Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
	The 2024 recipient: Billy Crudup
Awarded for	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	1954
Currently held by	Billy Crudup, ; The Morning Show (2024)
Website	emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). 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 drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic 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 in 1975
§ – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation in 1975

Quick Facts for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Awarded for ...

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	NBC
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	CBS
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	NBC
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	CBS
	Louis Nye	Various characters	The Steve Allen Show	NBC
	Dennis Weaver	Chester Goode	Gunsmoke	CBS
Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series
1959 (11th)
	Dennis Weaver	Chester Goode	Gunsmoke	CBS
	Herschel Bernardi	Lt. Jacoby	Peter Gunn	NBC
	Johnny Crawford	Mark McCain	The Rifleman	ABC
	William Hopper	Paul Drake	Perry Mason	CBS

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	CBS
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	CBS
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	ABC
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	Teahouse of the August Moon: Hallmark Hall of Fame	NBC
	Hurd Hatfield #	Lionel de Rothschild	Invincible Mr. Disraeli: Hallmark Hall of Fame	NBC
	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	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"	NBC
	Barbra Streisand	Herself	My Name Is Barbra	CBS
	Dick Van Dyke	Rob Petrie	The Dick Van Dyke Show	CBS
	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	The Rogues
	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 Drama Series
1966 (18th)
	James Daly #	Dr. O'Meara	Eagle in a Cage	NBC
	David Burns §	The Great McGonigle	The Trials of O'Brien	CBS
	Leo G. Carroll	Alexander Waverly	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
1967 (19th)
	Eli Wallach #	Happy Locarno	The Poppy Is Also a Flower	ABC
	Leo G. Carroll	Alexander Waverly	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
	Leonard Nimoy	Spock	Star Trek	NBC
1968 (20th)
	Milburn Stone	Doc	Gunsmoke	CBS
	Joseph Campanella	Lew Wickersham	Mannix	CBS
	Lawrence Dobkin #	Dr. Gettlinger	CBS Playhouse	CBS
	Leonard Nimoy	Spock	Star Trek	NBC
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series
1969 (21st) ^{[note 1]}
	Werner Klemperer	Colonel Klink	Hogan's Heroes	CBS
	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	Mission: Impossible	CBS
	Leonard Nimoy	Spock	Star Trek	NBC

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama
1970 (22nd)
	James Brolin	Dr. Steven Kiley	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Tige Andrews	Capt. Adam Greer	The Mod Squad	ABC
	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	Mission: Impossible	CBS
1971 (23rd)
	David Burns #	Mr. Solomon	The Price: Hallmark Hall of Fame	NBC
	James Brolin	Dr. Steven Kiley	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Robert Young #	Senator Earl Gannon	Vanished!: NBC World Premiere Movie	NBC
1972 (24th)
	Jack Warden #	George Halas	Brian's Song: ABC Movie of the Week	ABC
	James Brolin	Dr. Steven Kiley	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	Mission: Impossible	CBS
1973 (25th)
	Scott Jacoby #	Nick Salter	That Certain Summer: ABC Movie of the Week	ABC
	James Brolin	Dr. Steven Kiley	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Will Geer	Zebulon Walton	The Waltons	CBS
Best Supporting Actor in Drama
1974 (26th)
	Michael Moriarty #	Jim O'Connor	The Glass Menagerie	ABC
	Sam Waterston #	Tom Wingfield	The Glass Menagerie	ABC
	Michael Douglas	Steve Keller	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC
	Will Geer	Zebulon Walton	The Waltons	CBS
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
1975 (27th)
	Will Geer	Zebulon Walton	The Waltons	CBS
	J.D. Cannon	Peter B. Clifford	McCloud	NBC
	Michael Douglas	Steve Keller	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC
1976 (28th)
	Anthony Zerbe	Lt. K.C. Trench	Harry O	ABC
	Ray Milland #	Duncan Calderwood	Rich Man, Poor Man	ABC
	Robert Reed #	Teddy Boylan	Rich Man, Poor Man
	Michael Douglas	Steve Keller	The Streets of San Francisco
	Will Geer	Zebulon Walton	The Waltons	CBS
1977 (29th)
	Gary Frank	Willie Lawrence	Family	ABC
	Noah Beery Jr.	Joseph "Rocky" Rockford	The Rockford Files	NBC
	David Doyle	John Bosley	Charlie's Angels	ABC
	Tom Ewell	Billy Truman	Baretta	ABC
	Will Geer	Zebulon Walton	The Waltons	CBS
1978 (30th)
	Robert Vaughn #	Frank Flaherty	Washington: Behind Closed Doors	ABC
	Sam Wanamaker #	Moses Weiss	Holocaust	NBC
	David Warner #	Heydrich	Holocaust
	Ossie Davis #	Martin Luther King Sr.	King
	Will Geer	Zebulon Walton	The Waltons	CBS
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
1979 (31st)
	Stuart Margolin	Evelyn "Angel" Martin	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Noah Beery Jr.	Joseph "Rocky" Rockford	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Joe Santos	Det. Dennis Becker	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Mason Adams	Charlie Hume	Lou Grant	CBS
	Robert Walden	Joe Rossi	Lou Grant	CBS

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
1980 (32nd)
	Stuart Margolin	Evelyn "Angel" Martin	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Noah Beery Jr.	Joseph "Rocky" Rockford	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Mason Adams	Charlie Hume	Lou Grant	CBS
	Robert Walden	Joe Rossi	Lou Grant	CBS
1981 (33rd)
	Michael Conrad	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Charles Haid	Officer Andy Renko	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Bruce Weitz	Det. Mick Belker	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Mason Adams	Charlie Hume	Lou Grant	CBS
	Robert Walden	Joe Rossi	Lou Grant	CBS
1982 (34th)
	Michael Conrad	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Taurean Blacque	Det. Neal Washington	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Charles Haid	Officer Andy Renko
	Michael Warren	Officer Bobby Hill
	Bruce Weitz	Det. Mick Belker
1983 (35th)
	James Coco §	Arnie	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Michael Conrad	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus	Hill Street Blues
	Joe Spano	Sgt. Henry Goldblume
	Bruce Weitz	Det. Mick Belker
1984 (36th)
	Bruce Weitz	Det. Mick Belker	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Michael Conrad	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	James Sikking	Lt. Howard Hunter	Hill Street Blues
	Ed Begley Jr.	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	St. Elsewhere
	John Hillerman	Jonathan Higgins	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
1985 (37th)
	Edward James Olmos	Lt. Martin Castillo	Miami Vice	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Bruce Weitz	Det. Mick Belker	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	John Hillerman	Jonathan Higgins	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	John Karlen	Harvey Lacey	Cagney & Lacey	CBS
1986 (38th)
	John Karlen	Harvey Lacey	Cagney & Lacey	CBS
	John Hillerman	Jonathan Higgins	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	Ed Begley Jr.	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Edward James Olmos	Lt. Martin Castillo	Miami Vice
	Bruce Weitz	Det. Mick Belker	Hill Street Blues
1987 (39th)
	John Hillerman	Jonathan Higgins	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
	Jimmy Smits	Victor Sifuentes	L.A. Law	NBC
	Michael Tucker	Stuart Markowitz	L.A. Law	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	John Karlen	Harvey Lacey	Cagney & Lacey	CBS
1988 (40th)
	Larry Drake	Benny Stulwicz	L.A. Law	NBC
	Alan Rachins	Douglas Brackman	L.A. Law	NBC
	Jimmy Smits	Victor Sifuentes	L.A. Law	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	Timothy Busfield	Elliot Weston	Thirtysomething	ABC
1989 (41st)
	Larry Drake	Benny Stulwicz	L.A. Law	NBC
	Richard Dysart	Leland McKenzie	L.A. Law	NBC
	Jimmy Smits	Victor Sifuentes	L.A. Law	NBC
	Jonathan Banks	Frank McPike	Wiseguy	CBS
	Timothy Busfield	Elliot Weston	Thirtysomething	ABC

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network
1990 (42nd)
	Jimmy Smits	Victor Sifuentes	L.A. Law	NBC
	Larry Drake	Benny Stulwicz	L.A. Law	NBC
	Richard Dysart	Leland McKenzie	L.A. Law
	Dean Stockwell	Al Calavicci	Quantum Leap
	Timothy Busfield	Elliot Weston	Thirtysomething	ABC
1991 (43rd)
	Timothy Busfield	Elliot Weston	Thirtysomething	ABC
	David Clennon	Miles Drentell	Thirtysomething	ABC
	Richard Dysart	Leland McKenzie	L.A. Law	NBC
	Jimmy Smits	Victor Sifuentes	L.A. Law
	Dean Stockwell	Al Calavicci	Quantum Leap
1992 (44th)
	Richard Dysart	Leland McKenzie	L.A. Law	NBC
	Jimmy Smits §	Victor Sifuentes	L.A. Law	NBC
	Ed Asner	Walter Kovacs	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	CBS
	John Corbett	Chris Stevens	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Richard Kiley §	Doug Spaulding	The Ray Bradbury Theater	HBO
	Dean Stockwell	Al Calavicci	Quantum Leap	NBC
1993 (45th)
	Chad Lowe	Jesse McKenna	Life Goes On	ABC
	Barry Corbin	Maurice Minnifield	Northern Exposure	CBS
	John Cullum	Holling Vincouver	Northern Exposure
	Fyvush Finkel	Douglas Wambaugh	Picket Fences
	Dean Stockwell	Al Calavicci	Quantum Leap	NBC
1994 (46th)
	Fyvush Finkel	Douglas Wambaugh	Picket Fences	CBS
	Ray Walston	Henry Bone	Picket Fences	CBS
	Gordon Clapp	Greg Medavoy	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Nicholas Turturro	James Martinez	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Barry Corbin	Maurice Minnifield	Northern Exposure	CBS
1995 (47th)
	Ray Walston	Henry Bone	Picket Fences	CBS
	Eriq La Salle	Peter Benton	ER	NBC
	Noah Wyle	John Carter	ER	NBC
	Héctor Elizondo	Phillip Watters	Chicago Hope	CBS
	James Earl Jones	Neb Langston	Under One Roof	CBS
1996 (48th)
	Ray Walston	Henry Bone	Picket Fences	CBS
	Héctor Elizondo	Phillip Watters	Chicago Hope	CBS
	James McDaniel	Arthur Fancy	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Stanley Tucci	Richard Cross	Murder One	ABC
	Noah Wyle	John Carter	ER	NBC
1997 (49th)
	Héctor Elizondo	Phillip Watters	Chicago Hope	CBS
	Eriq La Salle	Peter Benton	ER	NBC
	Noah Wyle	John Carter	ER	NBC
	Adam Arkin	Aaron Shutt	Chicago Hope	CBS
	Nicholas Turturro	James Martinez	NYPD Blue	ABC
1998 (50th)
	Gordon Clapp	Greg Medavoy	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Eriq La Salle	Peter Benton	ER	NBC
	Noah Wyle	John Carter	ER	NBC
	Steven Hill	Adam Schiff	Law & Order	NBC
	Héctor Elizondo	Phillip Watters	Chicago Hope	CBS
1999 (51st)
	Michael Badalucco	Jimmy Berluti	The Practice	ABC
	Benjamin Bratt	Rey Curtis	Law & Order	NBC
	Steven Hill	Adam Schiff	Law & Order
	Noah Wyle	John Carter	ER
	Steve Harris	Eugene Young	The Practice	ABC

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Winners and nominations

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2010s

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Programs with multiple wins

Programs with multiple nominations

Performers with multiple wins

Performers with multiple nominations

See also

Notes

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Year	Actor	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2000 (52nd)
	Richard Schiff	Toby Ziegler	The West Wing	"In Excelsis Deo” + “Five Votes Down"	NBC
	John Spencer	Leo McGarry	The West Wing	"Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” + “Five Votes Down"	NBC
	Michael Badalucco	Jimmy Berlutti	The Practice		ABC
	Steve Harris	Eugene Young	The Practice		ABC
	Dominic Chianese	Junior Soprano	The Sopranos		HBO
2001 (53rd)
	Bradley Whitford	Josh Lyman	The West Wing	"Noel" + "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"	NBC
	Richard Schiff	Toby Ziegler	The West Wing	"17 People" + "The Leadership Breakfast"	NBC
	John Spencer	Leo McGarry	The West Wing	"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" + "The Leadership Breakfast"	NBC
	Dominic Chianese	Junior Soprano	The Sopranos	"Second Opinion" + "Another Toothpick"	HBO
	Michael Imperioli	Christopher Moltisanti	The Sopranos	"Fortunate Son" + "Pine Barrens"	HBO
2002 (54th)
	John Spencer	Leo McGarry	The West Wing	"Bartlet for America" + "We Killed Yamamoto"	NBC
	Richard Schiff	Toby Ziegler	The West Wing	"Hartsfield's Landing" + "Night Five"	NBC
	Bradley Whitford	Josh Lyman		"H.Con-172" + "The Two Bartlets"
	Dulé Hill	Charlie Young		"Hartsfield's Landing" + "Enemies, Foreign and Domestic"
	Victor Garber	Jack Bristow	Alias	"Color Blind" + "Almost Thirty Years"	ABC
	Freddy Rodriguez	Federico "Rico" Diaz	Six Feet Under	"The Trip" + "I'll Take You"	HBO
2003 (55th)
	Joe Pantoliano	Ralph Cifaretto	The Sopranos	"Christopher" + "Whoever Did This"	HBO
	John Spencer	Leo McGarry	The West Wing	"Red Mass" + "Twenty Five"	NBC
	Bradley Whitford	Josh Lyman	The West Wing	"20 Hours In America" + "Evidence of Things Not Seen"	NBC
	Victor Garber	Jack Bristow	Alias	"Passage Part 2" + "Endgame"	ABC
	Michael Imperioli	Christopher Moltisanti	The Sopranos	"The Strong, Silent Type" + "Whoever Did This"	HBO
2004 (56th)
	Michael Imperioli	Christopher Moltisanti	The Sopranos	"Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking"	HBO
	Steve Buscemi	Tony Blundetto	The Sopranos	"Rat Pack" + "Marco Polo"	HBO
	John Spencer	Leo McGarry	The West Wing	"An Khe" + "Memorial Day"	NBC
	Brad Dourif	Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran	Deadwood	"Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters"	HBO
	Victor Garber	Jack Bristow	Alias	"Breaking Point" + "Hourglass"	ABC
2005 (57th)
	William Shatner	Denny Crane	Boston Legal	"It Girls and Beyond" + "Tortured Souls"	ABC
	Naveen Andrews	Sayid Jarrah	Lost	"Solitary" + "The Greater Good"	ABC
	Terry O'Quinn	John Locke	Lost	"Walkabout" + "The Moth"	ABC
	Alan Alda	Arnold Vinick	The West Wing	"King Corn" + "In God We Trust"	NBC
	Oliver Platt	Russell Tupper	Huff	"That F**kin'Cabin" + "Crazy, Nuts and All Messed Up	Showtime
2006 (58th)
	Alan Alda	Arnold Vinick	The West Wing	"Two Weeks Out" + "The Last Hurrah"	NBC
	Michael Imperioli	Christopher Moltisanti	The Sopranos	"Luxury Lounge" + "The Ride"	HBO

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2010 (62nd) ^[1]
	Aaron Paul	Jesse Pinkman	Breaking Bad	"Half Measures"	AMC
	Michael Emerson	Ben Linus	Lost	"Dr. Linus"	ABC
	Terry O'Quinn	John Locke	Lost	"The Substitute"	ABC
	Andre Braugher	Owen Thoreau, Jr.	Men of a Certain Age	"Powerless"	TNT
	Martin Short	Leonard Winstone	Damages	"You Haven't Replaced Me"	FX
	John Slattery	Roger Sterling	Mad Men	"The Gypsy and the Hobo"	AMC
2011 (63rd) ^[2]
	Peter Dinklage	Tyrion Lannister	Game of Thrones	"Baelor"	HBO
	Josh Charles	Will Gardner	The Good Wife	"Closing Arguments"	CBS
	Alan Cumming	Eli Gold	The Good Wife	"Silver Bullet"	CBS
	Andre Braugher	Owen Thoreau, Jr.	Men of a Certain Age	"Let the Sunshine In"	TNT
	Walton Goggins	Boyd Crowder	Justified	"The I of the Storm"	FX
	John Slattery	Roger Sterling	Mad Men	"Hands and Knees"	AMC
2012 (64th) ^[3]
	Aaron Paul	Jesse Pinkman	Breaking Bad	"End Times"	AMC
	Giancarlo Esposito	Gus Fring	Breaking Bad	"Hermanos"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Charles Carson	Downton Abbey	"Episode 202"	PBS
	Brendan Coyle	John Bates	Downton Abbey	"Episode 207"	PBS
	Peter Dinklage	Tyrion Lannister	Game of Thrones	"Blackwater"	HBO
	Jared Harris	Lane Pryce	Mad Men	"Commissions and Fees"	AMC
2013 (65th) ^[4]
	Bobby Cannavale	Gyp Rosetti	Boardwalk Empire	"Sunday Best"	HBO
	Jonathan Banks	Mike Ehrmantraut	Breaking Bad	"Say My Name"	AMC
	Aaron Paul	Jesse Pinkman	Breaking Bad	"Buyout"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Charles Carson	Downton Abbey	"Episode 306"	PBS
	Peter Dinklage	Tyrion Lannister	Game of Thrones	"Second Sons"	HBO
	Mandy Patinkin	Saul Berenson	Homeland	"The Choice"	Showtime
2014 (66th) ^[5]
	Aaron Paul	Jesse Pinkman	Breaking Bad	"Confessions"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Charles Carson	Downton Abbey	"Episode 401"	PBS
	Josh Charles	Will Gardner	The Good Wife	"Hitting the Fan"	CBS
	Peter Dinklage	Tyrion Lannister	Game of Thrones	"The Laws of Gods and Men"	HBO
	Mandy Patinkin	Saul Berenson	Homeland	"Gerontion"	Showtime
	Jon Voight	Mickey Donovan	Ray Donovan	"Fite Nite"	Showtime
2015 (67th) ^[6]
	Peter Dinklage	Tyrion Lannister	Game of Thrones	"Hardhome"	HBO
	Jonathan Banks	Mike Ehrmantraut	Better Call Saul	"Five-O"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Charles Carson	Downton Abbey	"A Moorland Holiday"	PBS
	Alan Cumming	Eli Gold	The Good Wife	"Undisclosed Recipients"	CBS

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2020 (72nd) ^[11]
	Billy Crudup	Cory Ellison	The Morning Show	"Chaos Is the New Cocaine"	Apple TV+
	Nicholas Braun	Greg Hirsch	Succession	"This Is Not for Tears"	HBO
	Kieran Culkin	Roman Roy	Succession	"Tern Haven"	HBO
	Mark Duplass	Charles "Chip" Black	The Morning Show	"The Interview"	Apple TV+
	Giancarlo Esposito	Gus Fring	Better Call Saul	"JMM"	AMC
	Matthew Macfadyen	Tom Wambsgans	Succession	"This Is Not for Tears"	HBO
	Bradley Whitford	Commander Joseph Lawrence	The Handmaid's Tale	"Sacrifice"	Hulu
	Jeffrey Wright	Bernard Lowe	Westworld	"Crisis Theory"	HBO
2021 (73rd) ^[12]
	Tobias Menzies	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	The Crown	"Gold Stick"	Netflix
	Giancarlo Esposito	Moff Gideon	The Mandalorian	"Chapter 16: The Rescue"	Disney+
	O. T. Fagbenle	Luke Bankole	The Handmaid's Tale	"Home"	Hulu
	John Lithgow	E.B. Jonathan	Perry Mason	"Chapter 4"	HBO
	Max Minghella	Commander Nick Blaine	The Handmaid's Tale	"The Crossing"	Hulu
	Chris Sullivan	Toby Damon	This Is Us	"In the Room"	NBC
	Bradley Whitford	Commander Joseph Lawrence	The Handmaid's Tale	"Testimony"	Hulu
	Michael K. Williams (posthumous)	Montrose Freeman	Lovecraft Country	"Rewind 1921"	HBO
2022 (74th) ^[13]
	Matthew Macfadyen	Tom Wambsgans	Succession	"All the Bells Say"	HBO
	Nicholas Braun	Greg Hirsch	Succession	"Retired Janitors of Idaho"	HBO
	Billy Crudup	Cory Ellison	The Morning Show	"My Least Favorite Year"	Apple TV+
	Kieran Culkin	Roman Roy	Succession	"Too Much Birthday"	HBO
	Park Hae-soo	Cho Sang-woo	Squid Game	"One Lucky Day"	Netflix
	John Turturro	Irving Bailiff	Severance	"Defiant Jazz"	Apple TV+
	Christopher Walken	Burt Goodman	Severance	"The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design"	Apple TV+
	O Yeong-su	Oh Il-nam	Squid Game	"Gganbu"	Netflix
2023 (75th) ^[14]
	Matthew Macfadyen	Tom Wambsgans	Succession	"Tailgate Party"	HBO
	F. Murray Abraham	Bert Di Grasso	The White Lotus	"Abductions"	HBO
	Nicholas Braun	Greg Hirsch	Succession	"America Decides"
	Michael Imperioli	Dominic Di Grasso	The White Lotus	"That's Amore"
	Theo James	Cameron Sullivan	The White Lotus	"That's Amore"
	Alan Ruck	Connor Roy	Succession	"Rehearsal"
	Will Sharpe	Ethan Spiller	The White Lotus	"Arrivederci"
	Alexander Skarsgård	Lukas Matsson	Succession	"Kill List"
2024 (76th) ^[15]
	Billy Crudup	Cory Ellison	The Morning Show	"Ghost in the Machine"	Apple TV+
	Tadanobu Asano	Kashigi Yabushige	Shōgun	"Anjin"	FX
	Mark Duplass	Charles "Chip" Black	The Morning Show	"The Overview Effect"	Apple TV+