Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Award for lead actor in a television drama series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | |
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![]() The 2023 recipient: Kieran Culkin | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1954 |
Currently held by | Kieran Culkin, Succession (2024) |
Website | emmys |
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 the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, 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
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Best Male Star of a Regular Series | ||||
1954 (6th) [note 1] | ||||
Donald O'Connor | Himself | The Colgate Comedy Hour | NBC | |
Sid Caesar | Various characters | Your Show of Shows | NBC | |
Wally Cox | Robinson Peepers | Mister Peepers | ||
Jackie Gleason | Various characters | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | |
Jack Webb | Joe Friday | Dragnet | NBC | |
Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series | ||||
1955 (7th) [note 1] | ||||
Danny Thomas | Danny Williams | Make Room for Daddy | ABC | |
Richard Boone | Dr. Konrad Styner | Medic | NBC | |
Robert Cummings | Robert Beanblossom | My Hero | ||
Jackie Gleason | Various characters | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | |
Jack Webb | Joe Friday | Dragnet | NBC | |
Best Actor - Continuing Performance | ||||
1956 (8th) [note 1] | ||||
Phil Silvers | MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko | The Phil Silvers Show | CBS | |
Robert Cummings | Bob Collins | The Bob Cummings Show | CBS | |
Jackie Gleason | Ralph Kramden | The Honeymooners | ||
Danny Thomas | Danny Williams | Make Room for Daddy | ABC | |
Robert Young | Jim Anderson | Father Knows Best | CBS | |
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor | ||||
1957 (9th) | ||||
Robert Young | Jim Anderson | Father Knows Best | NBC | |
James Arness | Matt Dillon | Gunsmoke | CBS | |
Charles Boyer | Various characters | Four Star Playhouse | ||
David Niven | ||||
Hugh O'Brian | Wyatt Earp | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | ABC | |
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series | ||||
1958 (10th) [note 1] | ||||
Robert Young | Jim Anderson | Father Knows Best | NBC | |
James Arness | Matt Dillon | Gunsmoke | CBS | |
Robert Cummings | Bob Collins | The Bob Cummings Show | ||
Phil Silvers | MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko | The Phil Silvers Show | ||
Danny Thomas | Danny Williams | The Danny Thomas Show | ABC & CBS | |
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series | ||||
1959 (11th) | ||||
Raymond Burr | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | CBS | |
James Arness | Matt Dillon | Gunsmoke | CBS | |
Richard Boone | Paladin | Have Gun – Will Travel | ||
James Garner | Bret Maverick | Maverick | ABC | |
Craig Stevens | Peter Gunn | Peter Gunn | NBC | |
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Stuart Bailey | 77 Sunset Strip | ABC |
1960s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support) | ||||
1960 (12th) [note 1] | ||||
Robert Stack | Eliot Ness | The Untouchables | ABC | |
Richard Boone | Paladin | Have Gun – Will Travel | CBS | |
Raymond Burr | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | ||
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) | ||||
1961 (13th) [note 1] | ||||
Raymond Burr | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | CBS | |
Jackie Cooper | Chick Hennesey | Hennesey | CBS | |
Robert Stack | Eliot Ness | The Untouchables | ABC | |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) | ||||
1962 (14th) [note 1] | ||||
E. G. Marshall | Lawrence Preston | The Defenders | CBS | |
Paul Burke | Det. Adam Flint | Naked City | ABC | |
Jackie Cooper | Chick Hennesey | Hennesey | CBS | |
Vince Edwards | Ben Casey | Ben Casey | ABC | |
George Maharis | Buz Murdock | Route 66 | CBS | |
1963 (15th) [note 1] | ||||
E. G. Marshall | Lawrence Preston | The Defenders | CBS | |
Ernest Borgnine | Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale | McHale's Navy | ABC | |
Paul Burke | Det. Adam Flint | Naked City | ||
Vic Morrow | Sgt. Sanders | Combat! | ||
Dick Van Dyke | Rob Petrie | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS | |
1964 (16th) [note 1] | ||||
Dick Van Dyke | Rob Petrie | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS | |
Richard Boone | Various characters | The Richard Boone Show | NBC | |
Dean Jagger | Principal Albert Vane | Mr. Novak | ||
David Janssen | Dr. Richard Kimble | The Fugitive | ABC | |
George C. Scott | Neil Brock | East Side/West Side | CBS | |
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | ||||
1965 (17th) [note 1] | ||||
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 Jr. | |||
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: "November 30, 1964" | NBC | |
Johnny Carson | Host | 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 | Host | 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 | |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | ||||
1966 (18th) | ||||
Bill Cosby | Alexander Scott | I Spy | NBC | |
Richard Crenna | James Slattery | Slattery's People | CBS | |
Robert Culp | Kelly Robinson | I Spy | NBC | |
David Janssen | Dr. Richard Kimble | The Fugitive | ABC | |
David McCallum | Illya Kuryakin | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | NBC | |
1967 (19th) | ||||
Bill Cosby | Alexander Scott | I Spy | NBC | |
Robert Culp | Kelly Robinson | I Spy | NBC | |
Ben Gazzara | Paul Bryan | Run for Your Life | NBC | |
David Janssen | Dr. Richard Kimble | The Fugitive | ABC | |
Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |
1968 (20th) | ||||
Bill Cosby | Alexander Scott | I Spy | NBC | |
Raymond Burr | Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | NBC | |
Robert Culp | Kelly Robinson | I Spy | ||
Ben Gazzara | Paul Bryan | Run for Your Life | ||
Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |
1969 (21st) | ||||
Carl Betz | Clinton Judd | Judd, for the Defense | ABC | |
Raymond Burr | Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | NBC | |
Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |
Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | |||
Ross Martin | Artemus Gordon | The Wild Wild West |
1970s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | ||||
1970 (22nd) | ||||
Robert Young | Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
Raymond Burr | Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | NBC | |
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | |
Robert Wagner | Al Mundy | It Takes a Thief | ABC | |
1971 (23rd) | ||||
Hal Holbrook | Hays Stowe | The Bold Ones: The Senator | NBC | |
Raymond Burr | Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | NBC | |
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | |
Robert Young | Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
1972 (24th) | ||||
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |
Raymond Burr | Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | NBC | |
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | |
Keith Michell # | Henry VIII of England | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | ||
Robert Young | Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing) | ||||
1973 (25th) | ||||
Richard Thomas | John-Boy Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
David Carradine | Kwai Chang Caine | Kung Fu | ABC | |
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | |
William Conrad | Frank Cannon | Cannon | ||
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |
Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series | ||||
1974 (26th) | ||||
Telly Savalas | Lt. Theo Kojak | Kojak | CBS | |
William Conrad | Frank Cannon | Cannon | CBS | |
Karl Malden | Lt. Mike Stone | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |
Richard Thomas | John-Boy Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | ||||
1975 (27th) | ||||
Robert Blake | Det. Tony Baretta | Baretta | ABC | |
Karl Malden | Lt. Mike Stone | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |
Barry Newman | Anthony J. Petrocelli | Petrocelli | NBC | |
Telly Savalas | Lt. Theo Kojak | Kojak | CBS | |
1976 (28th) | ||||
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |
James Garner | Jim Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
Karl Malden | Lt. Mike Stone | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |
1977 (29th) | ||||
James Garner | Jim Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
Robert Blake | Det. Tony Baretta | Baretta | ABC | |
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |
Jack Klugman | Dr. R. Quincy, M.E. | Quincy, M.E. | ||
Karl Malden | Lt. Mike Stone | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |
1978 (30th) | ||||
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | |
James Broderick | Doug Lawrence | Family | ABC | |
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |
James Garner | Jim Rockford | The Rockford Files | ||
Jack Klugman | Dr. R. Quincy, M.E. | Quincy, M.E. | ||
Ralph Waite | John Walton, Sr. | The Waltons | CBS | |
1979 (31st) | ||||
Ron Leibman | Martin Kazinski | Kaz | CBS | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | |
James Garner | Jim Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
Jack Klugman | Dr. R. Quincy, M.E. | Quincy, M.E. |
1980s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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1980 (32nd) | ||||
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | |
James Garner | Jim Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
Jack Klugman | R. Quincy | Quincy, M.E. | ||
Larry Hagman | J. R. Ewing | Dallas | CBS | |
1981 (33rd) | ||||
Daniel J. Travanti | Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | |
Jim Davis (posthumously) | Jock Ewing | Dallas | ||
Larry Hagman | J. R. Ewing | |||
Louis Gossett Jr. § | Bessie's Father | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | ||
Pernell Roberts | Trapper John McIntyre | Trapper John, M.D. | ||
1982 (34th) | ||||
Daniel J. Travanti | Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | |
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | ||
James Garner | Bret Maverick | Bret Maverick | NBC | |
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | |
1983 (35th) | ||||
Ed Flanders | Donald Westphall | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
William Daniels | Mark Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | |
Daniel J. Travanti | Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
1984 (36th) [1] | ||||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
William Daniels | Mark Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Ed Flanders | Donald Westphall | |||
Daniel J. Travanti | Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | ||
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | |
1985 (37th) | ||||
William Daniels | Mark Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Don Johnson | Sonny Crockett | Miami Vice | NBC | |
Ed Flanders | Donald Westphall | St. Elsewhere | ||
Daniel J. Travanti | Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | ||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
1986 (38th) | ||||
William Daniels | Mark Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | The Equalizer | ||
Bruce Willis | David Addison | Moonlighting | ABC | |
Ed Flanders | Donald Westphall | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
1987 (39th) | ||||
Bruce Willis | David Addison | Moonlighting | ABC | |
William Daniels | Mark Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Ed Flanders | Donald Westphall | |||
Corbin Bernsen | Arnie Becker | L.A. Law | ||
Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | The Equalizer | CBS | |
1988 (40th) | ||||
Richard Kiley | Joe Gardner | A Year in the Life | NBC | |
Corbin Bernsen | Arnie Becker | L.A. Law | NBC | |
Michael Tucker | Stuart Markowitz | |||
Ron Perlman | Vincent | Beauty and the Beast | CBS | |
Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | The Equalizer | CBS | |
1989 (41st) | ||||
Carroll O'Connor | Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night | NBC | |
Ken Wahl | Vinnie Terranova | Wiseguy | CBS | |
Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | The Equalizer | ||
Ron Perlman | Vincent | Beauty and the Beast | ||
Michael Tucker | Stuart Markowitz | L.A. Law | NBC |
1990s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 (42nd) | |||||
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | "Agenda for Murder" | ABC | |
Scott Bakula | Sam Beckett | Quantum Leap | — | NBC | |
Robert Loggia | Nick Mancuso | Mancuso, F.B.I. | — | ||
Kyle MacLachlan | Dale Cooper | Twin Peaks | — | ABC | |
Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | The Equalizer | — | CBS | |
1991 (43rd) | |||||
James Earl Jones | Gabriel Bird | Gabriel's Fire | "Pilot" | ABC | |
Scott Bakula | Sam Beckett | Quantum Leap | "Shock Theater: October 3, 1954" | NBC | |
Michael Moriarty | Benjamin Stone | Law & Order | "Indifference" | ||
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star" | ABC | |
Kyle MacLachlan | Dale Cooper | Twin Peaks | "Episode 16" | ||
1992 (44th) | |||||
Christopher Lloyd § | Alistair Dimple | Road to Avonlea | "Another Point of View" | Disney Channel | |
Scott Bakula | Sam Beckett | Quantum Leap | "Dreams: February 28, 1979" | NBC | |
Harrison Page § | Reverend Walters | "Song for the Soul: April 7, 1963" | |||
Kirk Douglas § | General Kalthrob | Tales from the Crypt | "Yellow" | HBO | |
Rob Morrow | Joel Fleischman | Northern Exposure | "Jules et Joel" | CBS | |
Michael Moriarty | Benjamin Stone | Law & Order | "The Wages of Love" | NBC | |
Sam Waterston | Forrest Bedford | I'll Fly Away | "Hard Lessons Master Magician" | ||
1993 (45th) | |||||
Tom Skerritt | Jimmy Brock | Picket Fences | "High Tidings" | CBS | |
Scott Bakula | Sam Beckett | Quantum Leap | "Lee Harvey Oswald: October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963" | NBC | |
Michael Moriarty | Benjamin Stone | Law & Order | "Night and Fog" | ||
Sam Waterston | Forrest Bedford | I'll Fly Away | "All in the Life" | ||
Rob Morrow | Joel Fleischman | Northern Exposure | "Kaddish for Uncle Manny" | CBS | |
1994 (46th) | |||||
Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | "NYPD Lou" | ABC | |
David Caruso | John Kelly | NYPD Blue | "Pilot" | ABC | |
Michael Moriarty | Benjamin Stone | Law & Order | "Sanctuary" | NBC | |
Tom Skerritt | Jimmy Brock | Picket Fences | "Dairy Queen" | CBS | |
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | "It's All in the Game" | ABC | |
1995 (47th) | |||||
Mandy Patinkin | Jeffrey Geiger | Chicago Hope | "Over the Rainbow" | CBS | |
Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | "A.D.A. Sipowicz" | ABC | |
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | "The Bookie and Kooky Cookie" | |||
George Clooney | Doug Ross | ER | "Long Day's Journey" | NBC | |
Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene | "Love's Labor Lost" | |||
1996 (48th) | |||||
Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | "Closing Time" | ABC | |
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | NYPD Blue | "A Death in the Family" | ABC | |
Andre Braugher | Frank Pembleton | Homicide: Life on the Street | "For God and Country" | NBC | |
George Clooney | Doug Ross | ER | "Hell and High Water" | ||
Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene | "A Shift in the Night" | |||
1997 (49th) | |||||
Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | "Where's 'Swaldo?" | ABC | |
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | NYPD Blue | "My Wild Irish Nose" | ABC | |
David Duchovny | Fox Mulder | The X-Files | "Small Potatoes" | Fox | |
Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene | ER | "Tribes" | NBC | |
Sam Waterston | Jack McCoy | Law & Order | "Mad Dog" | ||
1998 (50th) | |||||
Andre Braugher | Frank Pembleton | Homicide: Life on the Street | "Fallen Heroes, Part 2" | NBC | |
David Duchovny | Fox Mulder | The X-Files | "Redux II" | Fox | |
Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | "The One That Got Away" | ABC | |
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | "Lost Israel" | |||
Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene | ER | "Family Practice" | NBC | |
1999 (51st) | |||||
Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | "Safe Home" | ABC | |
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | NYPD Blue | "Hearts and Souls" | ABC | |
James Gandolfini | Tony Soprano | The Sopranos | "The Sopranos" | HBO | |
Dylan McDermott | Bobby Donnell | The Practice | "Happily Ever After" | ABC | |
Sam Waterston | Jack McCoy | Law & Order | "Sideshow" | NBC |
2000s
2010s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 (62nd) [2] | |||||
Bryan Cranston | Walter White | Breaking Bad | "Full Measure" | AMC | |
Hugh Laurie | Gregory House | House | "Broken" | Fox | |
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | "The Gypsy and the Hobo" | AMC | |
Kyle Chandler | Eric Taylor | Friday Night Lights | "East of Dillon" | DirecTV | |
Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard | Lost | "The End" | ABC | |
Michael C. Hall | Dexter Morgan | Dexter | "The Getaway" | Showtime | |
2011 (63rd) [3] | |||||
Kyle Chandler | Eric Taylor | Friday Night Lights | "Always" | DirecTV | |
Hugh Laurie | Gregory House | House | "After Hours" | Fox | |
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | "The Suitcase" | AMC | |
Michael C. Hall | Dexter Morgan | Dexter | "Teenage Wasteland" | Showtime | |
Steve Buscemi | Nucky Thompson | Boardwalk Empire | "A Return to Normalcy" | HBO | |
Timothy Olyphant | Raylan Givens | Justified | "Reckoning" | FX | |
2012 (64th) [4] | |||||
Damian Lewis | Nicholas Brody | Homeland | "Marine One" | Showtime | |
Bryan Cranston | Walter White | Breaking Bad | "Crawl Space" | AMC | |
Hugh Bonneville | Robert Crawley | Downton Abbey | "Episode Seven" | PBS | |
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | "The Other Woman" | AMC | |
Michael C. Hall | Dexter Morgan | Dexter | "Nebraska" | Showtime | |
Steve Buscemi | Nucky Thompson | Boardwalk Empire | "Two Boats and a Lifeguard" | HBO | |
2013 (65th) [5] | |||||
Jeff Daniels | Will McAvoy | The Newsroom | "We Just Decided To" | HBO | |
Bryan Cranston | Walter White | Breaking Bad | "Say My Name" | AMC | |
Damian Lewis | Nicholas Brody | Homeland | "Q&A" | Showtime | |
Hugh Bonneville | Robert Crawley | Downton Abbey | "Episode Five" | PBS | |
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | "In Care Of" | AMC | |
Kevin Spacey | Frank Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 1" | Netflix | |
2014 (66th) [6] | |||||
Bryan Cranston | Walter White | Breaking Bad | "Ozymandias" | AMC | |
Jeff Daniels | Will McAvoy | The Newsroom | "Election Night, Part 2" | HBO | |
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | "The Strategy" | AMC | |
Kevin Spacey | Frank Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 26" | Netflix | |
Matthew McConaughey | Rust Cohle | True Detective | "Form and Void" | HBO | |
Woody Harrelson | Martin Hart | "The Locked Room" | |||
2015 (67th) [7] | |||||
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | "Person to Person" | AMC | |
Bob Odenkirk | Jimmy McGill | Better Call Saul | "Pimento" | AMC | |
Jeff Daniels | Will McAvoy | The Newsroom | "What Kind of Day Has It Been" | HBO | |
Kevin Spacey | Frank Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 32" | Netflix | |
Kyle Chandler | John Rayburn | Bloodline | "Part 12" | ||
Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | "Walk This Way" | Showtime | |
2016 (68th) [8] | |||||
Rami Malek | Elliot Alderson | Mr. Robot | "eps1.0 hellofriend.mov" | USA Network | |
Bob Odenkirk | Jimmy McGill | Better Call Saul | "Klick" | AMC | |
Kevin Spacey | Frank Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 52" | Netflix | |
Kyle Chandler | John Rayburn | Bloodline | "Part 23" | ||
Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | "Exsuscito" | Showtime | |
Matthew Rhys | Philip Jennings | The Americans | "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears" | FX | |
2017 (69th) [9] | |||||
Sterling K. Brown | Randall Pearson | This Is Us | "Memphis" | NBC | |
Anthony Hopkins | Dr. Robert Ford | Westworld | "The Bicameral Mind" | HBO | |
Bob Odenkirk | Jimmy McGill | Better Call Saul | "Expenses" | AMC | |
Kevin Spacey | Frank Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 53" | Netflix | |
Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | "Rattus Rattus" | Showtime | |
Matthew Rhys | Philip Jennings | The Americans | "Crossbreed" | FX | |
Milo Ventimiglia | Jack Pearson | This Is Us | "Moonshadow" | NBC | |
2018 (70th) [10] | |||||
Matthew Rhys | Philip Jennings | The Americans | "START" | FX | |
Ed Harris | The Man in Black / William | Westworld | "Vanishing Point" | HBO | |
Jason Bateman | Martin "Marty" Byrde | Ozark | "The Toll" | Netflix | |
Jeffrey Wright | Bernard Lowe | Westworld | "The Passenger" | HBO | |
Milo Ventimiglia | Jack Pearson | This Is Us | "The Car" | NBC | |
Sterling K. Brown | Randall Pearson | "Number Three" | |||
2019 (71st) | |||||
Billy Porter | Pray Tell | Pose | "Love Is the Message" | FX | |
Bob Odenkirk | Jimmy McGill | Better Call Saul | "Winner" | AMC | |
Jason Bateman | Martin "Marty" Byrde | Ozark | "Reparations" | Netflix | |
Kit Harington | Jon Snow | Game of Thrones | "The Iron Throne" | HBO | |
Milo Ventimiglia | Jack Pearson | This Is Us | "Sometimes" | NBC | |
Sterling K. Brown | Randall Pearson | "R & B" |
2020s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 (72nd) [11] | |||||
Jeremy Strong | Kendall Roy | Succession | "This Is Not for Tears" | HBO | |
Billy Porter | Pray Tell | Pose | "Love's in Need of Love Today" | FX | |
Brian Cox | Logan Roy | Succession | "Hunting" | HBO | |
Jason Bateman | Marty Byrde | Ozark | "Su Casa Es Mi Casa" | Netflix | |
Sterling K. Brown | Randall Pearson | This Is Us | "After the Fire" | NBC | |
Steve Carell | Mitch Kessler | The Morning Show | "Lonely at the Top" | Apple TV+ | |
2021 (73rd) [12] | |||||
Josh O'Connor | Charles, Prince of Wales | The Crown | "Terra Nullius" | Netflix | |
Billy Porter | Pray Tell | Pose | "Take Me To Church" | FX | |
Jonathan Majors | Atticus Freeman | Lovecraft Country | "Sundown" | HBO | |
Matthew Rhys | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | "Chapter 8" | ||
Regé-Jean Page | Simon Bassett | Bridgerton | "Art of the Swoon" | Netflix | |
Sterling K. Brown | Randall Pearson | This Is Us | "Forty: Part 2" | NBC | |
2022 (74th) [13] | |||||
Lee Jung-jae | Seong Gi-hun | Squid Game | "Gganbu" | Netflix | |
Adam Scott | Mark Scout | Severance | "Good News About Hell" | Apple TV+ | |
Bob Odenkirk | Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman | Better Call Saul | "Plan and Execution" | AMC | |
Brian Cox | Logan Roy | Succession | "All the Bells Say" | HBO | |
Jason Bateman | Marty Byrde | Ozark | "Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin’" | Netflix | |
Jeremy Strong | Kendall Roy | Succession | "Too Much Birthday" | HBO | |
2023 (75th) [14] | Kieran Culkin | Roman Roy | Succession | "Church and State" | HBO |
Bob Odenkirk | Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takovic | Better Call Saul | "Saul Gone" | AMC | |
Brian Cox | Logan Roy | Succession | "Rehearsal" | HBO | |
Jeff Bridges | Dan Chase | The Old Man | "I" | FX | |
Jeremy Strong | Kendall Roy | Succession | "With Open Eyes" | HBO | |
Pedro Pascal | Joel Miller | The Last of Us | "Kin" | ||
2024 (76th) [15] | Idris Elba | Sam Nelson | Hijack | "Comply Slowly" | Apple TV+ |
Donald Glover | John Smith / Michael | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | "Couples Therapy (Naked & Afraid)" | Prime Video | |
Walton Goggins | The Ghoul / Cooper Howard | Fallout | "The Ghouls" | ||
Gary Oldman | Jackson Lamb | Slow Horses | "Footprints" | Apple TV+ | |
Hiroyuki Sanada | Lord Yoshii Toranaga | Shōgun | "The Abyss of Life" | FX | |
Dominic West | Charles, Prince of Wales | The Crown | "Aftermath" | Netflix |
Programs with multiple wins
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Performers with multiple wins
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Performers with multiple nominations
Superlatives
Superlative | Performer | Program | Year | Age |
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Oldest Winner | Richard Kiley | A Year in the Life | 1988 (40th) | 66 |
Oldest Nominee | Anthony Hopkins | Westworld | 2017 (69th) | 79 |
Youngest Winner | Richard Thomas | The Waltons | 1973 (25th) | 21 |
Youngest Nominee |
See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories
- ^ Originally titled "Make Room for Daddy", where the series was nominated twice.
References
- ^ "Boone, Mike. "The Emmy List: Here's the Best in Television". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
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- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
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- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Donald O'Connor (1954)
- Danny Thomas (1955)
- Phil Silvers (1956)
- Robert Young (1957)
- Robert Young (1958)
- Raymond Burr (1959)
- Robert Stack (1960)
- Raymond Burr (1961)
- E. G. Marshall (1962)
- E. G. Marshall (1963)
- Dick Van Dyke (1964)
- Leonard Bernstein / Lynn Fontanne / Alfred Lunt / Barbra Streisand / Dick Van Dyke (1965)
- Bill Cosby (1966)
- Bill Cosby (1967)
- Bill Cosby (1968)
- Carl Betz (1969)
- Robert Young (1970)
- Hal Holbrook (1971)
- Peter Falk (1972)
- Richard Thomas (1973)
- Telly Savalas (1974)
- Robert Blake (1975)
- Peter Falk (1976)
- James Garner (1977)
- Ed Asner (1978)
- Ron Leibman (1979)
- Ed Asner (1980)
- Daniel J. Travanti (1981)
- Daniel J. Travanti (1982)
- Ed Flanders (1983)
- Tom Selleck (1984)
- William Daniels (1985)
- William Daniels (1986)
- Bruce Willis (1987)
- Richard Kiley (1988)
- Carroll O'Connor (1989)
- Peter Falk (1990)
- James Earl Jones (1991)
- Christopher Lloyd (1992)
- Tom Skerritt (1993)
- Dennis Franz (1994)
- Mandy Patinkin (1995)
- Dennis Franz (1996)
- Dennis Franz (1997)
- Andre Braugher (1998)
- Dennis Franz (1999)
- James Gandolfini (2000)
- James Gandolfini (2001)
- Michael Chiklis (2002)
- James Gandolfini (2003)
- James Spader (2004)
- James Spader (2005)
- Kiefer Sutherland (2006)
- James Spader (2007)
- Bryan Cranston (2008)
- Bryan Cranston (2009)
- Bryan Cranston (2010)
- Kyle Chandler (2011)
- Damian Lewis (2012)
- Jeff Daniels (2013)
- Bryan Cranston (2014)
- Jon Hamm (2015)
- Rami Malek (2016)
- Sterling K. Brown (2017)
- Matthew Rhys (2018)
- Billy Porter (2019)
- Jeremy Strong (2020)
- Josh O'Connor (2021)
- Lee Jung-jae (2022)
- Kieran Culkin (2023)