Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series 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 guest starring role on a television drama series for the primetime network season.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
The 2024 recipient: Néstor Carbonell
Awarded for	Outstanding Performance by a Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	1975
Currently held by	Néstor Carbonell, Shōgun (2024)
Website	http://www.emmys.com

The award was first presented at the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards on May 19, 1975, to Patrick McGoohan for his performance on Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light. It has undergone several name changes, originally honoring leading and supporting actors in single appearances on drama and comedy series through 1978. The award was reintroduced at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards under the name Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series, honoring actors and actresses in guest starring roles on television drama series. In 1989, the category was split into categories for each gender, resulting in the name change to its current title. 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]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 36 actors. Charles S. Dutton, John Lithgow, Ron Cephas Jones and Patrick McGoohan have won the most awards in this category with two each. Michael J. Fox has been nominated for the award on seven occasions, the most within the category.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Patrick McGoohan was the first recipient of the award for his guest performance on Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light.

Ed Asner for Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) and Roots (1977).

Louis Gossett Jr. won for Roots (1977).

Barnard Hughes won for Lou Grant (1978).

Ricardo Montalban for How the West Was Won (1978)

John Lithgow won twice for Amazing Stories (1986) and Dexter (2010).

Joe Spano won for Midnight Caller (1989)

David Opatoshu won for Gabriel's Fire (1990).

Christopher Lloyd won for Road to Avonlea (1992).

Laurence Fishburne for Tribeca (1993).

Richard Kiley won for Picket Fences (1994).

Peter Boyle won for The X-Files.

John Larroquette won for The Practice (1998).

James Whitmore won for The Practice (2000).

Charles S. Dutton won twice The Practice (2002) and Without a Trace (2003).

William Shatner won for The Practice (2004).

Ray Liotta won for ER (2005).

John Goodman won for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2007).

Glynn Turman won for In Treatment (2008).

Michael J. Fox won for Rescue Me (2009).

Jeremy Davies won for Justified (2011).

Dan Bucatinsky won for Scandal (2013)

Joe Morton won for Scandal (2014).

Reg E. Cathey won for House of Cards (2015).

Hank Azaria won for Ray Donovan (2016).

Gerald McRaney won for This is Us (2017).

Bradley Whitford won for The Handmaid's Tale (2019).

Ron Cephas Jones won twice for This is Us (2018, 2020)

Courtney B. Vance won for Lovecraft Country (2021)

Colman Domingo won for Euphoria (2022)

Nick Offerman won for The Last of Us (2023)

Key	Meaning
	Indicates the winning actor.

1970s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Submitted episode(s)	Network
1975 (27th) [2]
	Patrick McGoohan	Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light	Col. Lyle C. Rumford	"By Dawn's Early Light"	NBC
	Lew Ayres	Kung Fu	Beaumont	"The Vanishing Image"	ABC
	Harold Gould	Police Story	Andrea Basic	"Fathers and Sons"	NBC
	Harry Morgan	M*A*S*H	Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele	"The General Flipped at Dawn"	CBS
1976 (28th)
	Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[3]
	Ed Asner	Rich Man, Poor Man	Axel Jordache	"Parts I"	ABC
	Bill Bixby	The Streets of San Francisco	Eric Doyle	"The Police Buff"	ABC
	Tony Musante	Medical Story	Dr. Paul Brandon	"The Quality of Mercy"	NBC
	Robert Reed	Medical Center	Dr. Pat Caddison	"John Quincy Adams, Diplomat"	CBS
	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[4]
	Gordon Jackson	Upstairs, Downstairs	Hudson	"The Beastly Hun"	PBS
	Bill Bixby	Rich Man, Poor Man	Willie Abbott	"Part VI"	ABC
	Roscoe Lee Browne	Barney Miller	Charlie Jeffers	"The Escape Artist"
	Norman Fell	Rich Man, Poor Man	Smitty	"Part V"
	Van Johnson		Marsh Goodwin	"Parts VII"
1977 (29th)
	Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[5]
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Roots	Fiddler	"Part IV"	ABC
	John Amos	Roots	Toby	"Part V"	ABC
	LeVar Burton		Kunta Kinte	"Part I"
	Ben Vereen		"Chicken" George Moore	"Part VI"
	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[6]
	Ed Asner	Roots	Capt. Davies	"Part 1"	ABC
	Charles Durning	Captains and the Kings	Billy Rice	"Chapter 2"	NBC
	Moses Gunn	Roots	Kintango	"Part I"	ABC
	Robert Reed		Dr. William Reynolds	"Part V"
	Ralph Waite		Third mate Slater	"Part I"
1978 (30th)
	Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[7]
	Barnard Hughes	Lou Grant	Judge Felix Rushman	"Judge"	CBS
	David Cassidy	Police Woman	Officer Dan Shay	"A Chance to Live"	NBC
	Will Geer	The Love Boat	Franklyn Bootherstone	"The Old Man and the Runaway"	ABC
	Judd Hirsch	Rhoda	Mike Andretti	"Rhoda Likes Mike"	CBS
	John Rubinstein	Family	Jeff Maitland	"And Baby Makes Three"	ABC
	Keenan Wynn	Police Woman	Ben Fletcher	"Good Old Uncle Ben"	NBC
	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[8]
	Ricardo Montalbán	How the West Was Won	Satangkai	"Part I"	ABC
	Will Geer	Eight is Enough	Santa Claus	"Yes, Nicholas... There is a Santa Claus"	ABC
	Larry Gelman	Barney Miller	Edward Sellers	"Goodbye, Mr. Fish"
	Harold Gould	Rhoda	Martin Morgenstern	"Happy Anniversary"	CBS
	Abe Vigoda	Barney Miller	Det. Phil Fish	"Goodbye, Mr. Fish"	ABC

1980s

Year	Recipient	Program	Role	Submitted episode(s)	Network
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series
1986 (38th) [9]
	John Lithgow	Amazing Stories	John Walters	"The Doll"	NBC
	Whoopi Goldberg	Moonlighting	Camille	"Camille"	ABC
	Edward Herrmann	St. Elsewhere	Father Joseph McCabe	"Time Heals"	NBC
	Peggy McCay	Cagney & Lacey	Mrs. Carruthers	"Mothers and Sons"	CBS
	James Stacy		Ted Peters	"The Gimp"
1987 (39th) [10]
	Alfre Woodard	L.A. Law	Adrianne Moore	"Pilot"	NBC
	Steve Allen	St. Elsewhere	Lech Osoranski	"Visiting Daze"	NBC
	Jeanne Cooper	L.A. Law	Gladys Becker	"Fry Me to the Moon"
	Edward Herrmann	St. Elsewhere	Father Joseph McCabe	"Where There's Hope, There's Crosby"
	Jayne Meadows		Olga Osoranski	"Visiting Daze"
1988 (40th) [11]
	Shirley Knight	thirtysomething	Ruth Murdock	"The Parents Are Coming"	ABC
	Imogene Coca	Moonlighting	Clara DiPesto	"Los Dos DiPietos"	ABC
	Lainie Kazan	St. Elsewhere	Frieda Fiscus	"The Abby Singer Show"	NBC
	Gwen Verdon	Magnum, P.I.	Catherine Peters	"Infinity And Jelly Doughnuts"	CBS
	Alfre Woodard	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	"The Abby Singer Show"	NBC
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
1989 (41st) [12]
	Joe Spano	Midnight Caller	John Saringo	"The Execution Of John Saringo"	NBC
	Peter Boyle	Midnight Caller	J.J. Kilian	"Fathers and Sins"	NBC
	Jack Gilford	thirtysomething	The Old Gentleman	"The Mike Van Dyke Show"	ABC
	Michael Moriarty	The Equalizer	Wayne Virgil	"Starfire"	CBS
	Edward Woodward	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Drummond	"The Hunted"	USA

1990s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Submitted episode(s)	Network
1990 (42nd) [13]
	Patrick McGoohan	Columbo	Oscar Finch	"Agenda for Murder"	ABC
	Peter Frechette	thirtysomething	Peter Montefiore	"Strangers"	ABC
	Harold Gould	The Ray Bradbury Theatre	The Old Man	"To the Chicago Abyss"	USA
	William Hickey	Tales from the Crypt	Carlton Webber	"The Switch"	HBO
	Bruce Weitz	Midnight Caller	Sgt. Ed Adderly	"Mercy Me"	NBC
1991 (43rd) [14]
	David Opatoshu	Gabriel's Fire	Max Goldstein	"Prayers for the Goldsteins"	ABC
	Dabney Coleman	Columbo	Hugh Creighton	"Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star"	ABC
	Peter Coyote	Road to Avonlea	Romney Penhallow	"Old Quarrels, Old Love"	Disney
	John Glover	L.A. Law	Dr. Paul Kohler	"God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman"	NBC
1992 (44th)	Christopher Lloyd[a]	Road to Avonlea	Alistair Dimple	"Another Point of View"	Disney Channel
	Kirk Douglas[b]	Tales from the Crypt	General Calthrob	"Yellow"	HBO
	Richard Kiley[c]	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Doug Spaulding	"The Utterly Perfect Murder"	USA
	Harrison Page[d]	Quantum Leap	Reverend Walters	"A Song for the Soul - April 7, 1963"	NBC
	Jimmy Smits[e]	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes	"Steal It Again, Sam"
1993 (45th) [15]
	Laurence Fishburne	TriBeCa	Martin McHenry	"The Box"	Fox
	Adam Arkin	Northern Exposure	Adam	"The Big Feast"	CBS
	John Glover	Crime & Punishment	Dennis Atwood	"Best Laid Plans"	NBC
	Michael Jeter	Picket Fences	Peter Lebeck	"Frog Man"	CBS
	Richard Kiley		Hayden Langston	"Thanksgiving"
1994 (46th) [16]
	Richard Kiley	Picket Fences	Hayden Langston	"Buried Alive"	CBS
	Tim Curry	Tales from the Crypt	Ma Brackett/Pa Brackett/Winona	"Death of Some Salesman"	HBO
	Dan Hedaya	NYPD Blue	Lou the Werewolf	"NYPD Lou"	ABC
	James Earl Jones	Picket Fences	Attorney Bryant Thomas	"System Down"	CBS
	Robin Williams	Homicide: Life on the Street	Robert Ellison	"Bop Gun"	NBC
1995 (47th) [17]
	Paul Winfield	Picket Fences	Judge Harold Nance	"Enemy Lines"	CBS
	Milton Berle	Beverly Hills, 90210	Saul Howard	"Sentenced to Life"	Fox
	Beau Bridges	The Outer Limits	Simon Kress	"Sandkings"	Showtime
	Vondie Curtis-Hall	ER	Rena	"ER Confidential"	NBC
	Alan Rosenberg		Sam Gasner	"Into That Good Night"
1996 (48th) [18]
	Peter Boyle	The X-Files	Clyde Bruckman	"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"	Fox
	Danny Glover	Fallen Angels	Philip Marlowe	"Red Wind"	Showtime
	Michael Jeter	Chicago Hope	Bob Ryan	"A Coupla Stiffs"	CBS
	Richard Pryor		Joe Springer	"Stand"
	Rip Torn		Warren Schutt	"Hello Goodbye"
1997 (49th) [19]
	Pruitt Taylor Vince	Murder One	Clifford Banks	"Diary of a Serial Killer"	ABC
	Alan Arkin	Chicago Hope	Zoltan Karpathein	"The Son Also Rises"	CBS
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Touched by an Angel	Anderson Walker	"Amazing Grace"
	William H. Macy	ER	Dr. Morgenstern	—	NBC
	Ewan McGregor		Duncan Stewart	"The Long Way Around"
1998 (50th) [20]
	John Larroquette	The Practice	Joey Heric	"Betrayal"	ABC
	Bruce Davison	Touched by an Angel	Jake	"Elijah"	CBS
	Vincent D'Onofrio	Homicide: Life on the Street	John Lange	"Subway"	NBC
	Charles Durning		Thomas Finnegan	"Finnegan's Wake"
	Charles Nelson Reilly	Millennium	Jose Chung	"Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense"	Fox
1999 (51st) [21]
	Edward Herrmann	The Practice	Atty. Anderson Pearson	—	ABC
	Tony Danza	The Practice	Tommy Silva	—	ABC
	Charles S. Dutton	Oz	Alvah Case	"The Tip"	HBO
	John Heard	The Sopranos	Det. Vin Makazian	"Nobody Knows Anything"
	Mandy Patinkin	Chicago Hope	Dr. Jeffery Geiger	"Curing Cancer"	CBS

1. Christopher Lloyd won in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his guest appearance on Road to Avonlea.
2. Kirk Douglas was nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his guest appearance on Tales from the Crypt.
3. Richard Kiley was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his guest appearance on The Ray Bradbury Theater, but lost to Richard Dysart, who won for his role on L.A. Law.
4. Harrison Page was nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his guest appearance on Quantum Leap.
5. Jimmy Smits was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his guest appearance on L.A. Law, but lost to his co-star, Richard Dysart.

2000s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
2000 (52nd) [22]
	James Whitmore	The Practice	Raymond Oz	ABC
	Alan Alda	ER	Dr. Gabriel Lawrence	NBC
	Paul Dooley	The Practice	Judge Philip Swackhein	ABC
	Henry Winkler		Henry Olson
	Kirk Douglas	Touched by an Angel	Ross Burger	CBS
2001 (53rd) [23]
	Michael Emerson	The Practice	William Hinks	ABC
	James Cromwell	ER	Bishop Lionel Stewart	NBC
	René Auberjonois	The Practice	Judge Mantz	ABC
	Patrick Dempsey	Once and Again	Aaron Brooks
	Oliver Platt	The West Wing	Oliver Babish	NBC
2002 (54th) [24]
	Charles S. Dutton	The Practice	Leonard Marshall	ABC
	Mark Harmon	The West Wing	Agent Simon Donovan	NBC
	John Larroquette	The Practice	Joey Heric	ABC
	Tim Matheson	The West Wing	Vice President John Hoynes	NBC
	Ron Silver		Bruno Giannelli
2003 (55th) [25]
	Charles S. Dutton	Without a Trace	Chet Collins	CBS
	Don Cheadle	ER	Paul Nathan	NBC
	James Cromwell	Six Feet Under	George Sibley	HBO
	Tim Matheson	The West Wing	Vice President John Hoynes	NBC
	Matthew Perry		Joe Quincy
	James Whitmore	Mister Sterling	Bill Sterling Sr.
2004 (56th) [26]
	William Shatner	The Practice	Denny Crane	ABC
	James Earl Jones	Everwood	Will Cleveland	The WB
	Matthew Perry	The West Wing	Joe Quincy	NBC
	Bob Newhart	ER	Ben Hollander
	Martin Landau	Without a Trace	Frank Malone	CBS
2005 (57th) [27]
	Ray Liotta	ER	Charlie Metcalf	NBC
	Ossie Davis	The L Word	Melvin Porter	Showtime
	Red Buttons	ER	Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux	NBC
	Charles Durning	NCIS	Ernie Yost	CBS
	Martin Landau	Without a Trace	Frank Malone
2006 (58th) [28]
	Christian Clemenson	Boston Legal	Jerry Espenson	ABC
	Kyle Chandler	Grey's Anatomy	Dylan Young	ABC
	Henry Ian Cusick	Lost	Desmond Hume
	Michael J. Fox	Boston Legal	Daniel Post
	James Woods	ER	Dr. Nate Lennox	NBC
2007 (59th) [29]
	John Goodman	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Judge Robert Bebe	NBC
	Christian Clemenson	Boston Legal	Jerry Espenson	ABC
	Tim Daly	The Sopranos	J.T. Dolan	HBO
	David Morse	House	Michael Tritter	Fox
	Eli Wallach	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Eli Weintraub	NBC
	Forest Whitaker	ER	Curtis Ames
2008 (60th) [30]
	Glynn Turman	In Treatment	Alex Prince Jr.	HBO
	Charles Durning	Rescue Me	John Gavin Sr.	FX
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	AMC
	Oliver Platt	Nip/Tuck	Freddie Prune	FX
	Stanley Tucci	ER	Dr. Kevin Moretti	NBC
	Robin Williams	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Merritt Rook
2009 (61st) [31]
	Michael J. Fox	Rescue Me	Dwight	FX
	Ed Asner	CSI: NY	Abraham Klein	CBS
	Ernest Borgnine	ER	Paul Manning	NBC
	Ted Danson	Damages	Arthur Frobisher	FX
	Jimmy Smits	Dexter	Miguel Prado	Showtime

2010s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2010 (62nd) [32]
	John Lithgow	Dexter	Arthur Mitchell	"Road Kill"	Showtime
	Dylan Baker	The Good Wife	Colin Sweeney	"Bad"	CBS
	Beau Bridges	The Closer	George Andrews	"Make Over"	TNT
	Alan Cumming	The Good Wife	Eli Gold	"Fleas"	CBS
	Ted Danson	Damages	Arthur Frobisher	"The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat"	FX
	Gregory Itzin	24	Charles Logan	"1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m."	Fox
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"Shut the Door. Have a Seat."	AMC
2011 (63rd) [33]
	Paul McCrane	Harry's Law	Josh Peyton	"With Friends Like These"	NBC
	Beau Bridges	Brothers & Sisters	Nicholas Brody	"Brody"	ABC
	Jeremy Davies	Justified	Dickie Bennett	"Reckoning"	FX
	Bruce Dern	Big Love	Frank Harlow	"D.I.V.O.R.C.E."	HBO
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Real Deal"	CBS
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"Blowing Smoke"	AMC
2012 (64th) [34]
	Jeremy Davies	Justified	Dickie Bennett	"Coalition"	FX
	Dylan Baker	The Good Wife	Colin Sweeney	"Marthas and Caitlins"	CBS
	Ben Feldman	Mad Men	Michael Ginsberg	"Dark Shadows"	AMC
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Parenting Made Easy"	CBS
	Mark Margolis	Breaking Bad	Héctor "Tio" Salamanca	"Face Off"	AMC
	Jason Ritter	Parenthood	Mark St. Cyr	"Politics"	NBC
2013 (65th) [35]
	Dan Bucatinsky	Scandal	James Novak	"Nobody Likes Babies"	ABC
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Boom De Ah Dah"	CBS
	Rupert Friend	Homeland	Peter Quinn	"Q&A"	Showtime
	Harry Hamlin	Mad Men	Jim Cutler	"A Tale of Two Cities"	AMC
	Nathan Lane	The Good Wife	Clarke Hayden	"I Fought the Law"	CBS
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"For Immediate Release"	AMC
2014 (66th) [36]
	Joe Morton	Scandal	Rowan Pope	"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"	ABC
	Dylan Baker	The Good Wife	Colin Sweeney	"Tying the Knot"	CBS
	Beau Bridges	Masters of Sex	Barton Scully	"Manhigh"	Showtime
	Reg E. Cathey	House of Cards	Freddy Hayes	"Chapter 22"	Netflix
	Paul Giamatti	Downton Abbey	Harold Levinson	"Chapter 8"	PBS
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"Waterloo"	AMC
2015 (67th) [37]
	Reg E. Cathey	House of Cards	Freddy Hayes	"Chapter 34"	Netflix
	F. Murray Abraham	Homeland	Dar Adal	"Long Time Coming"	Showtime
	Alan Alda	The Blacklist	Alan Fitch	"The Decembrist"	NBC
	Beau Bridges	Masters of Sex	Barton Scully	"Parallax"	Showtime
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Red Zone"	CBS
	Pablo Schreiber	Orange Is the New Black	George "Pornstache" Mendez	"40 Oz. of Furlough"	Netflix
2016 (68th) [38]
	Hank Azaria	Ray Donovan	Ed Cochran	"One Night in Yerevan"	Showtime
	Mahershala Ali	House of Cards	Remy Danton	"Chapter 44"	Netflix
	Reg E. Cathey		Freddy Hayes	"Chapter 50"
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Taxed"	CBS
	Paul Sparks	House of Cards	Thomas Yates	"Chapter 49"	Netflix
	Max von Sydow	Game of Thrones	The Three-Eyed Raven	"The Door"	HBO
2017 (69th)
	Gerald McRaney	This Is Us	Dr. Nathan Katowski	"The Big Day"	NBC
	Hank Azaria	Ray Donovan	Ed Cochran	"Norman Saves the World"	Showtime
	Brian Tyree Henry	This Is Us	Ricky	"Memphis"	NBC
	Ben Mendelsohn	Bloodline	Danny Rayburn	"Part 32"	Netflix
	Denis O'Hare	This Is Us	Jessie	"Last Christmas"	NBC
	BD Wong	Mr. Robot	Whiterose	"eps2.3_logic-b0mb.hc"	USA
2018 (70th)
	Ron Cephas Jones	This Is Us	William Hill	"A Father's Advice"	NBC
	F. Murray Abraham	Homeland	Dar Adal	"All In"	Showtime
	Cameron Britton	Mindhunter	Ed Kemper	"Episode 2"	Netflix
	Matthew Goode	The Crown	Antony Armstrong-Jones	"Matrimonium"
	Gerald McRaney	This Is Us	Dr. Nathan Katowski	"The Car"	NBC
	Jimmi Simpson	Westworld	William	"Reunion"	HBO
2019 (71st)
	Bradley Whitford	The Handmaid's Tale	Joseph Lawrence	"Postpartum"	Hulu
	Michael Angarano	This Is Us	Nick Pearson	"Songbird Road: Part One"	NBC
	Ron Cephas Jones		William Hill	"A Philadelphia Story"
	Michael McKean	Better Call Saul	Chuck McGill	"Winner"	AMC
	Kumail Nanjiani	The Twilight Zone	Samir Wassan	"The Comedian"	CBS All Access
	Glynn Turman	How to Get Away with Murder	Nate Lahey, Sr.	"It Was the Worst Day of My Life"	ABC

2020s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2020 (72nd)
	Ron Cephas Jones	This Is Us	William Hill	"After the Fire"	NBC
	Jason Bateman	The Outsider	Terry Maitland	"Fish in a Barrel"	HBO
	James Cromwell	Succession	Ewan Roy	"Dundee"
	Giancarlo Esposito	The Mandalorian	Moff Gideon	"Chapter 8: Redemption"	Disney+
	Andrew Scott	Black Mirror	Chris Gillhaney	"Smithereens"	Netflix
	Martin Short	The Morning Show	Dick Lundy	"Chaos Is the New Cocaine"	Apple TV+
2021 (73rd)
	Courtney B. Vance	Lovecraft Country	George Freeman	"Whitey's on the Moon"	HBO
	Don Cheadle	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	James Rhodes	"New World Order"	Disney+
	Charles Dance	The Crown	Lord Mountbatten	"Gold Stick"	Netflix
	Timothy Olyphant	The Mandalorian	Cobb Vanth	"Chapter 9: The Marshal"	Disney+
	Carl Weathers		Greef Karga	"Chapter 12: The Siege"
2022 (74th)
	Colman Domingo	Euphoria	Ali Muhammed	"Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys"	HBO
	Adrien Brody	Succession	Josh Aaronson	"Lion in the Meadow"	HBO
	James Cromwell		Ewan Roy	"Retired Janitors of Idaho"
	Arian Moayed		Stewy Hosseini
	Tom Pelphrey	Ozark	Ben Davis	"You're the Boss"	Netflix
	Alexander Skarsgård	Succession	Lukas Matsson	"All the Bells Say"	HBO
2023 (75th)
	Nick Offerman	The Last of Us	Bill	"Long, Long Time"	HBO
	Murray Bartlett	The Last of Us	Frank	"Long, Long Time"	HBO
	James Cromwell	Succession	Ewan Roy	"Church and State"
	Lamar Johnson	The Last of Us	Henry Burrell	"Endure and Survive"
	Arian Moayed	Succession	Stewy Hosseini	"Honeymoon States"
	Keivonn Woodard	The Last of Us	Sam Burrell	"Endure and Survive"
2024 (76th)
	Néstor Carbonell	Shōgun	Vasco Rodrigues	"Anjin"	FX
	Paul Dano	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Harris Materbach	"A Breakup"	Prime Video
	Tracy Letts	Winning Time	Jack McKinney	"The New World"	HBO
	Jonathan Pryce	Slow Horses	David Cartwright	"Footprints"	Apple TV+
	John Turturro	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Eric Shane	"Second Date"	Prime Video
2025 (77th) [39]
	Giancarlo Esposito	The Boys	Stan Edgar	"Beware the Jabberwock, My Son"	Prime Video
	Scott Glenn	The White Lotus	Jim Hollinger	"Killer Instincts"	HBO
	Shawn Hatosy	The Pitt	Dr. Jack Abbot	"9:00 P.M."	HBO Max
	Joe Pantoliano	The Last of Us	Eugene	"The Price"	HBO
	Forest Whitaker	Andor	Saw Gerrera	"I Have Friends Everywhere"	Disney+
	Jeffrey Wright	The Last of Us	Isaac	"Day One"	HBO

Performers with multiple wins

2 wins

• Charles S. Dutton (consecutive)
• Ron Cephas Jones
• John Lithgow
• Patrick McGoohan

Programs with multiple wins

6 wins The Practice (5 consecutive) 3 wins This Is Us (2 consecutive)

2 wins Columbo Scandal (consecutive)

Performers with multiple nominations

7 nominations Michael J. Fox 5 nominations Beau Bridges James Cromwell Robert Morse 4 nominations Charles Durning 3 nominations Dylan Baker Reg E. Cathey Charles S. Dutton Harold Gould Ron Cephas Jones

2 nominations F. Murray Abraham Alan Alda Hank Azaria Bill Bixby Don Cheadle Christian Clemenson Ted Danson Jeremy Davies Giancarlo Esposito Will Geer Louis Gossett Jr. John Glover Michael Jeter James Earl Jones Richard Kiley Martin Landau John Larroquette John Lithgow Tim Matheson Patrick McGoohan Gerald McRaney Arian Moayed Oliver Platt Matthew Perry Robert Reed Glynn Turman Forest Whitaker James Whitmore Robin Williams

Programs with multiple nominations

14 nominations ER 11 nominations The Practice 10 nominations The Good Wife 8 nominations This Is Us 7 nominations Mad Men Succession The West Wing 6 nominations The Last of Us St. Elsewhere

5 nominations Chicago Hope House of Cards Picket Fences 3 nominations Boston Legal Homeland Homicide: Life on the Street L.A. Law The Mandalorian Midnight Caller thirtysomething Touched by an Angel Without a Trace

2 nominations Cagney & Lacey Columbo The Crown Damages Dexter Justified Masters of Sex Moonlighting Mr. & Mrs. Smith Ray Donovan Rescue Me Scandal The Sopranos Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Tales from the Crypt

See also

• TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
• Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series