Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| Currently held by |
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (2011) |
| Official website | http://www.emmys.com/ |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series is an Emmy presented to the best performance by a lead actor in a television comedy series.
Winners and nominees
The following tables, divided by decade, display the winners and Nominees of the "Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" award, according to the Primetime Emmy Awards database.
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Total awards
- NBC - 18
- CBS - 8
- ABC - 7
- USA - 3
- HBO - 1
Multiple awards
- 4 awards
- Michael J. Fox (3 consecutive)
- Kelsey Grammer (2 consecutive)
- Carroll O'Connor (3 consecutive)
- 3 awards
- John Lithgow (2 consecutive)
- Tony Shalhoub (2 consecutive)
- 2 awards
- Alan Alda
- Alec Baldwin (consecutive)
- Ted Danson
- Judd Hirsch
- Richard Mulligan
- Jim Parsons (consecutive)
Multiple nominations
- 11 nominations
- 10 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- Alec Baldwin
- Robert Guillaume
- Judd Hirsch
- Richard Mulligan
- Carroll O'Connor
- John Ritter
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Garry Shandling
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
See also
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
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