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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
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This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Prior to 1988 the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.

Quick Facts for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Awarded for ...

Beginning with the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, performers are no longer eligible in guest acting categories if they were previously nominated for a lead or supporting award for playing the same character role in the same series.[1]

Nathan Lane has received the most nominations in this category with 7 winning once for the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building in 2022. Mel Brooks has received the most wins in this category for his role in the NBC comedy series Mad About You in 1997, 1998, and 1999.

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Winners and nominations

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Ed Asner won twice consecutively for Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) and Roots (1977)
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Louis Gossett Jr. won for Roots (1977)
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Barnard Hughes won for Lou Grant (1978)
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Ricardo Montalban for How the West Was Won (1978)
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John Cleese won for Cheers (1987)
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Beah Richards won for Frank's Place (1988)
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Cleavon Little won for Dear John (1989)
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Jay Thomas won twice consecutively for Murphy Brown (1990, 1991)
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Martin Sheen won for Murphy Brown (1994).
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Carl Reiner won for Mad About You (1995).
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Tim Conway won twice for Coach (1996) and 30 Rock (2008).
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Mel Brooks won thrice consecutively for Mad About You in 1997, 1998, and 1999.
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Bruce Willis won for Friends (2000).
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Sir Derek Jacobi won for Frasier (2001).
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Anthony LaPaglia won for Frasier (2002).
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Gene Wilder won for Will & Grace (2003).
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John Turturro won for Monk (2004).
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Bobby Cannavale won for Will & Grace (2006).
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Leslie Jordan won for Will & Grace (2006).
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Stanley Tucci won for Monk (2007).
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Justin Timberlake won twice for Saturday Night Live in 2009 and 2011.
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Neil Patrick Harris won for Glee (2010).
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Jimmy Fallon won twice for Saturday Night Live in 2012 and 2014.
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Bob Newhart won for The Big Bang Theory (2013).
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Bradley Whitford won for Transparent (2015).
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Dave Chappelle won twice for Saturday Night Live in 2017 and 2021.
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Katt Williams won for Atlanta (2018)
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Luke Kirby won for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019)
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Eddie Murphy won for Saturday Night Live (2020)
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Nathan Lane won for Only Murders in the Building (2022)
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Sam Richardson won for Ted Lasso (2023)
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Jon Bernthal won for The Bear (2024)

1970s

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1990s

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  1. Harvey Fierstein was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Cheers, but lost to Michael Jeter, who won for his role on Evening Shade.
  2. Kelsey Grammer was nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Wings, but lost to Craig T. Nelson, who won for his role on Coach.
  3. Jay Thomas was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Murphy Brown, but lost to Michael Jeter, who won for his role on Evening Shade.

2000s

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2020s

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Individuals with multiple wins

Programs with multiple awards

Individuals with multiple nominations

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Programs with multiple nominations

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Notes

  1. In 2000, Henry Winkler was nominated for the canceled NBC sitcom Battery Park. After the Television Academy learned that his episode aired in June — after the May 31 cut-off — Winkler was ruled ineligible and sixth place finisher William H. Macy received the nomination in his place.
  2. In 2016, Peter MacNicol was nominated for the HBO series Veep. His nomination was rescinded after it was determined that MacNicol had appeared in five out of ten episodes in the fifth season of Veep, violating the TV Academy's rule that to be ruled eligible for a guest acting category, a performer must have appeared in "less than 50 percent" of a season's episodes. Seventh place finisher Peter Scolari received the nomination in his place, going on to win the category.
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