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
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Country	United States
Currently held by	Paul McCrane, Harry's Law (2011)
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.

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

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 Alda – 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

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 Mr. 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

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

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Charles S. Dutton
• John Lithgow
• Patrick McGoohan

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

• Alan Alda
• Christian Clemenson
• James Cromwell
• Ted Danson
• Louis Gossett Jr.
• John Glover
• Michael Jeter
• James Earl Jones
• Richard Kiley
• Martin Landau
• John Larroquette
• John Lithgow
• Tim Matheson
• Patrick McGoohan
• Oliver Platt
• Matthew Perry
• James Whitmore
• Robin Williams

3 nominations

• Beau Bridges
• Charles Durning
• Charles S. Dutton
• Michael J. Fox
• Robert Morse