Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama | |
Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama |
Presenter: | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Country: | United States |
Year: | March 5, 1962 |
Holder: | Kieran Culkin, Succession (2023) |
Website: | goldenglobes.org |
Most Awards: | Ed Asner, (2) John Forsythe, (2) Jon Hamm, (2) Hugh Laurie, (2) Telly Savalas, (2) |
Most Nominations: | Peter Falk, (7) Tom Selleck, (7) |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). This Golden Globe Award honors the best performance by an actor in a drama television series. It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 to John Charles Daly and Bob Newhart under the title "Best TV Star – Male". In 1969, the award was presented under the new title "Best TV Actor – Drama"; its current title has been used since 1980. The nominees for the award have been announced annually since 1963.
Kieran Culkin is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Roman Roy in Succession. Ed Asner, John Forsythe, Jon Hamm, Hugh Laurie and Telly Savalas have won the most awards in this category, each winning twice. Peter Falk and Tom Selleck have both been nominated seven times each, for their respective roles on Columbo and Magnum, P.I..
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
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Best TV Star – Male | |||||
1961 (19th) | |||||
John Charles Daly | [1] | ||||
Bob Newhart | |||||
1962 (20th) | |||||
Richard Chamberlain | James Kildare | Dr. Kildare | NBC | [2] | |
1963 (21st) | |||||
Mickey Rooney | Mickey Grady | Mickey | ABC | [3] | |
Various Characters | The Richard Boone Show | NBC | |||
Various Characters | American Scene Magazine | ||||
Ben Cartwright | Bonanza | NBC | |||
Lawrence Preston | The Defenders | CBS | |||
1964 (22nd) | |||||
Gene Barry | Amos Burke | Burke's Law | ABC | [4] | |
James Slattery | Slattery's People | CBS | |||
John Novak | Mr. Novak | NBC | |||
Richard Kimble | The Fugitive | ABC | |||
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | NBC | ||||
1965 (23rd) | |||||
David Janssen | Richard Kimble | The Fugitive | ABC | [5] | |
Paul Bryan | Run for Your Life | NBC | |||
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | |||||
Robert Vaughn | Napoleon Solo | ||||
1966 (24th) | |||||
Dean Martin | Various characters | The Dean Martin Show | NBC | [6] | |
Alexander Scott | I Spy | NBC | |||
Kelly Robinson | |||||
Ben Gazzara | Paul Bryan | Run for Your Life | |||
Sam Troy | The Rat Patrol | ABC | |||
1967 (25th) | |||||
Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | Mission: Impossible | CBS | [7] | |
Chief | Garrison's Gorillas | ABC | |||
Ben Gazzara | Paul Bryan | Run for Your Life | NBC | ||
Dean Martin | Various characters | The Dean Martin Show | |||
Various characters | The Andy Williams Show | ||||
1968 (26th) | |||||
Carl Betz | Clinton Judd | Judd, for the Defense | ABC | [8] | |
Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | NBC | |||
Jim Phelps | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |||
Dean Martin | Various characters | The Dean Martin Show | NBC | ||
Lewis Erskine | The F.B.I. | ABC | |||
Best TV Actor – Drama | |||||
1969 (27th) | |||||
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | [9] | |
Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | Mission: Impossible | CBS | ||
Pete Dixion | Room 222 | ABC | |||
Alexander Mundy | It Takes a Thief | ||||
Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 (28th) | |||||
Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | Mission: Impossible | CBS | [10] | |
Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | |||
Dr. Joe Gannon | Medical Center | ||||
Lt. Dan August | Dan August | ||||
Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ||||
1971 (29th) | |||||
Robert Young | Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | [11] | |
Robert T. Ironside | Ironside | ||||
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | ||
Frank Cannon | Cannon | ||||
Lt. Columbo | Columbo | NBC | |||
1972 (30th) | |||||
Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | Columbo | NBC | [12] | |
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | ||
William Conrad | Frank Cannon | Cannon | |||
Chad Everett | Dr. Joe Gannon | Medical Center | |||
Dr. Paul Hunter | NBC | ||||
Robert Young | Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | ||
1973 (31st) | |||||
James Stewart | Billy Jim Hawkins | Hawkins | NBC | [13] | |
Kung Fu | ABC | ||||
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | ||
Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | Columbo | NBC | ||
John-Boy Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |||
Robert Young | Dr. Marcus Welby | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | ||
1974 (32nd) | |||||
Telly Savalas | Lt. Theo Kojak | Kojak | CBS | [14] | |
Mike Connors | Joe Mannix | Mannix | CBS | ||
Steve Keller | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |||
Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | Columbo | NBC | ||
Richard Thomas | John-Boy Walton | The Waltons | CBS | ||
1975 (33rd) | |||||
Robert Blake | Tony Baretta | Baretta | ABC | [15] | |
Telly Savalas | Lt. Theo Kojak | Kojak | CBS | ||
Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | Columbo | NBC | ||
Mike Stone | The Streets of San Francisco | ABC | |||
Anthony J. Petrocelli | Petrocelli | NBC | |||
1976 (34th) | |||||
Richard Jordan | Joseph Armagh | Captains and the Kings | NBC | [16] | |
The Six Million Dollar Man | ABC | ||||
Tom Jordache | Rich Man, Poor Man | ||||
Telly Savalas | Lt. Theo Kojak | Kojak | CBS | ||
Rudy Jordache | Rich Man, Poor Man | ABC | |||
1977 (35th) | |||||
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | [17] | |
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington | Baa Baa Black Sheep | NBC | |||
Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | Columbo | |||
The Rockford Files | |||||
Telly Savalas | Lt. Theo Kojak | Kojak | CBS | ||
1978 (36th) | |||||
Michael Moriarty | Eric Dorf | Holocaust | NBC | [18] | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | ||
James Garner | Jim Rockford | The Rockford Files | NBC | ||
Battlestar Galactica | ABC | ||||
Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. | The Paper Chase | CBS | |||
Little House on the Prairie | NBC | ||||
1979 (37th) | |||||
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | [19] | |
Alexander McKeag | Centennial | NBC | |||
Officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello | CHiPs | ||||
James Garner | Jim Rockford | The Rockford Files | |||
John Houseman | Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. | The Paper Chase | CBS | ||
John Dean | Blind Ambition | ||||
Dan Tanna | Vega$ | ABC | |||
Jonathan Hart | Hart to Hart |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 (38th) | |||||
Richard Chamberlain | John Blackthorne | Shōgun | NBC | [20] | |
Lou Grant | |||||
Dallas | |||||
Dan Tanna | Vega$ | ||||
Jonathan Hart | Hart to Hart | ||||
1981 (39th) | |||||
Daniel J. Travanti | Capt. Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | [21] | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | CBS | ||
Dynasty | ABC | ||||
Larry Hagman | J. R. Ewing | Dallas | CBS | ||
Magnum, P.I. | |||||
1982 (40th) | |||||
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | [22] | |
Larry Hagman | J. R. Ewing | Dallas | CBS | ||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | |||
Daniel J. Travanti | Capt. Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | ||
Robert Wagner | Jonathan Hart | Hart to Hart | ABC | ||
1983 (41st) | |||||
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | [23] | |
Peter McDermott | Hotel | ABC | |||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | ||
Daniel J. Travanti | Capt. Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | ||
Robert Wagner | Jonathan Hart | Hart to Hart | ABC | ||
1984 (42nd) | |||||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | [24] | |
James Brolin | Peter McDermott | Hotel | ABC | ||
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | |||
Larry Hagman | J. R. Ewing | Dallas | CBS | ||
Mike Hammer | |||||
Daniel J. Travanti | Capt. Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | ||
1985 (43rd) | |||||
Don Johnson | Sonny Crockett | Miami Vice | NBC | [25] | |
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | ||
Miami Vice | NBC | ||||
Daniel J. Travanti | Capt. Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | |||
1986 (44th) | |||||
Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | The Equalizer | CBS | [26] | |
Greg Sumner | Knots Landing | CBS | |||
John Forsythe | Blake Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
Don Johnson | Sonny Crockett | Miami Vice | NBC | ||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | ||
1987 (45th) | |||||
Richard Kiley | Joe Gardner | A Year in the Life | NBC | [27] | |
Michael Kuzak | L.A. Law | NBC | |||
Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | Magnum, P.I. | CBS | ||
Stuart Markowitz | L.A. Law | NBC | |||
Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | The Equalizer | CBS | ||
1988 (46th) | |||||
Ron Perlman | Vincent | Beauty and the Beast | CBS | [28] | |
Arnie Becker | L.A. Law | NBC | |||
Harry Hamlin | Michael Kuzak | ||||
Chief Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night | ||||
Vinnie Terranova | Wiseguy | CBS | |||
1989 (47th) | |||||
Ken Wahl | Vinnie Terranova | Wiseguy | CBS | [29] | |
Corbin Bernsen | Arnie Becker | L.A. Law | NBC | ||
Harry Hamlin | Michael Kuzak | ||||
Carroll O'Connor | Chief Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night | |||
Michael Steadman | thirtysomething | ABC |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 (48th) | |||||
Kyle MacLachlan | Dale Cooper | Twin Peaks | ABC | [30] | |
Quantum Leap | |||||
Lt. Columbo | Columbo | ABC | |||
Gabriel Bird | Gabriel's Fire | ||||
Chief Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night | NBC | |||
1991 (49th) | |||||
Scott Bakula | Sam Beckett | Quantum Leap | NBC | [31] | |
Dickie Cobb | Reasonable Doubts | NBC | |||
James Earl Jones | Gabriel Bird | Gabriel's Fire | ABC | ||
Northern Exposure | |||||
Carroll O'Connor | Chief Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night | NBC | ||
Forrest Bedford | I'll Fly Away | ||||
1992 (50th) | |||||
Sam Waterston | Forrest Bedford | I'll Fly Away | NBC | [32] | |
Scott Bakula | Sam Beckett | Quantum Leap | NBC | ||
Mark Harmon | Dickie Cobb | Reasonable Doubts | |||
Rob Morrow | Joel Fleischman | Northern Exposure | CBS | ||
Beverly Hills, 90210 | Fox | ||||
1993 (51st) | |||||
David Caruso | John Kelly | NYPD Blue | ABC | [33] | |
Law & Order | NBC | ||||
Rob Morrow | Joel Fleischman | Northern Exposure | CBS | ||
Carroll O'Connor | Bill Gillespie | In the Heat of the Night | |||
Jimmy Brock | Picket Fences | ||||
1994 (52nd) | |||||
Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | ABC | [34] | |
Jeffrey Geiger | Chicago Hope | CBS | |||
Jason Priestley | Brandon Walsh | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Fox | ||
Tom Skerritt | Jimmy Brock | Picket Fences | CBS | ||
Sam Waterston | Law & Order | NBC | |||
1995 (53rd) | |||||
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | NYPD Blue | ABC | [35] | |
Murder One | ABC | ||||
ER | |||||
The X-Files | Fox | ||||
ER | NBC | ||||
1996 (54th) | |||||
David Duchovny | Fox Mulder | The X-Files | Fox | [36] | |
George Clooney | Doug Ross | ER | NBC | ||
Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene | ||||
Millennium | Fox | ||||
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | NYPD Blue | ABC | ||
1997 (55th) | |||||
Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene | ER | NBC | [37] | |
Francis Xavier Reyneaux | Nothing Sacred | ABC | |||
George Clooney | Doug Ross | ER | NBC | ||
David Duchovny | Fox Mulder | The X-Files | Fox | ||
Lance Henriksen | Frank Black | Millennium | |||
1998 (56th) | |||||
Dylan McDermott | Bobby Donnell | The Practice | ABC | [38] | |
David Duchovny | Fox Mulder | The X-Files | Fox | ||
Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene | ER | NBC | ||
Lance Henriksen | Frank Black | Millennium | Fox | ||
Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone | NYPD Blue | ABC | ||
1999 (57th) | |||||
James Gandolfini | Tony Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | [39] | |
Rick Sammler | Once and Again | ABC | |||
The West Wing | NBC | ||||
Dylan McDermott | Bobby Donnell | The Practice | ABC | ||
The West Wing | NBC |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 (58th) | |||||
Martin Sheen | Josiah Bartlet | The West Wing | NBC | [40] | |
Ben Gideon | Gideon's Crossing | ||||
The Sopranos | |||||
The West Wing | NBC | ||||
The Practice | ABC | ||||
2001 (59th) | |||||
Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | 24 | Fox | [41] | |
Nick Fallin | The Guardian | ||||
James Gandolfini | Tony Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
Six Feet Under | |||||
Martin Sheen | Josiah Bartlet | The West Wing | NBC | ||
2002 (60th) | |||||
Michael Chiklis | Vic Mackey | The Shield | FX | [42] | |
James Gandolfini | Tony Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
Peter Krause | Nate Fisher | Six Feet Under | |||
Martin Sheen | Josiah Bartlet | The West Wing | NBC | ||
Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | 24 | Fox | ||
2003 (61st) | |||||
Anthony LaPaglia | Jack Malone | Without a Trace | CBS | [43] | |
Michael Chiklis | Vic Mackey | The Shield | FX | ||
CBS | |||||
Martin Sheen | Josiah Bartlet | The West Wing | NBC | ||
Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | 24 | Fox | ||
2004 (62nd) | |||||
Ian McShane | Al Swearengen | Deadwood | HBO | [44] | |
Michael Chiklis | Vic Mackey | The Shield | FX | ||
Rescue Me | |||||
Nip/Tuck | |||||
Boston Legal | ABC | ||||
2005 (63rd) | |||||
Hugh Laurie | Gregory House | House | Fox | [45] | |
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | ||||
Lost | |||||
Prison Break | Fox | ||||
Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | 24 | |||
2006 (64th) | |||||
Hugh Laurie | Gregory House | House | Fox | [46] | |
Patrick Dempsey | Derek Shepherd | Grey's Anatomy | ABC | ||
Dexter | |||||
Big Love | HBO | ||||
Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | 24 | Fox | ||
2007 (65th) | |||||
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | AMC | [47] | |
Michael C. Hall | Dexter Morgan | Dexter | Showtime | ||
Hugh Laurie | Gregory House | House | Fox | ||
Bill Paxton | Bill Henrickson | Big Love | HBO | ||
The Tudors | Showtime | ||||
2008 (66th) | |||||
Gabriel Byrne | Paul Weston | In Treatment | HBO | [48] | |
Michael C. Hall | Dexter Morgan | Dexter | Showtime | ||
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | AMC | ||
Hugh Laurie | Gregory House | House | Fox | ||
Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Henry VIII of England | The Tudors | Showtime | ||
2009 (67th) | |||||
Michael C. Hall | Dexter Morgan | Dexter | Showtime | [49] | |
Simon Baker | The Mentalist | CBS | |||
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | AMC | ||
Hugh Laurie | Gregory House | House | Fox | ||
Bill Paxton | Bill Henrickson | Big Love | HBO |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 (68th) | |||||
Steve Buscemi | Nucky Thompson | Boardwalk Empire | HBO | [50] | |
Breaking Bad | |||||
Dexter | |||||
Mad Men | AMC | ||||
House | |||||
2011 (69th) | |||||
Kelsey Grammer | Tom Kane | Boss | Starz | [51] | |
Steve Buscemi | Nucky Thompson | Boardwalk Empire | HBO | ||
Bryan Cranston | Walter White | Breaking Bad | AMC | ||
The Borgias | Showtime | ||||
Homeland | |||||
2012 (70th) | |||||
Damian Lewis | Nicholas Brody | Homeland | Showtime | [52] | |
Steve Buscemi | Nucky Thompson | Boardwalk Empire | HBO | ||
Bryan Cranston | Walter White | Breaking Bad | AMC | ||
Will McAvoy | The Newsroom | HBO | |||
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | AMC | ||
2013 (71st) | |||||
Bryan Cranston | Walter White | Breaking Bad | AMC | [53] | |
Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | |||
Masters of Sex | |||||
House of Cards | |||||
Raymond "Red" Reddington | The Blacklist | NBC | |||
2014 (72nd) | |||||
Kevin Spacey | Frank Underwood | House of Cards | Netflix | [54] | |
John "Thack" Thackery | The Knick | Cinemax | |||
Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | ||
James Spader | Raymond "Red" Reddington | The Blacklist | NBC | ||
Noah Solloway | The Affair | Showtime | |||
2015 (73rd) | |||||
Jon Hamm | Don Draper | Mad Men | AMC | [55] | |
Elliot Alderson | Mr. Robot | USA | |||
Narcos | Netflix | ||||
Better Call Saul | AMC | ||||
Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | ||
2016 (74th) | |||||
Billy Bob Thornton | Billy McBride | Goliath | Amazon Prime Video | [56] | |
Rami Malek | Elliot Alderson | Mr. Robot | USA | ||
Bob Odenkirk | Saul Goodman | Better Call Saul | AMC | ||
The Americans | FX | ||||
Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | ||
2017 (75th) | |||||
Sterling K. Brown | Randall Pearson | This Is Us | NBC | [57] | |
Martin "Marty" Byrde | Ozark | Netflix | |||
Dr. Shaun Murphy | The Good Doctor | ABC | |||
Bob Odenkirk | Saul Goodman | Better Call Saul | AMC | ||
Liev Schreiber | Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime | ||
2018 (76th) | |||||
Richard Madden | David Budd | Bodyguard | Netflix | ||
Jason Bateman | Martin "Marty" Byrde | Ozark | Netflix | ||
Walter Cruz | Homecoming | Prime Video | |||
Pray Tell | Pose | FX | |||
Matthew Rhys | Philip Jennings | The Americans | |||
2019 (77th) | |||||
Brian Cox | Logan Roy | Succession | HBO | [58] | |
Jon Snow | Game of Thrones | HBO | |||
Rami Malek | Elliot Alderson | Mr. Robot | USA | ||
Tobias Menzies | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | The Crown | Netflix | ||
Billy Porter | Pray Tell | Pose | FX |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 (78th) | |||||
Josh O'Connor | Charles, Prince of Wales | The Crown | Netflix | [59] | |
Jason Bateman | Martin "Marty" Byrde | Ozark | Netflix | ||
Bob Odenkirk | Saul Goodman | Better Call Saul | AMC | ||
Al Pacino | Meyer Offerman | Hunters | Amazon Prime Video | ||
Matthew Rhys | Perry Mason | Perry Mason | HBO | ||
2021 (79th) | |||||
Jeremy Strong | Kendall Roy | Succession | HBO | [60] | |
Brian Cox | Logan Roy | Succession | HBO | ||
Lee Jung-jae | Seong Gi-hun | Squid Game | Netflix | ||
Billy Porter | Pray Tell | Pose | FX | ||
Omar Sy | Assane Diop | Lupin | Netflix | ||
2022 (80th) | |||||
Kevin Costner | John Dutton | Yellowstone | Paramount Network | [61] | |
Jeff Bridges | Dan Chase | The Old Man | FX | ||
Diego Luna | Cassian Andor | Andor | Disney+ | ||
Bob Odenkirk | Saul Goodman | Better Call Saul | AMC | ||
Adam Scott | Mark Scout | Severance | Apple TV+ | ||
2023 (81st) | |||||
Kieran Culkin | Roman Roy | Succession | HBO | [62] | |
Brian Cox | Logan Roy | Succession | HBO | ||
Gary Oldman | Jackson Lamb | Slow Horses | Apple TV+ | ||
Pedro Pascal | Joel Miller | The Last of Us | HBO | ||
Jeremy Strong | Kendall Roy | Succession | |||
Dominic West | Charles, Prince of Wales | The Crown | Netflix |
Wins | Name |
---|---|
2 | Ed Asner |
John Forsythe | |
Jon Hamm | |
Hugh Laurie | |
Telly Savalas |