Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series: Information from Answers.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. The category for guest supporting actor was withdrawn after and only one award in 1977.

Award winners

Outstanding Guest Actor

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
1987: no award
1988: no award
1989: Joe Spano – Midnight Caller

1990s

1990: Patrick McGoohan – Columbo: Agenda for Murder
1991: David Opatoshu – Gabriel's Fire
1992: no award
1993: Laurence Fishburne – Tribeca
1994: Richard Kiley – Picket Fences
1995: Paul Winfield – Picket Fences
1996: Peter Boyle – The X-Files
1997: Pruitt Taylor Vince – Murder One
1998: John Larroquette – The Practice
1999: Edward Herrmann – The Practice

2000s

2000: James Whitmore – The Practice
- Alan Alda – ER
- Paul Dooley – The Practice
- Kirk Douglas – Touched by an Angel
- Henry Winkler – The Practice

2001: Michael Emerson – The Practice
- Rene Auberjonois – The Practice
- James Cromwell – ER
- Patrick Dempsey – Once and Again
- Oliver Platt – The West Wing

2002: Charles S. Dutton – The Practice
- Mark Harmon – The West Wing
- John Larroquette – The Practice
- Tim Matheson – The West Wing
- Ron Silver – The West Wing

2003: Charles S. Dutton – Without a Trace
- Don Cheadle – ER
- James Cromwell – Six Feet Under
- Tim Matheson – The West Wing
- Matthew Perry – The West Wing
- James Whitmore – Mister Sterling

2004: William Shatner – The Practice
- James Earl Jones – Everwood
- Martin Landau – Without a Trace
- Bob Newhart – ER
- Matthew Perry – The West Wing

2005: Ray Liotta – ER
- Red Buttons – ER
- Ossie Davis – The L Word
- Charles Durning – NCIS
- Martin Landau – Without a Trace

2006: Christian Clemenson – Boston Legal
- Kyle Chandler – Grey's Anatomy
- Henry Ian Cusick – Lost
- Michael J. Fox – Boston Legal
- James Woods – ER

2007: John Goodman – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Christian Clemenson – Boston Legal
- Tim Daly – The Sopranos
- David Morse – House
- Eli Wallach – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Forest Whitaker – ER

2008: Glynn Turman – In Treatment
- Charles Durning – Rescue Me
- Robert Morse – Mad Men
- Oliver Platt – Nip/Tuck
- Stanley Tucci – ER
- Robin Williams – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

2009: Michael J. Fox – Rescue Me
- Edward Asner – CSI: NY
- Ernest Borgnine – ER
- Ted Danson – Damages
- Jimmy Smits – Dexter

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series

1975–2000	Patrick McGoohan (1975) · Gordon Jackson (1976) · Louis Gossett Jr. (1977) · Barnard Hughes (1978) · John Lithgow (1986) · Joe Spano (1989) · Patrick McGoohan (1990) · David Opatoshu (1991) · Laurence Fishburne (1993) · Richard Kiley (1994) · Paul Winfield (1995) · Peter Boyle (1996) · Pruitt Taylor Vince (1997) · John Larroquette (1998) · Edward Herrmann (1999) · James Whitmore (2000)

2001–present	Michael Emerson (2001) · Charles S. Dutton (2002) · Charles S. Dutton (2003) · William Shatner (2004) · Ray Liotta (2005) · Christian Clemenson (2006) · John Goodman (2007) · Glynn Turman (2008) · Michael J. Fox (2009)

Complete list: (1975–2000) · (2001–present)

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programming	Comedy Series · Drama Series · Variety, Music or Comedy Series · Miniseries · Made for TV Movie · Variety, Music or Comedy Special · Directing – Comedy Series · Directing – Drama Series · Directing – Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special · Writing – Comedy Series · Writing – Drama Series · Writing – Variety, Music or Comedy Program · Reality Program · Reality-Competition Program

Performance	Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program · Lead Actor – Comedy Series · Lead Actor – Drama Series · Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie · Lead Actress – Comedy Series · Lead Actress – Drama Series · Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie · Supporting Actor – Comedy Series · Supporting Actor – Drama Series · Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie · Supporting Actress – Comedy Series · Supporting Actress – Drama Series · Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie · Guest Actor – Comedy Series · Guest Actor – Drama Series · Guest Actress – Comedy Series · Guest Actress – Drama Series · Host – Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Creative Arts	Animated Program – Less Than One Hour · Animated Program – More Than One Hour · Voice-Over Performance · Casting – Comedy Series · Casting – Drama Series · Casting – Miniseries, Movie or a Special · Choreography · Main Title Design · Main Title Theme Music · Music Composition for a Series · Visual Effects for a Series · Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special

Retired	Actor of the Year · Actress of the Year

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