| Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series | |
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| Presenter: | Critics Choice Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Holder: | Kieran Culkin – Succession (2024) |
| Website: | criticschoice.com |
The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actors. It was introduced in 2011 when the event was first initiated. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.
| Year | Actor | Series | Character | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [1] | Jon Hamm | Mad Men | Don Draper | AMC |
| Boardwalk Empire | HBO | |||
| Friday Night Lights | DirecTV NBC | |||
| Dexter | Showtime | |||
| Shameless | Frank Gallagher | |||
| Justified | FX | |||
| 2012 [2] | Bryan Cranston | Breaking Bad | Walter White | AMC |
| Boss | Tom Kane | Starz | ||
| Jon Hamm | Mad Men | Don Draper | AMC | |
| Sons of Anarchy | Jax Teller | FX | ||
| Homeland | Nicholas Brody | Showtime | ||
| Timothy Olyphant | Justified | Raylan Givens | FX | |
| 2013 [3] | Bryan Cranston | Breaking Bad | Walter White | AMC |
| Damian Lewis | Homeland | Nicholas Brody | Showtime | |
| The Walking Dead | Rick Grimes | AMC | ||
| Timothy Olyphant | Justified | Raylan Givens | FX | |
| The Americans | Philip Jennings | |||
| House of Cards | Frank Underwood | |||
| 2014 [4] | Matthew McConaughey | True Detective | Rust Cohle | HBO |
| Bryan Cranston | Breaking Bad | Walter White | AMC | |
| Hannibal | Will Graham | NBC | ||
| Bates Motel | ||||
| Matthew Rhys | The Americans | Philip Jennings | FX | |
| Masters of Sex | William Masters | Showtime | ||
| 2015 [5] | Bob Odenkirk | Better Call Saul | Jimmy McGill | AMC |
| Freddie Highmore | Bates Motel | Norman Bates | A&E | |
| Charlie Hunnam | Sons of Anarchy | Jax Teller | FX | |
| Timothy Olyphant | Justified | Raylan Givens | ||
| Matthew Rhys | The Americans | Philip Jennings | ||
| Rectify | Daniel Holden | Sundance TV | ||
| 2016 (1) [6] | Rami Malek | Mr. Robot | Elliot Alderson | USA Network |
| Hugh Dancy | Hannibal | Will Graham | NBC | |
| The Knick | Dr. John "Thack" Thackery | Cinemax | ||
| Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | ||
| The Leftovers | Kevin Garvey, Jr. | HBO | ||
| Aden Young | Rectify | Daniel Holden | Sundance TV | |
| 2016 (2) [7] | Bob Odenkirk | Better Call Saul | Jimmy McGill | AMC |
| Outlander | Starz | |||
| Rami Malek | Mr. Robot | Elliot Alderson | USA Network | |
| Matthew Rhys | The Americans | Philip Jennings | FX | |
| Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | |
| Kevin Spacey | House of Cards | Frank Underwood | Netflix | |
| 2018 [8] | Sterling K. Brown | This Is Us | Randall Pearson | NBC |
| Paul Giamatti | Billions | Charles "Chuck" Rhoades Jr. | Showtime | |
| Freddie Highmore | Bates Motel | Norman Bates | A&E | |
| Ian McShane | American Gods | Mr. Wednesday | Starz | |
| Bob Odenkirk | Better Call Saul | Jimmy McGill | AMC | |
| Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | |
| 2019 [9] | Matthew Rhys | The Americans | Philip Jennings | FX |
| Freddie Highmore | The Good Doctor | Dr. Shaun Murphy | ABC | |
| Diego Luna | Félix Gallardo | Netflix | ||
| Richard Madden | Bodyguard | Sergeant David Budd | ||
| Bob Odenkirk | Better Call Saul | Jimmy McGill | AMC | |
| Billy Porter | Pose | Pray Tell | FX | |
| Milo Ventimiglia | This Is Us | Jack Pearson | NBC |
| Year | Actor | Series | Character | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [10] | Jeremy Strong | Succession | Kendall Roy | HBO |
| Sterling K. Brown | This Is Us | Randall Pearson | NBC | |
| Mike Colter | Evil | David Acosta | CBS | |
| Paul Giamatti | Billions | Charles "Chuck" Rhoades Jr. | Showtime | |
| Kit Harington | Game of Thrones | Jon Snow | HBO | |
| Freddie Highmore | The Good Doctor | Dr. Shaun Murphy | ABC | |
| Tobias Menzies | The Crown | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Netflix | |
| Billy Porter | Pose | Pray Tell | FX | |
| 2021 [11] | Josh O'Connor | The Crown | Charles, Prince of Wales | Netflix |
| Jason Bateman | Ozark | Marty Byrde | Netflix | |
| Sterling K. Brown | This Is Us | Randall Pearson | NBC | |
| Jonathan Majors | Lovecraft Country | Atticus "Tic" Freeman | HBO | |
| Bob Odenkirk | Better Call Saul | Saul Goodman | AMC | |
| Matthew Rhys | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | HBO | |
| 2022 [12] | Lee Jung-jae | Squid Game | Seong Gi-hun | Netflix |
| Sterling K. Brown | This Is Us | Randall Pearson | NBC | |
| Mike Colter | Evil | David Acosta | Paramount+ | |
| Succession | Logan Roy | HBO | ||
| Billy Porter | Pose | Pray Tell | FX | |
| Jeremy Strong | Succession | Kendall Roy | HBO | |
| 2023 [13] | Bob Odenkirk | Better Call Saul | Saul Goodman | AMC |
| The Old Man | Dan Chase | FX | ||
| Sterling K. Brown | This Is Us | Randall Pearson | NBC | |
| Andor | Disney+ | |||
| Severance | Mark S. | Apple TV+ | ||
| The Boys | ||||
| 2024 [14] | Kieran Culkin | Succession | Roman Roy | HBO |
| Loki | Disney+ | |||
| FX | ||||
| The Last of Us | HBO | |||
| Will Trent | Will Trent | ABC | ||
| Jeremy Strong | Succession | HBO |