The Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series is one of the award categories presented

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series is 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 2011 when the event was first initiated. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.

Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
The 2025 recipient: Tadanobu Asano
Country	United States
Presented by	Critics Choice Association
First award	2011
Currently held by	Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun (2024)
Website	criticschoice.com

Winners and nominees

indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Character	Network
2011	John Noble	Fringe	Walter Bishop	Fox
	Alan Cumming	The Good Wife	Eli Gold	CBS
	Walton Goggins	Justified	Boyd Crowder	FX
	Shawn Hatosy	Southland	Det. Sammy Bryant	TNT
	Michael Pitt	Boardwalk Empire	Jimmy Darmody	HBO
	John Slattery	Mad Men	Roger Sterling	AMC
2012	Giancarlo Esposito	Breaking Bad	Gus Fring	AMC
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	HBO
	Neal McDonough	Justified	Robert Quarles	FX
	John Noble	Fringe	Walter Bishop	Fox
	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	AMC
	John Slattery	Mad Men	Roger Sterling	AMC
2013	Michael Cudlitz	Southland	John Cooper	TNT
	Jonathan Banks	Breaking Bad	Mike Ehrmantraut	AMC
	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Game of Thrones	Jaime Lannister	HBO
	Noah Emmerich	The Americans	Stan Beeman	FX
	Walton Goggins	Justified	Boyd Crowder	FX
	Corey Stoll	House of Cards	Peter Russo	Netflix
2014	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	AMC
	Josh Charles	The Good Wife	Will Gardner	CBS
	Walton Goggins	Justified	Boyd Crowder	FX
	Peter Sarsgaard	The Killing	Ray Seward	AMC
	Jon Voight	Ray Donovan	Mickey Donovan	Showtime
	Jeffrey Wright	Boardwalk Empire	Dr. Valentin Narcisse	HBO
2015	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	Mike Ehrmantraut	AMC
	Christopher Eccleston	The Leftovers	Matt Jamison	HBO
	Walton Goggins	Justified	Boyd Crowder	FX
	Ben Mendelsohn	Bloodline	Danny Rayburn	Netflix
	Craig T. Nelson	Parenthood	Zeek Braverman	NBC
	Mandy Patinkin	Homeland	Saul Berenson	Showtime
2016 (1)	Christian Slater	Mr. Robot	Mr. Robot	USA Network
	Clayne Crawford	Rectify	Teddy Talbot, Jr.	Sundance TV
	Christopher Eccleston	The Leftovers	Matt Jamison	HBO
	André Holland	The Knick	Dr. Algernon Edwards	Cinemax
	Jonathan Jackson	Nashville	Avery Barkley	ABC
	Rufus Sewell	The Man in the High Castle	John Smith	Amazon Prime Video
2016 (2)	John Lithgow	The Crown	Winston Churchill	Netflix
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	HBO
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	Jon Snow	HBO
	Michael McKean	Better Call Saul	Chuck McGill	AMC
	Christian Slater	Mr. Robot	Mr. Robot	USA Network
	Jon Voight	Ray Donovan	Mickey Donovan	Showtime
2018	David Harbour	Stranger Things	Jim Hopper	Netflix
	Bobby Cannavale	Mr. Robot	Irving	USA Network
	Asia Kate Dillon	Billions	Taylor Amber Mason	Showtime
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	HBO
	Delroy Lindo	The Good Fight	Adrian Boseman	CBS All Access
	Michael McKean	Better Call Saul	Chuck McGill	AMC
2019	Noah Emmerich	The Americans	Stan Beeman	FX
	Richard Cabral	Mayans M.C.	Johnny "El Coco" Cruz	FX
	Asia Kate Dillon	Billions	Taylor Amber Mason	Showtime
	Justin Hartley	This Is Us	Kevin Pearson	NBC
	Matthew Macfadyen	Succession	Tom Wamsgans	HBO
	Richard Schiff	The Good Doctor	Dr. Aaron Glassman	ABC
	Shea Whigham	Homecoming	Thomas Carrasco	Amazon Prime Video

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Character	Network
2020	Billy Crudup	The Morning Show	Cory Ellison	Apple TV+
	Asante Blackk	This Is Us	Malik	NBC
	Asia Kate Dillon	Billions	Taylor Amber Mason	Showtime
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	HBO
	Justin Hartley	This Is Us	Kevin Pearson	NBC
	Delroy Lindo	The Good Fight	Adrian Boseman	CBS All Access
	Tim Blake Nelson	Watchmen	Wade Tillman / Looking Glass	HBO
2021	Michael K. Williams	Lovecraft Country	Montrose Freeman	HBO
	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	Mike Ehrmantraut	AMC
	Justin Hartley	This Is Us	Kevin Pearson	NBC
	John Lithgow	Perry Mason	Elias Birchard "E.B." Jonathan	HBO
	Tobias Menzies	The Crown	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Netflix
	Tom Pelphrey	Ozark	Ben Davis	Netflix
2022	Kieran Culkin	Succession	Roman Roy	HBO
	Nicholas Braun	Succession	Greg Hirsch	HBO
	Billy Crudup	The Morning Show	Cory Ellison	Apple TV+
	Justin Hartley	This Is Us	Kevin Pearson	NBC
	Matthew Macfadyen	Succession	Tom Wambsgans	HBO
	Mandy Patinkin	The Good Fight	Hal Wackner	Paramount+
2023	Giancarlo Esposito	Better Call Saul	Gus Fring	AMC
	Andre Braugher	The Good Fight	Ri'Chard Lane	Paramount+
	Ismael Cruz Córdova	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Arondir	Amazon Prime Video
	Michael Emerson	Evil	Dr. Leland Townsend	Paramount+
	John Lithgow	The Old Man	Harold Harper	FX
	Matt Smith	House of the Dragon	Daemon Targaryen	HBO
2024	Billy Crudup	The Morning Show	Cory Ellison	Apple TV+
	Khalid Abdalla	The Crown	Dodi Fayed	Netflix
	Ron Cephas Jones (posthumous)	Truth Be Told	Lukather "Shreve" Scoville	Apple TV+
	Matthew Macfadyen	Succession	Tom Wambsgans	HBO / Max
	Ke Huy Quan	Loki	O.B. / A.D. Doug, Ph.D	Disney+
	Rufus Sewell	The Diplomat	Hal Wyler	Netflix
2025	Tadanobu Asano	Shōgun	Kashigi Yabushige	FX
	Michael Emerson	Evil	Leland Townsend	Paramount+
	Mark-Paul Gosselaar	Found	Hugh "Sir" Evans	NBC
	Takehiro Hira	Shōgun	Ishido Kazunari	FX
	John Lithgow	The Old Man	Harold Harper	FX
	Sam Reid	Interview with the Vampire	Lestat de Lioncourt	AMC

Performers with multiple wins

2 wins

Billy Crudup
Giancarlo Esposito

Performers with multiple nominations

4 nominations

Peter Dinklage
Walton Goggins
Justin Hartley

3 nominations

Jonathan Banks
Billy Crudup
Asia Kate Dillon
John Lithgow
Matthew Macfadyen

2 nominations

Christopher Eccleston
Noah Emmerich
Giancarlo Esposito
Delroy Lindo
John Lithgow
Michael McKean
John Noble
Mandy Patinkin
Aaron Paul
Rufus Sewell
Christian Slater
John Slattery
Jon Voight

Programmes with multiple nominations

6 nominations

Game of Thrones

5 nominations

Better Call Saul
Justified
Succession

4 nominations

Breaking Bad
The Good Fight
This Is Us

3 nominations

Billions
The Crown
The Morning Show
Mr. Robot

2 nominations

The Americans
Boardwalk Empire
Evil
Fringe
The Good Wife
The Leftovers
Mad Men
The Old Man
Ray Donovan
Shōgun
Southland

Notes

In 2016, Mandy Patinkin was nominated for the Showtime series Homeland. His nomination was rescinded after it was noted that Homeland was not in the eligibility window for that year's ceremony. Seventh place finisher Michael McKean received the nomination in his place.

References

Sanger, Craig (19 June 2011). "Critics' Choice Television Awards". The Washington Times. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
Block, Alex Ben (5 June 2012). "'Community' Leads Critics' Choice Television Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
"Broadcast Television Journalists Association Announces Winners of the 2nd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards". The Broadcast Films Critics Association. 2012-06-18. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
"Critics' Choice Television Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
"Critics' Choice TV Awards 2014: And the nominees are..." Entertainment Weekly. May 28, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
"Critics' Choice TV Awards 2014: And the nominees are..." Entertainment Weekly. May 28, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
Li, Shirley (May 6, 2015). "The Critics' Choice TV Awards 2015: And the nominees are..." Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
"Critics' Choice Television Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. May 31, 2015. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
Webb Mitovich, Matt (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: TV Winners Include Fargo, Mr. Robot, Master of None, Rachel Bloom and Carrie Coon". TVLine. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
"2016 Critics' Choice Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. December 14, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
Lincoln, Ross A. (November 14, 2016). "Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
"Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Critics' Choice Awards. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
Dixon, Marcus. "[EXCLUSIVE] Mandy Patinkin ('Homeland') stripped of Critics' Choice nomination; replaced by Michael McKean ('Better Call Saul')". Gold Derby. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Tapley, Kristopher (December 6, 2017). "Netflix, FX's 'Feud' Lead Critics' Choice TV Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
de Moraes, Lisa; Blyth, Antonia; Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
Boucher, Geoff; Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
Pederson, Eric (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice TV Nominations: 'Succession' Leads Field As HBO Edges Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
Panaligan, EJ; Earl, William (January 15, 2023). "Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
Brathwaite, Lester Fabian (January 14, 2024). "Oppenheimer, Barbie, The Bear lead 2024 Critics Choice Awards: See the full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
Brathwaite, Lester Fabian (January 14, 2024). "Oppenheimer, Barbie, The Bear lead 2024 Critics Choice Awards: See the full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

External links

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[13] In 2016, Mandy Patinkin was nominated for the Showtime series Homeland. His nomination was rescinded after it was noted that Homeland was not in the eligibility window for that year's ceremony. Seventh place finisher Michael McKean received the nomination in his place.

[1] Sanger, Craig (19 June 2011). "Critics' Choice Television Awards". The Washington Times. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[2] Block, Alex Ben (5 June 2012). "'Community' Leads Critics' Choice Television Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[BFJAAwards-3] "Broadcast Television Journalists Association Announces Winners of the 2nd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards". The Broadcast Films Critics Association. 2012-06-18. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

[4] "Critics' Choice Television Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2013.

[5] "Critics' Choice TV Awards 2014: And the nominees are..." Entertainment Weekly. May 28, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.

[Nominees-6] "Critics' Choice TV Awards 2014: And the nominees are..." Entertainment Weekly. May 28, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[7] Li, Shirley (May 6, 2015). "The Critics' Choice TV Awards 2015: And the nominees are..." Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 6, 2015.

[8] "Critics' Choice Television Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. May 31, 2015. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

[9] Webb Mitovich, Matt (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: TV Winners Include Fargo, Mr. Robot, Master of None, Rachel Bloom and Carrie Coon". TVLine. Retrieved August 15, 2021.

[10] "2016 Critics' Choice Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. December 14, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[11] Lincoln, Ross A. (November 14, 2016). "Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 15, 2016.

[12] "Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Critics' Choice Awards. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[14] Dixon, Marcus. "[EXCLUSIVE] Mandy Patinkin ('Homeland') stripped of Critics' Choice nomination; replaced by Michael McKean ('Better Call Saul')". Gold Derby. Retrieved November 15, 2016.

[15] Tapley, Kristopher (December 6, 2017). "Netflix, FX's 'Feud' Lead Critics' Choice TV Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

[16] Moraes, Lisa; Blyth, Antonia; Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

[17] Boucher, Geoff; Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[18] Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[19] Pederson, Eric (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice TV Nominations: 'Succession' Leads Field As HBO Edges Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 7, 2021.

[20] Panaligan, EJ; Earl, William (January 15, 2023). "Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2023.

[21] Brathwaite, Lester Fabian (January 14, 2024). "Oppenheimer, Barbie, The Bear lead 2024 Critics Choice Awards: See the full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

[22] Brathwaite, Lester Fabian (January 14, 2024). "Oppenheimer, Barbie, The Bear lead 2024 Critics Choice Awards: See the full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2024.