Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	1954
Currently held by	Ben Mendelsohn,; Bloodline (2016)
Website	emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. 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.
§ – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation.

Winners and nominationsEdit

1950sEdit

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1953–1954 (6th) ^{[note 1]}
	Art Carney	The Jackie Gleason Show	Ed Norton	CBS
	Ben Alexander	Dragnet	Officer Frank Smith	NBC
	William Frawley	I Love Lucy	Fred Mertz	CBS
	Tony Randall	Mister Peepers	Harvey Weskitt	NBC
	Carl Reiner	Your Show of Shows	Various Characters	NBC
1954–1955 (7th) ^{[note 1]}
	Art Carney	The Jackie Gleason Show	Ed Norton	CBS
	Ben Alexander	Dragnet	Officer Frank Smith	NBC
	Don DeFore	The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet	Thorny	ABC
	William Frawley	I Love Lucy	Fred Mertz	CBS
	Gale Gordon	Our Miss Brooks	Osgood Conklin	CBS
1955–1956 (8th) ^{[note 1]}
	Art Carney	The Honeymooners	Ed Norton	CBS
	Ed Begley, Sr. #	Patterns	Andy Sloane	NBC
	William Frawley	I Love Lucy	Fred Mertz	CBS
	Carl Reiner	Caesar's Hour	Various Characters	NBC
	Cyril Ritchard #	Peter Pan	Mr. Darling/Captain Hook	NBC
1956–1957 (9th) ^{[note 1]}
	Carl Reiner	Caesar's Hour	Various Characters	NBC
	Art Carney	The Jackie Gleason Show	Ed Norton	CBS
	Paul Ford	The Phil Silvers Show	Col. John T. Hall
	William Frawley	I Love Lucy	Fred Mertz
	Ed Wynn #	Requiem for a Heavyweight	Army
1957–1958 (10th) ^{[note 1]}
	Carl Reiner	Caesar's Hour	Various Characters	NBC
	Paul Ford	The Phil Silvers Show	Col. John T. Hall	CBS
	William Frawley	I Love Lucy	Fred Mertz	CBS
	Louis Nye	The Steve Allen Show	Various Characters	NBC
	Dennis Weaver	Gunsmoke	Chester Goode	CBS
1958–1959 (11th)
	Dennis Weaver	Gunsmoke	Chester Goode	CBS
	Herschel Bernardi	Peter Gunn	Lt. Jacoby	NBC
	Johnny Crawford	The Rifleman	Mark McCain	ABC
	William Hopper	Perry Mason	Paul Drake	CBS

1960sEdit

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1959–1960 (12th)
1959–1960 (12th)	No Award
1960–1961 (13th) ^{[note 1]}
	Don Knotts	The Andy Griffith Show	Dep. Barney Fife	CBS
	Abby Dalton	Hennesey	Lt. Martha Hale	CBS
	Barbara Hale	Perry Mason	Della Street	CBS
1961–1962 (14th) ^{[note 1]}
	Don Knotts	The Andy Griffith Show	Dep. Barney Fife	CBS
	Sam Jaffe	Ben Casey	Dr. David Zorba	ABC
	Barry Jones #	Victoria Regina	The Dean	NBC
	Horace McMahon	Naked City	Lt. Mike Parker	ABC
	George C. Scott §	Ben Casey	Dr. Karl Anders	ABC
1962–1963 (15th) ^{[note 1]}
	Don Knotts	The Andy Griffith Show	Dep. Barney Fife	CBS
	Tim Conway	McHale's Navy	Ens. Charles Parker	ABC
	Paul Ford #	The Teahouse of the August Moon	Col. Wainwright Purdy III	NBC
	Hurd Hatfield #	The Invincible Mr. Disraeli	Lionel Rothschild	NBC
	Robert Redford #	The Voice of Charlie Pont	George Laurents	ABC
1963–1964 (16th) ^{[note 1]}
	Albert Paulsen #	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich	Lt. Volkoval	NBC
	Sorrell Booke §	Dr. Kildare	Julius Orloff	NBC
	Conlan Carter	Combat!	Doc	ABC
	Carl Lee §	The Doctors and the Nurses	Lonnie Hill	CBS
1964–1965 (17th)
1964–1965 (17th)	No Award
1965–1966 (18th)
	James Daly #	Eagle in a Cage	Dr. O'Meara	NBC
	David Burns §	The Trials of O'Brien	The Great McGonigle	CBS
	Leo G. Carroll	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Alexander Waverly	NBC
1966–1967 (19th)
	Eli Wallach #	The Poppy Is Also a Flower	Happy Locarno	ABC
	Leo G. Carroll	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Alexander Waverly	NBC
	Leonard Nimoy	Star Trek	Spock	NBC
1967–1968 (20th)
	Milburn Stone	Gunsmoke	Doc	CBS
	Joseph Campanella	Mannix	Lew Wickersham	CBS
	Lawrence Dobkin #	Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	Dr. Gettlinger	CBS
	Leonard Nimoy	Star Trek	Spock	NBC
1968–1969 (21st) ^{[note 1]}
	Werner Klemperer	Hogan's Heroes	Col. Wilhelm Klink	CBS
	Greg Morris	Mission: Impossible	Barney Collier	CBS
	Leonard Nimoy	Star Trek	Spock	NBC

1970sEdit

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1969–1970 (22nd)
	James Brolin	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Dr. Steven Kiley	ABC
	Tige Andrews	The Mod Squad	Capt. Adam Greer	ABC
	Greg Morris	Mission: Impossible	Barney Collier	CBS
1970–1971 (23rd)
	David Burns # (posthumously)	ITV Sunday Night Theatre	Mr. Solomon	NBC
	James Brolin	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Dr. Steven Kiley	ABC
	Robert Young #	Vanished	Senator Earl Gannon	NBC
1971–1972 (24th)
	Jack Warden #	Brian's Song	George Halas	ABC
	James Brolin	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Dr. Steven Kiley	ABC
	Greg Morris	Mission: Impossible	Barney Collier	CBS
1972–1973 (25th)
	Scott Jacoby #	That Certain Summer	Nick Salter	ABC
	James Brolin	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Dr. Steven Kiley	ABC
	Will Geer	The Waltons	Zebulon Walton	CBS
1973–1974 (26th)
	Michael Moriarty #	The Glass Menagerie	Jim O'Connor	ABC
	Michael Douglas	The Streets of San Francisco	Steve Keller	ABC
	Will Geer	The Waltons	Zebulon Walton	CBS
	Sam Waterston #	The Glass Menagerie	Tom Wingfield	ABC
1974–1975 (27th)
	Will Geer	The Waltons	Zebulon Walton	CBS
	J.D. Cannon	McCloud	Peter B. Clifford	NBC
	Michael Douglas	The Streets of San Francisco	Steve Keller	ABC
1975–1976 (28th)
	Anthony Zerbe	Harry O	LT K.C. Trench	ABC
	Michael Douglas	The Streets of San Francisco	Steve Keller	ABC
	Will Geer	The Waltons	Zebulon Walton	CBS
	Ray Milland #	Rich Man, Poor Man	Duncan Calderwood	ABC
	Robert Reed #	Rich Man, Poor Man	Teddy Boylan	ABC
1976–1977 (29th)
	Gary Frank	Family	Willie Lawrence	ABC
	Noah Beery Jr.	The Rockford Files	Joseph "Rocky" Rockford	NBC
	David Doyle	Charlie's Angels	John Bosley	ABC
	Tom Ewell	Baretta	Billy Truman	ABC
	Will Geer	The Waltons	Zebulon Walton	CBS
1977–1978 (30th)
	Robert Vaughn #	Washington: Behind Closed Doors	Frank Flaherty	ABC
	Ossie Davis #	King	Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.	NBC
	Will Geer (posthumously)	The Waltons	Zebulon Walton	CBS
	Sam Wanamaker #	Holocaust	Moses Weiss	NBC
	David Warner #	Holocaust	Heydrich	NBC
1978–1979 (31st)
	Stuart Margolin	The Rockford Files	Evelyn "Angel" Martin	NBC
	Mason Adams	Lou Grant	Charlie Hume	CBS
	Noah Beery Jr.	The Rockford Files	Joseph "Rocky" Rockford	NBC
	Joe Santos	The Rockford Files	Det. Dennis Becker	NBC
	Robert Walden	Lou Grant	Joe Rossi	CBS

1980sEdit

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1979–1980 (32nd)
	Stuart Margolin	The Rockford Files	Evelyn "Angel" Martin	NBC
	Mason Adams	Lou Grant	Charlie Hume	CBS
	Noah Beery Jr.	The Rockford Files	Joseph "Rocky" Rockford	NBC
	Robert Walden	Lou Grant	Joe Rossi	CBS
1980–1981 (33rd)
	Michael Conrad	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus	NBC
	Mason Adams	Lou Grant	Charlie Hume	CBS
	Charles Haid	Hill Street Blues	Officer Andy Renko	NBC
	Robert Walden	Lou Grant	Joe Rossi	CBS
	Bruce Weitz	Hill Street Blues	Det. Mick Belker	NBC
1981–1982 (34th)
	Michael Conrad	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus	NBC
	Taurean Blacque	Hill Street Blues	Det. Neal Washington	NBC
	Charles Haid		Officer Andy Renko
	Michael Warren		Officer Bobby Hill
	Bruce Weitz		Det. Mick Belker
1982–1983 (35th)
	James Coco §	St. Elsewhere	Arnie	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	NBC
	Michael Conrad	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus
	Joe Spano		Sgt. Henry Goldblume
	Bruce Weitz		Det. Mick Belker
1983–1984 (36th)
	Bruce Weitz	Hill Street Blues	Det. Mick Belker	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	NBC
	Michael Conrad (posthumously)	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Phil Esterhaus	NBC
	John Hillerman	Magnum, P.I.	Jonathan Higgins	CBS
	James Sikking	Hill Street Blues	Lt. Howard Hunter	NBC
1984–1985 (37th)
	Edward James Olmos	Miami Vice	Lt. Martin Castillo	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	NBC
	John Hillerman	Magnum, P.I.	Jonathan Higgins	CBS
	John Karlen	Cagney & Lacey	Harvey Lacey	CBS
	Bruce Weitz	Hill Street Blues	Det. Mick Belker	NBC
1985–1986 (38th)
	John Karlen	Cagney & Lacey	Harvey Lacey	CBS
	Ed Begley Jr.	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	NBC
	John Hillerman	Magnum, P.I.	Jonathan Higgins	CBS
	Edward James Olmos	Miami Vice	Lt. Martin Castillo	NBC
	Bruce Weitz	Hill Street Blues	Det. Mick Belker	NBC
1986–1987 (39th)
	John Hillerman	Magnum, P.I.	Jonathan Higgins	CBS
	Ed Begley Jr.	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	NBC
	John Karlen	Cagney & Lacey	Harvey Lacey	CBS
	Jimmy Smits	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes	NBC
	Michael Tucker	L.A. Law	Stuart Markowitz	NBC
1987–1988 (40th)
	Larry Drake	L.A. Law	Benny Stulwicz	NBC
	Ed Begley Jr.	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Victor Ehrlich	NBC
	Timothy Busfield	thirtysomething	Elliot Weston	ABC
	Alan Rachins	L.A. Law	Douglas Brackman	NBC
	Jimmy Smits	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes	NBC
1988–1989 (41st)
	Larry Drake	L.A. Law	Benny Stulwicz	NBC
	Jonathan Banks	Wiseguy	Frank McPike	CBS
	Timothy Busfield	thirtysomething	Elliot Weston	ABC
	Richard Dysart	L.A. Law	Leland McKenzie	NBC
	Jimmy Smits	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes	NBC

1990sEdit

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1989–1990 (42nd)
	Jimmy Smits	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes	NBC
	Timothy Busfield	thirtysomething	Elliot Weston	ABC
	Larry Drake	L.A. Law	Benny Stulwicz	NBC
	Richard Dysart	L.A. Law	Leland McKenzie
	Dean Stockwell	Quantum Leap	Al Calavicci
1990–1991 (43rd)
	Timothy Busfield	thirtysomething	Elliot Weston	ABC
	David Clennon	thirtysomething	Miles Drentell	ABC
	Richard Dysart	L.A. Law	Leland McKenzie	NBC
	Jimmy Smits	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes
	Dean Stockwell	Quantum Leap	Al Calavicci
1991–1992 (44th)
	Richard Dysart	L.A. Law	Leland McKenzie	NBC
	Ed Asner	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	Walter Kovacs	CBS
	John Corbett	Northern Exposure	Chris Stevens	CBS
	Richard Kiley §	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Doug Spaulding	HBO
	Jimmy Smits §	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes	NBC
	Dean Stockwell	Quantum Leap	Al Calavicci	NBC
1992–1993 (45th)
	Chad Lowe	Life Goes On	Jesse McKenna	ABC
	Barry Corbin	Northern Exposure	Maurice Minnifield	CBS
	John Cullum	Northern Exposure	Holling Vincouver
	Fyvush Finkel	Picket Fences	Douglas Wambaugh
	Dean Stockwell	Quantum Leap	Al Calavicci	NBC
1993–1994 (46th)
	Fyvush Finkel	Picket Fences	Douglas Wambaugh	CBS
	Gordon Clapp	NYPD Blue	Greg Medavoy	ABC
	Barry Corbin	Northern Exposure	Maurice Minnifield	CBS
	Nicholas Turturro	NYPD Blue	James Martinez	ABC
	Ray Walston	Picket Fences	Henry Bone	CBS
1994–1995 (47th)
	Ray Walston	Picket Fences	Henry Bone	CBS
	Héctor Elizondo	Chicago Hope	Phillip Watters	CBS
	James Earl Jones	Under One Roof	Neb Langston	CBS
	Eriq La Salle	ER	Peter Benton	NBC
	Noah Wyle	ER	John Carter	NBC
1995–1996 (48th)
	Ray Walston	Picket Fences	Henry Bone	CBS
	Héctor Elizondo	Chicago Hope	Phillip Watters	CBS
	James McDaniel	NYPD Blue	Arthur Fancy	ABC
	Stanley Tucci	Murder One	Richard Cross	ABC
	Noah Wyle	ER	John Carter	NBC
1996–1997 (49th)
	Héctor Elizondo	Chicago Hope	Phillip Watters	CBS
	Adam Arkin	Chicago Hope	Aaron Shutt	CBS
	Eriq La Salle	ER	Peter Benton	NBC
	Nicholas Turturro	NYPD Blue	James Martinez	ABC
	Noah Wyle	ER	John Carter	NBC
1997–1998 (50th)
	Gordon Clapp	NYPD Blue	Greg Medavoy	ABC
	Héctor Elizondo	Chicago Hope	Phillip Watters	CBS
	Steven Hill	Law & Order	Adam Schiff	NBC
	Eriq La Salle	ER	Peter Benton
	Noah Wyle	ER	John Carter
1998–1999 (51st)
	Michael Badalucco	The Practice	Jimmy Berluti	ABC
	Benjamin Bratt	Law & Order	Rey Curtis	NBC
	Steve Harris	The Practice	Eugene Young	ABC
	Steven Hill	Law & Order	Adam Schiff	NBC
	Noah Wyle	ER	John Carter	NBC

2000sEdit

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
1999–2000 (52nd)
	Richard Schiff	The West Wing	Toby Ziegler	"Five Votes Down" + "In Excelsis Deo"	NBC
	Michael Badalucco	The Practice	Jimmy Berlutti	N/A	ABC
	Dominic Chianese	The Sopranos	Junior Soprano	N/A	HBO
	Steve Harris	The Practice	Eugene Young	N/A	ABC
	John Spencer	The West Wing	Leo McGarry	"Five Votes Down" + "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"	NBC
2000–2001 (53rd)
	Bradley Whitford	The West Wing	Josh Lyman	"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (Part 2) + "Noël"	NBC
	Dominic Chianese	The Sopranos	Junior Soprano	"Another Toothpick" + "Second Opinion"	HBO
	Michael Imperioli	The Sopranos	Christopher Moltisanti	"Fortunate Son" + "Pine Barrens"	HBO
	Richard Schiff	The West Wing	Toby Ziegler	"The Leadership Breakfast" + "17 People"	NBC
	John Spencer	The West Wing	Leo McGarry	"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (Part 1) + "The Leadership Breakfast"	NBC
2001–2002 (54th)
	John Spencer	The West Wing	Leo McGarry	"Bartlet for America" + "We Killed Yamamoto"	NBC
	Victor Garber	Alias	Jack Bristow	"Color Blind" + "Almost 30 Years"	ABC
	Dulé Hill	The West Wing	Charlie Young	"Hartsfield's Landing" + "Enemies Foreign and Domestic"	NBC
	Freddy Rodriguez	Six Feet Under	Federico "Rico" Diaz	"The Trip" + "I'll Take You"	HBO
	Richard Schiff	The West Wing	Toby Ziegler	"Night Five" + "Hartsfield's Landing"	NBC
	Bradley Whitford	The West Wing	Josh Lyman	"H. Con-172" + "The Two Bartlets"	NBC
2002–2003 (55th)
	Joe Pantoliano	The Sopranos	Ralph Cifaretto	"Christopher" + "Whoever Did This"	HBO
	Victor Garber	Alias	Jack Bristow	"Passage" (Part 2) + "Endgame"	ABC
	Michael Imperioli	The Sopranos	Christopher Moltisanti	"The Strong, Silent Type" + "Whoever Did This"	HBO
	John Spencer	The West Wing	Leo McGarry	"The Red Mass" + "Twenty Five"	NBC
	Bradley Whitford	The West Wing	Josh Lyman	"20 Hours in America" + "Evidence of Things Not Seen"	NBC
2003–2004 (56th)
	Michael Imperioli	The Sopranos	Christopher Moltisanti	"Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking"	HBO
	Steve Buscemi	The Sopranos	Tony Blundetto	"Rat Pack" + "Marco Polo"	HBO
	Brad Dourif	Deadwood	Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran	"Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters"	HBO
	Victor Garber	Alias	Jack Bristow	"Breaking Point" + "Hourglass"	ABC
	John Spencer	The West Wing	Leo McGarry	"An Khe" + "Memorial Day"	NBC
2004–2005 (57th)
	William Shatner	Boston Legal	Denny Crane	"It Girls and Beyond" + "Tortured Souls"	ABC
	Alan Alda	The West Wing	Arnold Vinick	"King Corn" + "In God We Trust"	NBC
	Naveen Andrews	Lost	Sayid Jarrah	"Solitary" + "The Greater Good"	ABC
	Terry O'Quinn	Lost	John Locke	"Walkabout" + "The Moth"	ABC
	Oliver Platt	Huff	Russell Tupper	"That Fucking Cabin" + "Crazy Nuts & All Fucked Up"	Showtime
2005–2006 (58th)
	Alan Alda	The West Wing	Arnold Vinick	"Two Weeks Out" + "The Last Hurrah"	NBC
	Michael Imperioli	The Sopranos	Christopher Moltisanti	"Luxury Lounge" + "The Ride"	HBO
	Gregory Itzin	24	President Charles Logan	"Day 5: 3:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m." + "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m."	Fox
	Oliver Platt	Huff	Russell Tupper	"Red Meat" + "So… What Brings You to Armageddon?"	Showtime
	William Shatner	Boston Legal	Denny Crane	"Witches of Mass Destruction" + "Live Big"	ABC
2006–2007 (59th)
	Terry O'Quinn	Lost	John Locke	"The Man from Tallahassee"	ABC
	Michael Emerson	Lost	Ben Linus	"The Man Behind the Curtain"	ABC
	Michael Imperioli	The Sopranos	Christopher Moltisanti	"Walk Like a Man"	HBO
	T. R. Knight	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. George O'Malley	"Six Days"	ABC
	Masi Oka	Heroes	Hiro Nakamura	"Five Years Gone"	NBC
	William Shatner	Boston Legal	Denny Crane	"Son of the Defender"	ABC
2007–2008 (60th)
	Željko Ivanek	Damages	Ray Fiske	"I Hate These People"	FX
	Ted Danson	Damages	Arthur Frobisher	"Jesus, Mary, and Joe Cocker"	FX
	Michael Emerson	Lost	Ben Linus	"The Shape of Things to Come"	ABC
	William Shatner	Boston Legal	Denny Crane	"Mad About You"	ABC
	John Slattery	Mad Men	Roger Sterling, Jr.	"Long Weekend"	AMC
2008–2009 (61st)
	Michael Emerson	Lost	Ben Linus	"Dead Is Dead"	ABC
	Christian Clemenson	Boston Legal	Jerry Espenson	"Roe"	ABC
	William Hurt	Damages	Daniel Purcell	"Hey! Mr. Pibb!"	FX
	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	"Peekaboo"	AMC
	William Shatner	Boston Legal	Denny Crane	"Made in China" + "Last Call"	ABC
	John Slattery	Mad Men	Roger Sterling, Jr.	"Six Month Leave"	AMC

2010sEdit

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2009–2010 (62nd) ^[1]
	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	"Half Measures"	AMC
	Andre Braugher	Men of a Certain Age	Owen Thoreau, Jr.	"Powerless"	TNT
	Michael Emerson	Lost	Ben Linus	"Dr. Linus"	ABC
	Terry O'Quinn	Lost	John Locke	"The Substitute"	ABC
	Martin Short	Damages	Leonard Winstone	"You Haven't Replaced Me"	FX
	John Slattery	Mad Men	Roger Sterling, Jr.	"The Gypsy and the Hobo"	AMC
2010–2011 (63rd) ^[2]
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	"Baelor"	HBO
	Andre Braugher	Men of a Certain Age	Owen Thoreau, Jr.	"Let the Sunshine In"	TNT
	Josh Charles	The Good Wife	Will Gardner	"Closing Arguments"	CBS
	Alan Cumming	The Good Wife	Eli Gold	"Silver Bullet"	CBS
	Walton Goggins	Justified	Boyd Crowder	"The I of the Storm"	FX
	John Slattery	Mad Men	Roger Sterling, Jr.	"Hands and Knees"	AMC
2011–2012 (64th) ^[3]
	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	"End Times"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Downton Abbey	Charles Carson	"Episode Two"	PBS
	Brendan Coyle	Downton Abbey	John Bates	"Episode Seven"	PBS
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	"Blackwater"	HBO
	Giancarlo Esposito	Breaking Bad	Gus Fring	"Hermanos"	AMC
	Jared Harris	Mad Men	Lane Pryce	"Commissions and Fees"	AMC
2012–2013 (65th) ^[4]
	Bobby Cannavale	Boardwalk Empire	Gyp Rosetti	"Sunday Best"	HBO
	Jonathan Banks	Breaking Bad	Mike Ehrmantraut	"Say My Name"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Downton Abbey	Charles Carson	"Episode Six"	PBS
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	"Second Sons"	HBO
	Mandy Patinkin	Homeland	Saul Berenson	"The Choice"	Showtime
	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	"Buyout"	AMC
2013–2014 (66th) ^[5]
	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	"Confessions"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Downton Abbey	Charles Carson	"Episode One"	PBS
	Josh Charles	The Good Wife	Will Gardner	"Hitting the Fan"	CBS
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	"The Laws of Gods and Men"	HBO
	Mandy Patinkin	Homeland	Saul Berenson	"Gerontion"	Showtime
	Jon Voight	Ray Donovan	Mickey Donovan	"Fite Nite"	Showtime
2014–2015 (67th) ^[6]
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	"Hardhome"	HBO
	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	Mike Ehrmantraut	"Five-O"	AMC
	Jim Carter	Downton Abbey	Charles Carson	"A Moorland Holiday"	PBS
	Alan Cumming	The Good Wife	Eli Gold	"Undisclosed Recipients"	CBS
	Michael Kelly	House of Cards	Doug Stamper	"Chapter 27"	Netflix
	Ben Mendelsohn	Bloodline	Danny Rayburn	"Part 12"	Netflix
2015–2016 (68th) ^[7]
	Ben Mendelsohn	Bloodline	Danny Rayburn	"Part 23"	Netflix
	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	Mike Ehrmantraut	"Bali Ha'i"	AMC
	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	Tyrion Lannister	"No One"	HBO
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	Jon Snow	"Battle of the Bastards"	HBO
	Michael Kelly	House of Cards	Doug Stamper	"Chapter 44"	Netflix
	Jon Voight	Ray Donovan	Mickey Donovan	"The Kalamazoo"	Showtime
2016–2017 (69th) ^[8]	*Winner will be announced on September 17, 2017
	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	Mike Ehrmantraut	"Witness"	AMC
	David Harbour	Stranger Things	Jim Hopper	"The Upside Down"	Netflix
	Ron Cephas Jones	This Is Us	William H. Hill	"Memphis"	NBC
	Michael Kelly	House of Cards	Doug Stamper	"Chapter 64"	Netflix
	John Lithgow	The Crown	Winston Churchill	"Assassins"	Netflix
	Mandy Patinkin	Homeland	Saul Berenson	"America First"	Showtime
	Jeffrey Wright	Westworld	Bernard Lowe	"The Well-Tempered Clavier"	HBO

Multiple awardsEdit

3 awards

Art Carney (consecutive)
Don Knotts (consecutive)
Aaron Paul ^{[note 2]}

2 awards

Michael Conrad (consecutive)
Peter Dinklage
Larry Drake (consecutive)
Stuart Margolin (consecutive)
Ray Walston (consecutive)

Multiple nominationsEdit

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

NotesEdit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories
^ Since the separation of the category into Drama and Comedy, Aaron Paul is the only actor to have won three times
^ Jonathan Banks is the only actor with nominations as a main cast member for three different shows in this category, two of which feature him as the same character

ReferencesEdit

^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

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