Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

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Winners and nominees

1970s

Best Supporting Actor - Television Series
1970: James Brolin – Marcus Welby, M.D.

• Tige Andrews – The Mod Squad
• Michael Constantine – Room 222
• Henry Gibson – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• Zalman King – The Young Lawyers

1971: Edward Asner – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant

• James Brolin – Marcus Welby, M.D.
• Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show
• Rob Reiner – All in the Family as Mike Stivic
• Milburn Stone – Gunsmoke

1972: James Brolin – Marcus Welby, M.D.

• Edward Asner – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant
• Ted Knight – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Ted Baxter
• Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show
• Rob Reiner – All in the Family as Mike Stivic

1973: McLean Stevenson – M*A*S*H

• Edward Asner – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant
• Will Geer – The Waltons
• Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show
• Strother Martin – Hawkins
• Rob Reiner – All in the Family as Mike Stivic

1974: Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show

• Will Geer – The Waltons
• Gavin MacLeod – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Whitman Mayo – Sanford and Son
• Jimmie Walker – Good Times as J.J. Evans

1975: Edward Asner – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant and
1975: Tim Conway – The Carol Burnett Show

• Ted Knight – Mary Tyler Moore as Ted Baxter
• Rob Reiner – All in the Family as Mike Stivic
• Jimmie Walker – Good Times as J.J. Evans

1976: Edward Asner – Rich Man, Poor Man

• Tim Conway – The Carol Burnett Show
• Charles Durning – Captains and the Kings
• Gavin MacLeod – Mary Tyler Moore as Murray Slaughter
• Rob Reiner – All in the Family as Mike Stivic

1977: no award given

1978: Norman Fell – Three's Company as Stanley Roper

• Jeff Conaway – Taxi
• Danny DeVito – Taxi as Louie De Palma
• Pat Harrington, Jr. – One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider
• Andy Kaufman – Taxi as Latka Gravas

1979: Danny DeVito – Taxi as Louie De Palma and
1979: Vic Tayback – Alice as Mel Sharples

• Jeff Conaway – Taxi
• Tony Danza – Taxi
• David Doyle – Charlie's Angels as John Bosley

1980s

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1980: Pat Harrington - One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider and
1980: Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples

• Danny DeVito - Taxi as Louie De Palma
• Andy Kaufman - Taxi as Latka Gravas
• Geoffrey Lewis - Flo

1981: John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins

• Danny DeVito - Taxi as Louie De Palma
• Pat Harrington, Jr. - One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider
• Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples
• Hervé Villechaize - Fantasy Island as Tattoo

1982: Lionel Stander - Hart to Hart

• Pat Harrington, Jr. - One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider
• John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins
• Lorenzo Lamas - Falcon Crest as Lance Cumson
• Anson Williams - Happy Days as Potsie Weber

1983: Richard Kiley - The Thorn Birds

• Bryan Brown - The Thorn Birds
• John Houseman - The Winds of War
• Perry King - The Hasty Heart
• Rob Lowe - Thursday's Child
• Jan-Michael Vincent - The Winds of War

1984: Paul Le Mat - The Burning Bed

• Pierce Brosnan - Nancy Astor
• John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins
• Ben Vereen - Ellis Island
• Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues as Detective Mick Belker

1985: Edward James Olmos - Miami Vice as Martin Castillo

• Ed Begley, Jr. - St. Elsewhere as Dr. Victor Ehrlich
• David Carradine - North and South
• Richard Farnsworth - Chase
• John James - Dynasty as Jeff Colby
• John Malkovich - Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman
• Pat Morita - Amos
• Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues as Detective Mick Belker

1986: Jan Niklas - Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna

• Tom Conti - Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story
• John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins
• Trevor Howard - Christmas Eve
• Ron Leibman - Christmas Eve

1987: Rutger Hauer - Escape From Sobibor

• Kirk Cameron - Growing Pains as Mike Seaver
• Dabney Coleman - Sworn to Silence
• John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins
• John Larroquette - Night Court as Dan Fielding
• Brian McNamara - Billionaire Boys Club
• Alan Rachins - L.A. Law as Douglas Brackman
• Gordon Thomson - Dynasty as Adam Carrington

1988: Barry Bostwick - War and Remembrance and
1988: John Gielgud - War and Remembrance

• Armand Assante - Jack the Ripper
• Kirk Cameron - Growing Pains as Mike Seaver
• Larry Drake - L.A. Law as Benny Stulwicz
• Derek Jacobi - The Tenth Man
• Edward James Olmos - Miami Vice as Martin Castillo

1989: Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap as Al Calavicci

• Chris Burke - Life Goes On as Corky Thatcher
• Larry Drake - L.A. Law as Benny Stulwicz
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lonesome Dove
• Michael Tucker - L.A. Law as Stuart Markowitz

1990s

• 1990: Charles Durning - The Kennedys of Massachusetts
  • Barry Miller - Equal Justice
  • Jimmy Smits - L.A. Law as Victor Sifuentes
  • Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap as Al Calavicci
  • Blair Underwood - L.A. Law as Jonathan Rollins

• 1991: Louis Gossett, Jr. - The Josephine Baker Story
  • Larry Drake - L.A. Law as Benny Stulwicz
  • Michael Jeter - Evening Shade as Herman Stiles
  • Richard Kiley - Separate But Equal
  • Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap as Al Calavicci

• 1992: Maximilian Schell - Stalin as Vladimir Lenin
  • Jason Alexander - Seinfeld as George Costanza
  • John Corbett - Northern Exposure as Chris Stevens
  • Hume Cronyn - Broadway Bound
  • Earl Holliman - Delta
  • Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap as Al Calavicci

• 1993: Beau Bridges - The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom as Terry Harper
  • Jason Alexander - Seinfeld as George Costanza
  • Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue as Detective Andy Sipowicz
  • John Mahoney - Frasier as Martin Crane
  • Jonathan Pryce - Barbarians at the Gate

• 1994: Edward James Olmos - The Burning Season
  • Jason Alexander - Seinfeld as George Costanza
  • Fyvush Finkel - Picket Fences as Douglas Wambaugh
  • David Hyde Pierce - Frasier as Niles Crane
  • John Malkovich - Heart of Darkness

• 1995: Donald Sutherland - Citizen X
  • Sam Elliott - Buffalo Girls as Wild Bill Hickok
  • Tom Hulce - The Heidi Chronicles
  • David Hyde Pierce - Frasier as Niles Crane
  • Henry Thomas - Indictment: The McMartin Trial

• 1996: Ian McKellen - Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
  • David Hyde Pierce - Frasier as Niles Crane
  • David Paymer - Crime of the Century
  • Anthony Quinn - Gotti
  • Noah Wyle - ER as Dr. John Carter

• 1997: George C. Scott - 12 Angry Men as Juror #3
  • Jason Alexander - Seinfeld as George Costanza
  • Michael Caine - Mandela and de Klerk
  • David Hyde Pierce - Frasier as Niles Crane
  • Eriq La Salle - ER as Dr. Peter Benton
  • Noah Wyle - ER as Dr. John Carter

• 1998: Don Cheadle - The Rat Pack as Sammy Davis, Jr.
• 1998: Gregory Peck - Moby-Dick
  • Joe Mantegna - The Rat Pack as Dean Martin
  • David Spade - Just Shoot Me! as Dennis Finch
  • Noah Wyle - ER as Dr. John Carter

• 1999: Peter Fonda - The Passion of Ayn Rand
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • Sean Hayes - Will & Grace as Jack McFarland
  • Chris Noth - Sex and the City as Mr. Big
  • Peter O'Toole - Joan of Arc
  • David Spade - Just Shoot Me! as Dennis Finch

2000s

2010s