Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actors in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances often included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
- # – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation in 1975
- § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation in 1975
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | |
|---|---|
 The 2024 recipient: Billy Crudup | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1954 |
| Currently held by | Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (2024) |
| Website | emmys |
FOX is the only one of the Big Four networks to not win this category, with only one nomination.
Winners and nominations
edit1950s
edit1960s
edit1970s
edit| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama | ||||
| 1970 (22nd) | ||||
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
| Tige Andrews | Capt. Adam Greer | The Mod Squad | ABC | |
| Greg Morris | Barney Collier | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |
| 1971 (23rd) | ||||
| David Burns # | Mr. Solomon | The Price: Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
| Robert Young # | Senator Earl Gannon | Vanished!: NBC World Premiere Movie | NBC | |
| 1972 (24th) | ||||
| Jack Warden # | George Halas | Brian's Song: ABC Movie of the Week | ABC | |
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
| Greg Morris | Barney Collier | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |
| 1973 (25th) | ||||
| Scott Jacoby # | Nick Salter | That Certain Summer: ABC Movie of the Week | ABC | |
| James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Best Supporting Actor in Drama | ||||
| 1974 (26th) | ||||
| Michael Moriarty # | Jim O'Connor | The Glass Menagerie | ABC | |
| Sam Waterston # | Tom Wingfield | The Glass Menagerie | ABC | |
| Michael Douglas | Steve Keller | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | ||||
| 1975 (27th) | ||||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| J.D. Cannon | Peter B. Clifford | McCloud | NBC | |
| Michael Douglas | Steve Keller | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |
| 1976 (28th) | ||||
| Anthony Zerbe | Lt. K.C. Trench | Harry O | ABC | |
| Ray Milland # | Duncan Calderwood | Rich Man, Poor Man | ABC | |
| Robert Reed # | Teddy Boylan | |||
| Michael Douglas | Steve Keller | The Streets of San Francisco | ||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| 1977 (29th) | ||||
| Gary Frank | Willie Lawrence | Family | ABC | |
| Noah Beery Jr. | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
| David Doyle | John Bosley | Charlie's Angels | ABC | |
| Tom Ewell | Billy Truman | Baretta | ||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| 1978 (30th) | ||||
| Robert Vaughn # | Frank Flaherty | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | ABC | |
| Sam Wanamaker # | Moses Weiss | Holocaust | NBC | |
| David Warner # | Heydrich | |||
| Ossie Davis # | Martin Luther King Sr. | King | ||
| Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | ||||
| 1979 (31st) | ||||
| Stuart Margolin | Evelyn "Angel" Martin | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
| Noah Beery Jr. | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
| Joe Santos | Det. Dennis Becker | |||
| Mason Adams | Charlie Hume | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Robert Walden | Joe Rossi | |||
1980s
edit| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (32nd) | ||||
| Stuart Margolin | Evelyn "Angel" Martin | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
| Noah Beery Jr. | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | |
| Mason Adams | Charlie Hume | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Robert Walden | Joe Rossi | |||
| 1981 (33rd) | ||||
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| Charles Haid | Officer Andy Renko | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | |||
| Mason Adams | Charlie Hume | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Robert Walden | Joe Rossi | |||
| 1982 (34th) | ||||
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| Taurean Blacque | Det. Neal Washington | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| Charles Haid | Officer Andy Renko | |||
| Michael Warren | Officer Bobby Hill | |||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | |||
| 1983 (35th) | ||||
| James Coco § | Arnie | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | ||
| Joe Spano | Sgt. Henry Goldblume | |||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | |||
| 1984 (36th) | ||||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| Michael Conrad | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
| James Sikking | Lt. Howard Hunter | |||
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | ||
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
| 1985 (37th) | ||||
| Edward James Olmos | Lt. Martin Castillo | Miami Vice | NBC | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | Hill Street Blues | ||
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
| John Karlen | Harvey Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | ||
| 1986 (38th) | ||||
| John Karlen | Harvey Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | |
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Edward James Olmos | Lt. Martin Castillo | Miami Vice | ||
| Bruce Weitz | Det. Mick Belker | Hill Street Blues | ||
| 1987 (39th) | ||||
| John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | |
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Michael Tucker | Stuart Markowitz | |||
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| John Karlen | Harvey Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | |
| 1988 (40th) | ||||
| Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Alan Rachins | Douglas Brackman | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | NBC | ||
| Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
| Timothy Busfield | Elliot Weston | Thirtysomething | ABC | |
| 1989 (41st) | ||||
| Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Richard Dysart | Leland McKenzie | L.A. Law | NBC | |
| Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | NBC | ||
| Jonathan Banks | Frank McPike | Wiseguy | CBS | |
| Timothy Busfield | Elliot Weston | Thirtysomething | ABC |
1990s
edit2000s
edit| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
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| 2000 (52nd) | |||||
| Richard Schiff | Toby Ziegler | The West Wing | "In Excelsis Deo” + “Five Votes Down" | NBC | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” + “Five Votes Down" | NBC | |
| Michael Badalucco | Jimmy Berlutti | The Practice | ABC | ||
| Steve Harris | Eugene Young | ||||
| Dominic Chianese | Junior Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
| 2001 (53rd) | |||||
| Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | The West Wing | "Noel" + "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" | NBC | |
| Richard Schiff | Toby Ziegler | The West Wing | "17 People" + "The Leadership Breakfast" | NBC | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" + "The Leadership Breakfast" | |||
| Dominic Chianese | Junior Soprano | The Sopranos | "Second Opinion" + "Another Toothpick" | HBO | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | "Fortunate Son" + "Pine Barrens" | |||
| 2002 (54th) | |||||
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | "Bartlet for America" + "We Killed Yamamoto" | NBC | |
| Richard Schiff | Toby Ziegler | The West Wing | "Hartsfield's Landing" + "Night Five" | NBC | |
| Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | "H.Con-172" + "The Two Bartlets" | |||
| Dulé Hill | Charlie Young | "Hartsfield's Landing" + "Enemies, Foreign and Domestic" | |||
| Victor Garber | Jack Bristow | Alias | "Color Blind" + "Almost Thirty Years" | ABC | |
| Freddy Rodriguez | Federico "Rico" Diaz | Six Feet Under | "The Trip" + "I'll Take You" | HBO | |
| 2003 (55th) | |||||
| Joe Pantoliano | Ralph Cifaretto | The Sopranos | "Christopher" + "Whoever Did This" | HBO | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | "Red Mass" + "Twenty Five" | NBC | |
| Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | "20 Hours In America" + "Evidence of Things Not Seen" | |||
| Victor Garber | Jack Bristow | Alias | "Passage Part 2" + "Endgame" | ABC | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | "The Strong, Silent Type" + "Whoever Did This" | HBO | |
| 2004 (56th) | |||||
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking" | HBO | |
| Steve Buscemi | Tony Blundetto | The Sopranos | "Rat Pack" + "Marco Polo" | HBO | |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | "An Khe" + "Memorial Day" | NBC | |
| Brad Dourif | Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran | Deadwood | "Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters" | HBO | |
| Victor Garber | Jack Bristow | Alias | "Breaking Point" + "Hourglass" | ABC | |
| 2005 (57th) | |||||
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | "It Girls and Beyond" + "Tortured Souls" | ABC | |
| Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah | Lost | "Solitary" + "The Greater Good" | ABC | |
| Terry O'Quinn | John Locke | "Walkabout" + "The Moth" | |||
| Alan Alda | Arnold Vinick | The West Wing | "King Corn" + "In God We Trust" | NBC | |
| Oliver Platt | Russell Tupper | Huff | "That F**kin'Cabin" + "Crazy, Nuts and All Messed Up | Showtime | |
| 2006 (58th) | |||||
| Alan Alda | Arnold Vinick | The West Wing | "Two Weeks Out" + "The Last Hurrah" | NBC | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | "Luxury Lounge" + "The Ride" | HBO | |
| Gregory Itzin | Charles Logan | 24 | "Day 5: 3:00-4:00am" + "Day 5: 6:00-7:00am" | Fox | |
| Oliver Platt | Russell Tupper | Huff | "Red Meat" + "So…What Brings You to Armageddon" | Showtime | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | "Witches of Mass Destruction" + "Live Big" | ABC | |
| 2007 (59th) | |||||
| Terry O'Quinn | John Locke | Lost | "The Man from Tallahassee" | ABC | |
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | Lost | "The Man Behind the Curtain" | ABC | |
| Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | "Walk Like a Man" | HBO | |
| T. R. Knight | George O'Malley | Grey's Anatomy | "Six Days, Parts 1 & 2" | ABC | |
| Masi Oka | Hiro Nakamura | Heroes | "Five Years Gone" | NBC | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | "Son of a Defender" | ABC | |
| 2008 (60th) | |||||
| Željko Ivanek | Ray Fiske | Damages | "I Hate These People" | FX | |
| Ted Danson | Arthur Frobisher | Damages | "Jesus, Mary and Joe C-cker" | FX | |
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | Lost | "The Shape of Things to Come" | ABC | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | "Mad About You" | ||
| John Slattery | Roger Sterling | Mad Men | "Long Weekend" | AMC | |
| 2009 (61st) | |||||
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | Lost | "Dead is Dead" | ABC | |
| Christian Clemenson | Jerry Espenson | Boston Legal | "Roe" | ABC | |
| William Shatner | Denny Crane | "Made in China"/"Last Call" | |||
| William Hurt | Daniel Purcell | Damages | "Hey! Mr. Pibb!" | FX | |
| Aaron Paul | Jesse Pinkman | Breaking Bad | "Peekaboo" | AMC | |
| John Slattery | Roger Sterling | Mad Men | "Six Month Leave" |
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editSee also
edit- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories
- ^ Jonathan Banks was the first of only two actors with nominations as a main cast member for three different shows in this category, two of which feature him as the same character
- ^ Giancarlo Esposito is the second of only two actors with nominations as a main cast member for three different shows in this category, two of which feature him as the same character
References
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- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ "72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "74th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "75th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ "76th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 18, 2024.