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; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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	; Matthew Rhys, ; The Americans (2018)
Website	emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. 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 the category's creation.

Winners and nominations

1950s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
1953 (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	NBC
	Jackie Gleason	Ralph Kramden	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
	Jack Webb	Sgt. Joe Friday	Dragnet	NBC
1954 (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	NBC
	Jackie Gleason	Ralph Kramden	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
	Jack Webb	Sgt. Joe Friday	Dragnet	NBC
1955 (8th) ^{[note 1]}
	Phil Silvers	MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko	The Phil Silvers Show	CBS
	Bob Cummings	Bob Collins	The Bob Cummings Show	CBS
	Jackie Gleason	Ralph Kramden	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
	Danny Thomas	Danny Williams	Make Room for Daddy	ABC
	Robert Young	Jim Anderson	Father Knows Best	CBS
1956 (9th)
	Robert Young	Jim Anderson	Father Knows Best	NBC
	James Arness	Marshal Matt Dillon	Gunsmoke	CBS
	Charles Boyer	Various Characters	Four Star Playhouse
	David Niven	Various Characters	Four Star Playhouse
	Hugh O'Brian	Wyatt Earp	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	ABC
1957 (10th) ^{[note 1]}
	Robert Young	Jim Anderson	Father Knows Best	NBC
	James Arness	Marshal Matt Dillon	Gunsmoke	CBS
	Bob 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
1959 (11th)
	Raymond Burr	Perry Mason	Perry Mason	CBS
	James Arness	Marshal Matt Dillon	Gunsmoke	CBS
	Richard Boone	Paladin	Have Gun – Will Travel	CBS
	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
1960 (12th) ^{[note 1]}
	Robert Stack	Eliot Ness	The Untouchables	ABC
	Raymond Burr	Perry Mason	Perry Mason	CBS
	Richard Boone	Paladin	Have Gun – Will Travel	CBS
1961 (13th) ^{[note 1]}
	Raymond Burr	Perry Mason	Perry Mason	CBS
	Jackie Cooper	Chick Hennesey	Hennesey	CBS
	Robert Stack	Eliot Ness	The Untouchables	CBS
1962 (14th) ^{[note 1]}
	E. G. Marshall	Lawrence Preston	The Defenders	CBS
	Vincent Edwards	Ben Casey	Ben Casey	ABC
	Jackie Cooper	Chick Hennesey	Hennesey	CBS
	Paul Burke	Adam Flint	Naked City	ABC
	George Maharis	Buz Murdock	Route 66	CBS
1963 (15th) ^{[note 1]}
	E. G. Marshall	Lawrence Preston	The Defenders	CBS
	Vic Morrow	Sgt. Sanders	Combat!	ABC
	Dick Van Dyke	Rob Petrie	The Dick Van Dyke Show	CBS
	Ernest Borgnine	Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale	McHale's Navy	CBS
	Paul Burke	Det. Adam Flint	Naked City	ABC
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	NBC
	David Janssen	Dr. Richard Kimble	The Fugitive	ABC
	George C. Scott	Neil Brock	East Side/West Side	CBS
1965 (17th)
1965 (17th)	No Award
1966 (18th)
	Bill Cosby	Alexander Scott	I Spy	NBC
	David Janssen	Dr. Richard Kimble	The Fugitive	ABC
	Robert Culp	Kelly Robinson	I Spy	NBC
	David McCallum	Illya Kuryakin	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
	Richard Crenna	James Slattery	Slattery's People	CBS
1967 (19th)
	Bill Cosby	Alexander Scott	I Spy	NBC
	David Janssen	Dr. Richard Kimble	The Fugitive	ABC
	Robert Culp	Kelly Robinson	I Spy	NBC
	Martin Landau	Rollin Hand	Mission: Impossible	CBS
	Ben Gazzara	Paul Bryan	Run for Your Life	NBC
1968 (20th)
	Bill Cosby	Alexander Scott	I Spy	NBC
	Robert Culp	Kelly Robinson	I Spy	NBC
	Raymond Burr	Robert T. Ironside	Ironside	NBC
	Martin Landau	Rollin Hand	Mission: Impossible	CBS
	Ben Gazzara	Paul Bryan	Run for Your Life	NBC
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	Mission: Impossible
	Ross Martin	Artemus Gordon	The Wild Wild West

1970s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
1970 (22nd)
	Robert Young	Dr. Marcus Welby	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Raymond Burr	Robert T. Ironside	Ironside	NBC
	Robert Wagner	Al Mundy	It Takes a Thief	ABC
	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS
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
	Robert Young	Dr. Marcus Welby	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Keith Michell #	Henry VIII of England	The Six Wives of Henry VIII	CBS
1973 (25th)
	Richard Thomas	John-Boy Walton	The Waltons	CBS
	William Conrad	Frank Cannon	Cannon	CBS
	David Carradine	Kwai Chang Caine	Kung Fu	ABC
	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS
	Peter Falk	Columbo	Columbo	NBC
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
1975 (27th)
	Robert Blake	Det. Tony Baretta	Baretta	ABC
	Telly Savalas	Theo Kojak	Kojak	CBS
	Barry Newman	Anthony J. Petrocelli	Petrocelli	NBC
	Karl Malden	Lt. Mike Stone	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC
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.	NBC
	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
	Jack Klugman	Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.	Quincy, M.E.
	James Garner	Jim Rockford	The Rockford Files
	Ralph Waite	John Walton, Sr.	The Waltons	CBS
1979 (31st)
	Ron Leibman	Kazinsky	Kaz	CBS
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS
	Jack Klugman	Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.	Quincy, M.E.	NBC
	James Garner	Jim Rockford	The Rockford Files	NBC

1980s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
1980 (32nd)
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS
	James Garner	Jim Rockford	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Larry Hagman	J. R. Ewing	Dallas	CBS
	Jack Klugman	R. Quincy	Quincy, M.E.	NBC
1981 (33rd)
	Daniel J. Travanti	Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS
	Jim Davis (posthumously)	Jock Ewing	Dallas
	Louis Gossett Jr. §	Bessie's Father	Palmerstown, U.S.A.
	Larry Hagman	J. R. Ewing	Dallas
	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
	John Forsythe	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC
	James Garner	Bret Maverick	Bret Maverick	NBC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
1983 (35th)
	Ed Flanders	Donald Westphall	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	William Daniels	Mark Craig	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	John Forsythe	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	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	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	John Forsythe	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC
	Daniel J. Travanti	Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues	NBC
1985 (37th)
	William Daniels	Mark Craig	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Ed Flanders	Donald Westphall	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Don Johnson	Sonny Crockett	Miami Vice	NBC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	Daniel J. Travanti	Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues	NBC
1986 (38th)
	William Daniels	Mark Craig	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Ed Flanders	Donald Westphall	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	Bruce Willis	David Addison	Moonlighting	ABC
	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	The Equalizer	CBS
1987 (39th)
	Bruce Willis	David Addison	Moonlighting	ABC
	Corbin Bernsen	Arnie Becker	L.A. Law	NBC
	William Daniels	Mark Craig	St. Elsewhere
	Ed Flanders	Donald Westphall	St. Elsewhere
	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
	Ron Perlman	Vincent	Beauty and the Beast	CBS
	Michael Tucker	Stuart Markowitz	L.A. Law	NBC
	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	The Equalizer	CBS
1989 (41st)
	Carroll O'Connor	Bill Gillespie	In the Heat of the Night	NBC
	Ron Perlman	Vincent	Beauty and the Beast	CBS
	Michael Tucker	Stuart Markowitz	L.A. Law	NBC
	Ken Wahl	Vinnie Terranova	Wiseguy	CBS
	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	The Equalizer	CBS

1990s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
1990 (42nd)
	Peter Falk	Columbo	Columbo	ABC
	Scott Bakula	Dr. Sam Beckett	Quantum Leap	NBC
	Robert Loggia	Nick Mancuso	Mancuso, F.B.I.	NBC
	Kyle MacLachlan	Dale Cooper	Twin Peaks	ABC
	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	The Equalizer	CBS
1991 (43rd)
	James Earl Jones	Gabriel Bird	Gabriel's Fire	ABC
	Scott Bakula	Dr. Sam Beckett	Quantum Leap	NBC
	Peter Falk	Columbo	Columbo	ABC
	Kyle MacLachlan	Dale Cooper	Twin Peaks	ABC
	Michael Moriarty	Benjamin Stone	Law & Order	NBC
1992 (44th)
	Christopher Lloyd §	Alistair Dimple	Road to Avonlea	Disney
	Scott Bakula	Dr. Sam Beckett	Quantum Leap	NBC
	Kirk Douglas §	General Kalthrob	Tales from the Crypt	HBO
	Michael Moriarty	Benjamin Stone	Law & Order	NBC
	Rob Morrow	Joel Fleischman	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Harrison Page §	Reverend Walters	Quantum Leap	NBC
	Sam Waterston	Forrest Bedford	I'll Fly Away	NBC
1993 (45th)
	Tom Skerritt	Jimmy Brock	Picket Fences	CBS
	Scott Bakula	Dr. Sam Beckett	Quantum Leap	NBC
	Michael Moriarty	Benjamin Stone	Law & Order	NBC
	Rob Morrow	Joel Fleischman	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Sam Waterston	Forrest Bedford	I'll Fly Away	NBC
1994 (46th)
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	David Caruso	John Kelly	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Peter Falk	Columbo	Columbo	ABC
	Michael Moriarty	Benjamin Stone	Law & Order	NBC
	Tom Skerritt	Jimmy Brock	Picket Fences	CBS
1995 (47th)
	Mandy Patinkin	Dr. Jeffrey Geiger	Chicago Hope	CBS
	George Clooney	Dr. Doug Ross	ER	NBC
	Anthony Edwards	Dr. Mark Greene	ER	NBC
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Jimmy Smits	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC
1996 (48th)
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Andre Braugher	Frank Pembleton	Homicide: Life on the Street	NBC
	George Clooney	Dr. Doug Ross	ER
	Anthony Edwards	Dr. Mark Greene	ER
	Jimmy Smits	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC
1997 (49th)
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	The X-Files	Fox
	Anthony Edwards	Dr. Mark Greene	ER	NBC
	Jimmy Smits	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Sam Waterston	Jack McCoy	Law & Order	NBC
1998 (50th)
	Andre Braugher	Frank Pembleton	Homicide: Life on the Street	NBC
	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	The X-Files	Fox
	Anthony Edwards	Dr. Mark Greene	ER	NBC
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Jimmy Smits	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC
1999 (51st)
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Dylan McDermott	Bobby Donnell	The Practice	ABC
	Jimmy Smits	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Sam Waterston	Jack McCoy	Law & Order	NBC

2000s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
2000 (52nd)
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Jerry Orbach	Lennie Briscoe	Law & Order	NBC
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing
	Sam Waterston	Jack McCoy	Law & Order
2001 (53rd)
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Andre Braugher	Dr. Ben Gideon	Gideon's Crossing	ABC
	Dennis Franz	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Rob Lowe	Sam Seaborn	The West Wing	NBC
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
2002 (54th)
	Michael Chiklis	Vic Mackey	The Shield	FX
	Michael C. Hall	David Fisher	Six Feet Under	HBO
	Peter Krause	Nate Fisher	Six Feet Under	HBO
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2003 (55th)
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Michael Chiklis	Vic Mackey	The Shield	FX
	Peter Krause	Nate Fisher	Six Feet Under	HBO
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2004 (56th)
	James Spader	Alan Shore	The Practice	ABC
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Anthony LaPaglia	Jack Malone	Without a Trace	CBS
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2005 (57th)
	James Spader	Alan Shore	Boston Legal	ABC
	Hank Azaria	Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt	Huff	Showtime
	Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House	House	Fox
	Ian McShane	Al Swearengen	Deadwood	HBO
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2006 (58th)
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
	Peter Krause	Nate Fisher	Six Feet Under	HBO
	Denis Leary	Tommy Gavin	Rescue Me	FX
	Christopher Meloni	Elliot Stabler	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	NBC
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
2007 (59th)
	James Spader	Alan Shore	Boston Legal	ABC
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House	House	Fox
	Denis Leary	Tommy Gavin	Rescue Me	FX
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2008 (60th)
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Gabriel Byrne	Dr. Paul Weston	In Treatment	HBO
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House	House	Fox
	James Spader	Alan Shore	Boston Legal	ABC
2009 (61st)
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Simon Baker	Patrick Jane	The Mentalist	CBS
	Gabriel Byrne	Dr. Paul Weston	In Treatment	HBO
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House	House	Fox

2010s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
2010 (62nd) ^[2]
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Kyle Chandler	Eric Taylor	Friday Night Lights	DirecTV
	Matthew Fox	Dr. Jack Shephard	Lost	ABC
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House	House	Fox
2011 (63rd) ^[3]
	Kyle Chandler	Eric Taylor	Friday Night Lights	DirecTV
	Steve Buscemi	Nucky Thompson	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Hugh Laurie	Dr. Gregory House	House	Fox
	Timothy Olyphant	Raylan Givens	Justified	FX
2012 (64th) ^[4]
	Damian Lewis	Nicholas Brody	Homeland	Showtime
	Hugh Bonneville	Robert Crawley	Downton Abbey	PBS
	Steve Buscemi	Nucky Thompson	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
2013 (65th) ^[5]
	Jeff Daniels	Will McAvoy	The Newsroom	HBO
	Hugh Bonneville	Robert Crawley	Downton Abbey	PBS
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Damian Lewis	Nicholas Brody	Homeland	Showtime
	Kevin Spacey	Frank Underwood	House of Cards	Netflix
2014 (66th) ^[6]
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Jeff Daniels	Will McAvoy	The Newsroom	HBO
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Woody Harrelson	Martin Hart	True Detective	HBO
	Matthew McConaughey	Rustin Cohle	True Detective	HBO
	Kevin Spacey	Frank Underwood	House of Cards	Netflix
2015 (67th) ^[7]
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Kyle Chandler	John Rayburn	Bloodline	Netflix
	Jeff Daniels	Will McAvoy	The Newsroom	HBO
	Bob Odenkirk	Jimmy McGill	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
	Kevin Spacey	Frank Underwood	House of Cards	Netflix
2016 (68th) ^[8]
	Rami Malek	Elliot Alderson	Mr. Robot	USA
	Kyle Chandler	John Rayburn	Bloodline	Netflix
	Bob Odenkirk	Jimmy McGill	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Matthew Rhys	Philip Jennings	The Americans	FX
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
	Kevin Spacey	Frank Underwood	House of Cards	Netflix
2017 (69th) ^[9]
	Sterling K. Brown	Randall Pearson	This Is Us	NBC
	Anthony Hopkins	Dr. Robert Ford	Westworld	HBO
	Bob Odenkirk	Jimmy McGill	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Matthew Rhys	Philip Jennings	The Americans	FX
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
	Kevin Spacey	Frank Underwood	House of Cards	Netflix
	Milo Ventimiglia	Jack Pearson	This Is Us	NBC
2018 (70th) ^[10]
	Matthew Rhys	Philip Jennings	The Americans	FX
	Jason Bateman	Marty Byrde	Ozark	Netflix
	Sterling K. Brown	Randall Pearson	This Is Us	NBC
	Ed Harris	The Man in Black / William	Westworld	HBO
	Milo Ventimiglia	Jack Pearson	This Is Us	NBC
	Jeffrey Wright	Bernard Lowe	Westworld	HBO

Performers with multiple awards

4 awards

Bryan Cranston (3 consecutive)

Dennis Franz (2 consecutive)

3 awards

Bill Cosby (consecutive)

Peter Falk

James Gandolfini (2 consecutive)

James Spader (2 consecutive for same role on different shows)

Robert Young (2 different roles; 2 consecutive for same role)

2 awards

Ed Asner

Raymond Burr

William Daniels (consecutive)

E. G. Marshall (consecutive)

Daniel J. Travanti (consecutive)

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards

Breaking Bad (3 consecutive)

NYPD Blue (2 consecutive)

3 awards

Columbo

I Spy (consecutive)

The Sopranos

St. Elsewhere (2 consecutive)

2 awards

Boston Legal

The Defenders

Father Knows Best (consecutive)

Hill Street Blues (consecutive)

Lou Grant

Perry Mason

Performers with multiple nominations

8 nominations

Raymond Burr

Peter Falk

Dennis Franz

Jon Hamm

7 nominations

James Garner

6 nominations

Bryan Cranston

James Gandolfini

Michael C. Hall

Hugh Laurie

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

Richard Boone

Kyle Chandler

Mike Connors

Anthony Edwards

Jack Klugman

Karl Malden

Michael Moriarty

James Spader

3 nominations

James Arness

Andre Braugher

Bill Cosby

Robert Culp

Jeff Daniels

John Forsythe

David Janssen

Peter Krause

Martin Landau

Bob Odenkirk

Matthew Rhys

Liev Schreiber

2 nominations

Corbin Bernsen

Robert Blake

Hugh Bonneville

Sterling K. Brown

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

Ron Perlman

Telly Savalas

Tom Skerritt

Robert Stack

Richard Thomas

Michael Tucker

Milo Ventimiglia

Jack Webb

Bruce Willis

Programs with multiple nominations

14 nominations

NYPD Blue

10 nominations

St. Elsewhere

8 nominations

Columbo

Law & Order

Mad Men

7 nominations

The West Wing

6 nominations

24

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

Quincy, M.E.

Six Feet Under

The Streets of San Francisco

This Is Us

3 nominations

The Americans

Better Call Saul

Boston Legal

Dallas

The Danny Thomas Show
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Dynasty

Father Knows Best

The Fugitive

Gunsmoke

The Jackie Gleason Show

Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Newsroom

Perry Mason

Ray Donovan

The Waltons

Westworld

2 nominations

Baretta

Beauty and the Beast

Bloodline

Boardwalk Empire

The Bob Cummings Show

Cannon

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

Moonlighting

Naked City

Northern Exposure

The Phil Silvers Show

Picket Fences

The Practice

Rescue Me

Run for Your Life

The Shield

True Detective

Twin Peaks

The Untouchables

The X-Files

Notes

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories

^ Originally titled "Make Room for Daddy", where the series was nominated twice.

References

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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 13, 2017.

^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 17, 2018.

[MW_Note-1] ⁱ Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories

[Daddy_Note-12] Originally titled "Make Room for Daddy", where the series was nominated twice.

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[10] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[11] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 17, 2018.

v t e Primetime Emmy Award categories
Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited Series Television Movie Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Animated Program Short Form Animated Program Competition Program Children's Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Informational Series or Special Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Short Form Variety Series Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special (Live) Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Narrator
Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Directing for a Reality Program
Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Animation	Individual Achievement in Animation
Casting	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Casting for a Reality Program
Choreography	Choreography for Scripted Programming Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming
Cinematography	Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Commercials	Commercial
Costume Design	Contemporary Costumes Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Period Costumes Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Hairstyling	Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
Interactive Media	Interactive Program Original Interactive Program Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an Unscripted Program
Lighting	Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Makeup	Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special
Music	Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Music Composition for a Series Music Direction Music Supervision Original Main Title Theme Music Original Music and Lyrics
Picture Editing	Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie
Production Design	Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Reality-Competition Series Production Design for a Variety Special
Sound Editing	Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
Sound Mixing	Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera) Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Special Effects	Special and Visual Effects / Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Stunts	Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie
Technical Direction	Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special
Title Design	Main Title Design
Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award
Retired	Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program New Series Program of the Year Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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