Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama category in CineRoll's records: 128 films across 54 years, 54 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Shōgun (2025); the earliest on record is Mission: Impossible (1971).

The last three winners were Shōgun (2025), Yellowstone (2023) and Succession (2022).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2026

Landman(2024)
Billy Bob Thornton

2025

Shōgun(2024)
Hiroyuki Sanada
Winner
Landman(2024)
Billy Bob Thornton
Mr. & Mrs. Smith(2024)
Donald Glover
Presumed Innocent(2024)
Jake Gyllenhaal
Slow Horses(2022)
Gary Oldman
The Day of the Jackal(2024)
Eddie Redmayne

2023

Yellowstone(2018)
Kevin Costner
Winner
Andor(2022)
Diego Luna
Better Call Saul(2015)
Bob Odenkirk
Severance(2022)
Adam Scott
The Old Man(2022)
Jeff Bridges

2022

Succession(2018)
Jeremy Strong
Winner
Lupin(2021)
Omar Sy
POSE(2018)
Billy Porter
Squid Game(2021)
Lee Jung-jae
Succession(2018)
Brian Cox

2021

The Crown(2016)
Josh O’Connor
Winner
Better Call Saul(2015)
Bob Odenkirk
Hunters(2020)
Al Pacino
Ozark(2017)
Jason Bateman
Perry Mason(2020)
Matthew Rhys

2020

Succession(2018)
Brian Cox
Winner
Game of Thrones(2011)
Kit Harington
Mr. Robot(2015)
Rami Malek
POSE(2018)
Billy Porter
The Crown(2016)
Tobias Menzies

2019

Bodyguard(2018)
Richard Madden
Winner
Homecoming(2018)
Stephan James
Ozark(2017)
Jason Bateman
POSE(2018)
Billy Porter
The Americans(2013)
Matthew Rhys

2018

This Is Us(2016)
Sterling Brown
Winner
Better Call Saul(2015)
Bob Odenkirk
Ozark(2017)
Jason Bateman
Ray Donovan(2013)
Liev Schreiber
The Good Doctor(2017)
Freddie Highmore

2017

Goliath(2016)
Billy Bob Thornton
Winner
Better Call Saul(2015)
Bob Odenkirk
Mr. Robot(2015)
Rami Malek
Ray Donovan(2013)
Liev Schreiber
The Americans(2013)
Matthew Rhys

2016

Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm
Winner
Better Call Saul(2015)
Bob Odenkirk
Mr. Robot(2015)
Rami Malek
Narcos(2015)
Wagner Moura
Ray Donovan(2013)
Liev Schreiber

2015

House of Cards(2013)
Kevin Spacey
Winner
Ray Donovan(2013)
Liev Schreiber
The Affair(2014)
Dominic West
The Blacklist(2013)
James Spader
The Knick(2014)
Clive Owen

2014

Breaking Bad(2008)
Bryan Cranston
Winner
House of Cards(2013)
Kevin Spacey
Masters of Sex(2013)
Michael Sheen
Ray Donovan(2013)
Liev Schreiber
The Blacklist(2013)
James Spader

2013

Homeland(2011)
Damian Lewis
Winner
Boardwalk Empire(2010)
Steve Buscemi
Breaking Bad(2008)
Bryan Cranston
Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm
The Newsroom(2012)
Jeff Daniels

2012

Boss(2011)
Kelsey Grammer
Winner
Boardwalk Empire(2010)
Steve Buscemi
Breaking Bad(2008)
Bryan Cranston
Homeland(2011)
Damian Lewis
The Borgias(2011)
Jeremy Irons

2011

Boardwalk Empire(2010)
Steve Buscemi
Winner
Breaking Bad(2008)
Bryan Cranston
Dexter(2006)
Michael C. Hall
House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm

2010

Dexter(2006)
Michael C. Hall
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Bill Paxton
House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm
The Mentalist(2008)
Simon Baker

2009

In Treatment(2008)
Gabriel Byrne
Winner
Dexter(2006)
Michael C. Hall
House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm
The Tudors(2007)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

2008

Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Bill Paxton
Dexter(2006)
Michael C. Hall
House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
The Tudors(2007)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

2007

House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
Winner
24(1964)
Big Love(2006)
Bill Paxton
Dexter(2006)
Michael C. Hall
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Patrick Dempsey

2006

House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
Winner
24(1964)
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Patrick Dempsey
Lost(2004)
Prison Break(2005)
Wentworth Miller

2005

Deadwood(2004)
Ian McShane
Winner
Boston Legal(2004)
James Spader
Nip/Tuck(2003)
Rescue Me(2004)
Denis Leary
The Shield(2002)
Michael Chiklis

2004

Without a Trace(2002)
Anthony LaPaglia
Winner
24(1964)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)
The Shield(2002)
The West Wing(1999)

2003

The Shield(2002)
Michael Chiklis
Winner
24(1964)
Kiefer Sutherland
Six Feet Under(2001)
The Sopranos(1999)
The West Wing(1999)

2002

24(1964)
Winner
Six Feet Under(2001)
Peter Krause
The Guardian(2001)
Simon Baker
The Sopranos(1999)
The West Wing(1999)
Martin Sheen

2001

The West Wing(1999)
Winner
Gideon's Crossing(2000)
Andre Braugher
The Practice(1997)
The Sopranos(1999)
The West Wing(1999)

2000

The Sopranos(1999)
James Gandolfini
Winner
Once and Again(1999)
William O. Campbell
The Practice(1997)
The West Wing(1999)

1999

The Practice(1997)
Dylan McDermott
Winner
ER(1994)
Anthony Edwards
Millennium(1996)
NYPD Blue(1993)
The X-Files(1993)

1998

ER(1994)
Winner
ER(1994)
Millennium(1996)
Nothing Sacred(1997)
Kevin Anderson
The X-Files(1993)

1997

The X-Files(1993)
Winner
ER(1994)
Millennium(1996)
Lance Henriksen
NYPD Blue(1993)
Jimmy Smits

1996

NYPD Blue(1993)
Jimmy Smits
Winner
ER(1994)
Murder One(1995)
Daniel Benzali
The X-Files(1993)

1995

NYPD Blue(1993)
Dennis Franz
Winner
Beverly Hills, 90210(1990)
Jason Priestley
Chicago Hope(1994)
Mandy Patinkin
Law & Order(1990)
Picket Fences(1992)
Tom Skerritt

1994

NYPD Blue(1993)
David Caruso
Winner
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
Carroll O’Connor
Law & Order(1990)
Michael Moriarty
Northern Exposure(1990)
Rob Morrow
Picket Fences(1992)
Tom Skerritt

1993

I'll Fly Away(1991)
Winner
Beverly Hills, 90210(1990)
Jason Priestley
Northern Exposure(1990)
Rob Morrow
Quantum Leap(1989)
Scott Bakula
Reasonable Doubts(1991)
Mark Harmon

1992

Quantum Leap(1989)
Scott Bakula
Winner
I'll Fly Away(1991)
Sam Waterston
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
Carroll O’Connor
Northern Exposure(1990)
Rob Morrow
Pros and Cons(1991)
James Earl Jones
Reasonable Doubts(1991)
Mark Harmon

1991

Twin Peaks(1990)
Kyle MacLachlan
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Peter Falk
Gabriel's Fire(1990)
James Earl Jones
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
Carroll O’Connor
Quantum Leap(1989)
Scott Bakula

1990

Wiseguy(1987)
Ken Wahl
Winner
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
Carroll O’Connor
L.A. Law(1986)
thirtysomething(1987)
Ken Olin

1989

Beauty and the Beast(1987)
Ron Perlman
Winner
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
Carroll O’Connor
L.A. Law(1986)
Corbin Bernsen
L.A. Law(1986)
Harry Hamlin
Wiseguy(1987)
Ken Wahl

1988

A Year in the Life(1987)
Richard Kiley
Winner
L.A. Law(1986)
Harry Hamlin
L.A. Law(1986)
Michael Tucker
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck
The Equalizer(1985)
Edward Woodward

1987

The Equalizer(1985)
Edward Woodward
Winner
Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Knots Landing(1979)
William Devane
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck
Miami Vice(1984)
Don Johnson

1986

Miami Vice(1984)
Winner
Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Daniel J. Travanti
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck
Miami Vice(1984)

1985

Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Larry Hagman
Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Daniel J. Travanti
Hotel(1983)
James Brolin
The New Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)(1984)
Stacy Keach

1984

Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Winner
Hart to Hart(1979)
Robert Wagner
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Daniel J. Travanti
Hotel(1983)
James Brolin
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck

1983

Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Larry Hagman
Hart to Hart(1979)
Robert Wagner
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Daniel J. Travanti
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck

1982

Hill Street Blues(1981)
Daniel J. Travanti
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Larry Hagman
Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Lou Grant(1977)
Ed Asner
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck

1981

Shōgun(1980)
Richard Chamberlain
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Larry Hagman
Hart to Hart(1979)
Lou Grant(1977)
Vega$(1978)
Robert Ulrich

1980

Lou Grant(1977)
Winner
Blind Ambition(1979)
Martin Sheen
Centennial(1978)
Richard Chamberlain
CHiPs(1977)
Erik Estrada
Hart to Hart(1979)
The Paper Chase(1978)
John Houseman
The Rockford Files(1974)
James Garner
Vega$(1978)

1979

Holocaust(1978)
Michael Moriarty
Winner
Battlestar Galactica(1978)
Richard Hatch
Little House on the Prairie(1974)
Lou Grant(1977)
The Paper Chase(1978)
John Houseman
The Rockford Files(1974)
James Garner

1978

Lou Grant(1977)
Winner
Baa Baa Black Sheep(1976)
Robert Conrad
Columbo(1971)
Kojak(1973)
The Rockford Files(1974)
James Garner

1977

Captains and the Kings(1976)
Richard Jordan
Winner
Kojak(1973)
Telly Savalas
Rich Man, Poor Man(1976)
Nick Nolte
Rich Man, Poor Man(1976)
Peter Strauss
The Six Million Dollar Man(1974)
Lee Majors

1976

Baretta(1975)
Robert Blake
Winner
Kojak(1973)
Telly Savalas
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Peter Falk
Petrocelli(1974)
Barry Newman
The Streets of San Francisco (Streets of San Francisco, The)(1972)
Karl Malden

1975

Kojak(1973)
Telly Savalas
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Peter Falk
Mannix(1967)
Mike Connors
The Streets of San Francisco (Streets of San Francisco, The)(1972)
Michael Douglas
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Richard Thomas

1974

Hawkins(1973)
James Stewart
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Kung Fu(1972)
David Carradine
Mannix(1967)
Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Robert Young
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Richard Thomas

1973

Columbo(1971)
Winner
Cannon(1971)
William Conrad
Mannix(1967)
Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Robert Young
Medical Center(1969)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors(1969)
David Hartman

1971

Mission: Impossible(1966)
Peter Graves
Winner
Dan August(1970)
Burt Reynolds
Mannix(1967)
Mike Connors
Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Robert Young
Medical Center(1969)
Chad Everett