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** Creator/BrianCox for ''Series/{{Succession}}'' as Logan Roy
** Creator/KieranCulkin for ''Succession'' as Roman Roy
** Creator/GaryOldman for ''Series/SlowHorses'' as Jackson Lamb
** Creator/PedroPascal for ''Series/TheLastOfUs'' as Joel Miller
** Creator/JeremyStrong for ''Succession'' as Kendall Roy
** Creator/DominicWest for ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' as [[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII Charles, Prince of Wales]]
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A list of actors and television series that won and were nominated for the UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward for Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama.
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[[folder:1960s]]
[[index]]
* 1961[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Tie'''
** '''John Charles Daly'''
** '''Creator/BobNewhart'''

* 1962[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Creator/RichardChamberlain''' for ''Series/DrKildare'' as Dr. James Kildare

* 1963[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Creator/MickeyRooney''' for ''Mickey'' as Mickey Grady
** Creator/RichardBoone for ''The Richard Boone Show'' as various characters
** Creator/JackieGleason for ''American Scene Magazine'' as various characters
** Creator/LorneGreene for ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' as Ben Cartwright
** Creator/EGMarshall for ''The Defenders'' as Lawrence Preston

* 1964[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Creator/GeneBarry''' for ''Series/BurkesLaw'' as Captain Amos Burke
** Creator/RichardCrenna for ''Slattery's People'' as James Slattery
** James Franciscus for ''Mr. Novak'' as James Novak
** Creator/DavidJanssen for ''Series/TheFugitive'' as Dr. Richard Kimble
** Creator/RobertVaughn for ''Series/TheManFromUncle'' as Napoleon Solo

* 1965[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Creator/DavidJanssen''' for ''Series/TheFugitive'' as Dr. Richard Kimble
** Creator/BenGazzara for ''Run for Your Life'' as Paul Bryan
** Creator/DavidMcCallum for ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' as Illya Kuryakin
** Creator/RobertVaughn for ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E'' as Napoleon Solo

* 1966[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Music/DeanMartin''' for ''The Dean Martin Show'' as various characters
** Creator/BillCosby for ''Series/ISpy'' as Alexander "Scotty" Scott
** Creator/RobertCulp for ''I Spy'' as Kelly Robinson
** Creator/BenGazzara for ''Run for Your Life'' as Paul Bryan
** Christopher George for ''Series/TheRatPatrol'' as Sergeant Sam Troy

* 1967[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Creator/MartinLandau''' for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Rollin Hand
** Brendon Boone for ''Series/GarrisonsGorillas'' as Chief
** Creator/BenGazzara for ''Run for Your Life'' as Paul Bryan
** Music/DeanMartin for ''The Dean Martin Show'' as various characters
** Andy Williams for ''The Andy Williams Show'' as various characters

* 1968[[note]]as Best TV Star - Male[[/note]]: '''Carl Betz''' for ''Judd, For The Defense'' as Clinton Judd
** Creator/RaymondBurr for ''Series/{{Ironside|1967}}'' as Robert T. Ironside
** Creator/PeterGraves for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Jim Phelps
** Music/DeanMartin for ''The Dean Martin Show'' as various characters
** Creator/EfremZimbalistJr for ''Series/TheFBI'' as Inspector Lewis Erskine

* 1969[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/MikeConnors''' for ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Joseph "Joe" Mannix
** Creator/PeterGraves for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Jim Phelps
** Creator/LloydHaynes for ''Series/Room222'' as Pete Dixon
** Creator/RobertWagner for ''Series/{{It Takes a Thief|1968}}'' as Alexander Mundy
** Creator/RobertYoung for ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' as Dr. Marcus Welby
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1970s]]
* 1970[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/PeterGraves''' for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Jim Phelps
** Creator/MikeConnors for ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Joseph "Joe" Mannix
** Chad Everett for ''Medical Center'' as Dr. Joe Gannon
** Creator/BurtReynolds for ''Series/DanAugust'' as Lieutenant Dan August
** Creator/RobertYoung for ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' as Dr. Marcus Welby

* 1971[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/RobertYoung''' for ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' as Dr. Marcus Welby
** Creator/RaymondBurr for ''Series/{{Ironside|1967}}'' as Robert T. Ironside
** Creator/MikeConnors for ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Joseph "Joe" Mannix
** Creator/WilliamConrad for ''Series/{{Cannon}}'' as Detective Frank Cannon
** Creator/PeterFalk for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Lieutenant Columbo

* 1972[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/PeterFalk''' for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Lieutenant Columbo
** Creator/MikeConnors for ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Joseph "Joe" Mannix
** Creator/WilliamConrad for ''Series/{{Cannon}}'' as Detective Frank Cannon
** Chad Everett for ''Medical Center'' as Dr. Joe Gannon
** David Hartman for ''[[Series/TheBoldOnes The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]]'' as Dr. Paul Hunter
** Creator/RobertYoung for ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' as Dr. Marcus Welby

* 1973[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/JamesStewart''' for ''Hawkins'' as Billy Jim Hawkins
** Creator/DavidCarradine for ''Series/{{Kung Fu|1972}}'' as Kwai Chang Caine
** Creator/MikeConnors for ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Joseph "Joe" Mannix
** Creator/PeterFalk for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Lieutenant Columbo
** Creator/RichardThomas for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as John "John-Boy" Walton Jr.
** Creator/RobertYoung for ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' as Dr. Marcus Welby

* 1974[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/TellySavalas''' for ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' as Lieutenant Theodopolus "Theo" Kojak
** Creator/MikeConnors for ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Joseph "Joe" Mannix
** Creator/MichaelDouglas for ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' as Inspector Steve Keller
** Creator/PeterFalk for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Lieutenant Columbo
** Creator/RichardThomas for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as John "John-Boy" Walton Jr.

* 1975[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Tie'''
** '''Creator/RobertBlake''' for ''Series/{{Baretta}}'' as Detective Anthony "Tony" Baretta
** '''Creator/TellySavalas''' for ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' as Lieutenant Theodopolus "Theo" Kojak
*** Creator/PeterFalk for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Lieutenant Columbo
*** Creator/KarlMalden for ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' as Lieutenant Michael "Mike" Stone
*** Barry Newman for ''Series/{{Petrocelli}}'' as Anthony "Tony" Petrocelli

* 1976[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Richard Jordan''' for ''Captains and the Kings'' as Joseph Armagh
** Creator/LeeMajors for ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' as Colonel Steve Austin
** Creator/NickNolte for ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' as Thomas "Tom" Jordache
** Creator/TellySavalas for ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' as Lieutenant Theodopolus "Theo" Kojak
** Peter Strauss for ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' as Rudolph "Rudy" Jordache

* 1977[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/EdAsner''' for ''Series/LouGrant'' as Lou Grant
** Creator/RobertConrad for ''Series/BlackSheepSquadron'' as Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
** Creator/PeterFalk for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Lieutenant Columbo
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' as Detective Jim Rockford
** Creator/TellySavalas for ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' as Lieutenant Theodopolus "Theo" Kojak

* 1978[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/MichaelMoriarty''' for ''Series/{{Holocaust}}'' as Erik Dorf
** Creator/EdAsner for ''Series/LouGrant'' as Lou Grant
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' as Detective Jim Rockford
** Creator/RichardHatch for ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' as Captain Apollo
** John Houseman for ''Film/ThePaperChase'' as Charles Kingsfield
** Creator/MichaelLandon for ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' as Charles Ingalls

* 1979[[note]]as Best TV Actor - Drama[[/note]]: '''Creator/EdAsner''' for ''Series/LouGrant'' as Lou Grant
** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Series/{{Centennial}}'' as Alexander [=McKeag=]
** Creator/ErikEstrada for ''Series/{{CHiPs}}'' as Officer Francis "Ponch" Poncherello
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' as Detective Jim Rockford
** John Houseman for ''Film/ThePaperChase'' as Charles Kingsfield
** Creator/MartinSheen for ''Blind Ambition'' as John Dean
** Creator/RobertUrich for ''[[Series/Vegas1978 Vega$]]'' as Dan Tanna
** Creator/RobertWagner for ''Series/HartToHart'' as Jonathan Hart
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[[folder:1980s]]
* 1980[[note]]as Best Actor - Television Series Drama onwards[[/note]]: '''Creator/RichardChamberlain''' for ''[[Literature/AsianSaga Shōgun]]'' as Lord John Blackthorne
** Creator/EdAsner for ''Series/LouGrant'' as Lou Grant
** Creator/LarryHagman for ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' as J.R. Ewing
** Creator/RobertUrich for ''[[Series/Vegas1978 Vega$]]'' as Dan Tanna
** Creator/RobertWagner for ''Series/HartToHart'' as Jonathan Hart

* 1981: '''Creator/DanielJTravanti''' for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Captain Frank Furillo
** Creator/EdAsner for ''Series/LouGrant'' as Lou Grant
** Creator/JohnForsythe for ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' as Blake Carrington
** Creator/LarryHagman for ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' as J.R. Ewing
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''Series/MagnumPI'' as Thomas Magnum

* 1982: '''Creator/JohnForsythe''' for ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' as Blake Carrington
** Creator/LarryHagman for ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' as J.R. Ewing
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''Series/MagnumPI'' as Thomas Magnum
** Creator/DanielJTravanti for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Captain Frank Furillo
** Creator/RobertWagner for ''Series/HartToHart'' as Jonathan Hart

* 1983: '''Creator/JohnForsythe''' for ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' as Blake Carrington
** Creator/JamesBrolin for ''Hotel'' as Peter [=McDermott=]
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''Series/MagnumPI'' as Thomas Magnum
** Creator/DanielJTravanti for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Captain Frank Furillo
** Creator/RobertWagner for ''Series/HartToHart'' as Jonathan Hart

* 1984: '''Creator/TomSelleck''' for ''Series/MagnumPI'' as Thomas Magnum
** Creator/JamesBrolin for ''Hotel'' as Peter [=McDermott=]
** Creator/JohnForsythe for ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' as Blake Carrington
** Creator/LarryHagman for ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' as J.R. Ewing
** Creator/StacyKeach for ''Series/MikeHammer'' as Mike Hammer
** Creator/DanielJTravanti for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Captain Frank Furillo

* 1985: '''Creator/DonJohnson''' for ''Series/MiamiVice'' as Detective James "Sonny" Crockett
** Creator/JohnForsythe for ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' as Blake Carrington
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''Series/MagnumPI'' as Thomas Magnum
** Creator/PhilipMichaelThomas for ''Miami Vice'' as Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs
** Creator/DanielJTravanti for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Captain Frank Furillo

* 1986: '''Creator/EdwardWoodward''' for ''Series/TheEqualizer'' as Robert [=McCall=]
** Creator/WilliamDevane for ''Series/KnotsLanding'' as Greg Sumner
** Creator/JohnForsythe for ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' as Blake Carrington
** Creator/DonJohnson for ''Series/MiamiVice'' as Detective James "Sonny" Crockett
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''Series/MagnumPI'' as Thomas Magnum

* 1987: '''Creator/RichardKiley''' for ''A Year in the Life'' as Joe Gardner
** Creator/HarryHamlin for ''Series/LALaw'' as Michael Kuzak
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''Series/MagnumPI'' as Thomas Magnum
** Michael Tucker for ''L.A. Law'' as Stuart Markowitz
** Creator/EdwardWoodward for ''Series/TheEqualizer'' as Robert [=McCall=]

* 1988: '''Creator/RonPerlman''' for ''Series/{{Beauty and the Beast|1987}}'' as Vincent
** Creator/CorbinBernsen for ''Series/LALaw'' as Arnold "Arnie" Becker
** Creator/HarryHamlin for ''L.A. Law'' as Michael Kuzak
** Creator/CarrollOConnor for ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' as Chief William "Bill" Gillespie
** Ken Wahl for ''Series/{{Wiseguy}}'' as Vincent "Vinnie" Terranova

* 1989: '''Ken Wahl''' for ''Series/{{Wiseguy}}'' as Vincent "Vinnie" Terranova
** Creator/CorbinBernsen for ''Series/LALaw'' as Arnold "Arnie" Becker
** Creator/HarryHamlin for ''L.A. Law'' as Michael Kuzak
** Creator/CarrollOConnor for ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' as Chief William "Bill" Gillespie
** Creator/KenOlin for ''Series/{{thirtysomething}}'' as Michael Steadman
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1990s]]
* 1990: '''Creator/KyleMacLachlan''' for ''Series/TwinPeaks'' as Special Agent Dale Cooper
** Creator/ScottBakula for ''Series/QuantumLeap'' as Dr. Samuel "Sam" Beckett
** Creator/PeterFalk for ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Lieutenant Columbo
** Creator/JamesEarlJones for ''Gabriel's Fire'' as Gabriel Bird
** Creator/CarrollOConnor for ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' as Chief William "Bill" Gillespie

* 1991: '''Creator/ScottBakula''' for ''Series/QuantumLeap'' as Dr. Samuel "Sam" Beckett
** Creator/MarkHarmon for ''Reasonable Doubts'' as Detective Dicky Cobb
** Creator/JamesEarlJones for ''Gabriel's Fire'' as Gabriel Bird
** Creator/RobMorrow for ''Series/NorthernExposure'' as Dr. Joel Fleischman
** Creator/CarrollOConnor for ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' as Chief William "Bill" Gillespie
** Creator/SamWaterston for ''I'll Fly Away'' as Forrest Bedford

* 1992: '''Creator/SamWaterston''' for ''I'll Fly Away'' as Forrest Bedford
** Creator/ScottBakula for ''Series/QuantumLeap'' as Dr. Samuel "Sam" Beckett
** Creator/MarkHarmon for ''Reasonable Doubts'' as Detective Dicky Cobb
** Creator/RobMorrow for ''Series/NorthernExposure'' as Dr. Joel Fleischman
** Creator/JasonPriestley for ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' as Brandon Walsh

* 1993: '''Creator/DavidCaruso''' for ''NYPD Blue'' as Detective John Kelly
** Creator/MichaelMoriarty for ''Series/LawAndOrder'' as Benjamin "Ben" Stone
** Creator/RobMorrow for ''Series/NorthernExposure'' as Dr. Joel Fleischman
** Creator/CarrollOConnor for ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' as Chief William "Bill" Gillespie
** Creator/TomSkerritt for ''Series/PicketFences'' as Sheriff Jimmy Brock

* 1994: '''Creator/DennisFranz''' for ''Series/NYPDBlue'' as Detective Andrew "Andy" Sipowicz
** Creator/MandyPatinkin for ''Series/ChicagoHope'' as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
** Creator/JasonPriestley for ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' as Brandon Walsh
** Creator/TomSkerritt for ''Series/PicketFences'' as Sheriff Jimmy Brock
** Creator/SamWaterston for ''Series/LawAndOrder'' as John [=McCoy=]

* 1995: '''Creator/JimmySmits''' for ''NYPD Blue'' as Detective Robert "Bobby" Simone
** David Benzali for ''Series/MurderOne'' as Theodore "Ted" Hoffman
** Creator/GeorgeClooney for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Doug Ross
** Creator/DavidDuchovny for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Fox Mulder
** Creator/AnthonyEdwards for ''ER'' as Dr. Mark Greene
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1996: '''Creator/DavidDuchovny''' for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Fox Mulder
** Creator/GeorgeClooney for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Doug Ross
** Creator/AnthonyEdwards for ''ER'' as Dr. Mark Greene
** Creator/LanceHenriksen for ''Series/{{Millennium|1996}}'' as Frank Black
** Creator/JimmySmits for ''NYPD Blue'' as Detective Robert "Bobby" Simone

* 1997: '''Creator/AnthonyEdwards''' for ''ER'' as Dr. Mark Greene
** Kevin Anderson for ''Nothing Sacred'' as Father Francis "Ray" Reyneaux
** Creator/GeorgeClooney for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Doug Ross
** Creator/DavidDuchovny for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Fox Mulder
** Creator/LanceHenriksen for ''Series/{{Millennium|1996}}'' as Frank Black

* 1998: '''Creator/DylanMcDermott''' for ''Series/ThePractice'' as Bobby Donnell
** Creator/DavidDuchovny for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Fox Mulder
** Creator/AnthonyEdwards for ''ER'' as Dr. Mark Greene
** Creator/LanceHenriksen for ''Series/{{Millennium|1996}}'' as Frank Black
** Creator/JimmySmits for ''NYPD Blue'' as Detective Robert "Bobby" Simone

* 1999: '''Creator/JamesGandolfini''' for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as [[Characters/TheSopranosTonySoprano Anthony "Tony" Soprano]]
** Creator/BillyCampbell for ''Series/OnceAndAgain'' as Rick Sammler
** Creator/RobLowe for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as Sam Seaborn
** Creator/DylanMcDermott for ''Series/ThePractice'' as Bobby Donnell
** Creator/MartinSheen for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet
[[/folder]]

[[folder:2000s]]
* 2000: '''Creator/MartinSheen''' for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet
** Creator/AndreBraugher for ''Gideon's Crossing'' as Dr. Ben Gideon
** Creator/JamesGandolfini for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as [[Characters/TheSopranosTonySoprano Anthony "Tony" Soprano]]
** Creator/RobLowe for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as Sam Seaborn
** Creator/DylanMcDermott for ''Series/ThePractice'' as Bobby Donnell

* 2001: '''Creator/KieferSutherland''' for ''Series/TwentyFour'' as Jack Bauer
** Creator/SimonBaker for ''Series/TheGuardian'' as Nicholas "Nick" Fallin
** Creator/JamesGandolfini for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as [[Characters/TheSopranosTonySoprano Anthony "Tony" Soprano]]
** Creator/PeterKrause for ''Six Feet Under'' as Nathan "Nate" Fisher
** Creator/MartinSheen for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet

* 2002: '''Creator/MichaelChiklis''' for ''Series/TheShield'' as Detective Victor "Vic" Mackey
** Creator/JamesGandolfini for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as [[Characters/TheSopranosTonySoprano Anthony "Tony" Soprano]]
** Creator/PeterKrause for ''Six Feet Under'' as Nathan "Nate" Fisher
** Creator/MartinSheen for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet
** Creator/KieferSutherland for ''Series/TwentyFour'' as Jack Bauer

* 2003: '''Creator/AnthonyLaPaglia'' for ''Series/WithoutATrace'' as Special Agent Jack Malone
** Creator/MichaelChiklis for ''Series/TheShield'' as Detective Victor "Vic" Mackey
** Creator/WilliamPetersen for ''Series/{{CSI}}'' as Gilbert "Gil" Grissom
** Creator/MartinSheen for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet
** Creator/KieferSutherland for ''Series/TwentyFour'' as Jack Bauer

* 2004: '''Creator/IanMcShane''' for ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' as Al Swearengen
** Creator/MichaelChiklis for ''Series/TheShield'' as Detective Victor "Vic" Mackey
** Creator/DenisLeary for ''Series/RescueMe'' as Thomas "Tommy" Gavin
** Creator/JulianMcMahon for ''Series/NipTuck'' as Dr. Christian Troy
** Creator/JamesSpader for ''Series/BostonLegal'' as Alan Shore

* 2005: '''Creator/HughLaurie''' for ''Series/{{House}}'' as [[Characters/HouseGregoryHouse Dr. Gregory House]]
** Creator/PatrickDempsey for ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' as Dr. Derek Shepherd
** Creator/MatthewFox for ''Series/{{Lost}}'' as Dr. Jack Shephard
** Creator/WentworthMiller for ''Series/PrisonBreak'' as Michael Scofield
** Creator/KieferSutherland for ''Series/TwentyFour'' as Jack Bauer

* 2006: '''Creator/HughLaurie''' for ''Series/{{House}}'' as [[Characters/HouseGregoryHouse Dr. Gregory House]]
** Creator/PatrickDempsey for ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' as Dr. Derek Shepherd
** Creator/MichaelCHall for ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' as [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]]
** Creator/BillPaxton for ''Series/BigLove'' as Bill Henrickson
** Creator/KieferSutherland for ''Series/TwentyFour'' as Jack Bauer

* 2007: '''Creator/JonHamm''' for ''Series/MadMen'' as Donald "Don" Draper
** Creator/MichaelCHall for ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' as [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]]
** Creator/HughLaurie for ''Series/{{House}}'' as [[Characters/HouseGregoryHouse Dr. Gregory House]]
** Creator/BillPaxton for ''Series/BigLove'' as Bill Henrickson
** Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers for ''Series/TheTudors'' as King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII of England

* 2008: '''Creator/GabrielByrne''' for ''Series/InTreatment'' as Dr. Paul Weston
** Creator/MichaelCHall for ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' as [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]]
** Creator/JonHamm for ''Series/MadMen'' as Donald "Don" Draper
** Creator/HughLaurie for ''Series/{{House}}'' as [[Characters/HouseGregoryHouse Dr. Gregory House]]
** Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers for ''Series/TheTudors'' as King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII of England

* 2009: '''Creator/MichaelCHall''' for ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' as [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]]
** Creator/SimonBaker for ''Series/TheMentalist'' as Patrick Jane
** Creator/JonHamm for ''Series/MadMen'' as Donald "Don" Draper
** Creator/HughLaurie for ''Series/{{House}}'' as [[Characters/HouseGregoryHouse Dr. Gregory House]]
** Creator/BillPaxton for ''Series/BigLove'' as Bill Henrickson
[[/folder]]

[[folder:2010s]]
* 2010: '''Creator/SteveBuscemi''' for ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
** Creator/BryanCranston for ''Series/BreakingBad'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadWalterWhite Walter White / Heisenberg]]
** Creator/MichaelCHall for ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' as [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]]
** Creator/JonHamm for ''Series/MadMen'' as Donald "Don" Draper
** Creator/HughLaurie for ''Series/{{House}}'' as [[Characters/HouseGregoryHouse Dr. Gregory House]]

* 2011: '''Creator/KelseyGrammer''' for ''Series/{{Boss}}'' as Mayor Tom Kane
** Creator/SteveBuscemi for ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
** Creator/BryanCranston for ''Series/BreakingBad'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadWalterWhite Walter White / Heisenberg]]
** Creator/JeremyIrons for ''Series/TheBorgias'' as UsefulNotes/PopeAlexanderVI
** Creator/DamianLewis for ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Nicholas Brody

* 2012: '''Creator/DamianLewis''' for ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Nicholas Brody
** Hugh Bonneville for ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
** Creator/SteveBuscemi for ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
** Creator/BryanCranston for ''Series/BreakingBad'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadWalterWhite Walter White / Heisenberg]]
** Creator/JeffDaniels for ''Series/TheNewsroom'' as Will [=McAvoy=]
** Creator/JonHamm for ''Series/MadMen'' as Donald "Don" Draper

* 2013: '''Creator/BryanCranston''' for ''Series/BreakingBad'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadWalterWhite Walter White / Heisenberg]]
** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''Series/RayDonovan'' as Raymond "Ray" Donovan
** Creator/MichaelSheen for ''Series/MastersOfSex'' as William Masters
** Creator/KevinSpacey for ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' as Vice President Francis "Frank" Underwood
** Creator/JamesSpader for ''Series/TheBlacklist'' as Raymond "Red" Reddington

* 2014: '''Creator/KevinSpacey''' for ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' as Vice President Francis "Frank" Underwood
** Creator/CliveOwen for ''Series/TheKnick'' as Dr. John "Thack" Thackery
** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''Series/RayDonovan'' as Raymond "Ray" Donovan
** Creator/JamesSpader for ''Series/TheBlacklist'' as Raymond "Red" Reddington
** Creator/DominicWest for ''Series/TheAffair'' as Noah Solloway

* 2015: '''Creator/JonHamm''' for ''Series/MadMen'' as Donald "Don" Draper
** Creator/RamiMalek for ''Series/MrRobot'' as [[Characters/MrRobotElliotAlderson Elliot Alderson]]
** Creator/WagnerMoura for ''Series/{{Narcos}}'' as Pablo Escobar
** Creator/BobOdenkirk for ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadSaulGoodman Jimmy [=McGill=] / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic]]
** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''Series/RayDonovan'' as Raymond "Ray" Donovan

* 2016: '''Creator/BillyBobThornton''' for ''Series/{{Goliath}}'' as Billy [=McBride=]
** Creator/RamiMalek for ''Series/MrRobot'' as [[Characters/MrRobotElliotAlderson Elliot Alderson]]
** Creator/BobOdenkirk for ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadSaulGoodman Jimmy [=McGill=] / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic]]
** Creator/MatthewRhys for ''Series/TheAmericans'' as Philip Jennings
** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''Series/RayDonovan'' as Raymond "Ray" Donovan

* 2017: '''Creator/SterlingKBrown''' for ''Series/ThisIsUs'' as Randall Pearson
** Creator/JasonBateman for ''Series/{{Ozark}}'' as Martin "Marty" Byrde
** Creator/FreddieHighmore for ''Series/TheGoodDoctor'' as Dr. Shaun Murphy
** Creator/BobOdenkirk for ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadSaulGoodman Jimmy [=McGill=] / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic]]
** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''Series/RayDonovan'' as Raymond "Ray" Donovan

* 2018: '''Creator/RichardMadden''' for ''Series/{{Bodyguard|UK 2018}}'' as David Budd
** Creator/JasonBateman for ''Series/{{Ozark}}'' as Martin "Marty" Byrde
** Creator/StephanJames for ''Series/{{Homecoming}}'' as Walter Cruz
** Creator/BillyPorter for ''Series/{{Pose}}'' as Prayerful "Pray" Tell
** Creator/MatthewRhys for ''Series/TheAmericans'' as Philip Jennings

* 2019: '''Creator/BrianCox''' for ''Series/{{Succession}}'' as [[Characters/SuccessionLoganRoy Logan Roy]]
** Creator/KitHarington for ''Series/GameOfThrones'' as [[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]]
** Creator/RamiMalek for ''Series/MrRobot'' as [[Characters/MrRobotElliotAlderson Elliot Alderson]]
** Creator/TobiasMenzies for ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
** Creator/BillyPorter for ''Series/{{Pose}}'' as Prayerful "Pray" Tell
[[/folder]]

[[folder:2020s]]
* 2020: '''Creator/JoshOConnor''' for ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' as [[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII Charles, Prince of Wales]]
** Creator/JasonBateman for ''Series/{{Ozark}}'' as Martin "Marty" Byrde
** Creator/BobOdenkirk for ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadSaulGoodman Jimmy [=McGill=] / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic]]
** Creator/AlPacino for ''Series/{{Hunters}}'' as Meyer Offerman
** Creator/MatthewRhys for ''Series/{{Perry Mason|2020}}'' as Perry Mason

* 2021: '''Creator/JeremyStrong''' for ''Series/{{Succession}}'' as [[Characters/SuccessionKendallRoy Kendall Roy]]
** Creator/BrianCox for ''Succession'' as [[Characters/SuccessionLoganRoy Logan Roy]]
** Creator/LeeJungJae for ''Series/SquidGame'' as Seong Gi-hun / 456
** Creator/BillyPorter for ''Series/{{Pose}}'' as Prayerful "Pray" Tell
** Creator/OmarSy for ''Series/{{Lupin|2021}}'' as [[Characters/Lupin2021AssaneDiop Assane Diop]]

* 2022: '''Creator/KevinCostner''' for ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}'' as John Dutton
** Creator/JeffBridges for ''Series/TheOldMan'' as Dan Chase
** Creator/DiegoLuna for ''Series/{{Andor}}'' as Cassian Andor
** Creator/BobOdenkirk for ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' as [[Characters/BreakingBadSaulGoodman Jimmy [=McGill=] / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic]]
** Creator/AdamScott for ''Series/{{Severance|2022}}'' as Mark Scout
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
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