Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Not to be confused with the Daytime Emmy Award with the same name.
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | |
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| Currently held by | Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights (2011) |
| Official website | http://www.emmys.com/ |
This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners.
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Contents
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Award winners and nominations
1950s
- 1956: Robert Young as Jim Anderson - Father Knows Best
- 1957: Robert Young as Jim Anderson - Father Knows Best
- 1958: no award
- 1959: Raymond Burr as Perry Mason - Perry Mason
1960s
| Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
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| 1960 (12th) |
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| Robert Stack | The Untouchables | Eliot Ness | CBS | |
| Raymond Burr | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | CBS | |
| Richard Boone | Have Gun–Will Travel | Paladin | CBS | |
| 1961 (13th) |
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| Raymond Burr | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | CBS | |
| Jackie Cooper | Hennesey | Chick Hennesey | CBS | |
| Robert Stack | The Untouchables | Eliot Ness | CBS | |
| 1962 (14th) |
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| E. G. Marshall | The Defenders | Lawrence Preston | CBS | |
| Vince Edwards | Ben Casey | Ben Casey | ABC | |
| Jackie Cooper | Hennesey | Chick Hennesey | CBS | |
| Paul Burke | Naked City | Adam Flint | ABC | |
| George Maharis | Route 66 | Buz Murdock | CBS |
- 1963: E. G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston - The Defenders
- Vic Morrow as Sgt. Sanders - Combat!
- Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie - The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale - McHale's Navy
- Paul Burke as Det. Adam Flint - Naked City
- 1964: no award
- 1965: no award
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- 1966: Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott - I Spy
- David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble - The Fugitive
- Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson - I Spy
- David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Richard Crenna as James Slattery - Slattery's People
- 1967: Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott - I Spy
- David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble - The Fugitive
- Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson - I Spy
- Martin Landau as Rollin Hand - Mission: Impossible
- Ben Gazzara as Paul Bryan - Run for Your Life
- 1968: Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott - I Spy
- Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson - I Spy
- Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside - Ironside
- Martin Landau as Rollin Hand - Mission: Impossible
- Ben Gazzara as Paul Bryan - Run for Your Life
- 1969: Carl Betz as Clinton Judd - Judd, for the Defense
- Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside - Ironside
- Peter Graves as Jim Phelps - Mission: Impossible
- Martin Landau as Rollin Hand - Mission: Impossible
- Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon - The Wild Wild West
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Most wins
4 wins
- Dennis Franz (two consecutive)
3 wins
- Bill Cosby (consecutive)
- Bryan Cranston (consecutive)
- Peter Falk
- James Gandolfini (two consecutive)
- James Spader (two consecutive for same role on different shows)
- Robert Young (for two different roles; two consecutive for same role)
2 wins
- Edward Asner
- Raymond Burr
- William Daniels (consecutive)
- E.G. Marshall (consecutive)
- Daniel J. Travanti (consecutive)
Most nominations
8 Nominations
6 Nominations
5 Nominations
- Edward Asner
- William Daniels
- Michael C. Hall
- Tom Selleck
- Jimmy Smits
- Daniel J. Travanti
- Sam Waterston
- Edward Woodward
- Robert Young
4 Nominations
- Scott Bakula
- Mike Connors
- Anthony Edwards
- Ed Flanders
- Jon Hamm
- Jack Klugman
- Karl Malden
- Michael Moriarty
- James Spader
3 Nominations
2 Nominations
- Corbin Bernsen
- Robert Blake
- Paul Burke
- Gabriel Byrne
- Kyle Chandler
- Michael Chiklis
- George Clooney
- William Conrad
- David Duchovny
- Ben Gazzara
- Larry Hagman
- David Janssen
- Denis Leary
- Kyle MacLachlan
- E. G. Marshall
- Rob Morrow
- Ron Perlman
- Telly Savalas
- Tom Skerritt
- Robert Stack
- Richard Thomas
- Michael Tucker
- Bruce Willis
See also
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
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