Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | |
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The 2022 recipient: Michael Keaton
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1955 |
Currently held by | Michael Keaton, Dopesick (2022) |
Official website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a television limited series or television movie for the primetime network season.
The award was first presented at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards on March 7, 1955, to Robert Cummings, for his performance as Juror #8 on the Studio One episode "Twelve Angry Men". It has undergone several name changes, with the category split into two categories at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actot in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy; and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. By the 31st Primetime Emmy Awards, the categories were merged into one, and it has since undergone several name changes, leading to its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 58 actors. Michael Keaton is the current recipient of the award, for his portrayal of Dr. Samuel Finnix on Dopesick. Laurence Olivier has won the most awards in this category, with four, while Hal Holbrook has received the most nominations for the award, on seven occasions.
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Winners and nominations
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1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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2020 (72nd) [14] |
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Mark Ruffalo | Dominick & Thomas Birdsey | I Know This Much Is True | HBO | |
Jeremy Pope | Archie Coleman | Hollywood | Netflix | |
Jeremy Irons | Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias | Watchmen | HBO | |
Hugh Jackman | Frank Tassone | Bad Education | ||
Paul Mescal | Connell Waldron | Normal People | Hulu | |
2021 (73rd) [15] |
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Ewan McGregor | Halston | Halston | Netflix | |
Hugh Grant | Jonathan Fraser | The Undoing | HBO | |
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Alexander Hamilton | Hamilton | Disney+ | |
Leslie Odom, Jr. | Aaron Burr | |||
Paul Bettany | Vision | WandaVision | ||
2022 (74th) [16] |
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Michael Keaton | Dr. Samuel Finnix | Dopesick | Hulu | |
Colin Firth | Michael Peterson | The Staircase | HBO/HBO Max | |
Andrew Garfield | Detective Jeb Pyre | Under the Banner of Heaven | FX | |
Oscar Isaac | Jonathan Levy | Scenes from a Marriage | HBO/HBO Max | |
Himesh Patel | Jeevan Chaudhary | Station Eleven | ||
Sebastian Stan | Tommy Lee | Pam & Tommy | Hulu |
Programs with multiple wins
- 2 wins
Performers with multiple wins
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Programs with multiple nominations
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Performers with multiple nominations
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See also
- TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
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