Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in Dramatic Television.

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Superlatives

Superlative Male Actor - Drama Series Male Actor - Comedy Series Overall
Actor with most awards James Gandolfini 3 Alec Baldwin 5 Alec Baldwin 5
Actor with most nominations Dennis Franz 8 Kelsey Grammer, David H. Pierce 8 Dennis Franz, Kelsey Grammer,
David H. Pierce
8
Actor with most nominations
without ever winning
David Duchovny, Jimmy Smits 5 Kelsey Grammer 8 Kelsey Grammer 8
Television program with most wins The Sopranos 3 30 Rock 4 30 Rock 4
Television program with most nominations NYPD Blue 13 Frasier 16 Frasier 16

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Winners and nominees Series Role
1994 Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
Hector Elizondo Chicago Hope Phillip Watters
Mandy Patinkin Chicago Hope Jeffrey Geiger
Tom Skerritt Picket Fences Jimmy Brock
Patrick Stewart Star Trek: The Next Generation Jean-Luc Picard
1995 Anthony Edwards ER Mark Greene
George Clooney ER Doug Ross
David Duchovny The X Files Fox Mulder
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
Jimmy Smits NYPD Blue Bobby Simone
1996 Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
George Clooney ER Doug Ross
David Duchovny The X Files Fox Mulder
Anthony Edwards ER Mark Greene
Jimmy Smits NYPD Blue Bobby Simone
1997 Anthony Edwards ER Mark Greene
David Duchovny The X Files Fox Mulder
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
Jimmy Smits NYPD Blue Bobby Simone
Sam Waterston Law & Order Jack McCoy
1998 Sam Waterston Law & Order Jack McCoy
David Duchovny The X Files Fox Mulder
Anthony Edwards ER Mark Greene
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
Jimmy Smits NYPD Blue Bobby Simone
1999 James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano
David Duchovny The X Files Fox Mulder
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
Martin Sheen The West Wing Josiah Bartlet
Jimmy Smits NYPD Blue Bobby Simone

2000s

Year Winners and nominees Series Role
2000 Martin Sheen The West Wing Josiah Bartlet
Tim Daly The Fugitive Richard Kimble
Anthony Edwards ER Mark Greene
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano
2001 Martin Sheen The West Wing Josiah Bartlet
Richard Dreyfuss The Education of Max Bickford Max Bickford
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue Andy Sipowicz
James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano
Peter Krause Six Feet Under Nate Fisher
2002 James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano
Michael Chiklis The Shield Vic Mackey
Martin Sheen The West Wing Josiah Bartlet
Kiefer Sutherland 24 Jack Bauer
Treat Williams Everwood Andy Brown
2003 Kiefer Sutherland 24 Jack Bauer
Peter Krause Six Feet Under Nate Fisher
Anthony LaPaglia Without a Trace Jack Malone
Martin Sheen The West Wing Josiah Bartlet
Treat Williams Everwood Andy Brown
2004 Jerry Orbach (posthumous) Law & Order Lennie Briscoe
Hank Azaria Huff Craig Huffstodt
James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano
Anthony LaPaglia Without a Trace Jack Malone
Kiefer Sutherland 24 Jack Bauer
2005 Kiefer Sutherland 24 Jack Bauer
Alan Alda The West Wing Arnold Vinick
Patrick Dempsey Grey's Anatomy Derek Shepherd
Hugh Laurie House Gregory House
Ian McShane Deadwood Al Swearengen
2006 Hugh Laurie House Gregory House
James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano
Michael C. Hall Dexter Dexter Morgan
James Spader Boston Legal Alan Shore
Kiefer Sutherland 24 Jack Bauer
2007 James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano
Michael C. Hall Dexter Dexter Morgan
Jon Hamm Mad Men Don Draper
Hugh Laurie House Gregory House
James Spader Boston Legal Alan Shore
2008 Hugh Laurie House Gregory House
Michael C. Hall Dexter Dexter Morgan
Jon Hamm Mad Men Don Draper
William Shatner Boston Legal Denny Crane
James Spader Boston Legal Alan Shore
2009 Michael C. Hall Dexter Dexter Morgan
Simon Baker The Mentalist Patrick Jane
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad Walter White
Jon Hamm Mad Men Don Draper
Hugh Laurie House Gregory House

2010s

Year Winners and nominees Series Role
2010 Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire Nucky Thompson
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad Walter White
Michael C. Hall Dexter Dexter Morgan
Jon Hamm Mad Men Don Draper
Hugh Laurie House Gregory House
2011 Patrick J. Adams Suits Mike Ross
Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire Nucky Thompson
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights Eric Taylor
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad Walter White
Michael C. Hall Dexter Dexter Morgan

Multiple honorees

Multiple winners

2 wins

3 wins

Multiple nominees

2 nominations

3 nominations

4 nominations

5 nominations

6 nominations

7 nominations

8 nominations

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