Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1954 |
Currently held by | Jeremy Strong, Succession (2020) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actors in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances 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, before the category's creation
- § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, before the category's creation
Winners and nominations[edit]
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Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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2020 (72nd) [11] | ||||
Jeremy Strong | Kendall Roy | Succession | HBO | |
Jason Bateman | Martin "Marty" Byrde | Ozark | Netflix | |
Sterling K. Brown | Randall Pearson | This Is Us | NBC | |
Steve Carell | Mitch Kessler | The Morning Show | Apple TV+ | |
Brian Cox | Logan Roy | Succession | HBO | |
Billy Porter | Pray Tell | Pose | FX |
Programs with multiple awards[edit]
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Programs with multiple nominations[edit]
Performers with multiple awards[edit]
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Performers with multiple nominations[edit]
See also[edit]
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
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References[edit]
- ^ "Boone, Mike. "The Emmy List: Here's the Best in Television". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.