Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series was one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actors. It was introduced in 2012 and last presented in 2016. The winners were selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Performer	Series	Role
2012	Lucy Liu	Southland	Officer Jessica Tang
	Dylan Baker	Damages	Jerry Boorman
	Jere Burns	Justified	Wynn Duffy
	Loretta Devine	Grey's Anatomy	Adele Webber
	Carrie Preston	The Good Wife	Elsbeth Tascioni
	Chloe Webb	Shameless	Monica Gallagher
2013	Jane Fonda	The Newsroom	Leona Lansing
	Jim Beaver	Justified	Sheriff Shelby Parlow
	Martha Plimpton	The Good Wife	Patti Nyholm
	Carrie Preston		Elsbeth Tascioni
	Diana Rigg	Game of Thrones	Lady Olenna Tyrell
	Jimmy Smits	Sons of Anarchy	Nero Padilla
2014	Allison Janney	Masters of Sex	Margaret Scully
	Beau Bridges	Masters of Sex	Provost Barton Scully
	Walton Goggins	Sons of Anarchy	Venus Van Dam
	Joe Morton	Scandal	Rowan "Eli" Pope
	Carrie Preston	The Good Wife	Elsbeth Tascioni
	Diana Rigg	Game of Thrones	Lady Olenna Tyrell
2015	Sam Elliott	Justified	Avery Markham
	Walton Goggins	Sons of Anarchy	Venus Van Dam
	Linda Lavin	The Good Wife	Joy Grubick
	Julianne Nicholson	Masters of Sex	Dr. Lillian DePaul
	Lois Smith	The Americans	Betty Turner
	Cicely Tyson	How to Get Away with Murder	Ophelia Hartness
2016 (1)	Margo Martindale	The Good Wife	Ruth Eastman
	Richard Armitage	Hannibal	Francis Dolarhyde
	Justin Kirk	Manhattan	Joseph Bucher
	Patti LuPone	Penny Dreadful	Joan Clayton
	Marisa Tomei	Empire	Mimi Whiteman
	B. D. Wong	Mr. Robot	Whiterose
2016 (2)	Jeffrey Dean Morgan	The Walking Dead	Negan
	Mahershala Ali	House of Cards	Remi Danton
	Lisa Bonet	Ray Donovan	Marisol
	Ellen Burstyn	House of Cards	Elizabeth Hale
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning
	Jared Harris	The Crown	King George VI

Multiple nominations

3 nominations

• Carrie Preston

2 nominations

• Diana Rigg

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

References

1. Andreeva, Nellie (June 5, 2012). "Critics' Choice TV Awards Noms: 'Community' At Top Of List". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
2. "Big Bang, Horror Story, Parks & Rec, Good Wife, The Americans Lead Critics Choice Nominations". TVLine. May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
3. "Critics' Choice Awards: Complete winners list". CNN. January 18, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
4. "Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Critics' Choice Awards. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.