won the first recipient of this award with
Bob Newhart in 1961 tied with
John Charles Daly to be the first recipient of the award. won for
Mickey in 1963 won the award in 1966 for
The Dean Martin Show. won for
Mission: Impossible in 1967 won in 1970 and received five more nominations for his performance on
Mannix as Joe Mannix. won in 1971 playing Jim Phelps on
Mission: Impossible. won the award twice for
Kojak won for
Columbo in 1972 (out of seven nominations). won for
Hawkins (1972). won twice for his role as
Lou Grant on the
eponymous show. was nominated three times for his role as
Jim Rockford on
The Rockford Files. won in 1981 for his role as John Blackthorne on the miniseries
Shōgun. won for playing the
title role in
Magnum, P.I.. He tied with Peter Falk for having the most nominations in the category. won for
Miami Vice (1985) won in 1991 playing
Dale Cooper on
Twin Peaks won for ''
I'll Fly Away'' (1992) won in 1994 for
NYPD Blue received the award for his role in
NYPD Blue won for
The X-Files won for
ER won for
The Practice (1998). won in 2000 for playing
Tony Soprano in
The Sopranos won for
Josiah Bartlet on
The West Wing (2004) won playing
Vic Mackey in
The Shield (2002) won twice for playing
Gregory House House (2005, 2006). won in 2008 and 2016 for his role as
Don Draper on
Mad Men. won for playing
Nucky Thompson Boardwalk Empire (2010) won for playing a corrupt mayor in
Boss (2011) won playing
Walter White in
Breaking Bad (2014) won playing
Frank Underwood in
House of Cards (2014) won for
This is Us (2017) won for
Bodyguard (2018) won for
Succession (2019) won for playing
Prince Charles on
The Crown (2020) won for
Succession (2021) won for
Yellowstone (2022) won for
Succession (2023) won for
Shōgun (2024) Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
1960s 1970s Best Actor – Television Series Drama 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Actors with multiple awards==