Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	Jeremy Davies, Justified (2012)
Official website	http://www.emmys.com/

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Guest Supporting Actor.

Superlatives

Superlative	Lead Actor - Drama Series		Supporting Actor - Drama Series		Guest Actor - Drama Series		Overall
Actor with most awards	Dennis Franz	4	Stuart Margolin, Michael Conrad, Larry Drake, Ray Walston, Aaron Paul	2	Patrick McGoohan, Charles S. Dutton, John Lithgow	2	Dennis Franz	4
Actor with most nominations	Raymond Burr, Peter Falk, Dennis Franz	8	Bruce Weitz, Ed Begley, Jr., Jimmy Smits	6	Michael J. Fox	4	Jimmy Smits	12
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Martin Sheen, Hugh Laurie, Michael C. Hall	6	Ed Begley, Jr.	6	Charles Durning, Beau Bridges, Robert Morse	3	Ed Begley, Jr., Martin Sheen, Hugh Laurie, Michael C. Hall	6
Television program with most wins	NYPD Blue	4	L.A. Law, The West Wing	4	The Practice	6	The Practice	8
Television program with most nominations	NYPD Blue	14	Hill Street Blues	16	ER	14	The West Wing, ER	28

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Award winners

1970s

1975: Patrick McGoohan – Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light
1976: Gordon Jackson – Upstairs, Downstairs
1977: Louis Gossett Jr. – Roots
1978: Barnard Hughes – Lou Grant

1980s

1986: John Lithgow – Amazing Stories
1989: Joe Spano – Midnight Caller

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1990s

1990: Patrick McGoohan – Columbo: Agenda for Murder as Oscar Finch
- Peter Frechette – thirtysomething as Peter Montefiore
- Harold Gould – The Ray Bradbury Theater as the Old Man
- William Hickey – Tales from the Crypt as Carlton Webster
- Bruce Weitz – Midnight Caller as Sgt. Ed Adderly

1991: David Opatoshu – Gabriel's Fire as Max Goldstein
- Dabney Coleman – Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star as Hugh Creighton
- Peter Coyote – Road to Avonlea as Romney Penhallow
- John Glover – L.A. Law as Dr. Paul Kohler

1992: no award

1993: Laurence Fishburne – Tribeca as Martin McHenry
- Adam Arkin – Northern Exposure as Adam
- John Glover – Crime & Punishment as Dennis Atwood
- Michael Jeter – Picket Fences as Peter LeBeck (Frog Man)
- Richard Kiley – Picket Fences as Hayden Langston

1994: Richard Kiley – Picket Fences as Hayden Langston
- Tim Curry – Tales from the Crypt as Mother/Father/Sister/Daughter
- Dan Hedaya – NYPD Blue as Lou the Werewolf
- James Earl Jones – Picket Fences as Attorney Bryant Thomas
- Robin Williams – Homicide: Life on the Street as Robert Ellison

1995: Paul Winfield – Picket Fences as Judge Harold Nance
- Milton Berle – Beverly Hills, 90210 as Saul Howard
- Beau Bridges – The Outer Limits as Simon Kress
- Vondie Curtis-Hall – ER as Rena
- Alan Rosenberg – ER as Sam Gasner

1996: Peter Boyle – The X-Files as Clyde Bruckman
- Danny Glover – Fallen Angels as Phllip Marlow
- Michael Jeter – Chicago Hope as Bob Ryan
- Richard Pryor – Chicago Hope as Joe Springer
- Rip Torn – Chicago Hope as Warren Shutt

1997: Pruitt Taylor Vince – Murder One as Clifford Banks
- Alan Arkin – Chicago Hope as Zoltan Karpathein
- Louis Gossett Jr. – Touched by an Angel as Anderson Walker
- William H. Macy – ER as Dr. David Morgenstern
- Ewan McGregor – ER as Duncan Stewart

1998: John Larroquette – The Practice as Joey Heric
- Vincent D'Onofrio – Homicide: Life on the Street as John Lange
- Bruce Davison – Touched by an Angel as Jacob 'Jake' Weiss
- Charles Durning – Homicide: Life on the Street as Thomas Finnegan
- Charles Nelson Reilly – Millennium as Jose Chung

1999: Edward Herrmann – The Practice as Anderson Pearson
- Tony Danza – The Practice as Attorney Tommy Silva
- Charles S. Dutton – Oz as Professor Alvah Case
- John Heard – The Sopranos as Det. Vin Makazian
- Mandy Patinkin – Chicago Hope as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger

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2000s

2000: James Whitmore – The Practice as Raymond Oz
- Alan Alda – ER as Dr. Gabriel Lawrence
- Paul Dooley – The Practice as Judge Philip Swackheim
- Kirk Douglas – Touched by an Angel as Ross Burger
- Henry Winkler – The Practice as Dr. Henry Olson

2001: Michael Emerson – The Practice as William Hinks
- Rene Auberjonois – The Practice as Judge F. Mantz
- James Cromwell – ER as Bishop Stewart
- Patrick Dempsey – Once and Again as Aaron Brooks
- Oliver Platt – The West Wing as Oliver Babish

2002: Charles S. Dutton – The Practice as Leonard Marshall
- Mark Harmon – The West Wing as Agent Simon Donovan
- John Larroquette – The Practice as Joey Heric
- Tim Matheson – The West Wing as Vice President John Hoynes
- Ron Silver – The West Wing as Bruno Gianelli

2003: Charles S. Dutton – Without a Trace as Chet Collins
- Don Cheadle – ER as Paul Nathan
- James Cromwell – Six Feet Under as George Sibley
- Tim Matheson – The West Wing as Vice President John Hoynes
- Matthew Perry – The West Wing as Joe Quincy
- James Whitmore – Mister Sterling as William Sterling, Sr.

2004: William Shatner – The Practice as Denny Crane
- James Earl Jones – Everwood as Will Cleveland
- Martin Landau – Without a Trace as Frank Malone
- Bob Newhart – ER as Ben Hollander
- Matthew Perry – The West Wing as Joe Quincy

2005: Ray Liotta – ER as Charlie Metcalf
- Red Buttons – ER as Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux
- Ossie Davis – The L Word as Melvin Porter
- Charles Durning – NCIS as Ernie Yost
- Martin Landau – Without a Trace as Frank Malone

2006: Christian Clemenson – Boston Legal as Jerry Espenson
- Kyle Chandler – Grey's Anatomy as Dylan Young
- Henry Ian Cusick – Lost as Desmond Hume
- Michael J. Fox – Boston Legal as Daniel Post
- James Woods – ER as Dr. Nate Lennox

2007: John Goodman – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Judge Robert Bebe
- Christian Clemenson – Boston Legal as Jerry Espenson
- Tim Daly – The Sopranos as J.T. Dolan
- David Morse – House as Michael Tritter
- Eli Wallach – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Eli Weinraub
- Forest Whitaker – ER as Curtis Ames

2008: Glynn Turman – In Treatment as Alex Prince, Sr.
- Charles Durning – Rescue Me as Michael Gavin
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper
- Oliver Platt – Nip/Tuck as Freddy Prune
- Stanley Tucci – ER as Dr. Kevin Moretti
- Robin Williams – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Merrit Rook

2009: Michael J. Fox – Rescue Me as Dwight
- Edward Asner – CSI: NY as Abraham Klein
- Ernest Borgnine – ER as Paul Manning
- Ted Danson – Damages as Arthur Frobisher
- Jimmy Smits – Dexter as Miguel Prado

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2010s

2010: John Lithgow – Dexter as Arthur Mitchell
- Dylan Baker – The Good Wife as Colin Sweeney
- Beau Bridges – The Closer as Det. George Andrews
- Alan Cumming – The Good Wife as Eli Gold
- Ted Danson – Damages as Arthur Frobisher
- Gregory Itzin – 24 as President Charles Logan
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper

2011: Paul McCrane – Harry's Law as Josh Peyton
- Beau Bridges – Brothers & Sisters as Nick Brody
- Jeremy Davies – Justified as Dickie Bennett
- Bruce Dern – Big Love as Frank Harlow
- Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife as Louis Canning
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper

2012: Jeremy Davies – Justified as Dickie Bennett
- Dylan Baker – The Good Wife as Colin Sweeney
- Ben Feldman – Mad Men as Michael Ginsberg
- Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife as Louis Canning
- Mark Margolis – Breaking Bad as Héctor "Tio" Salamanca
- Jason Ritter – Parenthood as Mark Cyr

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Multiple wins

2 wins

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Multiple nominations

2 nominations

3 nominations

4 nominations

Michael J. Fox

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series

1975–2000

2001–present

v t e Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programming	Comedy Series Drama Series Miniseries or Movie Variety, Music, or Comedy Series Variety, Music, or Comedy Special Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special Reality Program Reality-Competition Program Animated Program (Less Than One Hour) Short-format Animation

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Voice-Over Performance

Creative Arts	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Drama Series Visual Effects for a Series Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special

Retired	Actor of the Year Actress of the Year Animated Program for More Than One Hour Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Made for Television Movie Miniseries

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