Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama

The Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama is one of the annual awards given by the International Press Academy.

Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
The 2023 recipient: Gary Oldman
Awarded for	Best Actor in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	International Press Academy
First award	1996
Currently held by	Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (2023)

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
1996	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox Mulder	Fox
	Dennis Franz	NYPD Blue	Andy Sipowicz	ABC
	Andre Braugher	Homicide: Life on the Street	Frank Pembleton	NBC
	Anthony Edwards	ER	Dr. Mark Greene
	Hector Elizondo	Chicago Hope	Phillip Watters	CBS
1997	Jimmy Smits	NYPD Blue	Bobby Simone	ABC
	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox Mulder	Fox
	Dennis Franz	NYPD Blue	Andy Sipowicz	ABC
	Sam Waterston	Law & Order	Jack McCoy	NBC
	Michael T. Weiss	The Pretender	Jarod
1998	Ernie Hudson	Oz	Leo Glynn	HBO
	George Clooney	ER	Dr. Doug Ross	NBC
	Michael T. Weiss	The Pretender	Jarod
	Jimmy Smits	NYPD Blue	Bobby Simone	ABC
	Dylan McDermott	The Practice	Bobby Donnell
1999	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Josiah Bartlet	NBC
	James Gandolfini	The Sopranos	Tony Soprano	HBO
	Eamonn Walker	Oz	Kareem Saïd
	Dylan McDermott	The Practice	Bobby Donnell	ABC
	Sam Waterston	Law & Order	Jack McCoy	NBC

2000s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2000	Tim Daly	The Fugitive	Dr. Richard Kimble	CBS
	James Gandolfini	The Sopranos	Tony Soprano	HBO
	Dennis Haysbert	Now and Again	Dr. Theodore Morris	CBS
	Nicky Katt	Boston Public	Harry Senate	Fox
	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Josiah Bartlet	NBC
2001	Kiefer Sutherland	24	Jack Bauer	Fox
	James Gandolfini	The Sopranos	Tony Soprano	HBO
	Craig T. Nelson	The District	Jack Mannion	CBS
	William Petersen	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Gil Grissom
	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Josiah Bartlet	NBC
2002	Kiefer Sutherland	24	Jack Bauer	Fox
	Michael Chiklis	The Shield	Vic Mackey	FX
	Peter Krause	Six Feet Under	Nate Fisher	HBO
	Chi McBride	Boston Public	Steven Harper	Fox
	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Josiah Bartlet	NBC
2003	Michael Chiklis	The Shield	Vic Mackey	FX
	David Boreanaz	Angel	Angel	The WB
	Anthony LaPaglia	Without a Trace	Jack Malone	CBS
	Julian McMahon	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Christian Troy	FX
	David Paymer	Line of Fire	Jonah Malloy	ABC
	Nick Stahl	Carnivàle	Ben Hawkins	HBO
2004	Matthew Fox	Lost	Dr. Jack Shephard	ABC
	Vincent D'Onofrio	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Robert Goren	NBC
	Anthony LaPaglia	Without a Trace	Jack Malone	CBS
	James Spader	Boston Legal	Alan Shore	ABC
	Treat Williams	Everwood	Andrew Brown	The WB
2005	Hugh Laurie	House	Dr. Gregory House	Fox
	Denis Leary	Rescue Me	Tommy Gavin	FX
	Dylan Walsh	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Sean McNamara
	Ian McShane	Deadwood	Al Swearengen	HBO
	Jake Weber	Medium	Joe Dubois	NBC
2006	Hugh Laurie	House	Dr. Gregory House	Fox
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Dexter Morgan	Showtime
	Denis Leary	Rescue Me	Tommy Gavin	FX
	Bill Paxton	Big Love	Bill Henrickson	HBO
	Matthew Perry	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Matt Albie	NBC
	Bradley Whitford		Danny Tripp
2007	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Dexter Morgan	Showtime
	Denis Leary	Rescue Me	Tommy Gavin	FX
	Eddie Izzard	The Ri¢hes	Wayne Malloy
	Hugh Laurie	House	Dr. Gregory House	Fox
	Bill Paxton	Big Love	Bill Henrickson	HBO
	James Woods	Shark	Sebastian Stark	CBS
2008	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	Walter White	AMC
	Gabriel Byrne	In Treatment	Dr. Paul Weston	HBO
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Dexter Morgan	Showtime
	Jason Isaacs	Brotherhood	Michael Caffee
	Jon Hamm	Mad Men	Don Draper	AMC
	David Tennant	Doctor Who	The Doctor	BBC One
2009	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	Walter White	AMC
	Bill Paxton	Big Love	Bill Henrickson	HBO
	Gabriel Byrne	In Treatment	Dr. Paul Weston
	Lucian Msamati	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni
	Nathan Fillion	Castle	Richard Castle	ABC
	Jon Hamm	Mad Men	Don Draper	AMC

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2010	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	Walter White	AMC
	Kyle Chandler	Friday Night Lights	Eric Taylor	DirecTV
	Josh Charles	The Good Wife	Will Gardner	CBS
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Dexter Morgan	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Mad Men	Don Draper	AMC
	Stephen Moyer	True Blood	Bill Compton	HBO
2011	Timothy Olyphant	Justified	Raylan Givens	FX
	Steve Buscemi	Boardwalk Empire	Enoch "Nucky" Thompson	HBO
	Wendell Pierce	Treme	Antoine Batiste
	Kyle Chandler	Friday Night Lights	Eric Taylor	DirecTV
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	Walter White	AMC
	William H. Macy	Shameless	Frank Gallagher	Showtime
2012	Damian Lewis	Homeland	Nicholas Brody	Showtime
	Jon Hamm	Mad Men	Don Draper	AMC
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	Walter White
	Jeff Daniels	The Newsroom	Will McAvoy	HBO
	Jonny Lee Miller	Elementary	Sherlock Holmes	CBS
	Timothy Olyphant	Justified	Raylan Givens	FX
2013	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	Walter White	AMC
	Jeff Daniels	The Newsroom	Will McAvoy	HBO
	Jon Hamm	Mad Men	Don Draper	AMC
	Freddie Highmore	Bates Motel	Norman Bates	A&E
	Derek Jacobi	Last Tango in Halifax	Alan Buttershaw	BBC One
	Michael Sheen	Masters of Sex	Dr. William Masters	Showtime
	Kevin Spacey	House of Cards	Frank Underwood	Netflix
	Aden Young	Rectify	Daniel Holden	SundanceTV
2014	Clive Owen	The Knick	Dr. John "Thack" Thackery	Cinemax
	Martin Freeman	Fargo	Lester Nygaard	FX
	Billy Bob Thornton		Lorne Malvo
	Charlie Hunnam	Sons of Anarchy	Jackson "Jax" Teller
	Woody Harrelson	True Detective	Detective Martin "Marty" Hart	HBO
	Mads Mikkelsen	Hannibal	Dr. Hannibal Lecter	NBC
	Lee Pace	Halt and Catch Fire	Joe MacMillan	AMC
	Michael Sheen	Masters of Sex	Dr. William Masters	Showtime
2015	Dominic West	The Affair	Noah Solloway	Showtime
	Kyle Chandler	Bloodline	John Rayburn	Netflix
	Timothy Hutton	American Crime	Russ Skokie	ABC
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
	Rami Malek	Mr. Robot	Elliot Alderson	USA Network
	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic	AMC
2016	Dominic West	The Affair	Noah Solloway	Showtime
	Rami Malek	Mr. Robot	Elliot Alderson	USA Network
	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic	AMC
	Matthew Rhys	The Americans	Philip Jennings	FX
	Liev Schreiber	Ray Donovan	Ray Donovan	Showtime
	Billy Bob Thornton	Goliath	Billy McBride	Prime Video
2017 [1][2]	Jonathan Groff	Mindhunter	Holden Ford	Netflix
	Brendan Gleeson	Mr. Mercedes	Detective Bill Hodges	Audience
	Harry Treadaway		Brady Hartsfield
	Ewan McGregor	Fargo	Emmit and Ray Stussy	FX
	Tom Hardy	Taboo	James Keziah Delaney
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Jamie Fraser	Starz
2018 [3]	Brendan Gleeson	Mr. Mercedes	Bill Hodges	Audience
	Jason Bateman	Ozark	Marty Byrde	Netflix
	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic	AMC
	Matthew Rhys	The Americans	Philip Jennings	FX
	J. K. Simmons	Counterpart	Howard Silk	Starz
	Billy Bob Thornton	Goliath	Billy McBride	Prime Video
2019 [4]	Tobias Menzies	The Crown	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Netflix
	Brian Cox	Succession	Logan Roy	HBO
	Brendan Gleeson	Mr. Mercedes	Bill Hodges	Audience
	Jonathan Groff	Mindhunter	Holden Ford	Netflix
	Damian Lewis	Billions	Robert "Bobby" Axelrod	Showtime
	Billy Bob Thornton	Goliath	Billy McBride	Prime Video

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2020 [5][6]	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic	AMC
	Jason Bateman	Ozark	Marty Byrde	Netflix
	Damian Lewis	Billions	Robert "Bobby" Axelrod	Showtime
	Tobias Menzies	The Crown	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Netflix
	Regé-Jean Page	Bridgerton	Simon Basset
	Matthew Rhys	Perry Mason	Perry Mason	HBO
2021	Omar Sy	Lupin	Assane Diop	Netflix
	Brian Cox	Succession	Logan Roy	HBO
	Aldis Hodge	City on a Hill	Assistant District Attorney DeCourcy Ward	Showtime
	James Nesbitt	Bloodlands	Detective Chief Inspector Tom Brannick	Acorn TV
	Jeremy Strong	Succession	Kendall Roy	HBO
	Titus Welliver	Bosch	Harry Bosch	Prime Video
2022	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic	AMC
	Shaun Evans	Endeavour	Endeavour Morse	PBS
	John C. Reilly	Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty	Jerry Buss	HBO
	Adam Scott	Severance	Mark Scout	Apple TV+
	J. K. Simmons	Night Sky	Franklin York	Prime Video
	Jeremy Allen White	The Bear	Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto	FX on Hulu
2023 [7][8]	Gary Oldman	Slow Horses	Jackson Lamb	Apple TV+
	Brian Cox	Succession	Logan Roy	HBO
	Harrison Ford	1923	Jacob Dutton	Paramount+
	Pedro Pascal	The Last of Us	Joel Miller	HBO
	Jeremy Strong	Succession	Kendall Roy