Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a musical or comedy television series for the calendar year.

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
The 2024 Recipient: Jeremy Allen White
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Series Musical or Comedy
Country	United States
Presented by	Hollywood Foreign Press Association
First award	March 5, 1962
Currently held by	Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (2024)
Most awards	Alan Alda, (6)
Most nominations	Alan Alda, (11)
Website	goldenglobes.org

It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962, under the title Best TV Star – Male to John Charles Daly and Bob Newhart. The nominees for the award announced annually starting in 1963. The award initially honored actors in both comedy and drama genres until 1969, when the award was split into categories that honored comedic and dramatic performances separately. It was presented under the new title Best TV Actor – Musical or Comedy and in 1980 under its current title.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 45 actors. Alan Alda has won the most awards in this category with six wins and received the most nominations at 11.

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 as the first recipient of the award.

Mickey Rooney won the award in 1963 for his work on Mickey.

Dean Martin won for The Dean Martin Show.

Flip Wilson won for The Flip Wilson Show.

Carroll O'Connor won the award in 1971 for his role as Archie Bunker on All in the Family.

Redd Foxx won for Sanford and Son

Jack Klugman won the award in 1974 for The Odd Couple.

Henry Winkler won twice for Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on Happy Days.

Ron Howard won playing Richie Cunningham on Happy Days in 1977.

Robin Williams won in 1979 for Mork & Mindy.

Alan Alda won six times portraying Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H.

Bill Cosby won twice playing Cliff Huxtable in The Cosby Show

John Ritter won for Threes Company in 1983.

Bruce Willis won for Moonlighting in 1986.

Dabney Coleman won for The Slap Maxwell Story in 1987.

Judd Hirsch won for Dear John in 1988.

Ted Danson won for Cheers

Burt Reynolds won for Evening Shade

John Goodman won Dan Conner on Roseanne in 1992.

Jerry Seinfeld won the 1993 award for Seinfeld.

Tim Allen won in 1994 for his role on Home Improvement.

Kelsey Grammer won twice playing the titular character on Frasier.

John Lithgow won for 3rd Rock from the Sun

Michael J. Fox won the award three consecutive times for his role on Spin City as well as a four award in 1988 for his role on Family Ties.

Tony Shalhoub won for Monk

Ricky Gervais won for David Brent on The Office.

Jason Bateman won for Arrested Development playing Michael Bluth.

Steve Carell won for Michael Scott in The Office

Alec Baldwin won three times for his role on 30 Rock as Jack Donaghy.

Matt LeBlanc won Episodes

Don Cheadle won for House of Lies.

Andy Samberg won for Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Gael García Bernal won for Mozart in the Jungle.

Donald Glover won for Atlanta.

Aziz Ansari won for Master of None

Michael Douglas won for The Kominsky Method.

Ramy Youssef won for Ramy

Jason Sudeikis won twice for Ted Lasso.

Jeremy Allen White won for The Bear.

Best TV Star – Male

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 – Musical or Comedy
1969 (27th)
	Dan Dailey ‡	William Drinkwater	The Governor & J.J.	CBS	[9]
	Glen Campbell	Himself	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	CBS
	Tom Jones	Himself	This Is Tom Jones	ABC
	Dean Martin	Himself	The Dean Martin Show	NBC
	Jim Nabors	Himself	The Jim Nabors Hour	CBS

1970s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1970 (28th)
	Flip Wilson ‡	Various characters	The Flip Wilson Show	NBC	[10]
	Herschel Bernardi	Arnie Nuvo	Arnie	CBS
	David Frost	Himself	The David Frost Show	Syndicated
	Merv Griffin	Himself	The Merv Griffin Show	CBS
	Danny Thomas	Danny Williams	Make Room for Granddaddy	ABC
1971 (29th)
	Carroll O'Connor ‡	Archie Bunker	All in the Family	CBS	[11]
	Herschel Bernardi	Arnie Nuvo	Arnie	CBS
	Jack Klugman	Oscar Madison	The Odd Couple	ABC
	Dick Van Dyke	Dick Preston	The New Dick Van Dyke Show	CBS
	Flip Wilson	Various characters	The Flip Wilson Show	NBC
1972 (30th)
	Redd Foxx ‡	Fred G. Sanford	Sanford and Son	NBC	[12]
	Alan Alda	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Bill Cosby	Various characters	The New Bill Cosby Show
	Paul Lynde	Paul Simms	The Paul Lynde Show	ABC
	Carroll O'Connor	Archie Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Flip Wilson	Various characters	The Flip Wilson Show	NBC
1973 (31st)
	Jack Klugman ‡	Oscar Madison	The Odd Couple	ABC	[13]
	Alan Alda	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Dom DeLuise	Stanley Belmont	Lotsa Luck	NBC
	Redd Foxx	Fred G. Sanford	Sanford and Son
	Carroll O'Connor	Archie Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
1974 (32nd)
	Alan Alda ‡	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS	[14]
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Redd Foxx	Fred G. Sanford	Sanford and Son	NBC
	Bob Newhart	Robert Hartley, Ph.D.	The Bob Newhart Show	CBS
	Carroll O'Connor	Archie Bunker	All in the Family
1975 (33rd)
	Alan Alda ‡	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS	[15]
	Johnny Carson	Various characters	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	NBC
	Redd Foxx	Fred G. Sanford	Sanford and Son
	Hal Linden	Captain Barney Miller	Barney Miller	ABC
	Bob Newhart	Robert Hartley, Ph.D.	The Bob Newhart Show	CBS
	Carroll O'Connor	Archie Bunker	All in the Family
1976 (34th)
	Henry Winkler ‡	Fonzie	Happy Days	ABC	[16]
	Alan Alda	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Michael Constantine	Judge Matthew Sirota	Sirota's Court	NBC
	Sammy Davis Jr.	Various characters	Sammy and Company	Syndicated
	Hal Linden	Captain Barney Miller	Barney Miller	ABC
	Freddie Prinze	Chico Rodriguez	Chico and the Man	NBC
	Tony Randall	Walter Franklin	The Tony Randall Show	ABC
1977 (35th)
	Ron Howard ‡	Richie Cunningham	Happy Days	ABC	[17]
	Henry Winkler ‡	Fonzie
	Alan Alda	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Hal Linden	Captain Barney Miller	Barney Miller	ABC
	Carroll O'Connor	Archie Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
1978 (36th)
	Robin Williams ‡	Mork	Mork & Mindy	ABC	[18]
	Alan Alda	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Gavin MacLeod	Captain Merrill Stubing	The Love Boat	ABC
	Judd Hirsch	Alex Rieger	Taxi
	John Ritter	Jack Tripper	Three's Company
1979 (37th)
	Alan Alda ‡	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS	[19]
	Judd Hirsch	Alex Rieger	Taxi	ABC
	Wilfrid Hyde-White	Emerson Marshall	The Associates
	John Ritter	Jack Tripper	Three's Company
	Robin Williams	Mork	Mork & Mindy

Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy

1980s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1980 (38th)
	Alan Alda ‡	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS	[20]
	Judd Hirsch	Alex Reiger	Taxi	ABC
	Hal Linden	Barney Miller	Barney Miller
	Gavin MacLeod	Merrill Stubing	The Love Boat
	Wayne Rogers	Charley Michaels	House Calls	CBS
1981 (39th)
	Alan Alda ‡	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS	[21]
	James Garner	Bret Maverick	Bret Maverick	NBC
	Judd Hirsch	Alex Reiger	Taxi	ABC
	Gavin MacLeod	Merrill Stubing	The Love Boat
	Tony Randall	Sidney Shore	Love, Sidney	NBC
1982 (40th)
	Alan Alda ‡	Hawkeye Pierce	M*A*S*H	CBS	[22]
	Robert Guillaume	Benson DuBois	Benson	ABC
	Judd Hirsch	Alex Reiger	Taxi
	Bob Newhart	Dick Loudon	Newhart	CBS
	Tony Randall	Sidney Shore	Love, Sidney	NBC
1983 (41st)
	John Ritter ‡	Jack Tripper	Three's Company	ABC	[23]
	Dabney Coleman	Bill Bittinger	Buffalo Bill	NBC
	Ted Danson	Sam Malone	Cheers
	Robert Guillaume	Benson DuBois	Benson	ABC
	Bob Newhart	Dick Loudon	Newhart	CBS
1984 (42nd)
	Bill Cosby ‡	Cliff Huxtable	The Cosby Show	NBC	[24]
	Ted Danson	Sam Malone	Cheers	NBC
	Robert Guillaume	Benson DuBois	Benson	ABC
	Sherman Hemsley	George Jefferson	The Jeffersons	CBS
	Bob Newhart	Dick Loudon	Newhart
1985 (43rd)
	Bill Cosby ‡	Cliff Huxtable	The Cosby Show	NBC	[25]
	Tony Danza	Tony Micelli	Who's the Boss?	ABC
	Michael J. Fox	Alex P. Keaton	Family Ties	NBC
	Bob Newhart	Dick Loudon	Newhart	CBS
	Bruce Willis	David Addison	Moonlighting	ABC
1986 (44th)
	Bruce Willis ‡	David Addison	Moonlighting	ABC	[26]
	Bill Cosby	Cliff Huxtable	The Cosby Show	NBC
	Ted Danson	Sam Malone	Cheers
	Tony Danza	Tony Micelli	Who's the Boss?	ABC
	Michael J. Fox	Alex P. Keaton	Family Ties	NBC
1987 (45th)
	Dabney Coleman ‡	Slap Maxwell	The Slap Maxwell Story	ABC	[27]
	Michael J. Fox	Alex P. Keaton	Family Ties	NBC
	John Ritter	Det. Harry Hooperman	Hooperman	ABC
	Alan Thicke	Jason Seaver	Growing Pains
	Bruce Willis	David Addison	Moonlighting
1988 (46th)
	Michael J. Fox ‡	Alex P. Keaton	Family Ties	NBC	[28]
	Judd Hirsch ‡	John Lacey	Dear John
	Richard Mulligan ‡	Harry Weston	Empty Nest
	Ted Danson	Sam Malone	Cheers	NBC
	John Goodman	Dan Conner	Roseanne	ABC
1989 (47th)
	Ted Danson ‡	Sam Malone	Cheers	NBC	[29]
	John Goodman	Dan Conner	Roseanne	ABC
	Judd Hirsch	John Lacey	Dear John	NBC
	Richard Mulligan	Harry Weston	Empty Nest
	Fred Savage	Kevin Arnold	The Wonder Years	ABC

1990s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1990 (48th)
	Ted Danson ‡	Sam Malone	Cheers	NBC	[30]
	John Goodman	Dan Conner	Roseanne	ABC
	Richard Mulligan	Harry Weston	Empty Nest	NBC
	Burt Reynolds	Wood Newton	Evening Shade	CBS
	Fred Savage	Kevin Arnold	The Wonder Years	ABC
1991 (49th)
	Burt Reynolds ‡	Wood Newton	Evening Shade	CBS	[31]
	Ted Danson	Sam Malone	Cheers	NBC
	Neil Patrick Harris	Doogie Howser	Doogie Howser, M.D.	ABC
	Craig T. Nelson	Hayden Fox	Coach
	Ed O'Neill	Al Bundy	Married... with Children	Fox
1992 (50th)
	John Goodman ‡	Dan Conner	Roseanne	ABC	[32]
	Tim Allen	Tim Taylor	Home Improvement	ABC
	Ted Danson	Sam Malone	Cheers	NBC
	Craig T. Nelson	Hayden Fox	Coach	ABC
	Ed O'Neill	Al Bundy	Married... with Children	Fox
	Burt Reynolds	Wood Newton	Evening Shade	CBS
	Will Smith	Will Smith	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	NBC
1993 (51st)
	Jerry Seinfeld ‡	Jerry Seinfeld	Seinfeld	NBC	[33]
	Tim Allen	Tim Taylor	Home Improvement	ABC
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane	Frasier	NBC
	Craig T. Nelson	Hayden Fox	Coach	ABC
	Will Smith	Will Smith	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	NBC
1994 (52nd)
	Tim Allen ‡	Tim Taylor	Home Improvement	ABC	[34]
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane	Frasier	NBC
	Craig T. Nelson	Hayden Fox	Coach	ABC
	Paul Reiser	Paul Buchman	Mad About You	NBC
	Jerry Seinfeld	Jerry Seinfeld	Seinfeld
	Garry Shandling	Larry Sanders	The Larry Sanders Show	HBO
1995 (53rd)
	Kelsey Grammer ‡	Frasier Crane	Frasier	NBC	[35]
	Tim Allen	Tim Taylor	Home Improvement	ABC
	Paul Reiser	Paul Buchman	Mad About You	NBC
	Jerry Seinfeld	Jerry Seinfeld	Seinfeld
	Garry Shandling	Larry Sanders	The Larry Sanders Show	HBO
1996 (54th)
	John Lithgow ‡	Dick Solomon	3rd Rock from the Sun	NBC	[36]
	Tim Allen	Tim Taylor	Home Improvement	ABC
	Michael J. Fox	Mike Flaherty	Spin City
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane	Frasier	NBC
	Paul Reiser	Paul Buchman	Mad About You
1997 (55th)
	Michael J. Fox ‡	Mike Flaherty	Spin City	ABC	[37]
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane	Frasier	NBC
	John Lithgow	Dick Solomon	3rd Rock from the Sun
	Paul Reiser	Paul Buchman	Mad About You
	Jerry Seinfeld	Jerry Seinfeld	Seinfeld
1998 (56th)
	Michael J. Fox ‡	Mike Flaherty	Spin City	ABC	[38]
	Thomas Gibson	Greg Montgomery	Dharma & Greg	ABC
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane	Frasier	NBC
	John Lithgow	Dick Solomon	3rd Rock from the Sun
	George Segal	Jack Gallo	Just Shoot Me!
1999 (57th)
	Michael J. Fox ‡	Mike Flaherty	Spin City	ABC	[39]
	Thomas Gibson	Greg Montgomery	Dharma & Greg	ABC
	Eric McCormack	Will Truman	Will & Grace	NBC
	Ray Romano	Raymond Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	CBS
	George Segal	Jack Gallo	Just Shoot Me!	NBC

2000s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2000 (58th)
	Kelsey Grammer ‡	Frasier Crane	Frasier	NBC	[40]
	Ted Danson	John Becker	Becker	CBS
	Eric McCormack	Will Truman	Will & Grace	NBC
	Frankie Muniz	Malcolm Wilkerson	Malcolm in the Middle	Fox
	Ray Romano	Raymond Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	CBS
2001 (59th)
	Charlie Sheen ‡	Charlie Crawford	Spin City	ABC	[41]
	Tom Cavanagh	Ed Stevens	Ed	NBC
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane	Frasier
	Eric McCormack	Will Truman	Will & Grace
	Frankie Muniz	Malcolm Wilkerson	Malcolm in the Middle	Fox
2002 (60th)
	Tony Shalhoub ‡	Adrian Monk	Monk	USA	[42]
	Larry David	Himself	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO
	Matt LeBlanc	Joey Tribbiani	Friends	NBC
	Bernie Mac	Bernie McCullough	The Bernie Mac Show	Fox
	Eric McCormack	Will Truman	Will & Grace	NBC
2003 (61st)
	Ricky Gervais ‡	David Brent	The Office	BBC	[43]
	Matt LeBlanc	Joey Tribbiani	Friends	NBC
	Bernie Mac	Bernie McCullough	The Bernie Mac Show	Fox
	Eric McCormack	Will Truman	Will & Grace	NBC
	Tony Shalhoub	Adrian Monk	Monk	USA
2004 (62nd)
	Jason Bateman ‡	Michael Bluth	Arrested Development	Fox	[44]
	Zach Braff	John "J.D." Dorian	Scrubs	NBC
	Larry David	Himself	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO
	Matt LeBlanc	Joey Tribbiani	Joey	NBC
	Tony Shalhoub	Adrian Monk	Monk	USA
	Charlie Sheen	Charlie Harper	Two and a Half Men	CBS
2005 (63rd)
	Steve Carell ‡	Michael Scott	The Office	NBC	[45]
	Zach Braff	John "J.D." Dorian	Scrubs	NBC
	Larry David	Himself	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO
	Jason Lee	Earl Hickey	My Name Is Earl	NBC
	Charlie Sheen	Charlie Harper	Two and a Half Men	CBS
2006 (64th)
	Alec Baldwin ‡	Jack Donaghy	30 Rock	NBC	[46]
	Zach Braff	John "J.D." Dorian	Scrubs	NBC
	Steve Carell	Michael Scott	The Office
	Jason Lee	Earl Hickey	My Name Is Earl
	Tony Shalhoub	Adrian Monk	Monk	USA
2007 (65th)
	David Duchovny ‡	Hank Moody	Californication	Showtime	[47]
	Alec Baldwin	Jack Donaghy	30 Rock	NBC
	Steve Carell	Michael Scott	The Office
	Ricky Gervais	Andy Millman	Extras	HBO
	Lee Pace	Ned	Pushing Daisies	ABC
2008 (66th)
	Alec Baldwin ‡	Jack Donaghy	30 Rock	NBC	[48]
	Steve Carell	Michael Scott	The Office	NBC
	Kevin Connolly	Eric Murphy	Entourage	HBO
	David Duchovny	Hank Moody	Californication	Showtime
	Tony Shalhoub	Adrian Monk	Monk	USA
2009 (67th)
	Alec Baldwin ‡	Jack Donaghy	30 Rock	NBC	[49]
	Steve Carell	Michael Scott	The Office	NBC
	David Duchovny	Hank Moody	Californication	Showtime
	Thomas Jane	Ray Drecker	Hung	HBO
	Matthew Morrison	Will Schuester	Glee	Fox

2010s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2010 (68th)
	Jim Parsons ‡	Sheldon Cooper	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	[50]
	Alec Baldwin	Jack Donaghy	30 Rock	NBC
	Steve Carell	Michael Scott	The Office
	Thomas Jane	Ray Drecker	Hung	HBO
	Matthew Morrison	Will Schuester	Glee	Fox
2011 (69th)
	Matt LeBlanc ‡	Matt LeBlanc	Episodes	Showtime	[51]
	Alec Baldwin	Jack Donaghy	30 Rock	NBC
	David Duchovny	Hank Moody	Californication	Showtime
	Johnny Galecki	Leonard Hofstadter	The Big Bang Theory	CBS
	Thomas Jane	Ray Drecker	Hung	HBO
2012 (70th)
	Don Cheadle ‡	Marty Kaan	House of Lies	Showtime	[52]
	Alec Baldwin	Jack Donaghy	30 Rock	NBC
	Louis C.K.	Louie	Louie	FX
	Matt LeBlanc	Matt LeBlanc	Episodes	Showtime
	Jim Parsons	Sheldon Cooper	The Big Bang Theory	CBS
2013 (71st)
	Andy Samberg ‡	Jake Peralta	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox	[53]
	Jason Bateman	Michael Bluth	Arrested Development	Netflix
	Don Cheadle	Marty Kaan	House of Lies	Showtime
	Michael J. Fox	Mike Henry	The Michael J. Fox Show	NBC
	Jim Parsons	Sheldon Cooper	The Big Bang Theory	CBS
2014 (72nd)
	Jeffrey Tambor ‡	Maura Pfefferman	Transparent	Amazon Prime Video	[54]
	Louis C.K.	Louie	Louie	FX
	Don Cheadle	Marty Kaan	House of Lies	Showtime
	Ricky Gervais	Derek Noakes	Derek	Netflix
	William H. Macy	Frank Gallagher	Shameless	Showtime
2015 (73rd)
	Gael García Bernal ‡	Rodrigo De Souza	Mozart in the Jungle	Prime Video	[55]
	Aziz Ansari	Dev Shah	Master of None	Netflix
	Rob Lowe	Dean Sanderson Jr.	The Grinder	Fox
	Patrick Stewart	Walter Blunt	Blunt Talk	Starz
	Jeffrey Tambor	Maura Pfefferman	Transparent	Prime Video
2016 (74th)
	Donald Glover ‡	Earnest "Earn" Marks	Atlanta	FX	[56]
	Anthony Anderson	Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr.	Black-ish	ABC
	Gael García Bernal	Rodrigo De Souza	Mozart in the Jungle	Prime Video
	Nick Nolte	Richard Graves	Graves	Epix
	Jeffrey Tambor	Maura Pfefferman	Transparent	Prime Video
2017 (75th)
	Aziz Ansari ‡	Dev Shah	Master of None	Netflix	[57]
	Anthony Anderson	Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr.	Black-ish	ABC
	Kevin Bacon	Dick	I Love Dick	Prime Video
	William H. Macy	Frank Gallagher	Shameless	Showtime
	Eric McCormack	Will Truman	Will & Grace	NBC
2018 (76th)	Michael Douglas ‡	Sandy Kominsky	The Kominsky Method	Netflix	[58]
	Jim Carrey	Jeff Piccirillo	Kidding	Showtime
	Sacha Baron Cohen	Various Characters	Who Is America?
	Donald Glover	Earnest "Earn" Marks	Atlanta	FX
	Bill Hader	Barry Berkman / Barry Block	Barry	HBO
2019 (77th)	Ramy Youssef ‡	Ramy Hassan	Ramy	Hulu	[59]
	Michael Douglas	Sandy Kominsky	The Kominsky Method	Netflix
	Bill Hader	Barry Berkman / Barry Block	Barry	HBO
	Ben Platt	Payton Hobart	The Politician	Netflix
	Paul Rudd	Miles Elliot / Miles Elliot's Clone	Living with Yourself

2020s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2020 (78th)	Jason Sudeikis ‡	Ted Lasso	Ted Lasso	Apple TV+	[60]
	Don Cheadle	Maurice Monroe	Black Monday	Showtime
	Nicholas Hoult	Peter III of Russia	The Great	Hulu
	Eugene Levy	Johnny Rose	Schitt's Creek	Pop TV
	Ramy Youssef	Ramy Hassan	Ramy	Hulu
2021 (79th)	Jason Sudeikis ‡	Ted Lasso	Ted Lasso	Apple TV+	[61]
	Anthony Anderson	Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr.	Black-ish	ABC
	Nicholas Hoult	Peter III of Russia	The Great	Hulu
	Steve Martin	Charles-Haden Savage	Only Murders in the Building
	Martin Short	Oliver Putnam
2022 (80th)	Jeremy Allen White ‡	Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto	The Bear	FX	[62]
	Donald Glover	Earnest "Earn" Marks	Atlanta	FX
	Bill Hader	Barry Berkman / Barry Block	Barry	HBO
	Steve Martin	Charles-Haden Savage	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu
	Martin Short	Oliver Putnam
2023 (81st)	Jeremy Allen White ‡	Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto	The Bear	FX	[63]
	Bill Hader	Barry Berkman	Barry	HBO
	Steve Martin	Charles-Haden Savage	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu
	Jason Segel	Jimmy Laird	Shrinking	Apple TV+
	Martin Short	Oliver Putnam	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu
	Jason Sudeikis	Ted Lasso	Ted Lasso	Apple TV+
2024 (82nd)	Jeremy Allen White ‡	Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto	The Bear	FX	[64]
	Adam Brody	Noah Roklov	Nobody Wants This	Netflix
	Ted Danson	Charles Nieuwendyck	A Man on the Inside	Netflix
	Steve Martin	Charles-Haden Savage	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu
	Jason Segel	Jimmy Laird	Shrinking	Apple TV+
	Martin Short	Oliver Putnam	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu

Superlatives

Multiple wins Wins Name 6 Alan Alda 4 Michael J. Fox 3 Alec Baldwin Jeremy Allen White 2 Bill Cosby Ted Danson Kelsey Grammer Jason Sudeikis Henry Winkler

Multiple nominations Nominations Name 11 Alan Alda 10 Ted Danson 9 Michael J. Fox 8 Kelsey Grammer 7 Alec Baldwin Judd Hirsch 6 Steve Carell Eric McCormack Bob Newhart Carroll O'Connor 5 Tim Allen Matt LeBlanc Tony Shalhoub 4 Don Cheadle Bill Cosby David Duchovny Redd Foxx John Goodman Bill Hader Hal Linden Steve Martin Craig T. Nelson Paul Reiser John Ritter Jerry Seinfeld Martin Short 3 Anthony Anderson Zach Braff Larry David Ricky Gervais Donald Glover Robert Guillaume Thomas Jane John Lithgow Gavin MacLeod Richard Mulligan Jim Parsons Tony Randall Burt Reynolds Charlie Sheen Jason Sudeikis Jeffrey Tambor Jeremy Allen White Bruce Willis Flip Wilson 2 Aziz Ansari Jason Bateman Herschel Bernardi Louis C.K. Dabney Coleman Tony Danza Michael Douglas Gael García Bernal Nicholas Hoult Jack Klugman Jason Lee Bernie Mac William H. Macy Matthew Morrison Frankie Muniz Ed O'Neill Ray Romano Fred Savage George Segal Jason Segel Garry Shandling Will Smith Robin Williams Henry Winkler Ramy Youssef

See also

• TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy
• Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series