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Primetime Emmy Awards
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
2025
Stephen Graham
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Adolescence
2024
Tom Hollander
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Feud
Richard Gadd
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Baby Reindeer
Jon Hamm
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Fargo
Andrew Scott
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RIPLEY
Matt Bomer
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Fellow Travelers
2023
Michael Shannon
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George & Tammy
Steven Yeun
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BEEF
Evan Peters
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Monster (2022)
Kumail Nanjiani
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Welcome to Chippendales
Daniel Radcliffe
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Taron Egerton
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Black Bird
2022
Michael Keaton
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Dopesick
2021
Ewan McGregor
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Halston
2020
Hugh Jackman
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Bad Education
2019
Jharrel Jerome
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When They See Us
Hugh Grant
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A Very English Scandal
2018
Benedict Cumberbatch
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Patrick Melrose
Antonio Banderas
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Genius (2017)
2017
Riz Ahmed
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The Night Of
John Turturro
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The Night Of
2016
The Night Manager
2015
Timothy Hutton
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American Crime
Ricky Gervais
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Derek
Mark Rylance
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Wolf Hall
Richard Jenkins
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Olive Kitteridge
2014
Mark Ruffalo
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The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton
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Fargo
Martin Freeman
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Fargo
2013
Toby Jones
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The Girl
2012
Bill Paxton
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Hatfields & McCoys
Woody Harrelson
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Game Change
Clive Owen
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Hemingway & Gellhorn
2011
Greg Kinnear
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The Kennedys
2010
Ian McKellen
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The Prisoner (2009)
2009
Brendan Gleeson
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Into the Storm
2008
Paul Giamatti
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John Adams
Ralph Fiennes
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Bernard and Doris
2007
Matthew Perry
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The Ron Clark Story
Tom Selleck
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2006
Andre Braugher
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Thief
Ben Kingsley
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Mrs. Harris
2005
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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Elvis (2005)
2004
Antonio Banderas
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2002
Michael Gambon
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Path to War
2001
Barry Pepper
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61*
Ben Kingsley
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story
1999
Performance
Stanley Tucci
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Winchell
1998
Ving Rhames
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Don King: Only in America
Sam Neill
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Merlin (1998)
Patrick Stewart
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Moby Dick
1995
John Goodman
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1992
Brian Dennehy
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To Catch a Killer
1991
Dennis Hopper
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Paris Trout
1990
Robert Duvall
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Lonesome Dove
1989
Ben Kingsley
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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Tommy Lee Jones
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Lonesome Dove
1988
Danny Glover
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Mandela
Jason Robards
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Inherit the Wind
1984
Mickey Rooney
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Bill: On His Own
1983
Alec Guinness
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Smiley's People
1982
Mickey Rooney
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Bill
Anthony Andrews
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Brideshead Revisited
Jeremy Irons
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Brideshead Revisited
1980
Jason Robards
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F.D.R.: The Last Year
Henry Fonda
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Gideon's Trumpet
1978
David Cassidy
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Police Story
John Rubinstein
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Family
Paul Winfield
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King (1978)
Barnard Hughes
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Lou Grant
Michael Moriarty
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Holocaust
Fritz Weaver
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Holocaust
Jason Robards
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Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1976
Ed Asner
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Hal Holbrook
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Sandburg's Lincoln
Nick Nolte
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Peter Strauss
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Rich Man, Poor Man
George Grizzard
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The Adams Chronicles
Bill Bixby
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The Streets of San Francisco
1975
Dennis Weaver
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McCloud
1974
Dennis Weaver
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McCloud
1972
Keith Michell
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1971
Richard Widmark
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Vanished (1971)
1968
Melvyn Douglas
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CBS Playhouse
Eli Wallach
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CBS Playhouse
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