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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Not to be confused with the Daytime Emmy Award with the same name.
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. 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
- § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation
Quick Facts for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Awarded for ...
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | |
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The 2023 recipient: Matthew Macfadyen | |
| 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 | Matthew Macfadyen, Succession (2023) |
| Website | emmys |
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FOX is the only one of the Big Four networks to not win this category, with only one nomination.
1950s
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1960s
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1970s
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| 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 | |||
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1980s
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| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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| 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 |
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