Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Current: 68th Primetime Emmy Awards
Awarded forOutstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awardedFebruary 11, 1954
Currently held byJeffrey Tambor,
Transparent (2016)
Websiteemmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy 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 leading role on a television comedy series for the primetime network season.

The award was first presented at the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards on February 11, 1954 to Donald O'Connor for his performance on The Colgate Comedy Hour. Originally honoring actors in drama and comedy roles, the separate category for comedy was introduced in 1956 and became permanent in 1966. Following the introduction of separate categories for comedy and drama, the award's name was changed to Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series, before changing to Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 26th Primetime Emmy Awards and later to its current title.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 35 actors. Jeffrey Tambor is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Maura Pfefferman on Transparent. Michael J. Fox, Kelsey Grammer, Carroll O'Connor and Jim Parsons have won the most awards in this category with four each. Alan Alda, Ted Danson and Grammer has been nominated for the award on eleven occasions, the most within the category.

Winners and nominees

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Winners in each year are listed first in colored row.

Key Meaning
Indicates the winner
* Indicates posthumous nominee
§ Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation.
 
Donald O'Connor was the first recipient of the award, winning for his performance in The Colgate Comedy Hour.
 
Danny Thomas won the award in 1954 for his role as Danny Williams on Make Room for Daddy.
 
Phil Silvers won in 1955 for his portrayal of MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show.
 
Sid Caesar won for his performance on Caesar's Hour.
 
Jack Benny won the award in 1959 for his performance on The Jack Benny Program.
 
Dick Van Dyke won twice in 1964 and 1966 for his role on The Dick Van Dyke Show as Rob Petrie.
 
Bob Crane was twice nominated for his role on Hogan's Heroes.
 
Don Adams won three consecutive times for his portrayal of Maxwell Smart in Get Smart.
 
Jack Klugman won twice for his portrayal of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple.
 
Alan Alda won the award twice out of 11 nominations, the most nominations in the category, for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H.
 
Tony Randall won in 1975 for his role as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple.
 
Carroll O'Connor won four times in this category for his performance in All in the Family as Archie Bunker.
 
Richard Mulligan won the award in 1981 and 1989 for his roles on Soap and Empty Nest.
 
Judd Hirsch won twice for his performance on Taxi.
 
Robert Guillaume won in 1985 for his role on Benson.
 
Michael J. Fox won three consecutive times for his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties. He later won a four time in the category for his role on Spin City.
 
John Goodman received seven nominations for his performance on Roseanne.
 
Ted Danson won twice for his role on Cheers as Sam Malone.
 
Burt Reynolds won the award in 1991 for his performance in Evening Shade.
 
Kelsey Grammer won four times out of eleven nominations for his role on Frasier.
 
Jerry Seinfeld received five nominations for his performance on Seinfeld.
 
John Lithgow won the award three times for his performance in 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dr. Dick Solomon.
 
Eric McCormack won the award in 2001 for his role in Will & Grace.
 
Ray Romano won for his performance in Everyone Loves Raymond as Raymond Barone.
 
Matt LeBlanc received seven nominations for his roles on Friends and Episodes.
 
Tony Shalhoub won three times for his role as Adrian Monk in Monk.
 
Alec Baldwin won the award twice for his portrayal of Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock.
 
Jim Parsons won four times in this category for his role as Dr. Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory.
 
Jon Cryer won in 2012 for his performance on Two and a Half Men as Alan Harper.
 
Jeffrey Tambor won the award in 2015 and 2016 for his portrayal of Maura Pfefferman on Transparent.

1950s

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Year Actress Program Role Network Ref.
1953
(6th)
[note 1]
Donald O'Connor The Colgate Comedy Hour Himself NBC [1]
Sid Caesar Your Show of Shows Various Characters NBC
Wally Cox Mister Peepers Robinson Peepers
Jackie Gleason The Jackie Gleason Show Ralph Kramden CBS
Jack Webb Dragnet Sgt. Joe Friday NBC
1954
(7th)
[note 1]
Danny Thomas Make Room for Daddy Danny Williams ABC [2]
Richard Boone Medic Dr. Konrad Styner NBC
Robert Cummings My Hero Robert Beanblossom
Jackie Gleason The Jackie Gleason Show Ralph Kramden CBS
Jack Webb Dragnet Sgt. Joe Friday NBC
1955
(8th)
[note 1]
Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko CBS [3]
Robert Cummings The Bob Cummings Show Bob Collins CBS
Jackie Gleason The Jackie Gleason Show Ralph Kramden
Danny Thomas Make Room for Daddy Danny Williams ABC
Robert Young Father Knows Best Jim Anderson CBS
1956
(9th)
Sid Caesar Caesar's Hour Various Characters NBC [4]
Jack Benny The Jack Benny Program Various Characters CBS
Robert Cummings The Bob Cummings Show Bob Collins
Ernie Kovacs The Ernie Kovacs Show Himself NBC
Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko CBS
1957
(10th)
[note 1]
Robert Young Father Knows Best Jim Anderson NBC [5]
James Arness Gunsmoke Marshal Matt Dillon CBS
Robert Cummings The Bob Cummings Show Bob Collins CBS / NBC
Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko CBS
Danny Thomas The Danny Thomas Show Danny Williams ABC / CBS
1958-1959
(11th)
Jack Benny The Jack Benny Program Various Characters NBC [6]
Walter Brennan The Real McCoys Grandpa Amos McCoy CBS / NBC
Robert Cummings The Bob Cummings Show Bob Collins NBC
Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko CBS
Danny Thomas The Danny Thomas Show Danny Williams ABC / CBS
Robert Young Father Knows Best Jim Anderson CBS / NBC

1960s

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Year Actress Program Role Network Ref.
1959-1960
(12th)
[note 1]
Robert Stack The Untouchables Eliot Ness ABC [7]
Raymond Burr Perry Mason Perry Mason CBS
Richard Boone Have Gun–Will Travel Paladin
1960-1961
(13th)
[note 1]
Raymond Burr Perry Mason Perry Mason CBS [8]
Jackie Cooper Hennesey Chick Hennesey CBS
Robert Stack The Untouchables Eliot Ness
1961-1962
(14th)
[note 1]
E. G. Marshall The Defenders Lawrence Preston CBS [9]
Paul Burke Naked City Adam Flint ABC
Jackie Cooper Hennesey Chick Hennesey CBS
Vincent Edwards Ben Casey Ben Casey ABC
George Maharis Route 66 Buz Murdock CBS
1962-1963
(15th)
[note 1]
E. G. Marshall The Defenders Lawrence Preston CBS [10]
Ernest Borgnine McHale's Navy Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale CBS
Paul Burke Naked City Det. Adam Flint ABC
Vic Morrow Combat! Sgt. Sanders
Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show Rob Petrie CBS
1963-1964
(16th)
[note 1]
Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show Rob Petrie CBS [11]
Richard Boone The Richard Boone Show Various Characters NBC
Dean Jagger Mr. Novak Principal Albert Vane
David Janssen The Fugitive Dr. Richard Kimble ABC
George C. Scott East Side/West Side Neil Brock CBS
1964-1965
(17th)
No Award
19651966
(18th)
Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show Rob Petrie CBS [12]
Don Adams Get Smart Maxwell Smart NBC
Bob Crane Hogan's Heroes Colonel Robert E. Hogan CBS
19661967
(19th)
Don Adams Get Smart Maxwell Smart NBC [13]
Bob Crane Hogan's Heroes Colonel Robert E. Hogan CBS
Brian Keith Family Affair Bill Davis
Larry Storch F Troop Corporal Randolph Agarn ABC
19671968
(20th)
Don Adams Get Smart Maxwell Smart NBC [14]
Richard Benjamin He & She Dick Hollister CBS
Sebastian Cabot Family Affair Giles French
Brian Keith Bill Davis
Dick York Bewitched Darrin Stephens ABC
19681969
(21st)
Don Adams Get Smart Maxwell Smart NBC [15]
Brian Keith Family Affair Bill Davis CBS
Edward Mulhare The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Captain Daniel Gregg NBC
Lloyd Nolan Julia Dr. Morton Chegley

1970s

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Year Actress Program Role Network Ref.
19691970
(22nd)
William Windom My World and Welcome to It John Monroe NBC [16]
Bill Cosby The Bill Cosby Show Chet Kincaid NBC
Lloyd Haynes Room 222 Pete Dixon ABC
19701971
(23rd)
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC [17]
Ted Bessell That Girl Donald Hollinger ABC
Bill Bixby The Courtship of Eddie's Father Tom Corbett
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
Tony Randall The Odd Couple Felix Unger ABC
19711972
(24th)
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS [18]
Redd Foxx Sanford and Son Fred Sanford NBC
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC
Tony Randall Felix Unger
19721973
(25th)
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC [19]
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Redd Foxx Sanford and Son Fred Sanford NBC
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
Tony Randall The Odd Couple Felix Unger ABC
19731974
(26th)
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS [20]
Redd Foxx Sanford and Son Fred Sanford NBC
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
Tony Randall The Odd Couple Felix Unger ABC
19741975
(27th)
Tony Randall The Odd Couple Felix Unger ABC [21]
Jack Albertson Chico and the Man Ed Brown NBC
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
19751976
(28th)
Jack Albertson Chico and the Man Ed Brown NBC [22]
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller ABC
Henry Winkler Happy Days Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli ABC
19761977
(29th)
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS [23]
Jack Albertson Chico and the Man Ed Brown NBC
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller ABC
Henry Winkler Happy Days Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
19771978
(30th)
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS [24]
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller ABC
John Ritter Three's Company Jack Tripper
Henry Winkler Happy Days Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
19781979
(31st)
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS [25]
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Judd Hirsch Taxi Alex Reiger ABC
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller
Robin Williams Mork & Mindy Mork

1980s

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Year Actress Program Role Network Ref.
19791980
(32nd)
Richard Mulligan Soap Burt Campbell ABC [26]
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Robert Guillaume Benson Benson DuBois ABC
Judd Hirsch Taxi Alex Reiger
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller
19801981
(33rd)
Judd Hirsch Taxi Alex Reiger ABC [27]
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller ABC
Richard Mulligan Soap Burt Campbell
John Ritter Three's Company Jack Tripper
19811982
(34th)
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS [28]
Robert Guillaume Benson Benson DuBois ABC
Judd Hirsch Taxi Alex Reiger
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller
Leslie Nielsen Police Squad! Frank Drebin
19821983
(35th)
Judd Hirsch Taxi Alex Reiger NBC [29]
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Dabney Coleman Buffalo Bill Bill Bittinger NBC
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone
Robert Guillaume Benson Benson DuBois ABC
19831984
(36th)
John Ritter Three's Company Jack Tripper ABC [30]
Dabney Coleman Buffalo Bill Bill Bittinger NBC
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone
Robert Guillaume Benson Benson DuBois ABC
Sherman Hemsley The Jeffersons George Jefferson CBS
19841985
(37th)
Robert Guillaume Benson Benson DuBois ABC [31]
Harry Anderson Night Court Judge Harry Stone NBC
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone
Bob Newhart Newhart Dick Loudon CBS
Jack Warden Crazy Like a Fox Harry Fox
19851986
(38th)
Michael J. Fox Family Ties Alex P. Keaton NBC [32]
Harry Anderson Night Court Judge Harry Stone NBC
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone
Bob Newhart Newhart Dick Loudon CBS
Jack Warden Crazy Like a Fox Harry Fox
19861987
(39th)
Michael J. Fox Family Ties Alex P. Keaton NBC [33]
Harry Anderson Night Court Judge Harry Stone NBC
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone
Bob Newhart Newhart Dick Loudon CBS
Bronson Pinchot Perfect Strangers Balki Bartokomous ABC
19871988
(40th)
Michael J. Fox Family Ties Alex P. Keaton NBC [34]
Dabney Coleman The Slap Maxwell Story Slap Maxwell ABC
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone NBC
Tim Reid Frank's Place Frank Parrish CBS
John Ritter Hooperman Det. Harry Hooperman ABC
19881989
(41st)
Richard Mulligan Empty Nest Dr. Harry Weston NBC [35]
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone NBC
Michael J. Fox Family Ties Alex P. Keaton
John Goodman Roseanne Dan Conner ABC
Fred Savage The Wonder Years Kevin Arnold

1990s

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Year Actress Program Role Submitted episode(s) Network Ref.
19891990
(42nd)
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone "Cry Harder" (Part 2) NBC [36]
John Goodman Roseanne Dan Conner "Born to Be Wild" ABC
Richard Mulligan Empty Nest Dr. Harry Weston "Still Growing After All These Years" NBC
Craig T. Nelson Coach Hayden Fox "If Keith Jackson Calls, I’ll Be At My Therapist’s" ABC
Fred Savage The Wonder Years Kevin Arnold "Goodbye"
19901991
(43rd)
Burt Reynolds Evening Shade Wood Newton "A Day in the Life of Wood Newton" CBS [37]
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone "Bad Neighbor Sam" NBC
John Goodman Roseanne Dan Conner "Her Boyfriend’s Back" ABC
Richard Mulligan Empty Nest Dr. Harry Weston "The Mentor" NBC
Craig T. Nelson Coach Hayden Fox "The Break-Up" ABC
19911992
(44th)
Craig T. Nelson Coach Hayden Fox "A Real Guy’s Guy" ABC [38]
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone "Go Make" NBC
John Goodman Roseanne Dan Conner "The Back Story" ABC
Kelsey Grammer § Wings Dr. Frasier Crane "Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes" NBC
Burt Reynolds Evening Shade Wood Newton "Callous Hearts of Rage" CBS
Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld "The Boyfriend" NBC
19921993
(45th)
Ted Danson Cheers Sam Malone "The Guy Can’t Help It" NBC [39]
Tim Allen Home Improvement Tim Taylor "Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way" ABC
John Goodman Roseanne Dan Conner "Terms of Estrangement" (Part 2)
Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld "The Opera" NBC
Garry Shandling The Larry Sanders Show Larry Sanders "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" HBO
19931994
(46th)
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "The Good Son" NBC [40]
John Goodman Roseanne Dan Conner "Guilt by Imagination" ABC
John Larroquette The John Larroquette Show John Hemingway "Pilot" NBC
Paul Reiser Mad About You Paul Buchman "Virtual Reality"
Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld "The Puffy Shirt"
19941995
(47th)
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "Adventures in Paradise" (Part 2) NBC [41]
John Goodman Roseanne Dan Conner "The Blaming of the Shrew" ABC
Paul Reiser Mad About You Paul Buchman "Cake Fear" NBC
Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld "The Diplomat’s Club"
Garry Shandling The Larry Sanders Show Larry Sanders "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" HBO
19951996
(48th)
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun Dr. Dick Solomon "Dick Smoker" NBC [42]
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "You Can Go Home Again" NBC
Paul Reiser Mad About You Paul Buchman "Dream Weaver"
Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld "The Gum"
Garry Shandling The Larry Sanders Show Larry Sanders HBO
19961997
(49th)
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun Dr. Dick Solomon "See Dick Continue to Run" NBC [43]
Michael J. Fox Spin City Mike Flaherty "Prototype" ABC
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "Ham Radio" NBC
Paul Reiser Mad About You Paul Buchman "The Birth"
Garry Shandling The Larry Sanders Show Larry Sanders "Everybody Loves Larry" HBO
19971998
(50th)
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "Frasier’s Imaginary Friend" NBC [44]
Michael J. Fox Spin City Mike Flaherty "The Goodbye Girl" ABC
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun Dr. Dick Solomon "Stuck with Dick" NBC
Paul Reiser Mad About You Paul Buchman "The Conversation"
Garry Shandling The Larry Sanders Show Larry Sanders "Flip" HBO
19981999
(51st)
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun Dr. Dick Solomon "What’s Love Got to Do, Got to Do with Dick?" NBC [45]
Michael J. Fox Spin City Mike Flaherty "Gone with the Wind" ABC
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" NBC
Paul Reiser Mad About You Paul Buchman "The Final Frontier"
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone "How They Met" CBS

2000s

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Year Actress Program Role Submitted episode(s) Network Ref.
19992000
(52nd)
Michael J. Fox Spin City Mike Flaherty "Goodbye" ABC [46]
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "Radio Wars" NBC
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun Dr. Dick Solomon "Frankie Goes to Rutherford"
Eric McCormack Will & Grace Will Truman "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He’s Kept Me in the Closet and I’m So Sad"
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone "Bad Moon Rising" CBS
20002001
(53rd)
Eric McCormack Will & Grace Will Truman "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" NBC [47]
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "Frasier’s Edge" NBC
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun Dr. Dick Solomon "Red, White, and Dick"
Frankie Muniz Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm "Bowling" Fox
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone "Ray’s Journal" CBS
20012002
(54th)
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone "The Breakup Tape" CBS [48]
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "The Love You Fake" NBC
Matt LeBlanc Friends Joey Tribbiani "The One Where Joey Tells Rachel"
Bernie Mac The Bernie Mac Show Bernie "Mac" McCullough "Now You Got It" Fox
Matthew Perry Friends Chandler Bing "The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath" NBC
20022003
(55th)
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk and the Airplane" USA [49]
Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself "The Special Section" HBO
Matt LeBlanc Friends Joey Tribbiani "The One in Barbados" NBC
Bernie Mac The Bernie Mac Show Bernie "Mac" McCullough "The Incredible Bulk" Fox
Eric McCormack Will & Grace Will Truman "The Kid Stays Out of the Picture" NBC
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone "Counseling" CBS
20032004
(56th)
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr. Frasier Crane "The Doctor is Out" NBC [50]
Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself "Opening Night" HBO
Matt LeBlanc Friends Joey Tribbiani "The One Where the Stripper Cries" NBC
John Ritter * 8 Simple Rules Paul Hennessy "Premiere" ABC
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater" USA
20042005
(57th)
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine" USA [51]
Jason Bateman Arrested Development Michael Bluth "Good Grief" Fox
Zach Braff Scrubs John "J.D." Dorian "My Last Chance" NBC
Eric McCormack Will & Grace Will Truman "Queens for a Day"
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone "The Power of No" CBS
20052006
(58th)
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head" USA [52]
Steve Carell The Office Michael Scott "The Injury" NBC
Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself "The Ski Lift" HBO
Kevin James The King of Queens Doug Heffernan "Pole Lox" CBS
Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper "The Unfortunate Little Schnauzer"
20062007
(59th)
Ricky Gervais Extras Andy Millman "Sir Ian McKellen" HBO [53]
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock Jack Donaghy "Hiatus" NBC
Steve Carell The Office Michael Scott "Business School"
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink" USA
Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper "Who’s Vod Kanockers" CBS
20072008
(60th)
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock Jack Donaghy "Rosemary’s Baby" NBC [54]
Steve Carell The Office Michael Scott "Goodbye, Toby" NBC
Lee Pace Pushing Daisies Ned "Pie-lette" ABC
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk and the Naked Man" USA
Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper "Is There a Mrs. Waffles?" CBS
20082009
(61st)
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock Jack Donaghy "Generalissimo" NBC [55]
Steve Carell The Office Michael Scott "Broke" NBC
Jemaine Clement Flight of the Conchords Jemaine "Unnatural Love" HBO
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" CBS
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk and the Miracle" USA
Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper "The ‘Ocu’ or the ‘Pado’?" CBS

2010s

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Year Actress Program Role Submitted episode(s) Network Ref.
20092010
(62nd)
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Pants Alternative" CBS [56]
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock Jack Donaghy "Don Geiss, America, and Hope" NBC
Steve Carell The Office Michael Scott "The Cover-Up"
Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself "Seinfeld" HBO
Matthew Morrison Glee Will Schuester "Mash-Up" Fox
Tony Shalhoub Monk Adrian Monk "Mr. Monk and the End" USA
20102011
(63rd)
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Agreement Dissection" CBS [57]
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock Jack Donaghy "Respawn" NBC
Steve Carell The Office Michael Scott "Goodbye, Michael"
Louis C.K. Louie Louie "Bully" FX
Johnny Galecki The Big Bang Theory Dr. Leonard Hofstadter "The Benefactor Factor" CBS
Matt LeBlanc Episodes Himself "Episode Seven" Showtime
20112012
(64th)
Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men Alan Harper "Frodo’s Headshots" CBS [58]
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock Jack Donaghy "Live from Studio 6H" NBC
Louis C.K. Louie Louie "Duckling" FX
Don Cheadle House of Lies Marty Kaan "The Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments" Showtime
Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself "Palestinian Chicken" HBO
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Werewolf Transformation" CBS
20122013
(65th)
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Habitation Configuration" CBS [59]
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock Jack Donaghy "A Goon’s Deed in a Weary World" NBC
Jason Bateman Arrested Development Michael Bluth "Flight of the Phoenix" Netflix
Louis C.K. Louie Louie "Daddy’s Girlfriend, Part 1" FX
Don Cheadle House of Lies Marty Kaan "Hostile Takeover" Showtime
Matt LeBlanc Episodes Himself "Episode Two"
20132014
(66th)
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Relationship Diremption" CBS [60]
Louis C.K. Louie Louie "Model" FX
Don Cheadle House of Lies Marty Kaan "Wreckage" Showtime
Ricky Gervais Derek Derek Noakes "Episode 6" Netflix
Matt LeBlanc Episodes Himself "Episode Six" Showtime
William H. Macy Shameless Frank Gallagher "Lazarus"
20142015
(67th)
Jeffrey Tambor Transparent Maura Pfefferman "The Letting Go" Amazon [61]
Anthony Anderson black-ish Andre Johnson, Sr. "Sex, Lies, and Vasectomies" ABC
Louis C.K. Louie Louie "Bobby’s House" FX
Don Cheadle House of Lies Marty Kaan "It’s a Box Inside a Box Inside a Box, Dipshit" Showtime
Will Forte The Last Man on Earth Phil Miller "Alive in Tucson" Fox
Matt LeBlanc Episodes Himself "Episode Five" Showtime
William H. Macy Shameless Frank Gallagher "A Night to Remem... Wait, What?"
20152016
(68th)
Jeffrey Tambor Transparent Maura Pfefferman "Man on the Land" Amazon [62]
Anthony Anderson Black-ish Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. "Hope" ABC
Aziz Ansari Master of None Dev Shah "Parents" Netflix
Will Forte The Last Man on Earth Phil Miller "30 Years of Science Down the Tubes" Fox
William H. Macy Shameless Frank Gallagher "I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing" Showtime
Thomas Middleditch Silicon Valley Richard Hendricks "The Empty Chair" HBO

Superlatives

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Multiple awards

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Multiple nominations

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Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories.

See also

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References

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