Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). This Golden Globe Award honors the best performance by an actor in a drama television series. It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 to John Charles Daly and Bob Newhart under the title "Best TV Star – Male". In 1969, the award was presented under the new title "Best TV Actor – Drama"; its current title has been used since 1980. The nominees for the award have been announced annually since 1963.

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
The 2024 recipient: Hiroyuki Sanada
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Country	United States
Presented by	Hollywood Foreign Press Association
First award	March 5, 1962
Currently held by	Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun (2024)
Most awards	Ed Asner, (2) John Forsythe, (2) Jon Hamm, (2) Hugh Laurie, (2) Telly Savalas, (2)
Most nominations	Peter Falk, (7) Tom Selleck, (7)
Website	goldenglobes.org

Hiroyuki Sanada is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Lord Yoshii Toranaga in Shōgun. Ed Asner, John Forsythe, Jon Hamm, Hugh Laurie and Telly Savalas have won the most awards in this category, each winning twice. Peter Falk and Tom Selleck have both been nominated seven times each, for their respective roles on Columbo and Magnum, P.I..

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning actor.

Bob Newhart tied with John Charles Daly to be the first recipient of the award.

Mickey Rooney won for Mickey in 1963

Dean Martin won the award in 1966 for The Dean Martin Show.

Martin Landau won for Mission: Impossible in 1967

1960s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
Best TV Star – Male
1961 (19th)
	John Charles Daly ‡				[1]
	Bob Newhart ‡
1962 (20th)
	Richard Chamberlain ‡	James Kildare	Dr. Kildare	NBC	[2]
1963 (21st)
	Mickey Rooney ‡	Mickey Grady	Mickey	ABC	[3]
	Richard Boone	Various Characters	The Richard Boone Show	NBC
	Jackie Gleason	Various Characters	American Scene Magazine	CBS
	Lorne Greene	Ben Cartwright	Bonanza	NBC
	E.G. Marshall	Lawrence Preston	The Defenders	CBS
1964 (22nd)
	Gene Barry ‡	Amos Burke	Burke's Law	ABC	[4]
	Richard Crenna	James Slattery	Slattery's People	CBS
	James Franciscus	John Novak	Mr. Novak	NBC
	David Janssen	Richard Kimble	The Fugitive	ABC
	Robert Vaughn	Napoleon Solo	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
1965 (23rd)
	David Janssen ‡	Richard Kimble	The Fugitive	ABC	[5]
	Ben Gazzara	Paul Bryan	Run for Your Life	NBC
	David McCallum	Illya Kuryakin	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
	Robert Vaughn	Napoleon Solo
1966 (24th)
	Dean Martin ‡	Various characters	The Dean Martin Show	NBC	[6]
	Bill Cosby	Alexander Scott	I Spy	NBC
	Robert Culp	Kelly Robinson
	Ben Gazzara	Paul Bryan	Run for Your Life
	Christopher George	Sam Troy	The Rat Patrol	ABC
1967 (25th)
	Martin Landau ‡	Rollin Hand	Mission: Impossible	CBS	[7]
	Brendon Boone	Chief	Garrison's Gorillas	ABC
	Ben Gazzara	Paul Bryan	Run for Your Life	NBC
	Dean Martin	Various characters	The Dean Martin Show
	Andy Williams	Various characters	The Andy Williams Show
1968 (26th)
	Carl Betz ‡	Clinton Judd	Judd, for the Defense	ABC	[8]
	Raymond Burr	Robert T. Ironside	Ironside	NBC
	Peter Graves	Jim Phelps	Mission: Impossible	CBS
	Dean Martin	Various characters	The Dean Martin Show	NBC
	Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	Lewis Erskine	The F.B.I.	ABC
Best TV Actor – Drama
1969 (27th)
	Mike Connors ‡	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS	[9]
	Peter Graves	Jim Phelps	Mission: Impossible	CBS
	Lloyd Haynes	Pete Dixion	Room 222	ABC
	Robert Wagner	Alexander Mundy	It Takes a Thief
	Robert Young	Dr. Marcus Welby	Marcus Welby, M.D.

Mike Connors won in 1970 and received five more nominations for his performance on Mannix as Joe Mannix.

Peter Graves won in 1971 playing Jim Phelps on Mission: Impossible.

Telly Savalas won the award twice for Kojak

Peter Falk won for Columbo in 1972 (out of seven nominations).

James Stewart won for Hawkins (1972).

Ed Asner won twice for his role as Lou Grant on the eponymous show.

James Garner was nominated three times for his role as Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files.

1970s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1970 (28th)
	Peter Graves ‡	Jim Phelps	Mission: Impossible	CBS	[10]
	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS
	Chad Everett	Dr. Joe Gannon	Medical Center
	Burt Reynolds	Lt. Dan August	Dan August	ABC
	Robert Young	Dr. Marcus Welby	Marcus Welby, M.D.
1971 (29th)
	Robert Young ‡	Dr. Marcus Welby	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC	[11]
	Raymond Burr	Robert T. Ironside	Ironside	NBC
	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS
	William Conrad	Frank Cannon	Cannon
	Peter Falk	Lt. Columbo	Columbo	NBC
1972 (30th)
	Peter Falk ‡	Lt. Columbo	Columbo	NBC	[12]
	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS
	William Conrad	Frank Cannon	Cannon
	Chad Everett	Dr. Joe Gannon	Medical Center
	David Hartman	Dr. Paul Hunter	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	NBC
	Robert Young	Dr. Marcus Welby	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
1973 (31st)
	James Stewart ‡	Billy Jim Hawkins	Hawkins	NBC	[13]
	David Carradine	Kwai Chang Caine	Kung Fu	ABC
	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS
	Peter Falk	Lt. Columbo	Columbo	NBC
	Richard Thomas	John-Boy Walton	The Waltons	CBS
	Robert Young	Dr. Marcus Welby	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
1974 (32nd)
	Telly Savalas ‡	Lt. Theo Kojak	Kojak	CBS	[14]
	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	Mannix	CBS
	Michael Douglas	Steve Keller	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC
	Peter Falk	Lt. Columbo	Columbo	NBC
	Richard Thomas	John-Boy Walton	The Waltons	CBS
1975 (33rd)
	Robert Blake ‡	Tony Baretta	Baretta	ABC	[15]
	Telly Savalas ‡	Lt. Theo Kojak	Kojak	CBS
	Peter Falk	Lt. Columbo	Columbo	NBC
	Karl Malden	Mike Stone	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC
	Barry Newman	Anthony J. Petrocelli	Petrocelli	NBC
1976 (34th)
	Richard Jordan ‡	Joseph Armagh	Captains and the Kings	NBC	[16]
	Lee Majors	Steve Austin	The Six Million Dollar Man	ABC
	Nick Nolte	Tom Jordache	Rich Man, Poor Man
	Telly Savalas	Lt. Theo Kojak	Kojak	CBS
	Peter Strauss	Rudy Jordache	Rich Man, Poor Man	ABC
1977 (35th)
	Ed Asner ‡	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS	[17]
	Robert Conrad	Gregory "Pappy" Boyington	Baa Baa Black Sheep	NBC
	Peter Falk	Lt. Columbo	Columbo
	James Garner	Jim Rockford	The Rockford Files
	Telly Savalas	Lt. Theo Kojak	Kojak	CBS
1978 (36th)
	Michael Moriarty ‡	Eric Dorf	Holocaust	NBC	[18]
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS
	James Garner	Jim Rockford	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Richard Hatch	Captain Apollo	Battlestar Galactica	ABC
	John Houseman	Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.	The Paper Chase	CBS
	Michael Landon	Charles Ingalls	Little House on the Prairie	NBC
1979 (37th)
	Ed Asner ‡	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS	[19]
	Richard Chamberlain	Alexander McKeag	Centennial	NBC
	Erik Estrada	Officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello	CHiPs
	James Garner	Jim Rockford	The Rockford Files
	John Houseman	Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.	The Paper Chase	CBS
	Martin Sheen	John Dean	Blind Ambition
	Robert Urich	Dan Tanna	Vega$	ABC
	Robert Wagner	Jonathan Hart	Hart to Hart

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

Richard Chamberlain won in 1981 for his role as John Blackthorne on the miniseries Shōgun.

Tom Selleck won for playing the title role in Magnum, P.I.. He tied with Peter Falk for having the most nominations in the category.

Kyle MacLachlan won in 1991 playing Dale Cooper on Twin Peaks

Sam Waterston won for I'll Fly Away (1992)

David Caruso won in 1994 for NYPD Blue

Jimmy Smits received the award for his role in NYPD Blue

David Duchovny won for The X-Files

Anthony Edwards won for ER

James Gandolfini won in 2000 for playing Tony Soprano in The Sopranos

Martin Sheen won for Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing (2004)

Michael Chiklis won playing Vic Mackey in The Shield (2002)

Hugh Laurie won twice for playing Gregory House House (2005, 2006).

Jon Hamm won in 2008 and 2016 for his role as Don Draper on Mad Men.

Steve Buscemi won for playing Nucky Thompson Boardwalk Empire (2010)

Kelsey Grammer won for playing a corrupt mayor in Boss (2011)

Bryan Cranston won playing Walter White in Breaking Bad (2014)

Kevin Spacey won playing Frank Underwood in House of Cards (2014)

Sterling K. Brown won for This is Us (2017)

Richard Madden won for Bodyguard (2018)

Brian Cox won for Succession (2019)

Josh O'Connor won for playing Prince Charles on The Crown (2020)

Jeremy Strong won for Succession (2021)

Kieran Culkin won for Succession (2023)

1980s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1980 (38th)
	Richard Chamberlain ‡	John Blackthorne	Shōgun	NBC	[20]
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS
	Larry Hagman	J. R. Ewing	Dallas
	Robert Urich	Dan Tanna	Vega$	ABC
	Robert Wagner	Jonathan Hart	Hart to Hart
1981 (39th)
	Daniel J. Travanti ‡	Capt. Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues	NBC	[21]
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	Lou Grant	CBS
	John Forsythe	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC
	Larry Hagman	J. R. Ewing	Dallas	CBS
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.
1982 (40th)
	John Forsythe ‡	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC	[22]
	Larry Hagman	J. R. Ewing	Dallas	CBS
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.
	Daniel J. Travanti	Capt. Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Robert Wagner	Jonathan Hart	Hart to Hart	ABC
1983 (41st)
	John Forsythe ‡	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC	[23]
	James Brolin	Peter McDermott	Hotel	ABC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	Daniel J. Travanti	Capt. Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Robert Wagner	Jonathan Hart	Hart to Hart	ABC
1984 (42nd)
	Tom Selleck ‡	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS	[24]
	James Brolin	Peter McDermott	Hotel	ABC
	John Forsythe	Blake Carrington	Dynasty
	Larry Hagman	J. R. Ewing	Dallas	CBS
	Stacy Keach	Mike Hammer	Mike Hammer
	Daniel J. Travanti	Capt. Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues	NBC
1985 (43rd)
	Don Johnson ‡	Sonny Crockett	Miami Vice	NBC	[25]
	John Forsythe	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	Philip Michael Thomas	Ricardo Tubbs	Miami Vice	NBC
	Daniel J. Travanti	Capt. Frank Furillo	Hill Street Blues
1986 (44th)
	Edward Woodward ‡	Robert McCall	The Equalizer	CBS	[26]
	William Devane	Greg Sumner	Knots Landing	CBS
	John Forsythe	Blake Carrington	Dynasty	ABC
	Don Johnson	Sonny Crockett	Miami Vice	NBC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
1987 (45th)
	Richard Kiley ‡	Joe Gardner	A Year in the Life	NBC	[27]
	Harry Hamlin	Michael Kuzak	L.A. Law	NBC
	Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	Michael Tucker	Stuart Markowitz	L.A. Law	NBC
	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	The Equalizer	CBS
1988 (46th)
	Ron Perlman ‡	Vincent	Beauty and the Beast	CBS	[28]
	Corbin Bernsen	Arnie Becker	L.A. Law	NBC
	Harry Hamlin	Michael Kuzak
	Carroll O'Connor	Chief Bill Gillespie	In the Heat of the Night
	Ken Wahl	Vinnie Terranova	Wiseguy	CBS
1989 (47th)
	Ken Wahl ‡	Vinnie Terranova	Wiseguy	CBS	[29]
	Corbin Bernsen	Arnie Becker	L.A. Law	NBC
	Harry Hamlin	Michael Kuzak
	Carroll O'Connor	Chief Bill Gillespie	In the Heat of the Night
	Ken Olin	Michael Steadman	thirtysomething	ABC

1990s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1990 (48th)
	Kyle MacLachlan ‡	Dale Cooper	Twin Peaks	ABC	[30]
	Scott Bakula	Sam Beckett	Quantum Leap	NBC
	Peter Falk	Lt. Columbo	Columbo	ABC
	James Earl Jones	Gabriel Bird	Gabriel's Fire
	Carroll O'Connor	Chief Bill Gillespie	In the Heat of the Night	NBC
1991 (49th)
	Scott Bakula ‡	Sam Beckett	Quantum Leap	NBC	[31]
	Mark Harmon	Dickie Cobb	Reasonable Doubts	NBC
	James Earl Jones	Gabriel Bird	Gabriel's Fire	ABC
	Rob Morrow	Joel Fleischman	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Carroll O'Connor	Chief Bill Gillespie	In the Heat of the Night	NBC
	Sam Waterston	Forrest Bedford	I'll Fly Away
1992 (50th)
	Sam Waterston ‡	Forrest Bedford	I'll Fly Away	NBC	[32]
	Scott Bakula	Sam Beckett	Quantum Leap	NBC
	Mark Harmon	Dickie Cobb	Reasonable Doubts
	Rob Morrow	Joel Fleischman	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Jason Priestley	Brandon Walsh	Beverly Hills, 90210	Fox
1993 (51st)
	David Caruso ‡	John Kelly	NYPD Blue	ABC	[33]
	Michael Moriarty	Benjamin Stone	Law & Order	NBC
	Rob Morrow	Joel Fleischman	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Carroll O'Connor	Bill Gillespie	In the Heat of the Night
	Tom Skerritt	Jimmy Brock	Picket Fences
1994 (52nd)
	Dennis Franz ‡	Andy Sipowicz	NYPD Blue	ABC	[34]
	Mandy Patinkin	Jeffrey Geiger	Chicago Hope	CBS
	Jason Priestley	Brandon Walsh	Beverly Hills, 90210	Fox
	Tom Skerritt	Jimmy Brock	Picket Fences	CBS
	Sam Waterston	Jack McCoy	Law & Order	NBC
1995 (53rd)
	Jimmy Smits ‡	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC	[35]
	Daniel Benzali	Theodore Hoffman	Murder One	ABC
	George Clooney	Doug Ross	ER	NBC
	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	The X-Files	Fox
	Anthony Edwards	Mark Greene	ER	NBC
1996 (54th)
	David Duchovny ‡	Fox Mulder	The X-Files	Fox	[36]
	George Clooney	Doug Ross	ER	NBC
	Anthony Edwards	Mark Greene
	Lance Henriksen	Frank Black	Millennium	Fox
	Jimmy Smits	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC
1997 (55th)
	Anthony Edwards ‡	Mark Greene	ER	NBC	[37]
	Kevin Anderson	Francis Xavier Reyneaux	Nothing Sacred	ABC
	George Clooney	Doug Ross	ER	NBC
	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	The X-Files	Fox
	Lance Henriksen	Frank Black	Millennium
1998 (56th)
	Dylan McDermott ‡	Bobby Donnell	The Practice	ABC	[38]
	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	The X-Files	Fox
	Anthony Edwards	Mark Greene	ER	NBC
	Lance Henriksen	Frank Black	Millennium	Fox
	Jimmy Smits	Bobby Simone	NYPD Blue	ABC
1999 (57th)
	James Gandolfini ‡	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO	[39]
	Billy Campbell	Rick Sammler	Once and Again	ABC
	Rob Lowe	Sam Seaborn	The West Wing	NBC
	Dylan McDermott	Bobby Donnell	The Practice	ABC
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC

2000s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2000 (58th)
	Martin Sheen ‡	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC	[40]
	Andre Braugher	Ben Gideon	Gideon's Crossing	ABC
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Rob Lowe	Sam Seaborn	The West Wing	NBC
	Dylan McDermott	Bobby Donnell	The Practice	ABC
2001 (59th)
	Kiefer Sutherland ‡	Jack Bauer	24	Fox	[41]
	Simon Baker	Nick Fallin	The Guardian	CBS
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Peter Krause	Nate Fisher	Six Feet Under
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
2002 (60th)
	Michael Chiklis ‡	Vic Mackey	The Shield	FX	[42]
	James Gandolfini	Tony Soprano	The Sopranos	HBO
	Peter Krause	Nate Fisher	Six Feet Under
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2003 (61st)
	Anthony LaPaglia ‡	Jack Malone	Without a Trace	CBS	[43]
	Michael Chiklis	Vic Mackey	The Shield	FX
	William Petersen	Gil Grissom	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CBS
	Martin Sheen	Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing	NBC
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2004 (62nd)
	Ian McShane ‡	Al Swearengen	Deadwood	HBO	[44]
	Michael Chiklis	Vic Mackey	The Shield	FX
	Denis Leary	Tommy Gavin	Rescue Me
	Julian McMahon	Christian Troy	Nip/Tuck
	James Spader	Alan Shore	Boston Legal	ABC
2005 (63rd)
	Hugh Laurie ‡	Gregory House	House	Fox	[45]
	Patrick Dempsey	Derek Shepherd	Grey's Anatomy	ABC
	Matthew Fox	Jack Shephard	Lost
	Wentworth Miller	Michael Scofield	Prison Break	Fox
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24
2006 (64th)
	Hugh Laurie ‡	Gregory House	House	Fox	[46]
	Patrick Dempsey	Derek Shepherd	Grey's Anatomy	ABC
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Bill Paxton	Bill Henrickson	Big Love	HBO
	Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	24	Fox
2007 (65th)
	Jon Hamm ‡	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC	[47]
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Hugh Laurie	Gregory House	House	Fox
	Bill Paxton	Bill Henrickson	Big Love	HBO
	Jonathan Rhys Meyers	Henry VIII of England	The Tudors	Showtime
2008 (66th)
	Gabriel Byrne ‡	Paul Weston	In Treatment	HBO	[48]
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Hugh Laurie	Gregory House	House	Fox
	Jonathan Rhys Meyers	Henry VIII of England	The Tudors	Showtime
2009 (67th)
	Michael C. Hall ‡	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime	[49]
	Simon Baker	Patrick Jane	The Mentalist	CBS
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Hugh Laurie	Gregory House	House	Fox
	Bill Paxton	Bill Henrickson	Big Love	HBO

2010s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2010 (68th)
	Steve Buscemi ‡	Nucky Thompson	Boardwalk Empire	HBO	[50]
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter Morgan	Dexter	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
	Hugh Laurie	Gregory House	House	Fox
2011 (69th)
	Kelsey Grammer ‡	Tom Kane	Boss	Starz	[51]
	Steve Buscemi	Nucky Thompson	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Jeremy Irons	Pope Alexander VI	The Borgias	Showtime
	Damian Lewis	Nicholas Brody	Homeland
2012 (70th)
	Damian Lewis ‡	Nicholas Brody	Homeland	Showtime	[52]
	Steve Buscemi	Nucky Thompson	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Bryan Cranston	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Jeff Daniels	Will McAvoy	The Newsroom	HBO
	Jon Hamm	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC
2013 (71st)
	Bryan Cranston ‡	Walter White	Breaking Bad	AMC	[53]
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
	Michael Sheen	William Masters	Masters of Sex
	Kevin Spacey	Frank Underwood	House of Cards	Netflix
	James Spader	Raymond "Red" Reddington	The Blacklist	NBC
2014 (72nd)
	Kevin Spacey ‡	Frank Underwood	House of Cards	Netflix	[54]
	Clive Owen	John "Thack" Thackery	The Knick	Cinemax
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
	James Spader	Raymond "Red" Reddington	The Blacklist	NBC
	Dominic West	Noah Solloway	The Affair	Showtime
2015 (73rd)
	Jon Hamm ‡	Don Draper	Mad Men	AMC	[55]
	Rami Malek	Elliot Alderson	Mr. Robot	USA
	Wagner Moura	Pablo Escobar	Narcos	Netflix
	Bob Odenkirk	Saul Goodman	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
2016 (74th)
	Billy Bob Thornton ‡	Billy McBride	Goliath	Amazon Prime Video	[56]
	Rami Malek	Elliot Alderson	Mr. Robot	USA
	Bob Odenkirk	Saul Goodman	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Matthew Rhys	Philip Jennings	The Americans	FX
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
2017 (75th)
	Sterling K. Brown ‡	Randall Pearson	This Is Us	NBC	[57]
	Jason Bateman	Martin "Marty" Byrde	Ozark	Netflix
	Freddie Highmore	Dr. Shaun Murphy	The Good Doctor	ABC
	Bob Odenkirk	Saul Goodman	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
2018 (76th)
	Richard Madden ‡	David Budd	Bodyguard	Netflix
	Jason Bateman	Martin "Marty" Byrde	Ozark	Netflix
	Stephan James	Walter Cruz	Homecoming	Prime Video
	Billy Porter	Pray Tell	Pose	FX
	Matthew Rhys	Philip Jennings	The Americans
2019 (77th)
	Brian Cox ‡	Logan Roy	Succession	HBO	[58]
	Kit Harington	Jon Snow	Game of Thrones	HBO
	Rami Malek	Elliot Alderson	Mr. Robot	USA
	Tobias Menzies	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	The Crown	Netflix
	Billy Porter	Pray Tell	Pose	FX

2020s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2020 (78th)
	Josh O'Connor ‡	Charles, Prince of Wales	The Crown	Netflix	[59]
	Jason Bateman	Martin "Marty" Byrde	Ozark	Netflix
	Bob Odenkirk	Saul Goodman	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Al Pacino	Meyer Offerman	Hunters	Prime Video
	Matthew Rhys	Perry Mason	Perry Mason	HBO
2021 (79th)
	Jeremy Strong ‡	Kendall Roy	Succession	HBO	[60]
	Brian Cox	Logan Roy	Succession	HBO
	Lee Jung-jae	Seong Gi-hun	Squid Game	Netflix
	Billy Porter	Pray Tell	Pose	FX
	Omar Sy	Assane Diop	Lupin	Netflix
2022 (80th)
	Kevin Costner ‡	John Dutton	Yellowstone	Paramount Network	[61]
	Jeff Bridges	Dan Chase	The Old Man	FX
	Diego Luna	Cassian Andor	Andor	Disney+
	Bob Odenkirk	Saul Goodman	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Adam Scott	Mark Scout	Severance	Apple TV+
2023 (81st)
	Kieran Culkin ‡	Roman Roy	Succession	HBO	[62]
	Brian Cox	Logan Roy	Succession	HBO
	Gary Oldman	Jackson Lamb	Slow Horses	Apple TV+
	Pedro Pascal	Joel Miller	The Last of Us	HBO
	Jeremy Strong	Kendall Roy	Succession
	Dominic West	Charles, Prince of Wales	The Crown	Netflix
2024 (82nd)
	Hiroyuki Sanada ‡	Lord Yoshii Toranaga	Shōgun	FX
	Donald Glover	John Smith / Michael	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Prime Video
	Jake Gyllenhaal	Rozat "Rusty" Sabich	Presumed Innocent	Apple TV+
	Gary Oldman	Jackson Lamb	Slow Horses
	Eddie Redmayne	Alexander Duggan / The Jackal	The Day of the Jackal	Peacock
	Billy Bob Thornton	Tommy Norris	Landman	Paramount+

Superlatives

Multiple wins Wins Name 2 Ed Asner John Forsythe Jon Hamm Hugh Laurie Telly Savalas

Multiple nominations Nominations Name 7 Peter Falk Tom Selleck 6 Mike Connors John Forsythe Jon Hamm Hugh Laurie Martin Sheen 5 Ed Asner Michael C. Hall Carroll O'Connor Bob Odenkirk Liev Schreiber Kiefer Sutherland Daniel J. Travanti Robert Wagner Robert Young 4 Bryan Cranston David Duchovny Anthony Edwards James Gandolfini Larry Hagman Telly Savalas 3 Scott Bakula Jason Bateman Steve Buscemi Michael Chiklis George Clooney Brian Cox James Garner Peter Graves Harry Hamlin Lance Henriksen Rami Malek Dylan McDermott Rob Morrow Bill Paxton Billy Porter Matthew Rhys Jimmy Smits James Spader Sam Waterston 2 Simon Baker Corbin Bernsen James Brolin Raymond Burr Richard Chamberlain William Conrad Patrick Dempsey Chad Everett Mark Harmon John Houseman Don Johnson James Earl Jones Peter Krause Damian Lewis Rob Lowe Jonathan Rhys Meyers Michael Moriarty Gary Oldman Jason Priestley Tom Skerritt Kevin Spacey Jeremy Strong Richard Thomas Billy Bob Thornton Robert Urich Ken Wahl Dominic West Edward Woodward

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series