55th Primetime Emmy Awards

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55th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 21, 2003
Site	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Creative Arts Awards	September 13, 2003
Host	Ellen DeGeneres Brad Garrett Darrell Hammond George Lopez Conan O'Brien Bernie Mac Dennis Miller Garry Shandling Martin Short Jon Stewart Wanda Sykes
TV in the United States
Network	FOX
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The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 21, 2003. The awards show was broadcast on FOX. Nominees are listed below; winners are in bold.

Outstanding Drama Series

• 24, Fox
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS
• Six Feet Under, HBO
• The Sopranos, HBO
• The West Wing, NBC

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO
• Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS
• Friends, NBC
• Sex and the City, HBO
• Will & Grace, NBC

Outstanding Miniseries

• Hitler: The Rise of Evil, CBS
• Napoléon, A&E
• Taken, Sci Fi

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

• Door to Door, TNT
• Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, Lifetime
• Live from Baghdad, HBO
• My House in Umbria, HBO
• Normal, HBO

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

• The Amazing Race, CBS
• American Idol, Fox
• The Apprentice, NBC
• Last Comic Standing, NBC
• Survivor: Pearl Islands, CBS

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special

• 75th Annual Academy Awards
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
• Cher - The Farewell Tour, Cher
• Robin Williams: Live On Broadway
• Rolling Stones - Licks World Tour

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC
• The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
• Saturday Night Live, NBC
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Michael Chiklis for playing Vic Mackey on The Shield
• James Gandolfini for playing Tony Soprano on The Sopranos
• Peter Krause for playing Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under
• Martin Sheen for playing Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing
• Kiefer Sutherland for playing Jack Bauer on 24

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Larry David for playing himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Matt LeBlanc for playing Joey Tribbiani on Friends
• Bernie Mac for playing Bernie McCullough on The Bernie Mac Show
• Eric McCormack for playing Will Truman on Will & Grace
• Ray Romano for playing Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Tony Shalhoub for playing Adrian Monk on Monk

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• William H. Macy for playing Bill Porter in Door to Door
• Brad Garrett for playing Jackie Gleason in Gleason
• Tom Wilkinson for playing Ruth "Roy" Applewood in Normal
• Paul Newman for playing Stage Manager in Our Town
• James Woods for playing Rudy Giuliani in Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Garner for playing Sydney Bristow on Alias
• Marg Helgenberger for playing Catherine Willows on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Frances Conroy for playing Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under
• Edie Falco for playing Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos
• Allison Janney for playing C.J. Cregg on The West Wing

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Patricia Heaton for playing Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Jennifer Aniston for playing Rachel Green on Friends
• Jane Kaczmarek for playing Lois Wilkerson on Malcolm in the Middle
• Sarah Jessica Parker for playing Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City
• Debra Messing for playing Grace Adler on Will & Grace

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

• Thora Birch for playing Liz Murray in Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
• Helena Bonham Carter for playing Ingrid Formanek in Live from Baghdad
• Maggie Smith for playing Emily Delahunty in My House in Umbria
• Jessica Lange for playing Irma Applewood in Normal
• Helen Mirren for playing Karen Stone in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Victor Garber for playing Jack Bristow in Alias
• Michael Imperioli for playing Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos
• Joe Pantoliano for playing Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos
• Bradley Whitford for playing Josh Lyman on The West Wing
• John Spencer for playing Leo McGarry on The West Wing

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Peter Boyle for playing Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Brad Garrett for playing Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• John Mahoney for playing Martin Crane on Frasier
• David Hyde Pierce for playing Niles Crane on Frasier
• Bryan Cranston for playing Hal on Malcom in the Middle
• Sean Hayes for playing Jack McFarland on Will & Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Peter O'Toole for playing Paul von Hindenburg in Hitler: The Rise of Evil
• Ben Gazzara for playing Nick in Hysterical Blindness
• Chris Cooper for playing Thomas Riversmith in My House in Umbria
• John Malkovich for playing Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord in Napoléon
• Alan Arkin for playing Harry Rowen in The Pentagon Papers

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Lena Olin for playing Irina Derevko on Alias
• Tyne Daly for playing Maxine Gray on Judging Amy
• Lauren Ambrose for playing Claire Fisher on Six Feet Under
• Rachel Griffiths for playing Brenda Chenowith on Six Feet Under
• Stockard Channing for playing First Lady Abigail Bartlet on The West Wing

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Cheryl Hines for playing Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Doris Roberts for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Cynthia Nixon for playing Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City
• Kim Cattrall for playing Samantha Jones on Sex and the City
• Megan Mullally for playing Karen Walker on Will & Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

• Kathy Baker for playing Gladys in Door to Door
• Helen Mirren for playing Irene Porter in Door to Door
• Gena Rowlands for playing Virginia in Hysterical Blindness
• Juliette Lewis for playing Beth in Hysterical Blindness
• Anne Bancroft for playing Contessa in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Don Cheadle for playing Paul Nathan on ER
• James Whitmore for playing Mister Sterling, Sr. on Mister Sterling
• James Cromwell for playing George Sibley on Six Feet Under
• Matthew Perry for playing Joe Quincy on The West Wing
• Tim Matheson for playing John Hoynes on The West Wing
• Charles S. Dutton for playing Chet Collins on Without a Trace

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Fred Willard for playing Hank on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Hank Azaria for playing David on Friends
• Jonathan Winters for playing Q.T. Marlens on Life with Bonnie
• David Duchovny for playing Johnny Volcano on Life with Bonnie
• Gene Wilder for playing Mr. Stein on Will & Grace

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Sally Field for playing Maggie Wyczenski on ER
• Tovah Feldshuh for playing Danielle Melnick on Law & Order
• Barbara Barrie for playing Paula Haggerty on Law & Order: SVU
• Kathy Bates for playing Bettina on Six Feet Under
• Farrah Fawcett for playing Mary Gressler on The Guardian
• Alfre Woodard for playing Denise Freeman on The Practice

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Betty Garrett for playing Molly Firth on Becker
• Georgia Engel for playing Pat on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Christina Applegate for playing Amy Green on Friends
• Cloris Leachman for playing Ida on Malcolm in the Middle
• Betty White for playing Sylvia on Yes, Dear

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

• Martin Short Primetime Glick
• Jon Stewart—The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Jay Leno—The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Hugh Jackman—The 58th Annual Tony Awards
• Whoopi Goldberg—Whoopi: Back to Broadway - The 20th Anniversary

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

• Ian Toynton—24
• Alan Poul—Six Feet Under
• John Patterson—The Sopranos
• Tim Van Patten—The Sopranos
• Christopher Misiano—The West Wing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

• Larry Charles—Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Bryan Gordon—Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Robert B. Weide—Curb Your Enthusiasm
• David Steinberg—Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Michael Engler—Sex and the City
• James Burrows—Will & Grace

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special

• Steven Schachter—Door to Door
• Mick Jackson—Live from Baghdad
• Richard Loncraine—My House in Umbria
• Frank Pierson—Soldier's Girl
• Robert Allan Ackerman—The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program

• Louis J. Horvitz—The 75th Annual Academy Awards
• Chris Hilson—Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
• Jerry Foley—The Late Show with David Letterman
• Beth McCarthy-Miller—Saturday Night Live
• Glenn Weiss—The 56th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Craig Wright—Six Feet Under
• Mitchell Burgess, David Chase, and Robin Green—The Sopranos
• Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green—The Sopranos
• Terence Winter—The Sopranos
• Aaron Sorkin—The West Wing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Mike Royce—Everybody Loves Raymond
• Tucker Cawley—Everybody Loves Raymond
• Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen—Lucky
• Cindy Chupack and Michael Patrick King—Sex and the City
• Steve Tompkins—The Bernie Mac Show

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special

• William H. Macy and Steven Schachter—Door to Door
• Laura Cahill—Hysterical Blindness
• Richard Chapman, Timothy J. Sexton, John Patrick Shanley, and Robert Wiener—Live from Baghdad
• Hugh Whitemore—My House in Umbria
• Jane Anderson—Normal

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program

• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
• The Late Show with David Letterman
• Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Animated Program

• The Simpsons, Three Gays of the Condo
• As Told By Ginger, And She Was Gone
• Kim Possible, Crush
• Futurama, Jurassic Bark
• SpongeBob SquarePants, New Student Starfish/Clams