The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a television limited series or television movie for the primetime network season.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First award | 1955 |
Currently held by | Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (2024) |
Website | emmys |
The award was first presented at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards on March 7, 1955, to Robert Cummings, for his performance as Juror #8 on the Studio One episode "Twelve Angry Men". It has undergone several name changes, with the category split into two categories at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy; and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. By the 31st Primetime Emmy Awards, the categories were merged into one, and it has since undergone several name changes, leading to its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 59 actors. Richard Gadd is the current recipient of the award, for his portrayal of Donny Dunn on Baby Reindeer. Laurence Olivier has won the most awards in this category, with four, while Hal Holbrook has received the most nominations for the award, on seven occasions.
Winners and nominations
Indicates the winner |
1950s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode | Network |
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Best Actor in a Single Performance | |||||
1955 (7th) | |||||
Robert Cummings | Juror #8 | Studio One | "Twelve Angry Men" | CBS | |
Frank Lovejoy | Walter Neff | Lux Video Theatre | "Double Indemnity" | CBS | |
Fredric March | Tony Cavendish | The Best of Broadway | "The Royal Family" | ||
Ebenezer Scrooge | Shower of Stars | "A Christmas Carol" | |||
Thomas Mitchell | Father Devlin | Ford Theatre | "The Good of His Soul" | NBC | |
David Niven | Deacon | Four Star Playhouse | "The Answer" | CBS | |
1956 (8th) | |||||
Lloyd Nolan | Capt. Queeg | Ford Star Jubilee | "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" | CBS | |
Ralph Bellamy | Father | The United States Steel Hour | "The Fearful Decision" | CBS | |
José Ferrer | Cyrano de Bergerac | Producers' Showcase | "Cyrano de Bergerac" | NBC | |
Everett Sloane | President | Kraft Television Theatre | "Patterns" | ||
Barry Sullivan | Defense Attorney Greenwald | Ford Star Jubilee | "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" | CBS | |
1957 (9th) | |||||
Jack Palance | Harlan "Mountain" McClintock | Playhouse 90 | "Requiem for a Heavyweight" | CBS | |
Lloyd Bridges | Alec Beggs | The Alcoa Hour | "Tragedy in a Temporary Town" | NBC | |
Fredric March | Sam Dodsworth | Producers' Showcase | "Dodsworth" | ||
Sal Mineo | Dino Minetta | Studio One | "Dino" | CBS | |
Red Skelton | Buddy McCoy | Playhouse 90 | "The Big Slide" | ||
Best Single Performance by an Actor - Lead or Support | |||||
1958 (10th) | |||||
Peter Ustinov | Dr. Samuel Johnson | Omnibus | "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | NBC | |
Lee J. Cobb | Dr. Joseph Pearson | Studio One | "No Deadly Medicine" | CBS | |
Mickey Rooney | Sammy Hogarth | Playhouse 90 | "The Comedian" | ||
David Wayne | James Mennick | Suspicion | "Heartbeat" | NBC | |
Ed Wynn | Gramps Northrup | On Borrowed Time | |||
Best Single Performance by an Actor | |||||
1959 (11th) | |||||
Fred Astaire | Himself | An Evening with Fred Astaire | NBC | ||
Robert L. Crawford Jr. | Tanguy | Playhouse 90 | "Child of Our Time" | CBS | |
Paul Muni | Sam Arlen | "Last Clear Chance" | |||
Christopher Plummer | Kenneth Boyd | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Little Moon of Alban" | NBC | |
Mickey Rooney | Eddie | Alcoa Theatre | "Eddie" | ||
Rod Steiger | Harvey Denton | Playhouse 90 | "A Town Has Turned to Dust" | CBS |
1960s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode | Network |
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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor (Lead or Support) | |||||
1960 (12th) | |||||
Laurence Olivier | Charles Strickland | The Moon and Sixpence | NBC | ||
Lee J. Cobb | Dr. Lawrence Doner | Playhouse 90 | "Project Immortality" | CBS | |
Alec Guinness | Jebal Deeks | Startime | "The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks" | NBC | |
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
1961 (13th) | |||||
Maurice Evans | Macbeth | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Macbeth" | NBC | |
Cliff Robertson | Charlie Gordon | The United States Steel Hour | "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" | CBS | |
Ed Wynn | Himself | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | "The Man in the Funny Suit" | ||
1962 (14th) | |||||
Peter Falk | Aristede Fresco | The Dick Powell Theatre | "The Price of Tomatoes" | NBC | |
Milton Berle | Eddie Doyle | The Dick Powell Theatre | "Doyle Against the House" | NBC | |
James Donald | Albert, Prince Consort | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Victoria Regina" | ||
Lee Marvin | Hughes | Alcoa Premiere | "People Need People" | ABC | |
Mickey Rooney | Augie Miller | The Dick Powell Theatre | "Somebody's Waiting" | NBC | |
1963 (15th) | |||||
Trevor Howard | Benjamin Disraeli | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" | NBC | |
Bradford Dillman | Charlie Pont | Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire | "The Voice of Charlie Pont" | ABC | |
Don Gordon | Joey Tassili | The Defenders | "The Madman" | CBS | |
Walter Matthau | Meredith | The DuPont Show of the Week | "Big Deal in Laredo" | NBC | |
Joseph Schildkraut | Rabbi Gottlieb | Sam Benedict | "Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells" | ||
1964 (16th) | |||||
Jack Klugman | Joe Larch | The Defenders | "Blacklist" | CBS | |
James Earl Jones | Joe | East Side/West Side | "Who Do You Kill?" | CBS | |
Roddy McDowall | Paul LeDoux | Arrest and Trial | "Journey Into Darkness" | ABC | |
Jason Robards | Abraham Lincoln | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" | NBC | |
Rod Steiger | Mike Kirsch | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "A Slow Fade to Black" | NBC | |
Harold J. Stone | Elihu Kaminsky | The Doctors and the Nurses | "Nurse Is a Feminine Noun" | CBS | |
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | |||||
1965 (17th) | |||||
Alfred Lunt | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Magnificent Yankee" | NBC | |
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama | |||||
1966 (18th) | |||||
Cliff Robertson | Quincey Parke | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "The Game" | NBC | |
Ed Begley | Matthew Harrison Brady | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Inherit the Wind" | NBC | |
Melvyn Douglas | Henry Drummond | ||||
Trevor Howard | Napoleon | "Eagle in a Cage" | |||
Christopher Plummer | Hamlet | Hamlet | Syndicated | ||
1967 (19th) | |||||
Peter Ustinov | Socrates | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Barefoot in Athens" | NBC | |
Alan Arkin | Barney Kempinski | ABC Stage 67 | "The Love Song of Barney Kempinski" | ABC | |
Lee J. Cobb | Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman | CBS | ||
Ivan Dixon | Olly Winter | CBS Playhouse | "The Final War of Olly Winter" | ||
Hal Holbrook | Mark Twain | Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight! | |||
1968 (20th) | |||||
Melvyn Douglas | Peter Schermann | CBS Playhouse | "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" | CBS | |
Raymond Burr | Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | "Pilot" | NBC | |
Van Heflin | Robert Sloane | A Case of Libel | ABC | ||
George C. Scott | John Proctor | The Crucible | CBS | ||
Eli Wallach | Douglas Lambert | CBS Playhouse | "Dear Friends" | ||
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
1969 (21st) | |||||
Paul Scofield | Emlyn Bowen | Prudiential's On Stage | "Male of the Species" | NBC | |
Ossie Davis | Charles Carter | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Teacher, Teacher" | NBC | |
David McCallum | Hamilton Cade | ||||
Bill Travers | Crichton | "The Admirable Crichton" |
1970s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | ||||
1970 (22nd) | ||||
Peter Ustinov | Abel Shaddick | A Storm in Summer | NBC | |
Al Freeman Jr. | Charles Roberts | My Sweet Charlie | NBC | |
Laurence Olivier | Mr. Creakle | David Copperfield | ||
1971 (23rd) | ||||
George C. Scott | Victor Franz | The Price | NBC | |
Jack Cassidy | Otis Baker | The Andersonville Trial | PBS | |
Hal Holbrook | Hays Stowe | A Clear and Present Danger | NBC | |
Richard Widmark | Paul Roudebush | Vanished | ||
Gig Young | Jones | The Neon Ceiling | ||
1972 (24th) | ||||
Keith Michell | Henry VIII | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | CBS | |
James Caan | Brian Piccolo | Brian's Song | ABC | |
Richard Harris | Philip Rhayadar | The Snow Goose | NBC | |
George C. Scott | Edward Rochester | Jane Eyre | ||
Billy Dee Williams | Gale Sayers | Brian's Song | ABC | |
1973 (25th) | ||||
Laurence Olivier | James Tyrone, Sr. | Long Day's Journey Into Night | ABC | |
Henry Fonda | Carl Tiflin | The Red Pony | NBC | |
Hal Holbrook | Doug Salter | That Certain Summer | ABC | |
Telly Savalas | Theo Kojak | Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders | CBS | |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes) | ||||
Anthony Murphy | Tom Brown | Tom Brown's Schooldays | PBS | |
John Abineri | Chingachgook | The Last of the Mohicans | PBS | |
Philippe Leroy | Leonardo da Vinci | The Life of Leonardo da Vinci | CBS | |
1974 (26th) | Best Lead Actor in a Drama | |||
Hal Holbrook | Lloyd Bucher | Pueblo | ABC | |
Alan Alda | Paul Friedman | 6 Rms Riv Vu | CBS | |
Laurence Olivier | Shylock | The Merchant of Venice | ABC | |
Martin Sheen | Eddie Slovik | The Execution of Private Slovik | NBC | |
Dick Van Dyke | Charlie Lester | The Morning After | ABC | |
Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series | ||||
William Holden | Bumper Morgan | The Blue Knight | NBC | |
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |
Dennis Weaver | Sam McCloud | McCloud | ||
1975 (27th) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy | |||
Laurence Olivier | Arthur Glanville-Jones | Love Among the Ruins | ABC | |
Richard Chamberlain | Edmond Dantès | The Count of Monte Cristo | NBC | |
William Devane | John F. Kennedy | The Missiles of October | ABC | |
Charles Durning | Al Green | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | CBS | |
Henry Fonda | Clarence Darrow | Clarence Darrow | NBC | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series | ||||
Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |
Dennis Weaver | Sam McCloud | McCloud | NBC | |
1976 (28th) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy | |||
Anthony Hopkins | Richard Hauptmann | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | NBC | |
William Devane | John Henry Faulk | Fear on Trial | CBS | |
Edward Herrmann | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Eleanor and Franklin | ABC | |
Jack Lemmon | Archie Rice | The Entertainer | NBC | |
Jason Robards | James Tyrone, Jr. | A Moon for the Misbegotten | ABC | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series | ||||
Hal Holbrook | Abraham Lincoln | Sandburg's Lincoln | NBC | |
George Grizzard | John Adams | The Adams Chronicles | PBS | |
Nick Nolte | Thomas Jordache | Rich Man, Poor Man | ABC | |
Peter Strauss | Rudolph Jordache | |||
1977 (29th) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy | |||
Ed Flanders | Harry S. Truman | Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking | PBS | |
Peter Boyle | Joseph McCarthy | Tail Gunner Joe | NBC | |
Peter Finch (post-humously) | Yitzhak Rabin | Raid on Entebbe | ||
Edward Herrmann | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | ABC | |
George C. Scott | The Beast | Beauty and the Beast | NBC | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series | ||||
Christopher Plummer | Roscoe Heyward | The Moneychangers | NBC | |
Stanley Baker | Gwilym Morgan | How Green Was My Valley | PBS | |
Richard Jordan | Joseph Armagh | Captains and the Kings | NBC | |
Steven Keats | Jay Blackman | Seventh Avenue | ||
1978 (30th) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | |||
Fred Astaire | Ted Long | A Family Upside Down | NBC | |
Alan Alda | Caryl Chessman | Kill Me If You Can | NBC | |
Hal Holbrook | Stage Manager | Our Town | ||
Martin Sheen | Taxi Driver | Taxi!!! | ||
James Stacy | Kenny Briggs | Just a Little Inconvenience | ||
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series | ||||
Michael Moriarty | Erik Dorf | Holocaust | NBC | |
Hal Holbrook | Portius Wheeler | The Awakening Land | NBC | |
Jason Robards | Richard Monckton | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | ABC | |
Fritz Weaver | Josef Weiss | Holocaust | NBC | |
Paul Winfield | Martin Luther King, Jr. | King | ||
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special | ||||
1979 (31st) | ||||
Peter Strauss | Larry Murphy | The Jericho Mile | ABC | |
Ned Beatty | Gene Mullen | Friendly Fire | ABC | |
Louis Gossett Jr. | Levi Mercer | Backstairs at the White House | NBC | |
Kurt Russell | Elvis Presley | Elvis | ABC |
1980s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special | ||||
1980 (32nd) | ||||
Powers Boothe | Jim Jones | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | CBS | |
Tony Curtis | David O. Selznick | The Scarlett O'Hara War | NBC | |
Henry Fonda | Clarence Earl Gideon | Gideon's Trumpet | CBS | |
Jason Robards | Franklin D. Roosevelt | F.D.R.: The Last Year | NBC | |
1981 (33rd) | ||||
Anthony Hopkins | Adolf Hitler | The Bunker | CBS | |
Richard Chamberlain | John Blackthorne / "Anjin-san" | Shōgun | NBC | |
Toshiro Mifune | Lord Yoshi Toranaga | |||
Peter O'Toole | Cornelius Flavius Silva | Masada | ABC | |
Peter Strauss | Eleazar Ben Yair | |||
1982 (34th) | ||||
Mickey Rooney | Bill Sackter | Bill | CBS | |
Anthony Andrews | Sebastian Flyte | Brideshead Revisited | PBS | |
Philip Anglim | John Merrick | The Elephant Man | ABC | |
Anthony Hopkins | Quasimodo | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | CBS | |
Jeremy Irons | Charles Ryder | Brideshead Revisited | PBS | |
1983 (35th) | ||||
Tommy Lee Jones | Gary Gilmore | The Executioner's Song | NBC | |
Robert Blake | Jimmy Hoffa | Blood Feud | OPT | |
Richard Chamberlain | Ralph de Bricassart | The Thorn Birds | ABC | |
Alec Guinness | George Smiley | Smiley's People | Syndicated | |
Roger Rees | Nicholas Nickleby | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | ||
1984 (36th) | ||||
Laurence Olivier | King Lear | King Lear | Syndicated | |
Ted Danson | Steven Bennett | Something About Amelia | ABC | |
Louis Gossett Jr. | Anwar al-Sadat | Sadat | OPT | |
Mickey Rooney | Bill Sackter | Bill: On His Own | CBS | |
Daniel J. Travanti | John Walsh | Adam | NBC | |
1985 (37th) | ||||
Richard Crenna | Richard Beck | The Rape of Richard Beck | ABC | |
Richard Chamberlain | Raoul Wallenberg | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | NBC | |
James Garner | Harold Lear | Heartsounds | ABC | |
Richard Kiley | George Hollis | Do You Remember Love | CBS | |
George C. Scott | Ebenezer Scrooge | A Christmas Carol | ||
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special | ||||
1986 (38th) | ||||
Dustin Hoffman | Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman | CBS | |
Kirk Douglas | Amos Lasher | Amos | CBS | |
Ben Gazzara | Nick Pierson | An Early Frost | NBC | |
John Lithgow | Maj. Kendall Laird | Resting Place | CBS | |
Aidan Quinn | Michael Pierson | An Early Frost | NBC | |
1987 (39th) | ||||
James Woods | D. J. | Promise | CBS | |
Alan Arkin | Leon Feldhendler | Escape from Sobibor | CBS | |
James Garner | Bob Beuhler | Promise | ||
Louis Gossett Jr. | Mathu | A Gathering of Old Men | ||
Randy Quaid | Lyndon B. Johnson | LBJ: The Early Years | NBC | |
1988 (40th) | ||||
Jason Robards | Henry Drummond | Inherit the Wind | NBC | |
Hume Cronyn | Hector Nations | Foxfire | CBS | |
Danny Glover | Nelson Mandela | Mandela | HBO | |
Stacy Keach | Ernest Hemingway | Hemingway | Syndicated | |
Jack Lemmon | John M. Slaton | The Murder of Mary Phagan | NBC | |
1989 (41st) | ||||
James Woods | Bill Wilson | My Name Is Bill W. | ABC | |
Robert Duvall | Gus McCrae | Lonesome Dove | CBS | |
John Gielgud | Aaron Jastrow | War and Remembrance | ABC | |
Tommy Lee Jones | Woodrow F. Call | Lonesome Dove | CBS | |
Ben Kingsley | Simon Wiesenthal | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | HBO |
1990s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special | ||||
1990 (42nd) | ||||
Hume Cronyn | Cooper | Age-Old Friends | HBO | |
Michael Caine | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Harry Hyde | Jekyll & Hyde | ABC | |
Art Carney | The Father | Where Pigeons Go to Die | NBC | |
Albert Finney | Jason Cromwell | The Image | HBO | |
Tom Hulce | Michael Schwerner | Murder in Mississippi | NBC | |
1991 (43rd) | ||||
John Gielgud | Haverford Downs | Summer's Lease | PBS | |
James Garner | Albert Sidney Finch | Decoration Day | NBC | |
Dennis Hopper | Paris Trout | Paris Trout | Showtime | |
Sidney Poitier | Thurgood Marshall | Separate but Equal | ABC | |
Christopher Walken | Jacob Witting | Sarah, Plain and Tall | CBS | |
1992 (44th) | ||||
Beau Bridges | James Brady | Without Warning: The James Brady Story | HBO | |
Rubén Blades | Ernesto Ontiveros | Crazy from the Heart | TNT | |
Hume Cronyn | Cleveland Merriweather | Christmas on Division Street | CBS | |
Brian Dennehy | John Wayne Gacy | To Catch a Killer | Syndicated | |
Maximilian Schell | Mordechai Weiss | Miss Rose White | NBC | |
1993 (45th) | ||||
Robert Morse | Truman Capote | Tru | PBS | |
Robert Blake | John List | Judgment Day: The John List Story | CBS | |
Robert Duvall | Joseph Stalin | Stalin | HBO | |
James Garner | F. Ross Johnson | Barbarians at the Gate | ||
James Woods | Roy Cohn | Citizen Cohn | ||
1994 (46th) | ||||
Hume Cronyn | Sam Peek | To Dance with the White Dog | CBS | |
Michael Caine | Joseph Stalin | World War II: When Lions Roared | NBC | |
James Garner | Ira Moran | Breathing Lessons | CBS | |
Matthew Modine | Don Francis | And the Band Played On | HBO | |
Sam Waterston | Forrest Bedford | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | PBS | |
1995 (47th) | ||||
Raul Julia (post-humously) | Chico Mendes | The Burning Season | HBO | |
Charles S. Dutton | Boy Willie Charles | The Piano Lesson | CBS | |
John Goodman | Huey P. Long | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | TNT | |
John Lithgow | Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley | My Brother's Keeper | CBS | |
James Woods | Danny Davis | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | HBO | |
1996 (48th) | ||||
Alan Rickman | Grigori Rasputin | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | HBO | |
Alec Baldwin | Stanley Kowalski | A Streetcar Named Desire | CBS | |
Beau Bridges | Richard Nixon | Kissinger and Nixon | TNT | |
Laurence Fishburne | Hannibal Lee | The Tuskegee Airmen | HBO | |
Gary Sinise | Harry S. Truman | Truman | ||
1997 (49th) | ||||
Armand Assante | John Gotti | Gotti | HBO | |
Beau Bridges | Bill Januson | Hidden in America | Showtime | |
Robert Duvall | Adolf Eichmann | The Man Who Captured Eichmann | TNT | |
Laurence Fishburne | Caleb Humphries | Miss Evers' Boys | HBO | |
Sidney Poitier | Nelson Mandela | Mandela and de Klerk | Showtime | |
1998 (50th) | ||||
Gary Sinise | George Wallace | George Wallace | TNT | |
Jack Lemmon | Juror #8 | 12 Angry Men | Showtime | |
Sam Neill | Merlin | Merlin | NBC | |
Ving Rhames | Don King | Don King: Only in America | HBO | |
Patrick Stewart | Captain Ahab | Moby Dick | USA | |
1999 (51st) | ||||
Stanley Tucci | Walter Winchell | Winchell | HBO | |
Don Cheadle | Grant Wiggins | A Lesson Before Dying | HBO | |
Ian Holm | King Lear | King Lear | PBS | |
Jack Lemmon | Henry Drummond | Inherit the Wind | Showtime | |
Sam Shepard | Dashiell Hammett | Dash and Lilly | A&E |
2000s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
---|---|---|---|---|
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | ||||
2000 (52nd) | ||||
Jack Lemmon | Morrie Schwartz | Tuesdays with Morrie | ABC | |
Beau Bridges | P. T. Barnum | P. T. Barnum | A&E | |
Brian Dennehy | Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman | Showtime | |
William H. Macy | Terry Thorpe | A Slight Case of Murder | TNT | |
Liev Schreiber | Orson Welles | RKO 281 | HBO | |
2001 (53rd) | ||||
Kenneth Branagh | Reinhard Heydrich | Conspiracy | HBO | |
Andy García | Arturo Sandoval | For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | HBO | |
Gregory Hines | Bill "Bojangles" Robinson | Bojangles | Showtime | |
Ben Kingsley | Otto Frank | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | ABC | |
Barry Pepper | Roger Maris | 61* | HBO | |
2002 (54th) | ||||
Albert Finney | Winston Churchill | The Gathering Storm | HBO | |
Kenneth Branagh | Ernest Shackleton | Shackleton | A&E | |
Beau Bridges | Michael Mulvaney | We Were the Mulvaneys | Lifetime | |
James Franco | James Dean | James Dean | TNT | |
Michael Gambon | Lyndon B. Johnson | Path to War | HBO | |
2003 (55th) | ||||
William H. Macy | Bill Porter | Door to Door | TNT | |
Brad Garrett | Jackie Gleason | Gleason | CBS | |
Paul Newman | Stage Manager | Our Town | Showtime | |
Tom Wilkinson | Roy Applewood | Normal | HBO | |
James Woods | Rudy Giuliani | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | USA | |
2004 (56th) | ||||
Al Pacino | Roy Cohn | Angels in America | HBO | |
Antonio Banderas | Pancho Villa | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | HBO | |
James Brolin | Ronald Reagan | The Reagans | Showtime | |
Mos Def | Vivien Thomas | Something the Lord Made | HBO | |
Alan Rickman | Dr. Alfred Blalock | |||
2005 (57th) | ||||
Geoffrey Rush | Peter Sellers | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | HBO | |
Kenneth Branagh | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Warm Springs | HBO | |
Ed Harris | Miles Roby | Empire Falls | ||
William H. Macy | Charles Gigot | The Wool Cap | TNT | |
Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Elvis Presley | Elvis | CBS | |
2006 (58th) | ||||
Andre Braugher | Nick Atwater | Thief | FX | |
Charles Dance | Mr. Tulkinghorn | Bleak House | PBS | |
Ben Kingsley | Dr. Herman Tarnower | Mrs. Harris | HBO | |
Donald Sutherland | Bill Meehan | Human Trafficking | Lifetime | |
Jon Voight | Pope John Paul II | Pope John Paul II | CBS | |
2007 (59th) | ||||
Robert Duvall | Prentice "Prent" Ritter | Broken Trail | AMC | |
Jim Broadbent | Lord Longford | Longford | HBO | |
William H. Macy | Det. Clyde Umney / Sam Landry | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King: Umney's Last Case | TNT | |
Matthew Perry | Ron Clark | The Ron Clark Story | ||
Tom Selleck | Jesse Stone | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | CBS | |
2008 (60th) | ||||
Paul Giamatti | John Adams | John Adams | HBO | |
Ralph Fiennes | Bernard Lafferty | Bernard and Doris | HBO | |
Ricky Gervais | Andy Millman | Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale | ||
Kevin Spacey | Ron Klain | Recount | ||
Tom Wilkinson | James Baker | |||
2009 (61st) | ||||
Brendan Gleeson | Winston Churchill | Into the Storm | HBO | |
Kevin Bacon | Michael Strobl | Taking Chance | HBO | |
Kenneth Branagh | Kurt Wallander | Wallander: One Step Behind | PBS | |
Kevin Kline | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | ||
Ian McKellen | King Lear | King Lear | ||
Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | 24: Redemption | Fox |
2010s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
---|---|---|---|---|
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | ||||
2010 (62nd) | ||||
Al Pacino | Dr. Jack Kevorkian | You Don't Know Jack | HBO | |
Jeff Bridges | Jon Katz | A Dog Year | HBO | |
Ian McKellen | Number Two / Curtis | The Prisoner | AMC | |
Dennis Quaid | Bill Clinton | The Special Relationship | HBO | |
Michael Sheen | Tony Blair | |||
2011 (63rd) | ||||
Barry Pepper | Robert F. Kennedy | The Kennedys | Reelz | |
Idris Elba | John Luther | Luther | BBC America | |
Laurence Fishburne | Thurgood Marshall | Thurgood | HBO | |
William Hurt | Henry Paulson | Too Big to Fail | ||
Greg Kinnear | John F. Kennedy | The Kennedys | Reelz | |
Édgar Ramírez | Ilich Ramírez Sánchez | Carlos | Sundance | |
2012 (64th) | ||||
Kevin Costner | Devil Anse Hatfield | Hatfields & McCoys | History | |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia | PBS | |
Idris Elba | John Luther | Luther | BBC America | |
Woody Harrelson | Steve Schmidt | Game Change | HBO | |
Clive Owen | Ernest Hemingway | Hemingway & Gellhorn | ||
Bill Paxton | Randolph McCoy | Hatfields & McCoys | History | |
2013 (65th) | ||||
Michael Douglas | Liberace | Behind the Candelabra | HBO | |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Christopher Tietjens | Parade's End | HBO | |
Matt Damon | Scott Thorson | Behind the Candelabra | ||
Toby Jones | Alfred Hitchcock | The Girl | ||
Al Pacino | Phil Spector | Phil Spector | ||
2014 (66th) | ||||
Benedict Cumberbatch | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock: His Last Vow | PBS | |
Chiwetel Ejiofor | Louis Lester | Dancing on the Edge | Starz | |
Idris Elba | John Luther | Luther | BBC America | |
Martin Freeman | Lester Nygaard | Fargo | FX | |
Mark Ruffalo | Ned Weeks | The Normal Heart | HBO | |
Billy Bob Thornton | Lorne Malvo | Fargo | FX | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | ||||
2015 (67th) | ||||
Richard Jenkins | Henry Kitteridge | Olive Kitteridge | HBO | |
Adrien Brody | Harry Houdini | Houdini | History | |
Ricky Gervais | Derek Noakes | Derek: The Special | Netflix | |
Timothy Hutton | Russ Skokie | American Crime | ABC | |
David Oyelowo | Peter Snowden | Nightingale | HBO | |
Mark Rylance | Thomas Cromwell | Wolf Hall | PBS | |
2016 (68th) | ||||
Courtney B. Vance | Johnnie Cochran | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | FX | |
Bryan Cranston | Lyndon B. Johnson | All the Way | HBO | |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | PBS | |
Idris Elba | John Luther | Luther | BBC America | |
Cuba Gooding Jr. | O. J. Simpson | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | FX | |
Tom Hiddleston | Jonathan Pine | The Night Manager | AMC | |
2017 (69th) | ||||
Riz Ahmed | Nasir "Naz" Khan | The Night Of | HBO | |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock: The Lying Detective | PBS | |
Robert De Niro | Bernie Madoff | The Wizard of Lies | HBO | |
Ewan McGregor | Ray Stussy / Emmit Stussy | Fargo | FX | |
Geoffrey Rush | Albert Einstein | Genius | Nat Geo | |
John Turturro | John Stone | The Night Of | HBO | |
2018 (70th) | ||||
Darren Criss | Andrew Cunanan | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | FX | |
Antonio Banderas | Pablo Picasso | Genius: Picasso | Nat Geo | |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Patrick Melrose | Patrick Melrose | Showtime | |
Jeff Daniels | John O'Neill | The Looming Tower | Hulu | |
John Legend | Jesus Christ | Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | NBC | |
Jesse Plemons | Captain Robert Daly | USS Callister (Black Mirror) | Netflix | |
2019 (71st) | ||||
Jharrel Jerome | Korey Wise | When They See Us | Netflix | |
Mahershala Ali | Wayne Hays | True Detective | HBO | |
Benicio del Toro | Richard Matt | Escape at Dannemora | Showtime | |
Hugh Grant | Jeremy Thorpe | A Very English Scandal | Prime Video | |
Jared Harris | Valery Legasov | Chernobyl | HBO | |
Sam Rockwell | Bob Fosse | Fosse/Verdon | FX |
2020s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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2020 (72nd) | ||||
Mark Ruffalo | Dominick & Thomas Birdsey | I Know This Much Is True | HBO | |
Jeremy Irons | Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias | Watchmen | HBO | |
Hugh Jackman | Frank Tassone | Bad Education | ||
Paul Mescal | Connell Waldron | Normal People | Hulu | |
Jeremy Pope | Archie Coleman | Hollywood | Netflix | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | ||||
2021 (73rd) | ||||
Ewan McGregor | Halston | Halston | Netflix | |
Paul Bettany | Vision | WandaVision | Disney+ | |
Hugh Grant | Jonathan Fraser | The Undoing | HBO | |
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Alexander Hamilton | Hamilton | Disney+ | |
Leslie Odom Jr. | Aaron Burr | |||
2022 (74th) | ||||
Michael Keaton | Dr. Samuel Finnix | Dopesick | Hulu | |
Colin Firth | Michael Peterson | The Staircase | HBO Max | |
Andrew Garfield | Detective Jeb Pyre | Under the Banner of Heaven | FX | |
Oscar Isaac | Jonathan Levy | Scenes from a Marriage | HBO | |
Himesh Patel | Jeevan Chaudhary | Station Eleven | HBO Max | |
Sebastian Stan | Tommy Lee | Pam & Tommy | Hulu | |
2023 (75th) | ||||
Steven Yeun | Danny Cho | Beef | Netflix | |
Taron Egerton | Jimmy Keene | Black Bird | Apple TV+ | |
Kumail Nanjiani | Somen "Steve" Banerjee | Welcome to Chippendales | Hulu | |
Evan Peters | Jeffrey Dahmer | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Netflix | |
Daniel Radcliffe | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Roku | |
Michael Shannon | George Jones | George & Tammy | Showtime | |
2024 (76th) | ||||
Richard Gadd | Donny Dunn | Baby Reindeer | Netflix | |
Matt Bomer | Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller | Fellow Travelers | Showtime | |
Jon Hamm | Sheriff Roy Tillman | Fargo | FX | |
Tom Hollander | Truman Capote | Feud: Capote vs. The Swans | ||
Andrew Scott | Tom Ripley | Ripley | Netflix |
Programs with multiple wins
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- American Crime Story
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See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
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The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences ATAS It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a television limited series or television movie for the primetime network season Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieAwarded forOutstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieCountryUnited StatesPresented byAcademy of Television Arts amp SciencesFirst award1955Currently held byRichard Gadd Baby Reindeer 2024 Websiteemmys wbr com The award was first presented at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards on March 7 1955 to Robert Cummings for his performance as Juror 8 on the Studio One episode Twelve Angry Men It has undergone several name changes with the category split into two categories at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program Drama or Comedy and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series By the 31st Primetime Emmy Awards the categories were merged into one and it has since undergone several name changes leading to its current title Since its inception the award has been given to 59 actors Richard Gadd is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Donny Dunn on Baby Reindeer Laurence Olivier has won the most awards in this category with four while Hal Holbrook has received the most nominations for the award on seven occasions Winners and nominationsTable key Indicates the winner 1950s Year Actor Role Program Episode Network Best Actor in a Single Performance 1955 7th Robert Cummings Juror 8 Studio One Twelve Angry Men CBS Frank Lovejoy Walter Neff Lux Video Theatre Double Indemnity CBS Fredric March Tony Cavendish The Best of Broadway The Royal Family Ebenezer Scrooge Shower of Stars A Christmas Carol Thomas Mitchell Father Devlin Ford Theatre The Good of His Soul NBC David Niven Deacon Four Star Playhouse The Answer CBS 1956 8th Lloyd Nolan Capt Queeg Ford Star Jubilee The Caine Mutiny Court Martial CBS Ralph Bellamy Father The United States Steel Hour The Fearful Decision CBS Jose Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac Producers Showcase Cyrano de Bergerac NBC Everett Sloane President Kraft Television Theatre Patterns Barry Sullivan Defense Attorney Greenwald Ford Star Jubilee The Caine Mutiny Court Martial CBS 1957 9th Jack Palance Harlan Mountain McClintock Playhouse 90 Requiem for a Heavyweight CBS Lloyd Bridges Alec Beggs The Alcoa Hour Tragedy in a Temporary Town NBC Fredric March Sam Dodsworth Producers Showcase Dodsworth Sal Mineo Dino Minetta Studio One Dino CBS Red Skelton Buddy McCoy Playhouse 90 The Big Slide Best Single Performance by an Actor Lead or Support 1958 10th Peter Ustinov Dr Samuel Johnson Omnibus The Life of Samuel Johnson NBC Lee J Cobb Dr Joseph Pearson Studio One No Deadly Medicine CBS Mickey Rooney Sammy Hogarth Playhouse 90 The Comedian David Wayne James Mennick Suspicion Heartbeat NBC Ed Wynn Gramps Northrup On Borrowed Time Best Single Performance by an Actor 1959 11th Fred Astaire Himself An Evening with Fred Astaire NBC Robert L Crawford Jr Tanguy Playhouse 90 Child of Our Time CBS Paul Muni Sam Arlen Last Clear Chance Christopher Plummer Kenneth Boyd Hallmark Hall of Fame Little Moon of Alban NBC Mickey Rooney Eddie Alcoa Theatre Eddie Rod Steiger Harvey Denton Playhouse 90 A Town Has Turned to Dust CBS 1960s Year Actor Role Program Episode Network Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor Lead or Support 1960 12th Laurence Olivier Charles Strickland The Moon and Sixpence NBC Lee J Cobb Dr Lawrence Doner Playhouse 90 Project Immortality CBS Alec Guinness Jebal Deeks Startime The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks NBC Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1961 13th Maurice Evans Macbeth Hallmark Hall of Fame Macbeth NBC Cliff Robertson Charlie Gordon The United States Steel Hour The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon CBS Ed Wynn Himself Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse The Man in the Funny Suit 1962 14th Peter Falk Aristede Fresco The Dick Powell Theatre The Price of Tomatoes NBC Milton Berle Eddie Doyle The Dick Powell Theatre Doyle Against the House NBC James Donald Albert Prince Consort Hallmark Hall of Fame Victoria Regina Lee Marvin Hughes Alcoa Premiere People Need People ABC Mickey Rooney Augie Miller The Dick Powell Theatre Somebody s Waiting NBC 1963 15th Trevor Howard Benjamin Disraeli Hallmark Hall of Fame Invincible Mr Disraeli NBC Bradford Dillman Charlie Pont Premiere Presented by Fred Astaire The Voice of Charlie Pont ABC Don Gordon Joey Tassili The Defenders The Madman CBS Walter Matthau Meredith The DuPont Show of the Week Big Deal in Laredo NBC Joseph Schildkraut Rabbi Gottlieb Sam Benedict Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells 1964 16th Jack Klugman Joe Larch The Defenders Blacklist CBS James Earl Jones Joe East Side West Side Who Do You Kill CBS Roddy McDowall Paul LeDoux Arrest and Trial Journey Into Darkness ABC Jason Robards Abraham Lincoln Hallmark Hall of Fame Abe Lincoln in Illinois NBC Rod Steiger Mike Kirsch Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre A Slow Fade to Black NBC Harold J Stone Elihu Kaminsky The Doctors and the Nurses Nurse Is a Feminine Noun CBS Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment Actors and Performers 1965 17th Alfred Lunt Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Hallmark Hall of Fame The Magnificent Yankee NBC Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama 1966 18th Cliff Robertson Quincey Parke Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre The Game NBC Ed Begley Matthew Harrison Brady Hallmark Hall of Fame Inherit the Wind NBC Melvyn Douglas Henry Drummond Trevor Howard Napoleon Eagle in a Cage Christopher Plummer Hamlet Hamlet Syndicated 1967 19th Peter Ustinov Socrates Hallmark Hall of Fame Barefoot in Athens NBC Alan Arkin Barney Kempinski ABC Stage 67 The Love Song of Barney Kempinski ABC Lee J Cobb Willy Loman Death of a Salesman CBS Ivan Dixon Olly Winter CBS Playhouse The Final War of Olly Winter Hal Holbrook Mark Twain Hal Holbrook Mark Twain Tonight 1968 20th Melvyn Douglas Peter Schermann CBS Playhouse Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night CBS Raymond Burr Robert T Ironside Ironside Pilot NBC Van Heflin Robert Sloane A Case of Libel ABC George C Scott John Proctor The Crucible CBS Eli Wallach Douglas Lambert CBS Playhouse Dear Friends Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1969 21st Paul Scofield Emlyn Bowen Prudiential s On Stage Male of the Species NBC Ossie Davis Charles Carter Hallmark Hall of Fame Teacher Teacher NBC David McCallum Hamilton Cade Bill Travers Crichton The Admirable Crichton 1970s Year Actor Role Program Network Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1970 22nd Peter Ustinov Abel Shaddick A Storm in Summer NBC Al Freeman Jr Charles Roberts My Sweet Charlie NBC Laurence Olivier Mr Creakle David Copperfield 1971 23rd George C Scott Victor Franz The Price NBC Jack Cassidy Otis Baker The Andersonville Trial PBS Hal Holbrook Hays Stowe A Clear and Present Danger NBC Richard Widmark Paul Roudebush Vanished Gig Young Jones The Neon Ceiling 1972 24th Keith Michell Henry VIII The Six Wives of Henry VIII CBS James Caan Brian Piccolo Brian s Song ABC Richard Harris Philip Rhayadar The Snow Goose NBC George C Scott Edward Rochester Jane Eyre Billy Dee Williams Gale Sayers Brian s Song ABC 1973 25th Laurence Olivier James Tyrone Sr Long Day s Journey Into Night ABC Henry Fonda Carl Tiflin The Red Pony NBC Hal Holbrook Doug Salter That Certain Summer ABC Telly Savalas Theo Kojak Kojak The Marcus Nelson Murders CBS Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Drama Comedy Limited Episodes Anthony Murphy Tom Brown Tom Brown s Schooldays PBS John Abineri Chingachgook The Last of the Mohicans PBS Philippe Leroy Leonardo da Vinci The Life of Leonardo da Vinci CBS 1974 26th Best Lead Actor in a Drama Hal Holbrook Lloyd Bucher Pueblo ABC Alan Alda Paul Friedman 6 Rms Riv Vu CBS Laurence Olivier Shylock The Merchant of Venice ABC Martin Sheen Eddie Slovik The Execution of Private Slovik NBC Dick Van Dyke Charlie Lester The Morning After ABC Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series William Holden Bumper Morgan The Blue Knight NBC Peter Falk Columbo Columbo NBC Dennis Weaver Sam McCloud McCloud 1975 27th Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program Drama or Comedy Laurence Olivier Arthur Glanville Jones Love Among the Ruins ABC Richard Chamberlain Edmond Dantes The Count of Monte Cristo NBC William Devane John F Kennedy The Missiles of October ABC Charles Durning Al Green Queen of the Stardust Ballroom CBS Henry Fonda Clarence Darrow Clarence Darrow NBC Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series Peter Falk Columbo Columbo NBC Dennis Weaver Sam McCloud McCloud NBC 1976 28th Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program Drama or Comedy Anthony Hopkins Richard Hauptmann The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case NBC William Devane John Henry Faulk Fear on Trial CBS Edward Herrmann Franklin D Roosevelt Eleanor and Franklin ABC Jack Lemmon Archie Rice The Entertainer NBC Jason Robards James Tyrone Jr A Moon for the Misbegotten ABC Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series Hal Holbrook Abraham Lincoln Sandburg s Lincoln NBC George Grizzard John Adams The Adams Chronicles PBS Nick Nolte Thomas Jordache Rich Man Poor Man ABC Peter Strauss Rudolph Jordache 1977 29th Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program Drama or Comedy Ed Flanders Harry S Truman Harry S Truman Plain Speaking PBS Peter Boyle Joseph McCarthy Tail Gunner Joe NBC Peter Finch post humously Yitzhak Rabin Raid on Entebbe Edward Herrmann Franklin D Roosevelt Eleanor and Franklin The White House Years ABC George C Scott The Beast Beauty and the Beast NBC Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series Christopher Plummer Roscoe Heyward The Moneychangers NBC Stanley Baker Gwilym Morgan How Green Was My Valley PBS Richard Jordan Joseph Armagh Captains and the Kings NBC Steven Keats Jay Blackman Seventh Avenue 1978 30th Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special Fred Astaire Ted Long A Family Upside Down NBC Alan Alda Caryl Chessman Kill Me If You Can NBC Hal Holbrook Stage Manager Our Town Martin Sheen Taxi Driver Taxi James Stacy Kenny Briggs Just a Little Inconvenience Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series Michael Moriarty Erik Dorf Holocaust NBC Hal Holbrook Portius Wheeler The Awakening Land NBC Jason Robards Richard Monckton Washington Behind Closed Doors ABC Fritz Weaver Josef Weiss Holocaust NBC Paul Winfield Martin Luther King Jr King Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special 1979 31st Peter Strauss Larry Murphy The Jericho Mile ABC Ned Beatty Gene Mullen Friendly Fire ABC Louis Gossett Jr Levi Mercer Backstairs at the White House NBC Kurt Russell Elvis Presley Elvis ABC 1980s Year Actor Role Program Network Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special 1980 32nd Powers Boothe Jim Jones Guyana Tragedy The Story of Jim Jones CBS Tony Curtis David O Selznick The Scarlett O Hara War NBC Henry Fonda Clarence Earl Gideon Gideon s Trumpet CBS Jason Robards Franklin D Roosevelt F D R The Last Year NBC 1981 33rd Anthony Hopkins Adolf Hitler The Bunker CBS Richard Chamberlain John Blackthorne Anjin san Shōgun NBC Toshiro Mifune Lord Yoshi Toranaga Peter O Toole Cornelius Flavius Silva Masada ABC Peter Strauss Eleazar Ben Yair 1982 34th Mickey Rooney Bill Sackter Bill CBS Anthony Andrews Sebastian Flyte Brideshead Revisited PBS Philip Anglim John Merrick The Elephant Man ABC Anthony Hopkins Quasimodo The Hunchback of Notre Dame CBS Jeremy Irons Charles Ryder Brideshead Revisited PBS 1983 35th Tommy Lee Jones Gary Gilmore The Executioner s Song NBC Robert Blake Jimmy Hoffa Blood Feud OPT Richard Chamberlain Ralph de Bricassart The Thorn Birds ABC Alec Guinness George Smiley Smiley s People Syndicated Roger Rees Nicholas Nickleby The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1984 36th Laurence Olivier King Lear King Lear Syndicated Ted Danson Steven Bennett Something About Amelia ABC Louis Gossett Jr Anwar al Sadat Sadat OPT Mickey Rooney Bill Sackter Bill On His Own CBS Daniel J Travanti John Walsh Adam NBC 1985 37th Richard Crenna Richard Beck The Rape of Richard Beck ABC Richard Chamberlain Raoul Wallenberg Wallenberg A Hero s Story NBC James Garner Harold Lear Heartsounds ABC Richard Kiley George Hollis Do You Remember Love CBS George C Scott Ebenezer Scrooge A Christmas Carol Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special 1986 38th Dustin Hoffman Willy Loman Death of a Salesman CBS Kirk Douglas Amos Lasher Amos CBS Ben Gazzara Nick Pierson An Early Frost NBC John Lithgow Maj Kendall Laird Resting Place CBS Aidan Quinn Michael Pierson An Early Frost NBC 1987 39th James Woods D J Promise CBS Alan Arkin Leon Feldhendler Escape from Sobibor CBS James Garner Bob Beuhler Promise Louis Gossett Jr Mathu A Gathering of Old Men Randy Quaid Lyndon B Johnson LBJ The Early Years NBC 1988 40th Jason Robards Henry Drummond Inherit the Wind NBC Hume Cronyn Hector Nations Foxfire CBS Danny Glover Nelson Mandela Mandela HBO Stacy Keach Ernest Hemingway Hemingway Syndicated Jack Lemmon John M Slaton The Murder of Mary Phagan NBC 1989 41st James Woods Bill Wilson My Name Is Bill W ABC Robert Duvall Gus McCrae Lonesome Dove CBS John Gielgud Aaron Jastrow War and Remembrance ABC Tommy Lee Jones Woodrow F Call Lonesome Dove CBS Ben Kingsley Simon Wiesenthal Murderers Among Us The Simon Wiesenthal Story HBO 1990s Year Actor Role Program Network Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special 1990 42nd Hume Cronyn Cooper Age Old Friends HBO Michael Caine Dr Henry Jekyll Harry Hyde Jekyll amp Hyde ABC Art Carney The Father Where Pigeons Go to Die NBC Albert Finney Jason Cromwell The Image HBO Tom Hulce Michael Schwerner Murder in Mississippi NBC 1991 43rd John Gielgud Haverford Downs Summer s Lease PBS James Garner Albert Sidney Finch Decoration Day NBC Dennis Hopper Paris Trout Paris Trout Showtime Sidney Poitier Thurgood Marshall Separate but Equal ABC Christopher Walken Jacob Witting Sarah Plain and Tall CBS 1992 44th Beau Bridges James Brady Without Warning The James Brady Story HBO Ruben Blades Ernesto Ontiveros Crazy from the Heart TNT Hume Cronyn Cleveland Merriweather Christmas on Division Street CBS Brian Dennehy John Wayne Gacy To Catch a Killer Syndicated Maximilian Schell Mordechai Weiss Miss Rose White NBC 1993 45th Robert Morse Truman Capote Tru PBS Robert Blake John List Judgment Day The John List Story CBS Robert Duvall Joseph Stalin Stalin HBO James Garner F Ross Johnson Barbarians at the Gate James Woods Roy Cohn Citizen Cohn 1994 46th Hume Cronyn Sam Peek To Dance with the White Dog CBS Michael Caine Joseph Stalin World War II When Lions Roared NBC James Garner Ira Moran Breathing Lessons CBS Matthew Modine Don Francis And the Band Played On HBO Sam Waterston Forrest Bedford I ll Fly Away Then and Now PBS 1995 47th Raul Julia post humously Chico Mendes The Burning Season HBO Charles S Dutton Boy Willie Charles The Piano Lesson CBS John Goodman Huey P Long Kingfish A Story of Huey P Long TNT John Lithgow Tom Bradley Bob Bradley My Brother s Keeper CBS James Woods Danny Davis Indictment The McMartin Trial HBO 1996 48th Alan Rickman Grigori Rasputin Rasputin Dark Servant of Destiny HBO Alec Baldwin Stanley Kowalski A Streetcar Named Desire CBS Beau Bridges Richard Nixon Kissinger and Nixon TNT Laurence Fishburne Hannibal Lee The Tuskegee Airmen HBO Gary Sinise Harry S Truman Truman 1997 49th Armand Assante John Gotti Gotti HBO Beau Bridges Bill Januson Hidden in America Showtime Robert Duvall Adolf Eichmann The Man Who Captured Eichmann TNT Laurence Fishburne Caleb Humphries Miss Evers Boys HBO Sidney Poitier Nelson Mandela Mandela and de Klerk Showtime 1998 50th Gary Sinise George Wallace George Wallace TNT Jack Lemmon Juror 8 12 Angry Men Showtime Sam Neill Merlin Merlin NBC Ving Rhames Don King Don King Only in America HBO Patrick Stewart Captain Ahab Moby Dick USA 1999 51st Stanley Tucci Walter Winchell Winchell HBO Don Cheadle Grant Wiggins A Lesson Before Dying HBO Ian Holm King Lear King Lear PBS Jack Lemmon Henry Drummond Inherit the Wind Showtime Sam Shepard Dashiell Hammett Dash and Lilly A amp E 2000s Year Actor Role Program Network Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie 2000 52nd Jack Lemmon Morrie Schwartz Tuesdays with Morrie ABC Beau Bridges P T Barnum P T Barnum A amp E Brian Dennehy Willy Loman Death of a Salesman Showtime William H Macy Terry Thorpe A Slight Case of Murder TNT Liev Schreiber Orson Welles RKO 281 HBO 2001 53rd Kenneth Branagh Reinhard Heydrich Conspiracy HBO Andy Garcia Arturo Sandoval For Love or Country The Arturo Sandoval Story HBO Gregory Hines Bill Bojangles Robinson Bojangles Showtime Ben Kingsley Otto Frank Anne Frank The Whole Story ABC Barry Pepper Roger Maris 61 HBO 2002 54th Albert Finney Winston Churchill The Gathering Storm HBO Kenneth Branagh Ernest Shackleton Shackleton A amp E Beau Bridges Michael Mulvaney We Were the Mulvaneys Lifetime James Franco James Dean James Dean TNT Michael Gambon Lyndon B Johnson Path to War HBO 2003 55th William H Macy Bill Porter Door to Door TNT Brad Garrett Jackie Gleason Gleason CBS Paul Newman Stage Manager Our Town Showtime Tom Wilkinson Roy Applewood Normal HBO James Woods Rudy Giuliani Rudy The Rudy Giuliani Story USA 2004 56th Al Pacino Roy Cohn Angels in America HBO Antonio Banderas Pancho Villa And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself HBO James Brolin Ronald Reagan The Reagans Showtime Mos Def Vivien Thomas Something the Lord Made HBO Alan Rickman Dr Alfred Blalock 2005 57th Geoffrey Rush Peter Sellers The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO Kenneth Branagh Franklin D Roosevelt Warm Springs HBO Ed Harris Miles Roby Empire Falls William H Macy Charles Gigot The Wool Cap TNT Jonathan Rhys Meyers Elvis Presley Elvis CBS 2006 58th Andre Braugher Nick Atwater Thief FX Charles Dance Mr Tulkinghorn Bleak House PBS Ben Kingsley Dr Herman Tarnower Mrs Harris HBO Donald Sutherland Bill Meehan Human Trafficking Lifetime Jon Voight Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II CBS 2007 59th Robert Duvall Prentice Prent Ritter Broken Trail AMC Jim Broadbent Lord Longford Longford HBO William H Macy Det Clyde Umney Sam Landry Nightmares amp Dreamscapes From the Stories of Stephen King Umney s Last Case TNT Matthew Perry Ron Clark The Ron Clark Story Tom Selleck Jesse Stone Jesse Stone Sea Change CBS 2008 60th Paul Giamatti John Adams John Adams HBO Ralph Fiennes Bernard Lafferty Bernard and Doris HBO Ricky Gervais Andy Millman Extras The Extra Special Series Finale Kevin Spacey Ron Klain Recount Tom Wilkinson James Baker 2009 61st Brendan Gleeson Winston Churchill Into the Storm HBO Kevin Bacon Michael Strobl Taking Chance HBO Kenneth Branagh Kurt Wallander Wallander One Step Behind PBS Kevin Kline Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Ian McKellen King Lear King Lear Kiefer Sutherland Jack Bauer 24 Redemption Fox 2010s Year Actor Role Program Network Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie 2010 62nd Al Pacino Dr Jack Kevorkian You Don t Know Jack HBO Jeff Bridges Jon Katz A Dog Year HBO Ian McKellen Number Two Curtis The Prisoner AMC Dennis Quaid Bill Clinton The Special Relationship HBO Michael Sheen Tony Blair 2011 63rd Barry Pepper Robert F Kennedy The Kennedys Reelz Idris Elba John Luther Luther BBC America Laurence Fishburne Thurgood Marshall Thurgood HBO William Hurt Henry Paulson Too Big to Fail Greg Kinnear John F Kennedy The Kennedys Reelz Edgar Ramirez Ilich Ramirez Sanchez Carlos Sundance 2012 64th Kevin Costner Devil Anse Hatfield Hatfields amp McCoys History Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Holmes Sherlock A Scandal in Belgravia PBS Idris Elba John Luther Luther BBC America Woody Harrelson Steve Schmidt Game Change HBO Clive Owen Ernest Hemingway Hemingway amp Gellhorn Bill Paxton Randolph McCoy Hatfields amp McCoys History 2013 65th Michael Douglas Liberace Behind the Candelabra HBO Benedict Cumberbatch Christopher Tietjens Parade s End HBO Matt Damon Scott Thorson Behind the Candelabra Toby Jones Alfred Hitchcock The Girl Al Pacino Phil Spector Phil Spector 2014 66th Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Holmes Sherlock His Last Vow PBS Chiwetel Ejiofor Louis Lester Dancing on the Edge Starz Idris Elba John Luther Luther BBC America Martin Freeman Lester Nygaard Fargo FX Mark Ruffalo Ned Weeks The Normal Heart HBO Billy Bob Thornton Lorne Malvo Fargo FX Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie 2015 67th Richard Jenkins Henry Kitteridge Olive Kitteridge HBO Adrien Brody Harry Houdini Houdini History Ricky Gervais Derek Noakes Derek The Special Netflix Timothy Hutton Russ Skokie American Crime ABC David Oyelowo Peter Snowden Nightingale HBO Mark Rylance Thomas Cromwell Wolf Hall PBS 2016 68th Courtney B Vance Johnnie Cochran The People v O J Simpson American Crime Story FX Bryan Cranston Lyndon B Johnson All the Way HBO Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Holmes Sherlock The Abominable Bride PBS Idris Elba John Luther Luther BBC America Cuba Gooding Jr O J Simpson The People v O J Simpson American Crime Story FX Tom Hiddleston Jonathan Pine The Night Manager AMC 2017 69th Riz Ahmed Nasir Naz Khan The Night Of HBO Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Holmes Sherlock The Lying Detective PBS Robert De Niro Bernie Madoff The Wizard of Lies HBO Ewan McGregor Ray Stussy Emmit Stussy Fargo FX Geoffrey Rush Albert Einstein Genius Nat Geo John Turturro John Stone The Night Of HBO 2018 70th Darren Criss Andrew Cunanan The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story FX Antonio Banderas Pablo Picasso Genius Picasso Nat Geo Benedict Cumberbatch Patrick Melrose Patrick Melrose Showtime Jeff Daniels John O Neill The Looming Tower Hulu John Legend Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert NBC Jesse Plemons Captain Robert Daly USS Callister Black Mirror Netflix 2019 71st Jharrel Jerome Korey Wise When They See Us Netflix Mahershala Ali Wayne Hays True Detective HBO Benicio del Toro Richard Matt Escape at Dannemora Showtime Hugh Grant Jeremy Thorpe A Very English Scandal Prime Video Jared Harris Valery Legasov Chernobyl HBO Sam Rockwell Bob Fosse Fosse Verdon FX 2020s Year Actor Role Program Network Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie 2020 72nd Mark Ruffalo Dominick amp Thomas Birdsey I Know This Much Is True HBO Jeremy Irons Adrian Veidt Ozymandias Watchmen HBO Hugh Jackman Frank Tassone Bad Education Paul Mescal Connell Waldron Normal People Hulu Jeremy Pope Archie Coleman Hollywood Netflix Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie 2021 73rd Ewan McGregor Halston Halston Netflix Paul Bettany Vision WandaVision Disney Hugh Grant Jonathan Fraser The Undoing HBO Lin Manuel Miranda Alexander Hamilton Hamilton Disney Leslie Odom Jr Aaron Burr 2022 74th Michael Keaton Dr Samuel Finnix Dopesick Hulu Colin Firth Michael Peterson The Staircase HBO Max Andrew Garfield Detective Jeb Pyre Under the Banner of Heaven FX Oscar Isaac Jonathan Levy Scenes from a Marriage HBO Himesh Patel Jeevan Chaudhary Station Eleven HBO Max Sebastian Stan Tommy Lee Pam amp Tommy Hulu 2023 75th Steven Yeun Danny Cho Beef Netflix Taron Egerton Jimmy Keene Black Bird Apple TV Kumail Nanjiani Somen Steve Banerjee Welcome to Chippendales Hulu Evan Peters Jeffrey Dahmer Dahmer Monster The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Netflix Daniel Radcliffe Weird Al Yankovic Weird The Al Yankovic Story Roku Michael Shannon George Jones George amp Tammy Showtime 2024 76th Richard Gadd Donny Dunn Baby Reindeer Netflix Matt Bomer Hawkins Hawk Fuller Fellow Travelers Showtime Jon Hamm Sheriff Roy Tillman Fargo FX Tom Hollander Truman Capote Feud Capote vs The Swans Andrew Scott Tom Ripley Ripley NetflixPrograms with multiple wins2 wins American Crime StoryPerformers with multiple wins4 wins Laurence Olivier 3 wins Peter Ustinov 2 wins Fred Astaire Hume Cronyn Peter Falk Hal Holbrook Anthony Hopkins Al Pacino James WoodsPrograms with multiple nominations13 nominations Hallmark Hall of Fame 7 nominations Playhouse 90 4 nominations Fargo Luther Sherlock 3 nominations American Crime Story CBS Playhouse The Dick Powell Theatre Studio One 2 nominations An Early Frost Behind the Candelabra Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Brian s Song Brideshead Revisited Columbo The Defenders Ford Star Jubilee Genius Hamilton Hatfields amp McCoys Holocaust The Kennedys Lonesome Dove Masada McCloud The Night Of Producers Showcase Promise Recount Rich Man Poor Man Shōgun Something the Lord Made The Special Relationship The United States Steel HourPerformers with multiple nominations7 nominations Hal Holbrook 6 nominations Benedict Cumberbatch Laurence Olivier 5 nominations Beau Bridges James Garner Jack Lemmon Jason Robards Mickey Rooney George C Scott James Woods 4 nominations Kenneth Branagh Richard Chamberlain Hume Cronyn Robert Duvall Idris Elba William H Macy 3 nominations Lee J Cobb Laurence Fishburne Peter Falk Henry Fonda Louis Gossett Jr Anthony Hopkins Ben Kingsley Fredric March Al Pacino Christopher Plummer Peter Strauss Peter Ustinov 2 nominations Alan Alda Alan Arkin Fred Astaire Antonio Banderas Robert Blake Michael Caine Brian Dennehy William Devane Melvyn Douglas Albert Finney Ricky Gervais John Gielgud Hugh Grant Alec Guinness Edward Herrmann Trevor Howard Jeremy Irons Tommy Lee Jones John Lithgow Ewan McGregor Ian McKellen Barry Pepper Sidney Poitier Alan Rickman Cliff Robertson Mark Ruffalo Geoffrey Rush Martin Sheen Gary Sinise Rod Steiger Dennis Weaver Tom Wilkinson Ed WynnSee alsoPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film Critics Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie Miniseries Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television MovieReferences Nominees Winners Television Academy Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences Retrieved February 16 2019 Nominees Winners Television Academy Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences Retrieved February 16 2019 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