Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

🏆 WinnerNoah WyleThe Pitt (2025)

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🏆 WinnerNoah WyleThe Pitt (2025)

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🏆 WinnerKieran CulkinSuccession (2018)

🏆 WinnerHiroyuki SanadaShōgun (2024)

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Bob OdenkirkBetter Call SaulNominee

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🏆 WinnerLee Jung-jae

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🏆 WinnerJeremy StrongSuccession (2018)

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🏆 WinnerBilly PorterPOSE (2018)

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🏆 WinnerMatthew RhysThe Americans (2013)

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🏆 WinnerSterling K. BrownThis Is Us (2016)

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🏆 WinnerRami MalekMr. Robot (2015)

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🏆 WinnerJon HammMad Men (2007)

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🏆 WinnerBryan CranstonBreaking Bad (2008)

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🏆 WinnerJeff DanielsThe Newsroom (2012)

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Breaking BadNominee

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🏆 WinnerDamian LewisHomeland (2011)

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Steve BuscemiBoardwalk EmpireNominee

Breaking BadNominee

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🏆 WinnerKyle ChandlerFriday Night Lights (2006)

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Steve BuscemiBoardwalk EmpireNominee

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🏆 WinnerBryan CranstonBreaking Bad (2008)

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🏆 WinnerBryan CranstonBreaking Bad (2008)

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Gabriel ByrneIn TreatmentNominee

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🏆 WinnerBryan CranstonBreaking Bad (2008)

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Gabriel ByrneIn TreatmentNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames SpaderBoston Legal (2004)

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Kiefer Sutherland24Nominee

The SopranosNominee

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🏆 WinnerKiefer Sutherland24 (2001)

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The West WingNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames SpaderBoston Legal (2004)

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Kiefer Sutherland24Nominee

DeadwoodNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames SpaderThe Practice (1997)

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Kiefer Sutherland24Nominee

The SopranosNominee

The West WingNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames GandolfiniThe Sopranos (1999)

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Kiefer Sutherland24Nominee

The West WingNominee

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🏆 WinnerMichael ChiklisThe Shield (2002)

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Kiefer Sutherland24Nominee

The West WingNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames GandolfiniThe Sopranos (1999)

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The West WingNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames GandolfiniThe Sopranos (1999)

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The West WingNominee

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🏆 WinnerDennis FranzNYPD Blue (1993)

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The PracticeNominee

The SopranosNominee

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🏆 WinnerAndre BraugherHomicide: Life on the Street (1993)

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🏆 WinnerDennis FranzNYPD Blue (1993)

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🏆 WinnerDennis FranzNYPD Blue (1993)

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🏆 WinnerMandy PatinkinChicago Hope (1994)

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🏆 WinnerDennis FranzNYPD Blue (1993)

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🏆 WinnerTom SkerrittPicket Fences (1992)

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🏆 WinnerChristopher LloydRoad to Avonlea (1990)

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Kirk DouglasTales from the CryptNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames Earl JonesGabriel's Fire

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Twin PeaksNominee

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🏆 WinnerPeter FalkColumbo (1971)

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MFRobert LoggiaMancuso, F.B.I.Nominee

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🏆 WinnerCarroll O'ConnorIn the Heat of the Night (1988)

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Ron PerlmanBeauty and the BeastNominee

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🏆 WinnerRichard KileyA Year in the Life

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Ron PerlmanBeauty and the BeastNominee

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🏆 WinnerBruce WillisMoonlighting (1985)

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St. ElsewhereNominee

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🏆 WinnerWilliam DanielsSt. Elsewhere (1982)

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🏆 WinnerWilliam DanielsSt. Elsewhere (1982)

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🏆 WinnerTom SelleckMagnum, P.I. (1980)

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St. ElsewhereNominee

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🏆 WinnerEd FlandersSt. Elsewhere (1982)

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🏆 WinnerDaniel J. TravantiHill Street Blues (1981)

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BMJames GarnerBret MaverickNominee

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🏆 WinnerDaniel J. TravantiHill Street Blues (1981)

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Larry HagmanDallasNominee

Louis Gossett Jr.Nominee

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🏆 WinnerEd AsnerLou Grant (1977)

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Larry HagmanDallasNominee

James GarnerThe Rockford FilesNominee

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James GarnerThe Rockford FilesNominee

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🏆 WinnerEd AsnerLou Grant (1977)

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James GarnerThe Rockford FilesNominee

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🏆 WinnerJames GarnerThe Rockford Files (1974)

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🏆 WinnerPeter FalkColumbo (1971)

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James GarnerThe Rockford FilesNominee

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🏆 WinnerRobert BlakeBaretta (1975)

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🏆 WinnerTelly SavalasKojak (1973)

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🏆 WinnerRichard ThomasThe Waltons (1972)

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🏆 WinnerPeter FalkColumbo (1971)

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🏆 WinnerHal HolbrookThe Bold Ones

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🏆 WinnerRobert YoungMarcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

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🏆 WinnerCarl BetzJudd, for the Defense (1967)

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🏆 WinnerBill CosbyI Spy (1965)

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🏆 WinnerBill CosbyI Spy (1965)

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🏆 WinnerBill CosbyI Spy (1965)

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🏆 WinnerRobert StackThe Untouchables (1959)

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🏆 WinnerRaymond BurrPerry Mason (1957)

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🏆 WinnerRobert YoungFather Knows Best (1954)

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