Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
The Screen Actors Guild Award in the category Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama is one of the awards, which are annually awarded in the United States by the Screen Actors Guild, a union of actors. It is aimed at actors who have done an outstanding job in a major or minor role in a drama television series. The category was created in 1995. The winners will be chosen in a secret ballot by the full members of the union.
History and Records
During the last 20 years, the Screen Actors Guild has a total of 20 Awards in the category Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama awarded to 11 different actors. The first prize winner was Dennis Franz, who at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1995 for his role as Andy Sipowicz in New York Cops - NYPD Blue was honored. The latest up to winners was Bryan Cranston, who was honored for his role as Walter White in Breaking Bad at the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014.
The following list is a list of nominees and winners of the most common records in the category Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama. The winners and nominees in the other actor categories are not counted.
Winners and nominees
The television series listed below are indicated ( determined if any) with her German broadcast title, followed in brackets in italics of the original foreign-language titles. The mention of the original title does not apply if German and foreign film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted in bold type in the first place.
1995-2000
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue ) Hector Elizondo - Chicago Hope - Final Hope ( Chicago Hope)
- Mandy Patinkin - Chicago Hope - Final Hope ( Chicago Hope)
- Tom Skerritt - Picket Fences - Tatort garden fence ( picket fences )
- Patrick Stewart - Star Trek: The Next Generation (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Anthony Edwards - ER - Emergency Room (ER) George Clooney - ER - Emergency Room (ER)
- David Duchovny - The X-Files - The Files ( The X-Files )
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Jimmy Smits - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue ) George Clooney - ER - Emergency Room (ER)
- David Duchovny - The X-Files - The Files ( The X-Files )
- Anthony Edwards - ER - Emergency Room (ER)
- Jimmy Smits - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Anthony Edwards - ER - Emergency Room (ER) David Duchovny - The X-Files - The Files ( The X-Files )
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Jimmy Smits - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Sam Waterston - Law & Order
- Sam Waterston - Law & Order David Duchovny - The X-Files - The Files ( The X-Files )
- Anthony Edwards - ER - Emergency Room (ER)
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Jimmy Smits - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- James Gandolfini - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos ) David Duchovny - The X-Files - The Files ( The X-Files )
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Martin Sheen - The West Wing - The West Wing ( The West Wing )
2001-2010
- Martin Sheen - The West Wing - The West Wing ( The West Wing ) Timothy Daly - The Fugitive ( The Fugitive )
- Anthony Edwards - ER - Emergency Room (ER)
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- James Gandolfini - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Martin Sheen - The West Wing - The West Wing ( The West Wing ) Richard Dreyfuss - The Education of Max Bickford
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- James Gandolfini - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Peter Krause - Six Feet Under - Died Forever ( Six Feet Under)
- James Gandolfini - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos ) Michael Chiklis - The Shield - The Shield ( The Shield )
- Martin Sheen - The West Wing - The West Wing ( The West Wing )
- Kiefer Sutherland - 24
- Treat Williams - Everwood
- Kiefer Sutherland - 24 Peter Krause - Six Feet Under - Died Forever ( Six Feet Under)
- Anthony LaPaglia - Without A Trace - Without a Trace ( Without a Trace )
- Martin Sheen - The West Wing - The West Wing ( The West Wing )
- Treat Williams - Everwood
- Jerry Orbach - Law & Order ( posthumously ) Hank Azaria - Huff - Ripe for the couch ( Huff )
- James Gandolfini - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Anthony LaPaglia - Without A Trace - Without a Trace ( Without a Trace )
- Kiefer Sutherland - 24
- Kiefer Sutherland - 24 Alan Alda - The West Wing - The West Wing ( The West Wing )
- Patrick Dempsey - Grey's Anatomy
- Hugh Laurie - Dr. House (House)
- Ian McShane - Deadwood
- Hugh Laurie - Dr. House (House) James Gandolfini - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Michael C. Hall - Dexter
- James Spader - Boston Legal
- Kiefer Sutherland - 24
- James Gandolfini - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos ) Michael C. Hall - Dexter
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- Hugh Laurie - Dr. House (House)
- James Spader - Boston Legal
- Hugh Laurie - Dr. House (House) Michael C. Hall - Dexter
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- William Shatner - Boston Legal
- James Spader - Boston Legal
- Michael C. Hall - Dexter Simon Baker - The Mentalist
- Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- Hugh Laurie - Dr. House (House)
2011-2020
- Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
- Michael C. Hall - Dexter
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- Hugh Laurie - Dr. House (House)
- Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire Patrick J. Adams - Suits
- Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights
- Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
- Michael C. Hall - Dexter
- Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad Damian Lewis - Homeland
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
- Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
- Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
- Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
- Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
- Kevin Spacey - House of Cards