||
| 1992 | ||||
| (44th) | ||||
| Richard Dysart | Leland McKenzie | *L.A. Law* | NBC | |
| Jimmy Smits § | Victor Sifuentes | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Ed Asner | Walter Kovacs | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | CBS | |
| John Corbett | Chris Stevens | Northern Exposure | ||
| Richard Kiley § | Doug Spaulding | The Ray Bradbury Theater | HBO | |
| Dean Stockwell | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | NBC | |
| 1993 | ||||
| (45th) | ||||
| Chad Lowe | Jesse McKenna | *Life Goes On* | ABC | |
| Barry Corbin | Maurice Minnifield | Northern Exposure | CBS | |
| John Cullum | Holling Vincouver | |||
| Fyvush Finkel | Douglas Wambaugh | Picket Fences | ||
| Dean Stockwell | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | NBC | |
| 1994 | ||||
| (46th) | ||||
| Fyvush Finkel | Douglas Wambaugh | *Picket Fences* | CBS | |
| Ray Walston | Henry Bone | Picket Fences | CBS | |
| Gordon Clapp | Greg Medavoy | NYPD Blue | ABC | |
| Nicholas Turturro | James Martinez | |||
| Barry Corbin | Maurice Minnifield | Northern Exposure | CBS | |
| 1995 | ||||
| (47th) | ||||
| Ray Walston | Henry Bone | *Picket Fences* | CBS | |
| Eriq La Salle | Peter Benton | ER | NBC | |
| Noah Wyle | John Carter | |||
| Héctor Elizondo | Phillip Watters | Chicago Hope | CBS | |
| James Earl Jones | Neb Langston | Under One Roof | ||
| 1996 | ||||
| (48th) | ||||
| Ray Walston | Henry Bone | *Picket Fences* | CBS | |
| Héctor Elizondo | Phillip Watters | Chicago Hope | CBS | |
| James McDaniel | Arthur Fancy | NYPD Blue | ABC | |
| Stanley Tucci | Richard Cross | Murder One | ||
| Noah Wyle | John Carter | ER | NBC | |
| 1997 | ||||
| (49th) | ||||
| Héctor Elizondo | Phillip Watters | *Chicago Hope* | CBS | |
| Eriq La Salle | Peter Benton | ER | NBC | |
| Noah Wyle | John Carter | |||
| Adam Arkin | Aaron Shutt | Chicago Hope | CBS | |
| Nicholas Turturro | James Martinez | NYPD Blue | ABC | |
| 1998 | ||||
| (50th) | ||||
| Gordon Clapp | Greg Medavoy | *NYPD Blue* | ABC | |
| Eriq La Salle | Peter Benton | ER | NBC | |
| Noah Wyle | John Carter | |||
| Steven Hill | Adam Schiff | Law & Order | NBC | |
| Héctor Elizondo | Phillip Watters | Chicago Hope | CBS | |
| 1999 | ||||
| (51st) | ||||
| Michael Badalucco | Jimmy Berluti | *The Practice* | ABC | |
| Benjamin Bratt | Rey Curtis | Law & Order | NBC | |
| Steven Hill | Adam Schiff | |||
| Noah Wyle | John Carter | ER | ||
| Steve Harris | Eugene Young | The Practice | ABC |
2000s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | |||||
| (52nd) | |||||
| Richard Schiff | Toby Ziegler | *The West Wing* | "In Excelsis Deo” + “Five Votes Down" | NBC | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” + “Five Votes Down" | NBC | |
| Michael Badalucco | Jimmy Berlutti | The Practice | ABC | ||
| Steve Harris | Eugene Young | ||||
| Dominic Chianese | Junior Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
| 2001 | |||||
| (53rd) | |||||
| Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | *The West Wing* | "Noel" + "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" | NBC | |
| Richard Schiff | Toby Ziegler | The West Wing | "17 People" + "The Leadership Breakfast" | NBC | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" + "The Leadership Breakfast" | |||
| Dominic Chianese | Junior Soprano | The Sopranos | "Second Opinion" + "Another Toothpick" | HBO | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | "Fortunate Son" + "Pine Barrens" | |||
| 2002 | |||||
| (54th) | |||||
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | *The West Wing* | "Bartlet for America" + "We Killed Yamamoto" | NBC | |
| Richard Schiff | Toby Ziegler | The West Wing | "Hartsfield's Landing" + "Night Five" | NBC | |
| Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | "H.Con-172" + "The Two Bartlets" | |||
| Dulé Hill | Charlie Young | "Hartsfield's Landing" + "Enemies, Foreign and Domestic" | |||
| Victor Garber | Jack Bristow | Alias | "Color Blind" + "Almost Thirty Years" | ABC | |
| Freddy Rodriguez | Federico "Rico" Diaz | Six Feet Under | "The Trip" + "I'll Take You" | HBO | |
| 2003 | |||||
| (55th) | |||||
| Joe Pantoliano | Ralph Cifaretto | *The Sopranos* | "Christopher" + "Whoever Did This" | HBO | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | "Red Mass" + "Twenty Five" | NBC | |
| Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | "20 Hours In America" + "Evidence of Things Not Seen" | |||
| Victor Garber | Jack Bristow | Alias | "Passage Part 2" + "Endgame" | ABC | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | "The Strong, Silent Type" + "Whoever Did This" | HBO | |
| 2004 | |||||
| (56th) | |||||
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | *The Sopranos* | "Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking" | HBO | |
| Steve Buscemi | Tony Blundetto | The Sopranos | "Rat Pack" + "Marco Polo" | HBO | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | "An Khe" + "Memorial Day" | NBC | |
| Brad Dourif | Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran | Deadwood | "Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters" | HBO | |
| Victor Garber | Jack Bristow | Alias | "Breaking Point" + "Hourglass" | ABC | |
| 2005 | |||||
| (57th) | |||||
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | *Boston Legal* | "It Girls and Beyond" + "Tortured Souls" | ABC | |
| Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah | Lost | "Solitary" + "The Greater Good" | ABC | |
| Terry O'Quinn | John Locke | "Walkabout" + "The Moth" | |||
| Alan Alda | Arnold Vinick | The West Wing | "King Corn" + "In God We Trust" | NBC | |
| Oliver Platt | Russell Tupper | Huff | "That F**kin'Cabin" + "Crazy, Nuts and All Messed Up | Showtime | |
| 2006 | |||||
| (58th) | |||||
| Alan Alda | Arnold Vinick | *The West Wing* | "Two Weeks Out" + "The Last Hurrah" | NBC | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | "Luxury Lounge" + "The Ride" | HBO | |
| Gregory Itzin | Charles Logan | 24 | "Day 5: 3:00-4:00am" + "Day 5: 6:00-7:00am" | Fox | |
| Oliver Platt | Russell Tupper | Huff | "Red Meat" + "So…What Brings You to Armageddon" | Showtime | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | "Witches of Mass Destruction" + "Live Big" | ABC | |
| 2007 | |||||
| (59th) | |||||
| Terry O'Quinn | John Locke | *Lost* | "The Man from Tallahassee" | ABC | |
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | Lost | "The Man Behind the Curtain" | ABC | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | "Walk Like a Man" | HBO | |
| T. R. Knight | George O'Malley | Grey's Anatomy | "Six Days, Parts 1 & 2" | ABC | |
| Masi Oka | Hiro Nakamura | Heroes | "Five Years Gone" | NBC | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | "Son of a Defender" | ABC | |
| 2008 | |||||
| (60th) | |||||
| Željko Ivanek | Ray Fiske | *Damages* | "I Hate These People" | FX | |
| Ted Danson | Arthur Frobisher | Damages | "Jesus, Mary and Joe C-cker" | FX | |
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | Lost | "The Shape of Things to Come" | ABC | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | "Mad About You" | ||
| John Slattery | Roger Sterling | Mad Men | "Long Weekend" | AMC | |
| 2009 | |||||
| (61st) | |||||
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | *Lost* | "Dead is Dead" | ABC | |
| Christian Clemenson | Jerry Espenson | Boston Legal | "Roe" | ABC | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | "Made in China"/"Last Call" | |||
| William Hurt | Daniel Purcell | Damages | "Hey! Mr. Pibb!" | FX | |
| Aaron Paul | Jesse Pinkman | Breaking Bad | "Peekaboo" | AMC | |
| John Slattery | Roger Sterling | Mad Men | "Six Month Leave" |
2010s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||||
| (62nd) | |||||
| Aaron Paul | Jesse Pinkman | *Breaking Bad* | "Half Measures" | AMC | |
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | Lost | "Dr. Linus" | ABC | |
| Terry O'Quinn | John Locke | "The Substitute" | |||
| Andre Braugher | Owen Thoreau, Jr. | Men of a Certain Age | "Powerless" | TNT | |
| Martin Short | Leonard Winstone | Damages | "You Haven't Replaced Me" | FX | |
| John Slattery | Roger Sterling | Mad Men | "The Gypsy and the Hobo" | AMC | |
| 2011 | |||||
| (63rd) | |||||
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | *Game of Thrones* | "Baelor" | HBO | |
| Josh Charles | Will Gardner | The Good Wife | "Closing Arguments" | CBS | |
| Alan Cumming | Eli Gold | "Silver Bullet" | |||
| Andre Braugher | Owen Thoreau, Jr. | Men of a Certain Age | "Let the Sunshine In" | TNT | |
| Walton Goggins | Boyd Crowder | Justified | "The I of the Storm" | FX | |
| John Slattery | Roger Sterling | Mad Men | "Hands and Knees" | AMC | |
| 2012 | |||||
| (64th) | |||||
| Aaron Paul | Jesse Pinkman | *Breaking Bad* | "End Times" | AMC | |
| Giancarlo Esposito | Gus Fring | Breaking Bad | "Hermanos" | AMC | |
| Jim Carter | Charles Carson | Downton Abbey | "Episode 202" | PBS | |
| Brendan Coyle | John Bates | "Episode 207" | |||
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | Game of Thrones | "Blackwater" | HBO | |
| Jared Harris | Lane Pryce | Mad Men | "Commissions and Fees" | AMC | |
| 2013 | |||||
| (65th) | |||||
| Bobby Cannavale | Gyp Rosetti | *Boardwalk Empire* | "Sunday Best" | HBO | |
| Jonathan Banks | Mike Ehrmantraut | Breaking Bad | "Say My Name" | AMC | |
| Aaron Paul | Jesse Pinkman | "Buyout" | |||
| Jim Carter | Charles Carson | Downton Abbey | "Episode 306" | PBS | |
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | Game of Thrones | "Second Sons" | HBO | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Saul Berenson | Homeland | "The Choice" | Showtime | |
| 2014 | |||||
| (66th) | |||||
| Aaron Paul | Jesse Pinkman | *Breaking Bad* | "Confessions" | AMC | |
| Jim Carter | Charles Carson | Downton Abbey | "Episode 401" | PBS | |
| Josh Charles | Will Gardner | The Good Wife | "Hitting the Fan" | CBS | |
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | Game of Thrones | "The Laws of Gods and Men" | HBO | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Saul Berenson | Homeland | "Gerontion" | Showtime | |
| Jon Voight | Mickey Donovan | Ray Donovan | "Fite Nite" | ||
| 2015 | |||||
| (67th) | |||||
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | *Game of Thrones* | "Hardhome" | HBO | |
| Jonathan Banks | Mike Ehrmantraut | Better Call Saul | "Five-O" | AMC | |
| Jim Carter | Charles Carson | Downton Abbey | "A Moorland Holiday" | PBS | |
| Alan Cumming | Eli Gold | The Good Wife | "Undisclosed Recipients" | CBS | |
| Michael Kelly | Doug Stamper | House of Cards | "Chapter 27" | Netflix | |
| Ben Mendelsohn | Danny Rayburn | Bloodline | "Part 12" | ||
| 2016 | |||||
| (68th) | |||||
| Ben Mendelsohn | Danny Rayburn | *Bloodline* | "Part 23" | Netflix | |
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | Game of Thrones | "No One" | HBO | |
| Kit Harington | Jon Snow | "Battle of the Bastards" | |||
| Jonathan Banks | Mike Ehrmantraut | Better Call Saul | "Bali Ha'i" | AMC | |
| Michael Kelly | Doug Stamper | House of Cards | "Chapter 44" | Netflix | |
| Jon Voight | Mickey Donovan | Ray Donovan | "The Kalamazoo" | Showtime | |
| 2017 | |||||
| (69th) | |||||
| John Lithgow | Winston Churchill | *The Crown* | "Assassins" | Netflix | |
| David Harbour | Jim Hopper | Stranger Things | "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" | Netflix | |
| Jonathan Banks | Mike Ehrmantraut | Better Call Saul | "Witness" | AMC | |
| Ron Cephas Jones | William H. Hill | This Is Us | "Memphis" | NBC | |
| Michael Kelly | Doug Stamper | House of Cards | "Chapter 64" | Netflix | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Saul Berenson | Homeland | "America First" | Showtime | |
| Jeffrey Wright | Bernard Lowe | Westworld | "The Well-Tempered Clavier" | HBO | |
| 2018 | |||||
| (70th) | |||||
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | *Game of Thrones* | "The Dragon and the Wolf" | HBO | |
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Jaime Lannister | Game of Thrones | "The Spoils of War" | HBO | |
| David Harbour | Jim Hopper | Stranger Things | "Chapter Four: Will the Wise" | Netflix | |
| Joseph Fiennes | Commander Fred Waterford | The Handmaid's Tale | "First Blood" | Hulu | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Saul Berenson | Homeland | "Species Jump" | Showtime | |
| Matt Smith | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | The Crown | "Mystery Man" | Netflix | |
| 2019 | |||||
| (71st) | |||||
| Peter Dinklage | Tyrion Lannister | *Game of Thrones* | "The Iron Throne" | HBO | |
| Alfie Allen | Theon Greyjoy | Game of Thrones | "The Long Night" | HBO | |
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Jaime Lannister | "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" | |||
| Jonathan Banks | Mike Ehrmantraut | Better Call Saul | "Winner" | AMC | |
| Giancarlo Esposito | Gus Fring | "Piñata" | |||
| Michael Kelly | Doug Stamper | House of Cards | "Chapter 73" | Netflix | |
| Chris Sullivan | Toby Damon | This Is Us | "Toby" | NBC |
2020s
| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||||
| (72nd) | |||||
| Billy Crudup | Cory Ellison | *The Morning Show* | "Chaos Is the New Cocaine" | Apple TV+ | |
| Nicholas Braun | Greg Hirsch | Succession | "This Is Not for Tears" | HBO | |
| Kieran Culkin | Roman Roy | "Tern Haven" | |||
| Mark Duplass | Charles "Chip" Black | The Morning Show | "The Interview" | Apple TV+ | |
| Giancarlo Esposito | Gus Fring | Better Call Saul | "JMM" | AMC | |
| Matthew Macfadyen | Tom Wambsgans | Succession | "This Is Not for Tears" | HBO | |
| Bradley Whitford | Commander Joseph Lawrence | The Handmaid's Tale | "Sacrifice" | Hulu | |
| Jeffrey Wright | Bernard Lowe | Westworld | "Crisis Theory" | HBO | |
| 2021 | |||||
| (73rd) | |||||
| Tobias Menzies | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | *The Crown* | "Gold Stick" | Netflix | |
| Giancarlo Esposito | Moff Gideon | The Mandalorian | "Chapter 16: The Rescue" | Disney+ | |
| O. T. Fagbenle | Luke Bankole | The Handmaid's Tale | "Home" | Hulu | |
| John Lithgow | E.B. Jonathan | Perry Mason | "Chapter 4" | HBO | |
| Max Minghella | Commander Nick Blaine | The Handmaid's Tale | "The Crossing" | Hulu | |
| Chris Sullivan | Toby Damon | This Is Us | "In the Room" | NBC | |
| Bradley Whitford | Commander Joseph Lawrence | The Handmaid's Tale | "Testimony" | Hulu | |
| Michael K. Williams (posthumous) | Montrose Freeman | Lovecraft Country | "Rewind 1921" | HBO | |
| 2022 | |||||
| (74th) | |||||
| Matthew Macfadyen | Tom Wambsgans | *Succession* | "All the Bells Say" | HBO | |
| Nicholas Braun | Greg Hirsch | Succession | "Retired Janitors of Idaho" | HBO | |
| Billy Crudup | Cory Ellison | The Morning Show | "My Least Favorite Year" | Apple TV+ | |
| Kieran Culkin | Roman Roy | Succession | "Too Much Birthday" | HBO | |
| Park Hae-soo | Cho Sang-woo | Squid Game | "One Lucky Day" | Netflix | |
| John Turturro | Irving Bailiff | Severance | "Defiant Jazz" | Apple TV+ | |
| Christopher Walken | Burt Goodman | "The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design" | |||
| O Yeong-su | Oh Il-nam | Squid Game | "Gganbu" | Netflix | |
| 2023 | |||||
| (75th) | |||||
| Matthew Macfadyen | Tom Wambsgans | *Succession* | "Tailgate Party" | HBO | |
| F. Murray Abraham | Bert Di Grasso | The White Lotus | "Abductions" | HBO | |
| Nicholas Braun | Greg Hirsch | Succession | "America Decides" | ||
| Michael Imperioli | Dominic Di Grasso | The White Lotus | "That's Amore" | ||
| Theo James | Cameron Sullivan | ||||
| Alan Ruck | Connor Roy | Succession | "Rehearsal" | ||
| Will Sharpe | Ethan Spiller | The White Lotus | "Arrivederci" | ||
| Alexander Skarsgård | Lukas Matsson | Succession | "Kill List" | ||
| 2024 | |||||
| (76th) | |||||
| Billy Crudup | Cory Ellison | *The Morning Show* | "Ghost in the Machine" | Apple TV+ | |
| Tadanobu Asano | Kashigi Yabushige | Shōgun | "Anjin" | FX | |
| Mark Duplass | Charles "Chip" Black | The Morning Show | "The Overview Effect" | Apple TV+ | |
| Jon Hamm | Paul Marks | "The Green Light" | |||
| Takehiro Hira | Ishido Kazunari | Shōgun | "Crimson Sky" | FX | |
| Jack Lowden | River Cartwright | Slow Horses | "Hard Lessons" | Apple TV+ | |
| Jonathan Pryce | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | The Crown | "Willsmania" | Netflix | |
| 2025 | |||||
| (77th) | |||||
| Tramell Tillman | Seth Milchick | *Severance* | "The After Hours" | Apple TV+ | |
| Zach Cherry | Dylan George | Severance | "The After Hours" | Apple TV+ | |
| Walton Goggins | Rick Hatchett | The White Lotus | "Amor Fati" | HBO | |
| Jason Isaacs | Timothy Ratliff | ||||
| James Marsden | Cal Bradford | Paradise | "The Day" | Hulu | |
| Sam Rockwell | Frank | The White Lotus | "Full-Moon Party" | HBO | |
| John Turturro | Irving Bailiff | Severance | "Woe's Hollow" | Apple TV+ |
Programs with multiple wins
;4 wins
- Game of Thrones (2 consecutive)
- L.A. Law (3 consecutive)
- The West Wing (3 consecutive)
;3 wins
- The Andy Griffith Show (consecutive)
- Breaking Bad
- Hill Street Blues (2 consecutive)
- Picket Fences (consecutive)
;2 wins
- Caesar's Hour
- The Crown
- The Jackie Gleason Show
- Gunsmoke
- Lost
- The Morning Show
- The Rockford Files (consecutive)
- The Sopranos (consecutive)
- Succession (consecutive)
Programs with multiple nominations
;16 nominations
- Hill Street Blues
;15 nominations
- L.A. Law
;14 nominations
- The West Wing
;12 nominations
- Game of Thrones
;10 nominations
- Succession
;9 nominations
- The Sopranos
;8 nominations
- ER
- Lost
;7 nominations
- Breaking Bad
- St. Elsewhere
- The White Lotus
;6 nominations
- Better Call Saul
- Boston Legal
- Lou Grant
- The Morning Show
- The Rockford Files
- The Waltons
;5 nominations
- Chicago Hope
- Downton Abbey
- The Handmaid's Tale
- I Love Lucy
- Mad Men
- NYPD Blue
- Picket Fences
- Severance
- thirtysomething
;4 nominations
- The Crown
- Damages
- The Good Wife
- Homeland
- House of Cards
- Magnum, P.I.
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Northern Exposure
- The Practice
- Quantum Leap
;3 nominations
- Alias
- The Andy Griffith Show
- Caesar's Hour
- Cagney & Lacey
- Gunsmoke
- The Jackie Gleason Show
- Law & Order
- Mission: Impossible
- Star Trek
- The Streets of San Francisco
- This Is Us
;2 nominations
- Ben Casey
- Bloodline
- Dragnet
- The Glass Menagerie
- Holocaust
- Huff
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Men of a Certain Age
- Miami Vice
- Perry Mason
- The Phil Silvers Show
- Ray Donovan
- Rich Man, Poor Man
- Shōgun
- Squid Game
- Stranger Things
- Westworld
Performers with multiple wins
;4 wins
- Peter Dinklage (2 consecutive)
;3 wins
- Art Carney (consecutive)
- Don Knotts (consecutive)
- Aaron Paul
;2 wins
- Michael Conrad (consecutive)
- Billy Crudup
- Larry Drake (consecutive)
- Matthew Macfadyen (consecutive)
- Stuart Margolin (consecutive)
- Carl Reiner (consecutive)
- Ray Walston (consecutive)
Performers with multiple nominations
;8 nominations
- Peter Dinklage
;6 nominations
- Jonathan BanksJonathan Banks was the first of only two actors with nominations as a main cast member for three different shows in this category, two of which feature him as the same character
- Ed Begley Jr.
- Will Geer
- Michael Imperioli
- Jimmy Smits
- Bruce Weitz
;5 nominations
- William Frawley
- Aaron Paul
- William Shatner
- John Spencer
- Bradley Whitford
- Noah Wyle
;4 nominations
- James Brolin
- Timothy Busfield
- Art Carney
- Jim Carter
- Michael Conrad
- Richard Dysart
- Héctor Elizondo
- Michael Emerson
- Giancarlo EspositoGiancarlo Esposito is the second of only two actors with nominations as a main cast member for three different shows in this category, two of which feature him as the same character
- John Hillerman
- Michael Kelly
- Mandy Patinkin
- Carl Reiner
- John Slattery
- Dean Stockwell
;3 nominations
- Mason Adams
- Noah Beery Jr.
- Nicholas Braun
- Billy Crudup
- Michael Douglas
- Larry Drake
- Paul Ford
- Victor Garber
- John Karlen
- Don Knotts
- Eriq La Salle
- Matthew Macfadyen
- Greg Morris
- Leonard Nimoy
- Terry O'Quinn
- Richard Schiff
- Robert Walden
- Ray Walston
;2 nominations
- Alan Alda
- Ben Alexander
- Michael Badalucco
- Andre Braugher
- David Burns
- Leo G. Carroll
- Josh Charles
- Dominic Chianese
- Gordon Clapp
- Barry Corbin
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- Kieran Culkin
- Alan Cumming
- Mark Duplass
- Fyvush Finkel
- Walton Goggins
- Charles Haid
- David Harbour
- Steve Harris
- Steven Hill
- John Lithgow
- Stuart Margolin
- Ben Mendelsohn
- Edward James Olmos
- Oliver Platt
- Chris Sullivan
- John Turturro
- Nicholas Turturro
- Jon Voight
- Dennis Weaver
- Jeffrey Wright
Notes
References
References
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- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "74th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "75th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "76th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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