Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actors in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances often included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:

• # – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation
• § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
The 2024 recipient: Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Awarded for	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	1954
Currently held by	Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (2024)
Website	emmys.com

Winners and nominations

1950s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
Best Series Supporting Actor
1954 (6th) [note 1]
	Art Carney	Various characters	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
	Ben Alexander	Officer Frank Smith	Dragnet	NBC
	William Frawley	Fred Mertz	I Love Lucy	CBS
	Tony Randall	Harvey Weskitt	Mister Peepers	NBC
	Carl Reiner	Various characters	Your Show of Shows
Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series
1955 (7th) [note 1]
	Art Carney	Various characters	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
	Ben Alexander	Officer Frank Smith	Dragnet	NBC
	Don DeFore	Thorny	The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet	ABC
	William Frawley	Fred Mertz	I Love Lucy	CBS
	Gale Gordon	Osgood Conklin	Our Miss Brooks
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1956 (8th) [note 1]
	Art Carney	Ed Norton	The Honeymooners	CBS
	Ed Begley #	Andy Sloane	Patterns	NBC
	William Frawley	Fred Mertz	I Love Lucy	CBS
	Carl Reiner	Various characters	Caesar's Hour	NBC
	Cyril Ritchard #	Mr. Darling / Captain Hook	Peter Pan
Best Supporting Performance by an Actor
1957 (9th) [note 1]
	Carl Reiner	Various characters	Caesar's Hour	NBC
	Art Carney	Various characters	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
	Paul Ford	Col. John T. Hall	The Phil Silvers Show
	William Frawley	Fred Mertz	I Love Lucy
	Ed Wynn #	Army	Requiem for a Heavyweight
Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
1958 (10th) [note 1]
	Carl Reiner	Various characters	Caesar's Hour	NBC
	Paul Ford	Col. John T. Hall	The Phil Silvers Show	CBS
	William Frawley	Fred Mertz	I Love Lucy
	Louis Nye	Various characters	The Steve Allen Show	NBC
	Dennis Weaver	Chester Goode	Gunsmoke	CBS
Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series
1959 (11th)
	Tom Poston	Various characters	The Steve Allen Show	NBC
	Richard Crenna	Luke McCoy	The Real McCoys	ABC
	Paul Ford	Col. John T. Hall	The Phil Silvers Show	CBS
	Maurice Gosfield	Pvt. Duane Doberman
	Billy Gray	Bud Anderson	Father Knows Best	CBS & NBC
	Harry Morgan	Pete Porter	December Bride	CBS

1960s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support)
1960 (12th)
	Robert Stack	Eliot Ness	The Untouchables	ABC
	Richard Boone	Paladin	Have Gun – Will Travel	CBS
	Raymond Burr	Perry Mason	Perry Mason
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series
1961 (13th) [note 1]
	Don Knotts	Barney Fife	The Andy Griffith Show	CBS
	Abby Dalton	Lt. Martha Hale	Hennesey	CBS
	Barbara Hale	Della Street	Perry Mason
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor
1962 (14th) [note 1]
	Don Knotts	Barney Fife	The Andy Griffith Show	CBS
	Sam Jaffe	Dr. David Zorba	Ben Casey	ABC
	Barry Jones #	The Dean	Hallmark Hall of Fame	NBC
	Horace McMahon	Lt. Mike Parker	Naked City	ABC
	George C. Scott §	Dr. Karl Anders	Ben Casey
1963 (15th) [note 1]
	Don Knotts	Barney Fife	The Andy Griffith Show	CBS
	Tim Conway	Ens. Charles Parker	McHale's Navy	ABC
	Paul Ford #	Col. Wainwright Purdy III	Hallmark Hall of Fame	NBC
	Hurd Hatfield #	Lionel de Rothschild
	Robert Redford #	George Laurents	Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire	ABC
1964 (16th) [note 1]
	Albert Paulsen #	Lt. Volkoval	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	NBC
	Sorrell Booke §	Julius Orloff	Dr. Kildare	NBC
	Conlan Carter	Doc	Combat!	ABC
	Carl Lee §	Lonnie Hill	The Nurses	CBS
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers
1965 (17th) [note 1]
	Leonard Bernstein	Conductor	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein	CBS
	Lynn Fontanne	Fanny Bowditch Holmes	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"	NBC
	Alfred Lunt	Oliver Wendell Holmes
	Barbra Streisand	Herself	My Name Is Barbra	CBS
	Dick Van Dyke	Rob Petrie	The Dick Van Dyke Show
	Julie Andrews	Herself	The Andy Williams Show	NBC
	Johnny Carson	Himself	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
	Gladys Cooper	Margaret St. Clair	The Rogues
	Robert Coote	Timmy St. Clair
	Richard Crenna	James Slattery	Slattery's People	CBS
	Julie Harris	Florence Nightingale	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror"	NBC
	Bob Hope	Himself	Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special
	Dean Jagger	Principal Albert Vane	Mr. Novak
	Danny Kaye	Himself	The Danny Kaye Show	CBS
	David McCallum	Illya Kuryakin	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
	Red Skelton	Himself	The Red Skelton Hour	CBS
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Series
1966 (18th)
	Don Knotts §	Barney Fife	The Andy Griffith Show	CBS
	Morey Amsterdam	Buddy Sorrell	The Dick Van Dyke Show	CBS
	Frank Gorshin	Riddler	Batman	ABC
	Werner Klemperer	Col. Wilhelm Klink	Hogan's Heroes	CBS
1967 (19th)
	Don Knotts §	Barney Fife	The Andy Griffith Show	CBS
	Gale Gordon	Mr. Theodore J. Mooney	The Lucy Show	CBS
	Werner Klemperer	Col. Wilhelm Klink	Hogan's Heroes
1968 (20th)
	Werner Klemperer	Col. Wilhelm Klink	Hogan's Heroes	CBS
	Jack Cassidy	Oscar North	He & She	CBS
	William Demarest	Uncle Charley O'Casey	My Three Sons
	Gale Gordon	Mr. Theodore J. Mooney	The Lucy Show
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series
1969 (21st) [note 1]
	Werner Klemperer	Col. Wilhelm Klink	Hogan's Heroes	CBS
	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	Mission: Impossible	CBS
	Leonard Nimoy	Spock	Star Trek	NBC

1970s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy
1970 (22nd)
	Michael Constantine	Principal Seymour Kaufman	Room 222	ABC
	Werner Klemperer	Col. Wilhelm Klink	Hogan's Heroes	CBS
	Charles Nelson Reilly	Claymore Gregg	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir	ABC
1971 (23rd)
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Michael Constantine	Principal Seymour Kaufman	Room 222	ABC
	Gale Gordon	Harrison "Uncle Harry" Carter	Here's Lucy	CBS
1972 (24th)
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Ted Knight	Ted Baxter	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Rob Reiner	Michael Stivic	All in the Family
1973 (25th)
	Ted Knight	Ted Baxter	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Gary Burghoff	Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly	M*A*S*H
	Rob Reiner	Michael Stivic	All in the Family
	McLean Stevenson	Lt. Col. Henry Blake	M*A*S*H
Best Supporting Actor in Comedy
1974 (26th)
	Rob Reiner	Michael Stivic	All in the Family	CBS
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Gary Burghoff	Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly	M*A*S*H
	Ted Knight	Ted Baxter	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
	McLean Stevenson	Lt. Col. Henry Blake	M*A*S*H
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
1975 (27th)
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Gary Burghoff	Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Ted Knight	Ted Baxter	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
	Rob Reiner	Michael Stivic	All in the Family
	McLean Stevenson	Lt. Col. Henry Blake	M*A*S*H
1976 (28th)
	Ted Knight	Ted Baxter	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Gary Burghoff	Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly	M*A*S*H
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter
	Abe Vigoda	Sgt. Philip K. Fish	Barney Miller	ABC
1977 (29th)
	Gary Burghoff	Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Ed Asner	Lou Grant	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Ted Knight	Ted Baxter
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter	M*A*S*H
	Abe Vigoda	Sgt. Philip K. Fish	Barney Miller	ABC
1978 (30th)
	Rob Reiner	Michael Stivic	All in the Family	CBS
	Tom Bosley	Howard Cunningham	Happy Days	ABC
	Gary Burghoff	Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter
	Vic Tayback	Mel Sharples	Alice
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series
1979 (31st)
	Robert Guillaume	Benson DuBois	Soap	ABC
	Gary Burghoff	Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Danny DeVito	Louie De Palma	Taxi	ABC
	Max Gail	Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz	Barney Miller
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter	M*A*S*H	CBS

1980s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
1980 (32nd)
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Mike Farrell	Cap. BJ Hunnicutt	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Max Gail	Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz	Barney Miller	ABC
	Howard Hesseman	Dr. Johnny Fever	WKRP in Cincinnati	CBS
	Steve Landesberg	Arthur P. Deitrich	Barney Miller	ABC
1981 (33rd)
	Danny DeVito	Louie De Palma	Taxi	ABC
	Howard Hesseman	Dr. Johnny Fever	WKRP in Cincinnati	CBS
	Steve Landesberg	Arthur P. Deitrich	Barney Miller	ABC
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter	M*A*S*H	CBS
	David Ogden Stiers	Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III
1982 (34th)
	Christopher Lloyd	Reverend Jim Ignatowski	Taxi	ABC
	Danny DeVito	Louie De Palma	Taxi	ABC
	Ron Glass	Det. Ron Harris	Barney Miller
	Steve Landesberg	Arthur P. Deitrich
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter	M*A*S*H	CBS
	David Ogden Stiers	Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series
1983 (35th)
	Christopher Lloyd	Reverend Jim Ignatowski	Taxi	NBC
	Nicholas Colasanto	Coach Ernie Pantusso	Cheers	NBC
	Danny DeVito	Louie De Palma	Taxi
	Harry Morgan	Col. Sherman Potter	M*A*S*H	CBS
	Eddie Murphy	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	NBC
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
1984 (36th)
	Pat Harrington Jr.	Dwayne Schneider	One Day at a Time	CBS
	René Auberjonois	Clayton Endicott III	Benson	ABC
	Nicholas Colasanto	Coach Ernie Pantusso	Cheers	NBC
	Tom Poston	George Utley	Newhart	CBS
	George Wendt	Norm Peterson	Cheers	NBC
1985 (37th)
	John Larroquette	Dan Fielding	Night Court	NBC
	Nicholas Colasanto (posthumously)	Coach Ernie Pantusso	Cheers	NBC
	Michael J. Fox	Alex P. Keaton	Family Ties
	John Ratzenberger	Cliff Clavin	Cheers
	George Wendt	Norm Peterson
1986 (38th)
	John Larroquette	Dan Fielding	Night Court	NBC
	Tom Poston	George Utley	Newhart	CBS
	John Ratzenberger	Cliff Clavin	Cheers	NBC
	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Theo Huxtable	The Cosby Show
	George Wendt	Norm Peterson	Cheers
1987 (39th)
	John Larroquette	Dan Fielding	Night Court	NBC
	Woody Harrelson	Woody Boyd	Cheers	NBC
	Tom Poston	George Utley	Newhart	CBS
	Peter Scolari	Michael Harris
	George Wendt	Norm Peterson	Cheers	NBC
1988 (40th)
	John Larroquette	Dan Fielding	Night Court	NBC
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane	Cheers	NBC
	Woody Harrelson	Woody Boyd
	Peter Scolari	Michael Harris	Newhart	CBS
	George Wendt	Norm Peterson	Cheers	NBC
1989 (41st)
	Woody Harrelson	Woody Boyd	Cheers	NBC
	Joe Regalbuto	Frank Fontana	Murphy Brown	CBS
	Peter Scolari	Michael Harris	Newhart
	Meshach Taylor	Anthony Bouvier	Designing Women
	George Wendt	Norm Peterson	Cheers	NBC

1990s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
1990 (42nd)
	Alex Rocco	Al Floss	The Famous Teddy Z	"Pilot" + "Teddy Sells the House" + "Agent of the Year"	CBS
	Woody Harrelson	Woody Boyd	Cheers	"Woody or Won’t He" + "Fifty-Fifty Carla" + "Lover Boyd"	NBC
	Kelsey Grammer	Frasier Crane		"The Stork Brings a Crane" + "Severe Crane Damage" + "The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec"
	Charles Kimbrough	Jim Dial	Murphy Brown	"Anchors Away" + "Roasted" + "On the Road Again"	CBS
	Jerry Van Dyke	Luther Van Dam	Coach	"If Coach Falls in the Woods" + "Coaches Conference" + "Homewreckers"	ABC
1991 (43rd)
	Jonathan Winters	Gunny Davis	Davis Rules	"Rules of the Game" + "Mission: Improbable"	CBS
	Woody Harrelson	Woody Boyd	Cheers	"Veggie Boyd" + "Woody Interrupts"	NBC
	Charles Durning	Harlan Eldridge	Evening Shade	"The Baby Show" + "Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?"	CBS
	Michael Jeter	Herman Stiles		"Sex Education" + "Chip off the Old Brick"
	Jerry Van Dyke	Luther Van Dam	Coach	"A Father and Son Reunion" + "Cabin Fever"	ABC
1992 (44th)
	Michael Jeter	Herman Stiles	Evening Shade	"Herman in Charge" + "Hasta La Vista, Baby"	CBS
	Jason Alexander	George Costanza	Seinfeld	"The Tape" + "The Note"	NBC
	Charles Durning	Harlan Eldridge	Evening Shade	"Three Naked Men (Parts 1 & 2)	CBS
	Harvey Fierstein §	Mark Newberger	Cheers	"Rebecca’s Lover…Not"	NBC
	Jay Thomas §	Jerry Gold	Murphy Brown	"Uh-Oh (Parts 2 & 3)"	CBS
	Jerry Van Dyke	Luther Van Dam	Coach	"Last of the Red-Hot Luthers" + "I Think I Can’t, I Think I Can’t"	ABC
1993 (45th)
	Michael Richards	Cosmo Kramer	Seinfeld	"The Junior Mint" + "The Watch"	NBC
	Jason Alexander	George Costanza	Seinfeld	"The Contest" + "The Outing"	NBC
	Michael Jeter	Herman Stiles	Evening Shade	"Harlan Deals a Meal" + "The Really Odd Couple"	CBS
	Jeffrey Tambor	Hank Kingsley	The Larry Sanders Show	"Hank’s Contract" + "Guest Host"	HBO
	Rip Torn	Artie		"The New Producer" + "The Spider Episode"
1994 (46th)
	Michael Richards	Cosmo Kramer	Seinfeld	"The Sniffing Accountant" + "The Opposite"	NBC
	Jason Alexander	George Costanza	Seinfeld	"The Opposite" + "The Hamptons"	NBC
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"A Midwinter Night’s Dream" + "Author, Author"
	Rip Torn	Artie	The Larry Sanders Show	"Larry’s Birthday" + "The List"	HBO
	Jerry Van Dyke	Luther Van Dam	Coach	"Coach for a Day (Part 2)" + "Piece o’ Cake"	ABC
1995 (47th)
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"Flour Child" + "An Affair to Forget"	NBC
	Jason Alexander	George Costanza	Seinfeld	"The Race" + "The Gymnast"	NBC
	Michael Richards	Cosmo Kramer		"The Jimmy" + "The Fusilli Jerry"
	David Schwimmer	Ross Geller	Friends	"The One with the Blackout" + "The One with the Sonogram at the End"
	Rip Torn	Artie	The Larry Sanders Show	"Arthur’s Crisis" + "Like No Business, I Know"	HBO
1996 (48th)
	Rip Torn	Artie	The Larry Sanders Show	"Arthur After Hours" + "The P.A."	HBO
	Jason Alexander	George Costanza	Seinfeld	"The Pool Guy" + "The Invitations"	NBC
	Michael Richards	Cosmo Kramer		"The Pool Guy" + "The Wait-Out"
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"The Last Time I Saw Maris" + "Moon Dance"
	Jeffrey Tambor	Hank Kingsley	The Larry Sanders Show	"Hank’s New Assistant" + "Nothing Personal"	HBO
1997 (49th)
	Michael Richards	Cosmo Kramer	Seinfeld	"The Chicken Roaster"	NBC
	Jason Alexander	George Costanza	Seinfeld	"The Comeback"	NBC
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"Mixed Doubles" + "Daphne Hates Sherry"
	Jeffrey Tambor	Hank Kingsley	The Larry Sanders Show	—	HBO
	Rip Torn	Artie		—
1998 (50th)
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"The Maris Counselor" + "First Date"	NBC
	Jason Alexander	George Costanza	Seinfeld	"The Strike"	NBC
	Phil Hartman (posthumously)	Bill McNeal	NewsRadio	—
	Jeffrey Tambor	Hank Kingsley	The Larry Sanders Show	—	HBO
	Rip Torn	Artie		—
1999 (51st)
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Three Valentines"	NBC
	Peter Boyle	Frank Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Driving Frank" + "Ping Pong"	CBS
	Peter MacNicol	John Cage	Ally McBeal	—	FOX
	John Mahoney	Martin Crane	Frasier	"Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Our Parents, Ourselves"	NBC
	David Spade	Dennis Finch	Just Shoot Me!	"Slow Donnie" + "Two Girls for Every Boy"

2000s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2000 (52nd)
	Sean Hayes	Jack McFarland	Will & Grace	"Homo for the Holidays" + "Acting Out"	NBC
	Peter Boyle	Frank Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Prodigal Son" + "Debra Makes Something Good"	CBS
	Brad Garrett	Robert Barone		"Someone’s Cranky" + "Confronting the Attacker"
	Peter MacNicol	John Cage	Ally McBeal	—	Fox
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"Rivals" + "A Tsar is Born"	NBC
2001 (53rd)
	Peter MacNicol	John Cage	Ally McBeal	"In Search of Barry White" + "Reasons to Believe"	Fox
	Peter Boyle	Frank Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Frank Paints the House" + "Wallpaper"	CBS
	Robert Downey Jr.	Larry Paul	Ally McBeal	"Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts" + "The Obstacle Course"	Fox
	Sean Hayes	Jack McFarland	Will & Grace	"Gypsies, Tramp and Weed" + "Grace 0, Jack 2000"	NBC
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"Daphne Returns" + "Hooping Cranes"
2002 (54th)
	Brad Garrett	Robert Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Raybert" + "Lucky Suit"	CBS
	Peter Boyle	Frank Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Frank Goes Downstairs" + "The Kicker"	CBS
	Bryan Cranston	Hal	Malcolm in the Middle	"Poker" + "Monkey"	Fox
	Sean Hayes	Jack McFarland	Will & Grace	"A Chorus Line" + "Went to a Garden Potty"	NBC
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"Room Full of Heroes" + "Deathtrap"
2003 (55th)
	Brad Garrett	Robert Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Just a Formality" + "Robert’s Wedding"	CBS
	Peter Boyle	Frank Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Grandpa Steals" + "Meeting the Parents"	CBS
	Bryan Cranston	Hal	Malcolm in the Middle	"Malcolm Holds His Tongue" + "Daycare"	Fox
	Sean Hayes	Jack McFarland	Will & Grace	"Bacon & Eggs" + "Sex, Losers, and Videotape"	NBC
	John Mahoney	Martin Crane	Frasier	"The Devil and Dr. Phil" + "Fathers and Sons"
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane		"Roe to Perdition" + "Fraternal Schwins"
2004 (56th)
	David Hyde Pierce	Niles Crane	Frasier	"No Sex Please We’re Skittish" + "Goodnight, Seattle"	NBC
	Peter Boyle	Frank Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Jazz Records" + "The Mentor"	CBS
	Brad Garrett	Robert Barone		"The Model" + "Golf for It"
	Sean Hayes	Jack McFarland	Will & Grace	"Me & Mr. Jones" + "I Never Cheered for my Father"	NBC
	Jeffrey Tambor	George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth	Arrested Development	"Visiting Ours" + "Not Without My Daughter"	Fox
2005 (57th)
	Brad Garrett	Robert Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"A Job for Robert" + "Pat’s Secret"	CBS
	Peter Boyle	Frank Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Boys Therapy" + "Tasteless Frank"	CBS
	Sean Hayes	Jack McFarland	Will & Grace	"Queens for a Day" + "It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World"	NBC
	Jeremy Piven	Ari Gold	Entourage	"The Review" + "Busey and the Beach"	HBO
	Jeffrey Tambor	George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth	Arrested Development	"Burning Love" + "Righteous Brothers"	Fox
2006 (58th)
	Jeremy Piven	Ari Gold	Entourage	"The Bat Mitzvah" + "Exodus"	HBO
	Will Arnett	Gob Bluth	Arrested Development	"Making a Stand" + "S.O.B.s"	Fox
	Bryan Cranston	Hal	Malcolm in the Middle	"Hal Grieves" + "College Recruiters"
	Jon Cryer	Alan Harper	Two and a Half Men	"Ergo, the Booty Call" + "Weekend in Bangkok"	CBS
	Sean Hayes	Jack McFarland	Will & Grace	"Alive and Schticking" + "I Love L. Gay"	NBC
2007 (59th)
	Jeremy Piven	Ari Gold	Entourage	"Manic Monday"	HBO
	Jon Cryer	Alan Harper	Two and a Half Men	"Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head"	CBS
	Kevin Dillon	Johnny "Drama" Chase	Entourage	"The Resurrection"	HBO
	Neil Patrick Harris	Barney Stinson	How I Met Your Mother	"Showdown"	CBS
	Rainn Wilson	Dwight Schrute	The Office	"The Coup"	NBC
2008 (60th)
	Jeremy Piven	Ari Gold	Entourage	"The Day Fuckers"	HBO
	Jon Cryer	Alan Harper	Two and a Half Men	"Meander to Your Dander"	CBS
	Kevin Dillon	Johnny "Drama" Chase	Entourage	"The Dream Team"	HBO
	Neil Patrick Harris	Barney Stinson	How I Met Your Mother	"The Goat"	CBS
	Rainn Wilson	Dwight Schrute	The Office	"Money"	NBC
2009 (61st)
	Jon Cryer	Alan Harper	Two and a Half Men	"Sir Lancelot’s Litterbox"	CBS
	Kevin Dillon	Johnny "Drama" Chase	Entourage	"Tree Trippers"	HBO
	Neil Patrick Harris	Barney Stinson	How I Met Your Mother	"Benefits"	CBS
	Jack McBrayer	Kenneth Parcell	30 Rock	"The Bubble"	NBC
	Tracy Morgan	Tracy Jordan		"The Funcooker"
	Rainn Wilson	Dwight Schrute	The Office	"Heavy Competition"

2010s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2010 (62nd) [1]
	Eric Stonestreet	Cameron Tucker	Modern Family	"Fizbo"	ABC
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"Up All Night"	ABC
	Chris Colfer	Kurt Hummel	Glee	"Laryngitis"	Fox
	Jon Cryer	Alan Harper	Two and a Half Men	"Captain Terry's Spray-On Hair"	CBS
	Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Mitchell Pritchett	Modern Family	"Family Portrait"	ABC
	Neil Patrick Harris	Barney Stinson	How I Met Your Mother	"Girls Versus Suits"	CBS
2011 (63rd) [2]
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"Good Cop Bad Dog"	ABC
	Chris Colfer	Kurt Hummel	Glee	"Grilled Cheesus"	Fox
	Jon Cryer	Alan Harper	Two and a Half Men	"The Immortal Mr. Billy Joel"	CBS
	Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Mitchell Pritchett	Modern Family	"Halloween"	ABC
	Ed O'Neill	Jay Pritchett		"The Kiss"
	Eric Stonestreet	Cameron Tucker		"Mother's Day"
2012 (64th) [3]
	Eric Stonestreet	Cameron Tucker	Modern Family	"Treehouse"	ABC
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"Lifetime Supply"	ABC
	Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Mitchell Pritchett		"Leap Day"
	Max Greenfield	Schmidt	New Girl	"Control"	Fox
	Bill Hader	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	"Host: Katy Perry"	NBC
	Ed O'Neill	Jay Pritchett	Modern Family	"Baby on Board"	ABC
2013 (65th) [4]
	Tony Hale	Gary Walsh	Veep	"Running"	HBO
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"Mistery Date"	ABC
	Adam Driver	Adam Sackler	Girls	"It's Back"	HBO
	Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Mitchell Pritchett	Modern Family	"The Wow Factor"	ABC
	Bill Hader	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	"Host: Seth MacFarlane"	NBC
	Ed O'Neill	Jay Pritchett	Modern Family	"Bringing Up Baby"	ABC
2014 (66th) [5]
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"Spring-a-Ding-Fling"	ABC
	Fred Armisen	Various characters	Portlandia	"Pull-Out King"	IFC
	Andre Braugher	Captain Ray Holt	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	"Christmas"	Fox
	Adam Driver	Adam Sackler	Girls	"Two Plane Rides"	HBO
	Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Mitchell Pritchett	Modern Family	"Message Received"	ABC
	Tony Hale	Gary Walsh	Veep	"Crate"	HBO
2015 (67th) [6]
	Tony Hale	Gary Walsh	Veep	"East Wing"	HBO
	Andre Braugher	Captain Ray Holt	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	"The Mole"	Fox
	Tituss Burgess	Titus Andromedon	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	"Kimmy Goes to School!"	Netflix
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"Crying Out Loud"	ABC
	Adam Driver	Adam Sackler	Girls	"Close-Up"	HBO
	Keegan-Michael Key	Various characters	Key & Peele	"Sex Detective"	Comedy Central
2016 (68th) [7]
	Louie Anderson	Christine Baskets	Baskets	"Easter in Bakersfield"	FX
	Andre Braugher	Captain Ray Holt	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	"The Oolong Slayer"	Fox
	Tituss Burgess	Titus Andromedon	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	"Kimmy Gives Up!"	Netflix
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"The Party"	ABC
	Tony Hale	Gary Walsh	Veep	"Inauguration"	HBO
	Keegan-Michael Key	Various characters	Key & Peele	"Y'all Ready for This?"	Comedy Central
	Matt Walsh	Mike McLintock	Veep	"Kissing Your Sister"	HBO
2017 (69th) [8]
	Alec Baldwin	Donald Trump	Saturday Night Live	"Host: Melissa McCarthy"	NBC
	Louie Anderson	Christine Baskets	Baskets	"Denver"	FX
	Tituss Burgess	Titus Andromedon	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	"Kimmy's Roommate Lemonades!"	Netflix
	Ty Burrell	Phil Dunphy	Modern Family	"Grab It"	ABC
	Tony Hale	Gary Walsh	Veep	"Judge"	HBO
	Matt Walsh	Mike McLintock		"Chicklet"
2018 (70th) [9]
	Henry Winkler	Gene Cousineau	Barry	"Chapter Four: Commit... to YOU"	HBO
	Louie Anderson	Christine Baskets	Baskets	"Thanksgiving"	FX
	Alec Baldwin	Donald Trump	Saturday Night Live	"Host: Donald Glover"	NBC
	Tituss Burgess	Titus Andromedon	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	"Kimmy and the Beest!"	Netflix
	Brian Tyree Henry	Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles	Atlanta	"Woods"	FX
	Tony Shalhoub	Abe Weissman	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Thank You and Good Night"	Amazon
	Kenan Thompson	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	"Host: John Mulaney"	NBC
2019 (71st) [10]
	Tony Shalhoub	Abe Weissman	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"We're Going to the Catskills!"	Amazon
	Alan Arkin	Norman Newlander	The Kominsky Method	"Chapter Two: An Agent Grieves"	Netflix
	Anthony Carrigan	NoHo Hank	Barry	"Past = Present x Future Over Yesterday"	HBO
	Tony Hale	Gary Walsh	Veep	"Veep"
	Stephen Root	Monroe Fuches	Barry	"berkman > block"
	Henry Winkler	Gene Cousineau		"What?!"

2020s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2020 (72nd) [11]
	Dan Levy	David Rose	Schitt's Creek	"Happy Ending"	Pop TV
	Mahershala Ali	Sheikh Ali Malik	Ramy	"Little Omar"	Hulu
	Alan Arkin	Norman Newlander	The Kominsky Method	"Chapter 14. A Secret Leaks, a Teacher Speaks"	Netflix
	Andre Braugher	Captain Ray Holt	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	"Ransom"	NBC
	Sterling K. Brown	Reggie	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Panty Pose"	Amazon
	William Jackson Harper	Chidi Anagonye	The Good Place	"Whenever You're Ready"	NBC
	Tony Shalhoub	Abe Weissman	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Marvelous Radio"	Amazon
	Kenan Thompson	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	"At Home #2"	NBC
2021 (73rd) [12]
	Brett Goldstein	Roy Kent	Ted Lasso	"All Apologies"	Apple TV+
	Carl Clemons-Hopkins	Marcus Vaughn	Hacks	"New Eyes"	HBO Max
	Brendan Hunt	Coach Beard	Ted Lasso	"Two Aces"	Apple TV+
	Nick Mohammed	Nathan Shelley		"Make Rebecca Great Again"
	Paul Reiser	Martin Schneider	The Kominsky Method	"Chapter 18. You only give me your funny paper"	Netflix
	Jeremy Swift	Leslie Higgins	Ted Lasso	"Biscuits"	Apple TV+
	Kenan Thompson	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	"Host: Dave Chappelle"	NBC
	Bowen Yang			"Host: Carey Mulligan"
2022 (74th)
	Brett Goldstein	Roy Kent	Ted Lasso	"Rainbow"	Apple TV+
	Anthony Carrigan	NoHo Hank	Barry	"forgiving jeff"	HBO
	Toheeb Jimoh	Sam Obisanya	Ted Lasso	"Do the Right-est Thing"	Apple TV+
	Nick Mohammed	Nathan Shelley		"Inverting the Pyramid of Success"
	Tony Shalhoub	Abe Weissman	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Everything Is Bellmore"	Prime Video
	Tyler James Williams	Gregory Eddie	Abbott Elementary	"Work Family"	ABC
	Henry Winkler	Gene Cousineau	Barry	"starting now"	HBO
	Bowen Yang	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	"Host: Rami Malek"	NBC
2023 (75th)
	Ebon Moss-Bachrach	Richard "Richie" Jerimovich	The Bear	"Ceres"	FX
	Anthony Carrigan	NoHo Hank	Barry	"it takes a psycho"	HBO
	Phil Dunster	Jamie Tartt	Ted Lasso	"Mom City"	Apple TV+
	Brett Goldstein	Roy Kent		"La Locker Room Aux Folles"
	James Marsden	Himself	Jury Duty	"Ineffective Assistance"	Amazon Freevee
	Tyler James Williams	Gregory Eddie	Abbott Elementary	"Educator of the Year"	ABC
	Henry Winkler	Gene Cousineau	Barry	"bestest place on the earth"	HBO
2024 (76th)
	Ebon Moss-Bachrach	Richard "Richie" Jerimovich	The Bear	"Forks"	FX
	Lionel Boyce	Marcus Brooks	The Bear	"Honeydew"	FX
	Paul W. Downs	Jimmy LuSaque, Jr.	Hacks	"Bulletproof"	Max
	Paul Rudd	Ben Glenroy	Only Murders in the Building	"Thirty"	Hulu
	Tyler James Williams	Gregory Eddie	Abbott Elementary	"Double Date"	ABC
	Bowen Yang	Various characters	Saturday Night Live	"Host: Emma Stone"	NBC

Superlatives

Superlative	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Actor with most awards	Don Knotts (5)
Actor with most nominations	David Hyde Pierce (11)
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Jason Alexander, Peter Boyle (7)
Television program with most wins	The Andy Griffith Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (5)
Television program with most nominations	M*A*S*H (21)

Programs with multiple wins

5 wins The Andy Griffith Show (3 consecutive), (2 consecutive) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (3 consecutive), (2 consecutive) 4 wins Frasier (2 consecutive) Modern Family (3 consecutive) Night Court (consecutive) 3 wins Entourage (consecutive) Everybody Loves Raymond (2 consecutive) Taxi (consecutive) Seinfeld (2 consecutive)

2 wins All in the Family The Bear (consecutive) Caesar's Hour (consecutive) Hogan's Heroes (consecutive) The Jackie Gleason Show (consecutive) M*A*S*H Ted Lasso (consecutive) Veep

Programs with multiple nominations

21 nominations M*A*S*H 19 nominations Cheers Modern Family 13 nominations Frasier The Mary Tyler Moore Show 12 nominations Everybody Loves Raymond Seinfeld 11 nominations Saturday Night Live 10 nominations The Larry Sanders Show 9 nominations Ted Lasso 8 nominations Barney Miller Barry Veep 7 nominations Entourage Will & Grace 6 nominations Newhart Taxi Two and a Half Men

5 nominations The Andy Griffith Show All in the Family Evening Shade Hogan's Heroes I Love Lucy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 4 nominations Ally McBeal Brooklyn Nine-Nine Coach How I Met Your Mother Night Court The Phil Silvers Show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 3 nominations Abbott Elementary Arrested Development Baskets The Bear Caesar's Hour Girls The Jackie Gleason Show The Kominsky Method Malcolm in the Middle Murphy Brown The Office

2 nominations 30 Rock Ben Casey Dragnet Glee Hacks Key & Peele The Lucy Show Room 222 The Steve Allen Show WKRP in Cincinnati

Performers with multiple wins

5 wins Don Knotts (3 consecutive, then 2 consecutive) 4 wins John Larroquette (consecutive) David Hyde Pierce (2 consecutive)

3 wins Ed Asner (2 consecutive) Art Carney (consecutive) Brad Garrett (2 consecutive) Jeremy Piven (consecutive) Michael Richards (2 consecutive)

2 wins Ty Burrell Brett Goldstein (consecutive) Tony Hale Werner Klemperer (consecutive) Ted Knight Christopher Lloyd (consecutive) Ebon Moss-Bachrach (consecutive) Carl Reiner (consecutive) Rob Reiner Eric Stonestreet

Performers with multiple nominations

11 nominations David Hyde Pierce 9 nominations Harry Morgan 8 nominations Ty Burrell 7 nominations Jason Alexander Ed Asner Peter Boyle Gary Burghoff Sean Hayes 6 nominations Jon Cryer Tony Hale Ted Knight Jeffrey Tambor Rip Torn George Wendt

5 nominations Jesse Tyler Ferguson William Frawley Brad Garrett Woody Harrelson Werner Klemperer Don Knotts Rob Reiner Michael Richards 4 nominations Andre Braugher Tituss Burgess Art Carney Danny DeVito Paul Ford Gale Gordon Neil Patrick Harris John Larroquette Jeremy Piven Tom Poston Carl Reiner Tony Shalhoub Jerry Van Dyke Henry Winkler

3 nominations Louie Anderson Anthony Carrigan Nicholas Colasanto Bryan Cranston Kevin Dillon Adam Driver Brett Goldstein Michael Jeter Steve Landesberg Peter MacNicol Ed O'Neill Peter Scolari McLean Stevenson Eric Stonestreet Kenan Thompson Tyler James Williams Rainn Wilson Bowen Yang

2 nominations Alan Arkin Alec Baldwin Chris Colfer Michael Constantine Charles Durning Max Gail Kelsey Grammer Bill Hader Howard Hesseman Keegan-Michael Key Christopher Lloyd John Mahoney Nick Mohammed Ebon Moss-Bachrach John Ratzenberger David Ogden Stiers Abe Vigoda Matt Walsh

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress 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 Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
• 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
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Notes

1. Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories