Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1955 |
Currently held by | Steven Yeun, Beef (2023) |
Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the
The award was first presented at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards on March 7, 1955, to Robert Cummings, for his performance as Juror #8 on the Studio One episode "Twelve Angry Men". It has undergone several name changes, with the category split into two categories at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy; and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. By the 31st Primetime Emmy Awards, the categories were merged into one, and it has since undergone several name changes, leading to its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 58 actors. Steven Yeun is the current recipient of the award, for his portrayal of Danny Cho on Beef. Laurence Olivier has won the most awards in this category, with four, while Hal Holbrook has received the most nominations for the award, on seven occasions.
Winners and nominations
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1950s
1960s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode | Network |
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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor (Lead or Support) | |||||
1960 (12th) | |||||
Laurence Olivier | Charles Strickland | The Moon and Sixpence | NBC | ||
Lee J. Cobb | Dr. Lawrence Doner | Playhouse 90 | "Project Immortality" | CBS | |
Alec Guinness | Jebal Deeks | Startime
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"The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks" | NBC | |
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
1961 (13th) | |||||
Maurice Evans | Macbeth | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Macbeth" | NBC | |
Cliff Robertson | Charlie Gordon | The United States Steel Hour | "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" | CBS | |
Ed Wynn | Himself | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | "The Man in the Funny Suit" | ||
1962 (14th) | |||||
Peter Falk | Aristede Fresco | The Dick Powell Theatre | "The Price of Tomatoes" | NBC | |
Milton Berle | Eddie Doyle | The Dick Powell Theatre | "Doyle Against the House" | NBC | |
James Donald | Albert, Prince Consort
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Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Victoria Regina" | ||
Lee Marvin | Hughes | Alcoa Premiere | "People Need People" | ABC | |
Mickey Rooney | Augie Miller | The Dick Powell Theatre | "Somebody's Waiting" | NBC | |
1963 (15th) | |||||
Trevor Howard | Benjamin Disraeli | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" | NBC | |
Bradford Dillman | Charlie Pont | Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire | "The Voice of Charlie Pont" | ABC | |
Don Gordon | Joey Tassili | The Defenders | "The Madman" | CBS | |
Walter Matthau | Meredith | The DuPont Show of the Week | "Big Deal in Laredo" | NBC | |
Joseph Schildkraut | Rabbi Gottlieb | Sam Benedict | "Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells" | ||
1964 (16th) | |||||
Jack Klugman | Joe Larch | The Defenders | "Blacklist" | CBS | |
James Earl Jones | Joe | East Side/West Side
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"Who Do You Kill?" | CBS | |
Roddy McDowall | Paul LeDoux | Arrest and Trial | "Journey Into Darkness" | ABC | |
Jason Robards | Abraham Lincoln | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" | NBC | |
Rod Steiger | Mike Kirsch | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "A Slow Fade to Black" | NBC | |
Harold J. Stone | Elihu Kaminsky | The Doctors and the Nurses
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"Nurse Is a Feminine Noun" | CBS | |
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | |||||
1965 (17th) | |||||
Alfred Lunt | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Magnificent Yankee" | NBC | |
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama | |||||
1966 (18th) | |||||
Cliff Robertson | Quincey Parke | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "The Game" | NBC | |
Ed Begley | Matthew Harrison Brady | Hallmark Hall of Fame | " Inherit the Wind "
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Melvyn Douglas | Henry Drummond | ||||
Trevor Howard | Napoleon | "Eagle in a Cage" | |||
Christopher Plummer | Hamlet | Hamlet | Syndicated | ||
1967 (19th) | |||||
Peter Ustinov | Socrates | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Barefoot in Athens" | NBC | |
Alan Arkin | Barney Kempinski | ABC Stage 67 | "The Love Song of Barney Kempinski" | ABC | |
Lee J. Cobb | Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman
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CBS | ||
Ivan Dixon | Olly Winter | CBS Playhouse | "The Final War of Olly Winter" | ||
Hal Holbrook | Mark Twain | Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight! | |||
1968 (20th) | |||||
Melvyn Douglas | Peter Schermann | CBS Playhouse | "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" | CBS | |
Raymond Burr | Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | "Pilot" | NBC | |
Van Heflin | Robert Sloane | A Case of Libel | ABC | ||
George C. Scott | John Proctor | The Crucible | CBS | ||
Eli Wallach | Douglas Lambert | CBS Playhouse | "Dear Friends" | ||
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
1969 (21st) | |||||
Paul Scofield | Emlyn Bowen | Prudiential's On Stage | "Male of the Species" | NBC | |
Ossie Davis | Charles Carter | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Teacher, Teacher" | NBC | |
David McCallum | Hamilton Cade | ||||
Bill Travers | Crichton | "The Admirable Crichton" |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Programs with multiple wins
- 2 wins
Performers with multiple wins
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Programs with multiple nominations
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Performers with multiple nominations
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See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor 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 Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- 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
- TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
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