Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Contents

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

Year Winners and nominees Film or Series Role
2000 James Woods Dirty Pictures
Andy García For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Louis Gossett, Jr. The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Bob Hoskins Noriega: God's Favorite
Matthew Modine Flowers for Algernon
2001 Richard Dreyfuss The Day Reagan Was Shot
William Hurt Varian's War
Ben Kingsley Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Damian Lewis Band of Brothers
Jeffrey Wright Boycott
2002 William H. Macy Door to Door
Ted Danson Living with the Dead
Albert Finney The Gathering Storm
Harry J. Lennix Keep the Faith, Baby
Patrick Stewart King of Texas
2003 James Woods Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Robert Carlyle Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Troy Garity Soldier's Girl
Lee Pace Soldier's Girl
Al Pacino Angels in America
Tom Wilkinson Normal
2004 Jamie Foxx Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Keith Carradine Deadwood
Mos Def Something the Lord Made
Alan Rickman Something the Lord Made
Geoffrey Rush The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2005 Jonathan Rhys Meyers Elvis Elvis Presley
Ted Danson Our Fathers Mitchell Garabedian
Kenneth Branagh Warm Springs Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ed Harris Empire Falls Miles Roby
Christian Campbell Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Jimmy Harper
Rupert Everett Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Sherlock Holmes
2006 Bill Nighy Gideon's Daughter Gideon Warner
Andre Braugher Thief Nick Atwater
Charles Dance Bleak House Mr. Tulkinghorn
Hugh Dancy Elizabeth I Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Ben Kingsley Mrs. Harris Herman Tarnower
2007 David Oyelowo Five Days Matt Wellings
Jim Broadbent Longford Frank Pakenham, Earl of Longford
Robert Lindsay The Trial of Tony Blair Tony Blair
Aidan Quinn Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Henry L. Dawes
Tom Selleck Jesse Stone: Sea Change Jesse Stone
Toby Stephens Jane Eyre Edward Fairfax Rochester
2008 Paul Giamatti John Adams John Adams
Benedict Cumberbatch The Last Enemy Stephen Ezard
Ralph Fiennes Bernard and Doris Bernard Lafferty
Stellan Skarsgård God on Trial Baumgarten
Kevin Spacey Recount Ron Klain
Tom Wilkinson Recount James Baker
2009 Brendan Gleeson Into the Storm Winston Churchill
Kevin Bacon Taking Chance Michael Strobl
Kenneth Branagh Wallander Kurt Wallander
William Hurt Endgame Will Esterhuyse
Jeremy Irons Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz
Ian McKellen The Prisoner Number 2/Curtis

2010s

Year Winners and nominees Film or Series Role
2011 Jason Isaacs Case Histories Jackson Brodie
Hugh Bonneville Downton Abbey Robert, Earl of Grantham
Idris Elba Luther Detective Chief Inspector John Luther
Laurence Fishburne Thurgood Thurgood Marshall
William Hurt Too Big to Fail Henry Paulson
Bill Nighy Page Eight Johnny Worricker
Current Awards
(Film)
Current Awards
(Television)
Retired Awards
(Film)
Retired Awards
(Television)
TV Film (1999-2009) • Miniseries (1999-2010) • Supporting Actor: Drama Series (2002–2003) • Supporting Actor: Musical or Comedy Series (2002–2003) • Supporting Actress: Drama Series (2002–2003) • Supporting Actress: Musical or Comedy Series (2002–2003) • Cast (2005–2009)
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