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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Country	United States
Currently held by	Paul McCrane, Harry's Law (2011)
Official website	http://www.emmys.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.

Contents

1 Award winners
2 1990s
3 2000s
4 2010s
5 Multiple wins
6 Multiple nominations

Award winners

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
1989: Joe Spano – Midnight Caller

1990s

1990: Patrick McGoohan – Columbo: Agenda for Murder as Oscar Finch
- Peter Frechette – thirtysomething as Peter Montefiore
- Harold Gould – The Ray Bradbury Theater as the Old Man
- William Hickey – Tales from the Crypt as Carlton Webster
- Bruce Weitz – Midnight Caller as Sgt. Ed Adderly

1991: David Opatoshu – Gabriel's Fire as Max Goldstein
- Dabney Coleman – Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star as Hugh Creighton
- Peter Coyote – Road to Avonlea as Romney Penhallow
- John Glover – L.A. Law as Dr. Paul Kohler

1992: no award

1993: Laurence Fishburne – Tribeca as Martin McHenry
- Adam Arkin – Northern Exposure as Adam
- John Glover – Crime & Punishment as Dennis Atwood
- Michael Jeter – Picket Fences as Peter LeBeck (Frog Man)
- Richard Kiley – Picket Fences as Hayden Langston

1994: Richard Kiley – Picket Fences as Hayden Langston
- Tim Curry – Tales from the Crypt as Mother/Father/Sister/Daughter
- Dan Hedaya – NYPD Blue as Lou the Werewolf
- James Earl Jones – Picket Fences as Attorney Bryant Thomas
- Robin Williams – Homicide: Life on the Street as Robert Ellison

1995: Paul Winfield – Picket Fences as Judge Harold Nance
- Milton Berle – Beverly Hills, 90210 as Saul Howard
- Beau Bridges – The Outer Limits as Simon Kress
- Vondie Curtis-Hall – ER as Rena
- Alan Rosenberg – ER as Sam Gasner

1996: Peter Boyle – The X-Files as Clyde Bruckman
- Danny Glover – Fallen Angels as Phllip Marlow
- Michael Jeter – Chicago Hope as Bob Ryan
- Richard Pryor – Chicago Hope as Joe Springer
- Rip Torn – Chicago Hope as Warren Shutt

1997: Pruitt Taylor Vince – Murder One as Clifford Banks
- Alan Alda – Chicago Hope as Zoltan Karpathein
- Louis Gossett Jr. – Touched by an Angel as Anderson Walker
- William H. Macy – ER as Dr. David Morgenstern
- Ewan McGregor – ER as Duncan Stewart

1998: John Larroquette – The Practice as Joey Heric
- Vincent D'Onofrio – Homicide: Life on the Street as John Lange
- Bruce Davison – Touched by an Angel as Jacob 'Jake' Weiss
- Charles Durning – Homicide: Life on the Street as Thomas Finnegan
- Charles Nelson Reilly – Millennium as Jose Chung

1999: Edward Herrmann – The Practice as Anderson Pearson
- Tony Danza – The Practice as Attorney Tommy Silva
- Charles S. Dutton – Oz as Professor Alvah Case
- John Heard – The Sopranos as Det. Vin Makazian
- Mandy Patinkin – Chicago Hope as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger

2000s

2000: James Whitmore – The Practice as Raymond Oz
- Alan Alda – ER as Dr. Gabriel Lawrence
- Paul Dooley – The Practice as Judge Philip Swackheim
- Kirk Douglas – Touched by an Angel as Ross Burger
- Henry Winkler – The Practice as Dr. Henry Olson

2001: Michael Emerson – The Practice as William Hinks
- Rene Auberjonois – The Practice as Judge F. Mantz
- James Cromwell – ER as Bishop Stewart
- Patrick Dempsey – Once and Again as Aaron Brooks
- Oliver Platt – The West Wing as Oliver Babish

2002: Charles S. Dutton – The Practice as Leonard Marshall
- Mark Harmon – The West Wing as Agent Simon Donovan
- John Larroquette – The Practice as Joey Heric
- Tim Matheson – The West Wing as Vice President John Hoynes
- Ron Silver – The West Wing as Bruno Gianelli

2003: Charles S. Dutton – Without a Trace as Chet Collins
- Don Cheadle – ER as Paul Nathan
- James Cromwell – Six Feet Under as George Sibley
- Tim Matheson – The West Wing as Vice President John Hoynes
- Matthew Perry – The West Wing as Joe Quincy
- James Whitmore – Mister Sterling as William Sterling, Sr.

2004: William Shatner – The Practice as Denny Crane
- James Earl Jones – Everwood as Will Cleveland
- Martin Landau – Without a Trace as Frank Malone
- Bob Newhart – ER as Ben Hollander
- Matthew Perry – The West Wing as Joe Quincy

2005: Ray Liotta – ER as Charlie Metcalf
- Red Buttons – ER as Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux
- Ossie Davis – The L Word as Melvin Porter
- Charles Durning – NCIS as Ernie Yost
- Martin Landau – Without a Trace as Frank Malone

2006: Christian Clemenson – Boston Legal as Jerry Espenson
- Kyle Chandler – Grey's Anatomy as Dylan Young
- Henry Ian Cusick – Lost as Desmond Hume
- Michael J. Fox – Boston Legal as Daniel Post
- James Woods – ER as Dr. Nate Lennox

2007: John Goodman – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Judge Robert Bebe
- Christian Clemenson – Boston Legal as Jerry Espenson
- Tim Daly – The Sopranos as J.T. Dolan
- David Morse – House as Michael Tritter
- Eli Wallach – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Eli Weinraub
- Forest Whitaker – ER as Curtis Ames

2008: Glynn Turman – In Treatment as Alex Prince, Sr.
- Charles Durning – Rescue Me as Mr. Gavin
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper
- Oliver Platt – Nip/Tuck as Freddy Prune
- Stanley Tucci – ER as Dr. Kevin Moretti
- Robin Williams – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Merrit Rook

2009: Michael J. Fox – Rescue Me as Dwight
- Edward Asner – CSI: NY as Abraham Klein
- Ernest Borgnine – ER as Paul Manning
- Ted Danson – Damages as Arthur Frobisher
- Jimmy Smits – Dexter as Miguel Prado

2010s

2010: John Lithgow – Dexter as Arthur Mitchell
- Dylan Baker – The Good Wife as Colin Sweeney
- Beau Bridges – The Closer as Det. George Andrews
- Alan Cumming – The Good Wife as Eli Gold
- Ted Danson – Damages as Arthur Frobisher
- Gregory Itzin – 24 as President Charles Logan
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper

2011: Paul McCrane – Harry's Law as Josh Peyton
- Beau Bridges – Brothers & Sisters as Nick Brody
- Jeremy Davies – Justified as Dickie Bennett
- Bruce Dern – Big Love as Frank Harlow
- Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife as Louis Canning
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper

Multiple wins

2 wins

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

3 nominations

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series

1975–2000

2001–present

v t 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 a Dramatic Special Writing – Comedy Series Writing – Drama Series Writing – Variety, Music or Comedy Program Writing – Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Reality Program Reality-Competition Program

Performance	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 Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Drama Series Visual Effects for a Series Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special

Retired	Actor of the Year Actress of the Year Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series

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