Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

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:

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
The 2023 recipient: Kieran Culkin
Awarded forOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded1954
Currently held byKieran Culkin,
Succession (2024)
Websiteemmys.com

Winners and nominations edit

1950s edit

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
Best Male Star of a Regular Series
1954
(6th)
[note 1]
Donald O'ConnorHimselfThe Colgate Comedy HourNBC
Sid CaesarVarious charactersYour Show of ShowsNBC
Wally CoxRobinson PeepersMister Peepers
Jackie GleasonVarious charactersThe Jackie Gleason ShowCBS
Jack WebbJoe FridayDragnetNBC
Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series
1955
(7th)
[note 1]
Danny ThomasDanny WilliamsMake Room for DaddyABC
Richard BooneDr. Konrad StynerMedicNBC
Robert CummingsRobert BeanblossomMy Hero
Jackie GleasonVarious charactersThe Jackie Gleason ShowCBS
Jack WebbJoe FridayDragnetNBC
Best Actor - Continuing Performance
1956
(8th)
[note 1]
Phil SilversMSgt. Ernest G. BilkoThe Phil Silvers ShowCBS
Robert CummingsBob CollinsThe Bob Cummings ShowCBS
Jackie GleasonRalph KramdenThe Honeymooners
Danny ThomasDanny WilliamsMake Room for DaddyABC
Robert YoungJim AndersonFather Knows BestCBS
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor
1957
(9th)
Robert YoungJim AndersonFather Knows BestNBC
James ArnessMatt DillonGunsmokeCBS
Charles BoyerVarious charactersFour Star Playhouse
David Niven
Hugh O'BrianWyatt EarpThe Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpABC
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
1958
(10th)
[note 1]
Robert YoungJim AndersonFather Knows BestNBC
James ArnessMatt DillonGunsmokeCBS
Robert CummingsBob CollinsThe Bob Cummings Show
Phil SilversMSgt. Ernest G. BilkoThe Phil Silvers Show
Danny ThomasDanny WilliamsThe Danny Thomas ShowABC & CBS
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series
1959
(11th)
Raymond BurrPerry MasonPerry MasonCBS
James ArnessMatt DillonGunsmokeCBS
Richard BoonePaladinHave Gun – Will Travel
James GarnerBret MaverickMaverickABC
Craig StevensPeter GunnPeter GunnNBC
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Stuart Bailey77 Sunset StripABC

1960s edit

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support)
1960
(12th)
[note 1]
Robert StackEliot NessThe UntouchablesABC
Richard BoonePaladinHave Gun – Will TravelCBS
Raymond BurrPerry MasonPerry Mason
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)
1961
(13th)
[note 1]
Raymond BurrPerry MasonPerry MasonCBS
Jackie CooperChick HenneseyHenneseyCBS
Robert StackEliot NessThe UntouchablesABC
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)
1962
(14th)
[note 1]
E. G. MarshallLawrence PrestonThe DefendersCBS
Paul BurkeDet. Adam FlintNaked CityABC
Jackie CooperChick HenneseyHenneseyCBS
Vince EdwardsBen CaseyBen CaseyABC
George MaharisBuz MurdockRoute 66CBS
1963
(15th)
[note 1]
E. G. MarshallLawrence PrestonThe DefendersCBS
Ernest BorgnineLt. Cmdr. Quinton McHaleMcHale's NavyABC
Paul BurkeDet. Adam FlintNaked City
Vic MorrowSgt. SandersCombat!
Dick Van DykeRob PetrieThe Dick Van Dyke ShowCBS
1964
(16th)
[note 1]
Dick Van DykeRob PetrieThe Dick Van Dyke ShowCBS
Richard BooneVarious charactersThe Richard Boone ShowNBC
Dean JaggerPrincipal Albert VaneMr. Novak
David JanssenDr. Richard KimbleThe FugitiveABC
George C. ScottNeil BrockEast Side/West SideCBS
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers
1965
(17th)
[note 1]
Leonard BernsteinConductorNew York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard BernsteinCBS
Lynn FontanneFanny Bowditch HolmesHallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"NBC
Alfred LuntOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Barbra StreisandHerselfMy Name Is BarbraCBS
Dick Van DykeRob PetrieThe 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
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
1966
(18th)
Bill CosbyAlexander ScottI SpyNBC
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
1967
(19th)
Bill CosbyAlexander ScottI SpyNBC
Robert CulpKelly RobinsonI SpyNBC
Ben GazzaraPaul BryanRun for Your LifeNBC
David JanssenDr. Richard KimbleThe FugitiveABC
Martin LandauRollin HandMission: ImpossibleCBS
1968
(20th)
Bill CosbyAlexander ScottI SpyNBC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Robert CulpKelly RobinsonI Spy
Ben GazzaraPaul BryanRun for Your Life
Martin LandauRollin HandMission: ImpossibleCBS
1969
(21st)
Carl BetzClinton JuddJudd, for the DefenseABC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Peter GravesJim PhelpsMission: ImpossibleCBS
Martin LandauRollin Hand
Ross MartinArtemus GordonThe Wild Wild West

1970s edit

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
1970
(22nd)
Robert YoungDr. Marcus WelbyMarcus Welby, M.D.ABC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Mike ConnorsJoe MannixMannixCBS
Robert WagnerAl MundyIt Takes a ThiefABC
1971
(23rd)
Hal HolbrookHays StoweThe Bold Ones: The SenatorNBC
Raymond BurrRobert T. IronsideIronsideNBC
Mike ConnorsJoe MannixMannixCBS
Robert YoungDr. Marcus WelbyMarcus Welby, M.D.ABC
1972
(24th)
Peter FalkColumboColumboNBC
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
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing)
1973
(25th)
Richard ThomasJohn-Boy WaltonThe WaltonsCBS
David CarradineKwai Chang CaineKung FuABC
Mike ConnorsJoe MannixMannixCBS
William ConradFrank CannonCannon
Peter FalkColumboColumboNBC
Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
1974
(26th)
Telly SavalasLt. Theo KojakKojakCBS
William ConradFrank CannonCannonCBS
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
Richard ThomasJohn-Boy WaltonThe WaltonsCBS
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
1975
(27th)
Robert BlakeDet. Tony BarettaBarettaABC
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
Barry NewmanAnthony J. PetrocelliPetrocelliNBC
Telly SavalasLt. Theo KojakKojakCBS
1976
(28th)
Peter FalkColumboColumboNBC
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford FilesNBC
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
1977
(29th)
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford FilesNBC
Robert BlakeDet. Tony BarettaBarettaABC
Peter FalkColumboColumboNBC
Jack KlugmanDr. R. Quincy, M.E.Quincy, M.E.
Karl MaldenLt. Mike StoneThe Streets of San FranciscoABC
1978
(30th)
Ed AsnerLou GrantLou GrantCBS
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
1979
(31st)
Ron LeibmanMartin KazinskiKazCBS
Ed AsnerLou GrantLou GrantCBS
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford FilesNBC
Jack KlugmanDr. R. Quincy, M.E.Quincy, M.E.

1980s edit

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
1980
(32nd)
Ed AsnerLou GrantLou GrantCBS
James GarnerJim RockfordThe Rockford FilesNBC
Jack KlugmanR. QuincyQuincy, M.E.
Larry HagmanJ. R. EwingDallasCBS
1981
(33rd)
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street BluesNBC
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.
1982
(34th)
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street BluesNBC
Ed AsnerLou GrantLou GrantCBS
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.
James GarnerBret MaverickBret MaverickNBC
John ForsytheBlake CarringtonDynastyABC
1983
(35th)
Ed FlandersDonald WestphallSt. ElsewhereNBC
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.CBS
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
John ForsytheBlake CarringtonDynastyABC
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street BluesNBC
1984
(36th)
[1]
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.CBS
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
Ed FlandersDonald Westphall
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street Blues
John ForsytheBlake CarringtonDynastyABC
1985
(37th)
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
Don JohnsonSonny CrockettMiami ViceNBC
Ed FlandersDonald WestphallSt. Elsewhere
Daniel J. TravantiFrank FurilloHill Street Blues
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.CBS
1986
(38th)
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
Tom SelleckThomas MagnumMagnum, P.I.CBS
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe Equalizer
Bruce WillisDavid AddisonMoonlightingABC
Ed FlandersDonald WestphallSt. ElsewhereNBC
1987
(39th)
Bruce WillisDavid AddisonMoonlightingABC
William DanielsMark CraigSt. ElsewhereNBC
Ed FlandersDonald Westphall
Corbin BernsenArnie BeckerL.A. Law
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe EqualizerCBS
1988
(40th)
Richard KileyJoe GardnerA Year in the LifeNBC
Corbin BernsenArnie BeckerL.A. LawNBC
Michael TuckerStuart Markowitz
Ron PerlmanVincentBeauty and the BeastCBS
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe EqualizerCBS
1989
(41st)
Carroll O'ConnorBill GillespieIn the Heat of the NightNBC
Ken WahlVinnie TerranovaWiseguyCBS
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe Equalizer
Ron PerlmanVincentBeauty and the Beast
Michael TuckerStuart MarkowitzL.A. LawNBC

1990s edit

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork
1990
(42nd)
Peter FalkColumboColumbo"Agenda for Murder"ABC
Scott BakulaSam BeckettQuantum LeapNBC
Robert LoggiaNick MancusoMancuso, F.B.I.
Kyle MacLachlanDale CooperTwin PeaksABC
Edward WoodwardRobert McCallThe EqualizerCBS
1991
(43rd)
James Earl JonesGabriel BirdGabriel'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"
1992
(44th)
Christopher Lloyd §Alistair DimpleRoad 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"
1993
(45th)
Tom SkerrittJimmy BrockPicket 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
1994
(46th)
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD 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
1995
(47th)
Mandy PatinkinJeffrey GeigerChicago 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"
1996
(48th)
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD 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"
1997
(49th)
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD 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"
1998
(50th)
Andre BraugherFrank PembletonHomicide: 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
1999
(51st)
Dennis FranzAndy SipowiczNYPD 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 edit

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork
2000
(52nd)
James GandolfiniTony SopranoThe 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"
2001
(53rd)
James GandolfiniTony SopranoThe 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"
2002
(54th)
Michael ChiklisVic MackeyThe 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"
2003
(55th)
James GandolfiniTony SopranoThe 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
2004
(56th)
James SpaderAlan ShoreThe 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
2005
(57th)
James SpaderAlan ShoreBoston 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
2006
(58th)
Kiefer SutherlandJack Bauer24"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
2007
(59th)
James SpaderAlan ShoreBoston 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
2008
(60th)
Bryan CranstonWalter WhiteBreaking 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
2009
(61st)
Bryan CranstonWalter WhiteBreaking 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 edit

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork
2010
(62nd)
[2]
Bryan CranstonWalter WhiteBreaking 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
2011
(63rd)
[3]
Kyle ChandlerEric TaylorFriday 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
2012
(64th)
[4]
Damian LewisNicholas BrodyHomeland"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
2013
(65th)
[5]
Jeff DanielsWill McAvoyThe 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
2014
(66th)
[6]
Bryan CranstonWalter WhiteBreaking 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"
2015
(67th)
[7]
Jon HammDon DraperMad 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
2016
(68th)
[8]
Rami MalekElliot AldersonMr. 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
2017
(69th)
[9]
Sterling K. BrownRandall PearsonThis 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
2018
(70th)
[10]
Matthew RhysPhilip JenningsThe 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"
2019
(71st)
Billy PorterPray TellPose"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 edit

YearActorRoleProgramEpisode SubmissionsNetwork
2020
(72nd)
[11]
Jeremy StrongKendall RoySuccession"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+
2021
(73rd)
[12]
Josh O'ConnorCharles, Prince of WalesThe 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
2022
(74th)
[13]
Lee Jung-jaeSeong Gi-hunSquid Game"Gganbu"Netflix
Adam ScottMark ScoutSeverance"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
2023
(75th)
[14]
Kieran CulkinRoman RoySuccession"Church and State"HBO
Bob OdenkirkJimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene TakovicBetter Call Saul"Saul Gone"AMC
Brian CoxLogan RoySuccession"Rehearsal"HBO
Jeff BridgesDan ChaseThe Old Man"I"FX
Jeremy StrongKendall RoySuccession"With Open Eyes"HBO
Pedro PascalJoel MillerThe Last of Us"Kin"

Programs with multiple wins edit

Programs with multiple nominations edit

Performers with multiple wins edit

Performers with multiple nominations edit

Superlatives edit

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

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories
  2. ^ Originally titled "Make Room for Daddy", where the series was nominated twice.

References edit