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** Creator/DanielRadcliffe for ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory'' as Music/WeirdAlYankovic
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[[index]]
* 1980[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/PowersBoothe''' for ''Film/GuyanaTragedyTheStoryOfJimJones'' as UsefulNotes/JimJones
** Creator/TonyCurtis for ''The Scarlett O'Hara War'' as David O. Selznick
** Creator/HenryFonda for ''Gideon's Trumpet'' as Clarence Earl Gideon
** Creator/JasonRobards for ''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' as President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt
* 1981[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/AnthonyHopkins''' for ''The Bunker'' as UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler
** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Literature/{{Shogun}}'' as John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
** Creator/ToshiroMifune for '' ShÅgun'' as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
** Creator/PeterOToole for ''Series/{{Masada}}'' as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
** Peter Strauss for ''Masada'' as Eleazar ben Ya'ir
* 1982[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/MickeyRooney''' for ''Bill'' as Bill Sackter
** Creator/AnthonyAndrews for ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' as Lord Sebastian Flyte
** Philip Anglim for ''Film/TheElephantMan'' as John Merrick
** Creator/AnthonyHopkins for ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1982}}'' as Quasimodo
** Creator/JeremyIrons for ''Brideshead Revisited'' as Charles Ryder
* 1983[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/TommyLeeJones''' for ''The Executioner's Song'' as Gary Gilmore
** Creator/RobertBlake for ''Blood Feud'' as UsefulNotes/JimmyHoffa
** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' as Ralph de Bricassart
** Creator/AlecGuinness for ''[[Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy Smiley's People]]'' as George Smiley
** Creator/RogerRees for ''[[Literature/NicholasNickleby The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' as Nicholas Nickleby
* 1984[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/LaurenceOlivier''' for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
** Creator/TedDanson for ''Something About Amelia'' as Steven Bennett
** Creator/LouisGossettJr for ''Sadat'' as Anwar al-Sadat
** Creator/MickeyRooney for ''Bill: On His Own'' as Bill Sackter
** Creator/DanielJTravanti for ''Adam'' as John Walsh
* 1985[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RichardCrenna''' for ''The Rape of Richard Beck'' as Richard Beck
** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Series/WallenbergAHerosStory'' as UsefulNotes/RaoulWallenberg
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Heartsounds'' as Harold Lear
** Creator/RichardKiley for ''Do You Remember Love'' as George Hollis
** Creator/GeorgeCScott for ''Film/{{A Christmas Carol|1984}}'' as Ebenezer Scrooge
* 1986[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/DustinHoffman''' for ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' as William "Willy" Loman
** Creator/KirkDouglas for ''Amos'' as Amos Lasher
** Creator/BenGazzara for ''An Early Frost'' as Nick Pierson
** Creator/JohnLithgow for ''Resting Place'' as Major Kendall Laird
** Creator/AidanQuinn for ''An Early Frost'' as Michael Pierson
* 1987[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JamesWoods''' for ''Promise'' as D.J. Beuhler
** Creator/AlanArkin for ''Film/EscapeFromSobibor'' as Leon Feldhendler
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Promise'' as Bob Beuhler
** Creator/LouisGossettJr for ''A Gathering of Old Men'' as Mathu
** Creator/RandyQuaid for ''LBJ: The Early Years'' as [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
* 1988[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JasonRobards''' for ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' as Henry Drummond
** Creator/HumeCronyn for ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Foxfire]]'' as Hector Nations
** Creator/DannyGlover for ''Mandela'' as President UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela
** Creator/StacyKeach for ''Hemingway'' as Creator/ErnestHemingway
** Creator/JackLemmon for ''The Murder of Mary Phagan'' as Governor John M. Slaton
* 1989[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JamesWoods''' for ''My Name Is Bill W.'' as Bill Wilson
** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''Literature/LonesomeDove'' as Captain Augustus "Gus" [=McCrae=]
** Creator/JohnGielgud for ''[[Literature/TheWindsOfWarAndWarAndRemembrance War and Remembrance]]'' as Aaron Jastrow
** Creator/TommyLeeJones for ''Lonesome Dove'' as Captain Woodrow Call
** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story'' as Simon Wiesenthal
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* 1990[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/HumeCronyn''' for ''Age-Old Friends'' as John Cooper
** Creator/MichaelCaine for ''[[Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde]]'' as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Harry Hyde
** Creator/ArtCarney for ''Where Pigeons Go to Die'' as the Father
** Creator/AlbertFinney for ''The Image'' as Jason Cromwell
** Creator/TomHulce for ''Murder in Mississippi'' as Michael "Mickey" Schwerner
* 1991[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JohnGielgud''' for ''Summer's Lease'' as Haverford Downs
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Decoration Day]]'' as Albert Sidney Finch
** Creator/DennisHopper for ''Paris Trout'' as Paris Trout
** Creator/SidneyPoitier for ''Separate but Equal'' as Thurgood Marshall
** Creator/ChristopherWalken for ''Sarah, Plain and Tall'' as Jacob Witting
* 1992[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/BeauBridges''' for ''Without Warning: The James Brady Story'' as James Brady
** Creator/RubenBlades for ''Crazy from the Heart'' as Ernesto Ontiveros
** Creator/HumeCronyn for ''Christmas on Division Street'' as Cleveland Merriweather
** Creator/BrianDennehy for ''To Catch a Killer'' as John Wayne Gacy
** Creator/MaximilianSchell for ''Miss Rose White'' as Mordecai Weiss
* 1993[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RobertMorse''' for ''Tru'' as Creator/TrumanCapote
** Creator/RobertBlake for ''Judgment Day: The John List Story'' as John List
** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''Film/{{Stalin}}'' as UsefulNotes/JosefStalin
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Barbarians at the Gate'' as F. Ross Johnson
** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Citizen Cohn'' as Roy Cohn
* 1994[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/HumeCronyn''' for ''To Dance with the White Dog'' as Sam Peek
** Creator/MichaelCaine for ''World War II: When Lions Roared'' as UsefulNotes/JosefStalin
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Literature/BreathingLessons'' as Ira Moran
** Creator/MatthewModine for ''Film/AndTheBandPlayedOn'' as Dr. Donald "Don" Francis
** Creator/SamWaterston for ''I'll Fly Away: Then and Now'' as Forrest Bedford
* 1995[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RaulJulia''' for ''The Burning Season'' as Francisco "Chico" Mendes
** Creator/CharlesSDutton for ''Theatre/ThePianoLesson'' as Boy Willie Charles
** Creator/JohnGoodman for ''Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long'' as Governor UsefulNotes/HueyLong
** Creator/JohnLithgow for ''My Brother's Keeper'' as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Indictment: The [=McMartin=] Trial'' as Danny Davis
* 1996[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlanRickman''' for ''Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny'' as UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin
** Creator/AlecBaldwin for ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' as Stanley Kowalski
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''Kissinger and Nixon'' as President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Film/TheTuskegeeAirmen'' as Captain Hannibal "Iowa" Lee
** Creator/GarySinise for ''Truman'' as President UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman
* 1997[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/ArmandAssante''' for ''Film/{{Gotti|1996}}'' as John Gotti
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''Hidden in America'' as Bill Januson
** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''The Man Who Captured Eichmann'' as Adolf Eichmann
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Miss Evers' Boys'' as Caleb Humphries
** Creator/SidneyPoitier for ''Mandela and de Klerk'' as President UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela
* 1998[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/GarySinise''' for ''George Wallace'' as Governor George Wallace
** Creator/JackLemmon for ''[[Film/TwelveAngryMen1997 12 Angry Men]]'' as Juror #8
** Creator/SamNeill for ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}'' as Myth/{{Merlin}}
** Creator/VingRhames for ''Don King: Only in America'' as Don King
** Creator/PatrickStewart for ''Literature/MobyDick'' as Captain Ahab
* 1999[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/StanleyTucci''' for ''Winchell'' as Walter Winchell
** Creator/DonCheadle for ''A Lesson Before Dying'' as Grant Wiggins
** Creator/IanHolm for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
** Creator/JackLemmon for ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' as Henry Drummond
** Creator/SamShepard for ''Dash and Lilly'' as Creator/DashiellHammett
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* 2000[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/JackLemmon''' for ''Literature/TuesdaysWithMorrie'' as Morrie Schwartz
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''P.T. Barnum'' as P.T. Barnum
** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''A Slight Case of Murder'' as Terry Thorpe
** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''RKO 281'' as Creator/OrsonWelles
** Creator/BrianDennehy for ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' as William "Willy" Loman
* 2001[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/KennethBranagh''' for ''Film/{{Conspiracy|2001}}'' as SS-Obergruppenführer UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich
** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Series/AnneFrankTheWholeStory'' as Otto Frank
** Creator/BarryPepper for ''Film/SixtyOne'' as Roger Maris
** Creator/AndyGarcia for ''For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Scandal'' as Arturo Sandoval
** Creator/GregoryHines for ''Bojangles'' as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
* 2002[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlbertFinney''' for ''Film/TheGatheringStorm'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Film/{{Shackleton}}'' as Ernest Shackleton
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''We Were the Mulvaneys'' as Michael Mulvaney
** Creator/JamesFranco for ''Film/{{James Dean|2001}}'' as Creator/JamesDean
** Creator/MichaelGambon for ''Film/PathToWar'' as President [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
* 2003[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/WilliamHMacy''' for ''Door to Door'' as Bill Porter
** Creator/BradGarrett for ''Gleason'' as Creator/JackieGleason
** Creator/TomWilkinson for ''Film/{{Normal|2003}}'' as Roy Applewood / Ruth Applewood
** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story'' as Rudy Giuliani
** Creator/PaulNewman for ''Theatre/OurTown'' as the Stage Manager
* 2004[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlPacino''' for ''Series/AngelsInAmerica'' as Roy Cohn
** Creator/AntonioBanderas for ''Film/AndStarringPanchoVillaAsHimself'' as General Fransisco "Pancho" Villa
** Creator/JamesBrolin for ''The Reagans'' as President UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan
** Music/MosDef for ''Something the Lord Made'' as Vivien Thomas
** Creator/AlanRickman for ''Something the Lord Made'' as Dr. Alfred Blalock
* 2005[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/GeoffreyRush''' for ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'' as Creator/PeterSellers
** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Film/WarmSprings'' as President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt
** Creator/EdHarris for ''Literature/EmpireFalls'' as Miles Roby
** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''The Wool Cap'' as Charles Gigot
** Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers for ''Elvis'' as Music/ElvisPresley
* 2006[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AndreBraugher''' for ''Thief'' as Nick Atwater
** Creator/CharlesDance for ''Literature/BleakHouse'' as Mr. Tulkinghorn
** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Mrs. Harris'' as Dr. Herman Tarnower
** Creator/DonaldSutherland for ''Series/HumanTrafficking'' as Special Agent Bill Meehan
** Creator/JonVoight for ''Film/PopeJohnPaulII'' as Pope John Paul II
* 2007[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RobertDuvall''' for ''Film/BrokenTrail'' as Prentice "Prent" Ritter
** Creator/JimBroadbent for ''Longford'' as Lord Longford
** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Umney's Last Case]]'' as Detective Clyde Umney / Sam Landry
** Creator/MatthewPerry for ''The Ron Clark Story'' as Ron Clark
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''[[Literature/JesseStone Jesse Stone: Sea Change]]'' as Jesse Stone
* 2008[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/PaulGiamatti''' for ''Series/JohnAdams'' as UsefulNotes/JohnAdams
** Creator/RalphFiennes for ''Bernard and Doris'' as Bernard Lafferty
** Creator/RickyGervais for ''[[Series/{{Extras}} Extras: The Extra Special Season Finale]]'' as Andy Millman
** Creator/KevinSpacey for ''Recount'' as Ron Klain
** Creator/TomWilkinson for ''Recount'' as James Baker
* 2009[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/BrendanGleeson''' for ''Film/{{Into the Storm|2009}}'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
** Creator/KevinBacon for ''Film/TakingChance'' as Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl
** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Series/{{Wallander}}'' as Police Inspector Kurt Wallander
** Creator/KevinKline for ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' as Cyrano de Bergerac
** Creator/IanMcKellen for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
** Creator/KieferSutherland for ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24: Redemption]]'' as Jack Bauer
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[[folder:2010s]]
* 2010[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlPacino''' for ''You Don't Know Jack'' as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
** Creator/JeffBridges for ''A Dog Year'' as Jonathan "Jon" Katz
** Creator/IanMcKellen for ''Series/{{The Prisoner|2009}}'' as Two / Curtis
** Creator/DennisQuaid for ''The Special Relationship'' as President UsefulNotes/BillClinton
** Creator/MichaelSheen for ''The Special Relationship'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair
* 2011[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarryPepper''' for ''Series/TheKennedys'' as [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Thurgood'' as Thurgood Marshall
** Creator/WilliamHurt for ''Film/TooBigToFail'' as Henry Paulson
** Creator/GregKinnear for ''The Kennedys'' as President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy
** Creator/EdgarRamirez for ''Carlos'' as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez / Carlos
* 2012[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/KevinCostner''' for ''Series/HatfieldsAndMcCoys'' as Devil Anse Hatfield
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/WoodyHarrelson for ''Literature/GameChange'' as Steve Schmidt
** Creator/CliveOwen for ''Film/HemingwayAndGellhorn'' as Creator/ErnestHemingway
** Creator/BillPaxton for ''Hatfields & [=McCoys=]'' as Randolph [=McCoy=]
* 2013[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/MichaelDouglas''' for ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' as Music/{{Liberace}}
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Literature/ParadesEnd'' as Christopher Tietjens
** Creator/MattDamon for ''Behind the Candelabra'' as Scott Thorson
** Creator/TobyJones for ''The Girl'' as Creator/AlfredHitchcock
** Creator/AlPacino for ''Phil Spector'' as Music/PhilSpector
* 2014[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/BenedictCumberbatch''' for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow His Last Vow]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor for ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'' as Louis Lester
** Creator/MartinFreeman for ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' as Lester Nygaard
** Creator/MarkRuffalo for ''Film/TheNormalHeart'' as Ned Weeks
** Creator/BillyBobThornton for ''Fargo'' as Lorne Malvo
* 2015[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RichardJenkins''' for ''Series/OliveKitteridge'' as Henry Kitteridge
** Creator/AdrienBrody for ''Series/{{Houdini}}'' as Creator/HarryHoudini
** Creator/RickyGervais for ''[[Series/{{Derek}} Derek: The Special]]'' as Derek Noakes
** Creator/TimothyHutton for ''Series/AmericanCrime'' as Russ Skokie
** Creator/DavidOyelowo for ''Nightingale'' as Peter Snowden
** Creator/MarkRylance for ''Series/WolfHall'' as Thomas Cromwell
* 2016[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/CourtneyBVance''' for ''Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson'' as Johnnie Cochran
** Creator/BryanCranston for ''Theatre/AllTheWay'' as President [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockSpecialTheAbominableBride The Abominable Bride]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/CubaGoodingJr for ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'' as Creator/OJSimpson
** Creator/TomHiddleston for ''Series/TheNightManager'' as Jonathan Pine
* 2017[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RizAhmed''' for ''Series/TheNightOf'' as Nasir "Naz" Khan
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS04E02TheLyingDetective The Lying Detective]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/RobertDeNiro for ''Film/TheWizardOfLies'' as Bernie Madoff
** Creator/EwanMcGregor for ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' as Ray Stussy / Emmit Stussy
** Creator/JohnTurturro for ''The Night Of'' as John Stone
** Creator/GeoffreyRush for ''Series/{{Genius}}'' as UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein
* 2018[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/DarrenCriss''' for ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' as Andrew Cunanan
** Creator/AntonioBanderas for ''Series/{{Genius}}'' as Creator/PabloPicasso
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/PatrickMelrose'' as Patrick Melrose
** Creator/JeffDaniels for ''Series/TheLoomingTower'' as Special Agent John O. Neill
** Music/JohnLegend for ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'' as [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]]
** Creator/JessePlemons for ''Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister'' as Captain Robert Daly
* 2019[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/JharrelJerome''' for ''Series/WhenTheySeeUs'' as Korey Wise
** Creator/MahershalaAli for ''Series/TrueDetective'' as Detective Wayne Hays
** Creator/BenicioDelToro for ''Series/EscapeAtDannemora'' as Richard Matt
** Creator/HughGrant for ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal'' as Jeremy Thorpe
** Creator/JaredHarris for ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' as Valery Legasov
** Creator/SamRockwell for ''Series/FosseVerdon'' as Creator/BobFosse
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[[folder:2020s]]
* 2020[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/MarkRuffalo''' for ''Series/IKnowThisMuchIsTrue'' as Dominick Birdsey / Thomas Birdsey
** Creator/JeremyIrons for ''Series/{{Watchmen|2019}}'' as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
** Creator/HughJackman for ''Film/{{Bad Education|2019}}'' as Frank Tassone
** Creator/PaulMescal for ''Literature/NormalPeople'' as Connell Waldron
** Creator/JeremyPope for ''Series/{{Hollywood|2020}}'' as Archie Coleman
* 2021[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie onwards[[/note]]: '''Creator/EwanMcGregor''' for ''Halston'' as Halston
** Creator/PaulBettany for ''Series/WandaVision'' as [[Characters/MCUVision Vision]]
** Creator/HughGrant for ''Series/TheUndoing'' as Jonathan Fraser
** Creator/LinManuelMiranda for ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' as UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton
** Creator/LeslieOdomJr for ''Hamilton'' as Aaron Burr
* 2022: '''Creator/MichaelKeaton''' for ''Series/{{Dopesick}}'' as Dr. Samuel Finnix
** Creator/ColinFirth for ''The Staircase'' as Michael Peterson
** Creator/AndrewGarfield for ''Series/UnderTheBannerOfHeaven'' as Detective Jeb Pyre
** Creator/OscarIsaac for ''Series/{{Scenes from a Marriage|2021}}'' as Jonathan Levy
** Creator/HimeshPatel for ''Series/StationEleven'' as Jeevan Chaudhary
** Creator/SebastianStan for ''Series/PamAndTommy'' as [[Music/MotleyCrue Tommy Lee]]
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* 1980[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/PowersBoothe''' for ''Film/GuyanaTragedyTheStoryOfJimJones'' as UsefulNotes/JimJones
** Creator/TonyCurtis for ''The Scarlett O'Hara War'' as David O. Selznick
** Creator/HenryFonda for ''Gideon's Trumpet'' as Clarence Earl Gideon
** Creator/JasonRobards for ''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' as President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt
* 1981[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/AnthonyHopkins''' for ''The Bunker'' as UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler
** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Literature/{{Shogun}}'' as John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
** Creator/ToshiroMifune for '' ShÅgun'' as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
** Creator/PeterOToole for ''Series/{{Masada}}'' as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
** Peter Strauss for ''Masada'' as Eleazar ben Ya'ir
* 1982[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/MickeyRooney''' for ''Bill'' as Bill Sackter
** Creator/AnthonyAndrews for ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' as Lord Sebastian Flyte
** Philip Anglim for ''Film/TheElephantMan'' as John Merrick
** Creator/AnthonyHopkins for ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1982}}'' as Quasimodo
** Creator/JeremyIrons for ''Brideshead Revisited'' as Charles Ryder
* 1983[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/TommyLeeJones''' for ''The Executioner's Song'' as Gary Gilmore
** Creator/RobertBlake for ''Blood Feud'' as UsefulNotes/JimmyHoffa
** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' as Ralph de Bricassart
** Creator/AlecGuinness for ''[[Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy Smiley's People]]'' as George Smiley
** Creator/RogerRees for ''[[Literature/NicholasNickleby The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' as Nicholas Nickleby
* 1984[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/LaurenceOlivier''' for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
** Creator/TedDanson for ''Something About Amelia'' as Steven Bennett
** Creator/LouisGossettJr for ''Sadat'' as Anwar al-Sadat
** Creator/MickeyRooney for ''Bill: On His Own'' as Bill Sackter
** Creator/DanielJTravanti for ''Adam'' as John Walsh
* 1985[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RichardCrenna''' for ''The Rape of Richard Beck'' as Richard Beck
** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Series/WallenbergAHerosStory'' as UsefulNotes/RaoulWallenberg
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Heartsounds'' as Harold Lear
** Creator/RichardKiley for ''Do You Remember Love'' as George Hollis
** Creator/GeorgeCScott for ''Film/{{A Christmas Carol|1984}}'' as Ebenezer Scrooge
* 1986[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/DustinHoffman''' for ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' as William "Willy" Loman
** Creator/KirkDouglas for ''Amos'' as Amos Lasher
** Creator/BenGazzara for ''An Early Frost'' as Nick Pierson
** Creator/JohnLithgow for ''Resting Place'' as Major Kendall Laird
** Creator/AidanQuinn for ''An Early Frost'' as Michael Pierson
* 1987[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JamesWoods''' for ''Promise'' as D.J. Beuhler
** Creator/AlanArkin for ''Film/EscapeFromSobibor'' as Leon Feldhendler
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Promise'' as Bob Beuhler
** Creator/LouisGossettJr for ''A Gathering of Old Men'' as Mathu
** Creator/RandyQuaid for ''LBJ: The Early Years'' as [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
* 1988[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JasonRobards''' for ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' as Henry Drummond
** Creator/HumeCronyn for ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Foxfire]]'' as Hector Nations
** Creator/DannyGlover for ''Mandela'' as President UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela
** Creator/StacyKeach for ''Hemingway'' as Creator/ErnestHemingway
** Creator/JackLemmon for ''The Murder of Mary Phagan'' as Governor John M. Slaton
* 1989[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JamesWoods''' for ''My Name Is Bill W.'' as Bill Wilson
** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''Literature/LonesomeDove'' as Captain Augustus "Gus" [=McCrae=]
** Creator/JohnGielgud for ''[[Literature/TheWindsOfWarAndWarAndRemembrance War and Remembrance]]'' as Aaron Jastrow
** Creator/TommyLeeJones for ''Lonesome Dove'' as Captain Woodrow Call
** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story'' as Simon Wiesenthal
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[[folder:1990s]]
* 1990[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/HumeCronyn''' for ''Age-Old Friends'' as John Cooper
** Creator/MichaelCaine for ''[[Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde]]'' as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Harry Hyde
** Creator/ArtCarney for ''Where Pigeons Go to Die'' as the Father
** Creator/AlbertFinney for ''The Image'' as Jason Cromwell
** Creator/TomHulce for ''Murder in Mississippi'' as Michael "Mickey" Schwerner
* 1991[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JohnGielgud''' for ''Summer's Lease'' as Haverford Downs
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Decoration Day]]'' as Albert Sidney Finch
** Creator/DennisHopper for ''Paris Trout'' as Paris Trout
** Creator/SidneyPoitier for ''Separate but Equal'' as Thurgood Marshall
** Creator/ChristopherWalken for ''Sarah, Plain and Tall'' as Jacob Witting
* 1992[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/BeauBridges''' for ''Without Warning: The James Brady Story'' as James Brady
** Creator/RubenBlades for ''Crazy from the Heart'' as Ernesto Ontiveros
** Creator/HumeCronyn for ''Christmas on Division Street'' as Cleveland Merriweather
** Creator/BrianDennehy for ''To Catch a Killer'' as John Wayne Gacy
** Creator/MaximilianSchell for ''Miss Rose White'' as Mordecai Weiss
* 1993[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RobertMorse''' for ''Tru'' as Creator/TrumanCapote
** Creator/RobertBlake for ''Judgment Day: The John List Story'' as John List
** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''Film/{{Stalin}}'' as UsefulNotes/JosefStalin
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Barbarians at the Gate'' as F. Ross Johnson
** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Citizen Cohn'' as Roy Cohn
* 1994[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/HumeCronyn''' for ''To Dance with the White Dog'' as Sam Peek
** Creator/MichaelCaine for ''World War II: When Lions Roared'' as UsefulNotes/JosefStalin
** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Literature/BreathingLessons'' as Ira Moran
** Creator/MatthewModine for ''Film/AndTheBandPlayedOn'' as Dr. Donald "Don" Francis
** Creator/SamWaterston for ''I'll Fly Away: Then and Now'' as Forrest Bedford
* 1995[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RaulJulia''' for ''The Burning Season'' as Francisco "Chico" Mendes
** Creator/CharlesSDutton for ''Theatre/ThePianoLesson'' as Boy Willie Charles
** Creator/JohnGoodman for ''Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long'' as Governor UsefulNotes/HueyLong
** Creator/JohnLithgow for ''My Brother's Keeper'' as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Indictment: The [=McMartin=] Trial'' as Danny Davis
* 1996[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlanRickman''' for ''Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny'' as UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin
** Creator/AlecBaldwin for ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' as Stanley Kowalski
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''Kissinger and Nixon'' as President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Film/TheTuskegeeAirmen'' as Captain Hannibal "Iowa" Lee
** Creator/GarySinise for ''Truman'' as President UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman
* 1997[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/ArmandAssante''' for ''Film/{{Gotti|1996}}'' as John Gotti
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''Hidden in America'' as Bill Januson
** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''The Man Who Captured Eichmann'' as Adolf Eichmann
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Miss Evers' Boys'' as Caleb Humphries
** Creator/SidneyPoitier for ''Mandela and de Klerk'' as President UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela
* 1998[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/GarySinise''' for ''George Wallace'' as Governor George Wallace
** Creator/JackLemmon for ''[[Film/TwelveAngryMen1997 12 Angry Men]]'' as Juror #8
** Creator/SamNeill for ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}'' as Myth/{{Merlin}}
** Creator/VingRhames for ''Don King: Only in America'' as Don King
** Creator/PatrickStewart for ''Literature/MobyDick'' as Captain Ahab
* 1999[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/StanleyTucci''' for ''Winchell'' as Walter Winchell
** Creator/DonCheadle for ''A Lesson Before Dying'' as Grant Wiggins
** Creator/IanHolm for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
** Creator/JackLemmon for ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' as Henry Drummond
** Creator/SamShepard for ''Dash and Lilly'' as Creator/DashiellHammett
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2000s]]
* 2000[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/JackLemmon''' for ''Literature/TuesdaysWithMorrie'' as Morrie Schwartz
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''P.T. Barnum'' as P.T. Barnum
** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''A Slight Case of Murder'' as Terry Thorpe
** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''RKO 281'' as Creator/OrsonWelles
** Creator/BrianDennehy for ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' as William "Willy" Loman
* 2001[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/KennethBranagh''' for ''Film/{{Conspiracy|2001}}'' as SS-Obergruppenführer UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich
** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Series/AnneFrankTheWholeStory'' as Otto Frank
** Creator/BarryPepper for ''Film/SixtyOne'' as Roger Maris
** Creator/AndyGarcia for ''For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Scandal'' as Arturo Sandoval
** Creator/GregoryHines for ''Bojangles'' as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
* 2002[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlbertFinney''' for ''Film/TheGatheringStorm'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Film/{{Shackleton}}'' as Ernest Shackleton
** Creator/BeauBridges for ''We Were the Mulvaneys'' as Michael Mulvaney
** Creator/JamesFranco for ''Film/{{James Dean|2001}}'' as Creator/JamesDean
** Creator/MichaelGambon for ''Film/PathToWar'' as President [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
* 2003[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/WilliamHMacy''' for ''Door to Door'' as Bill Porter
** Creator/BradGarrett for ''Gleason'' as Creator/JackieGleason
** Creator/TomWilkinson for ''Film/{{Normal|2003}}'' as Roy Applewood / Ruth Applewood
** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story'' as Rudy Giuliani
** Creator/PaulNewman for ''Theatre/OurTown'' as the Stage Manager
* 2004[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlPacino''' for ''Series/AngelsInAmerica'' as Roy Cohn
** Creator/AntonioBanderas for ''Film/AndStarringPanchoVillaAsHimself'' as General Fransisco "Pancho" Villa
** Creator/JamesBrolin for ''The Reagans'' as President UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan
** Music/MosDef for ''Something the Lord Made'' as Vivien Thomas
** Creator/AlanRickman for ''Something the Lord Made'' as Dr. Alfred Blalock
* 2005[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/GeoffreyRush''' for ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'' as Creator/PeterSellers
** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Film/WarmSprings'' as President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt
** Creator/EdHarris for ''Literature/EmpireFalls'' as Miles Roby
** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''The Wool Cap'' as Charles Gigot
** Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers for ''Elvis'' as Music/ElvisPresley
* 2006[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AndreBraugher''' for ''Thief'' as Nick Atwater
** Creator/CharlesDance for ''Literature/BleakHouse'' as Mr. Tulkinghorn
** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Mrs. Harris'' as Dr. Herman Tarnower
** Creator/DonaldSutherland for ''Series/HumanTrafficking'' as Special Agent Bill Meehan
** Creator/JonVoight for ''Film/PopeJohnPaulII'' as Pope John Paul II
* 2007[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RobertDuvall''' for ''Film/BrokenTrail'' as Prentice "Prent" Ritter
** Creator/JimBroadbent for ''Longford'' as Lord Longford
** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Umney's Last Case]]'' as Detective Clyde Umney / Sam Landry
** Creator/MatthewPerry for ''The Ron Clark Story'' as Ron Clark
** Creator/TomSelleck for ''[[Literature/JesseStone Jesse Stone: Sea Change]]'' as Jesse Stone
* 2008[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/PaulGiamatti''' for ''Series/JohnAdams'' as UsefulNotes/JohnAdams
** Creator/RalphFiennes for ''Bernard and Doris'' as Bernard Lafferty
** Creator/RickyGervais for ''[[Series/{{Extras}} Extras: The Extra Special Season Finale]]'' as Andy Millman
** Creator/KevinSpacey for ''Recount'' as Ron Klain
** Creator/TomWilkinson for ''Recount'' as James Baker
* 2009[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/BrendanGleeson''' for ''Film/{{Into the Storm|2009}}'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
** Creator/KevinBacon for ''Film/TakingChance'' as Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl
** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Series/{{Wallander}}'' as Police Inspector Kurt Wallander
** Creator/KevinKline for ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' as Cyrano de Bergerac
** Creator/IanMcKellen for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
** Creator/KieferSutherland for ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24: Redemption]]'' as Jack Bauer
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[[folder:2010s]]
* 2010[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlPacino''' for ''You Don't Know Jack'' as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
** Creator/JeffBridges for ''A Dog Year'' as Jonathan "Jon" Katz
** Creator/IanMcKellen for ''Series/{{The Prisoner|2009}}'' as Two / Curtis
** Creator/DennisQuaid for ''The Special Relationship'' as President UsefulNotes/BillClinton
** Creator/MichaelSheen for ''The Special Relationship'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair
* 2011[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarryPepper''' for ''Series/TheKennedys'' as [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Thurgood'' as Thurgood Marshall
** Creator/WilliamHurt for ''Film/TooBigToFail'' as Henry Paulson
** Creator/GregKinnear for ''The Kennedys'' as President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy
** Creator/EdgarRamirez for ''Carlos'' as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez / Carlos
* 2012[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/KevinCostner''' for ''Series/HatfieldsAndMcCoys'' as Devil Anse Hatfield
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/WoodyHarrelson for ''Literature/GameChange'' as Steve Schmidt
** Creator/CliveOwen for ''Film/HemingwayAndGellhorn'' as Creator/ErnestHemingway
** Creator/BillPaxton for ''Hatfields & [=McCoys=]'' as Randolph [=McCoy=]
* 2013[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/MichaelDouglas''' for ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' as Music/{{Liberace}}
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Literature/ParadesEnd'' as Christopher Tietjens
** Creator/MattDamon for ''Behind the Candelabra'' as Scott Thorson
** Creator/TobyJones for ''The Girl'' as Creator/AlfredHitchcock
** Creator/AlPacino for ''Phil Spector'' as Music/PhilSpector
* 2014[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/BenedictCumberbatch''' for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow His Last Vow]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor for ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'' as Louis Lester
** Creator/MartinFreeman for ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' as Lester Nygaard
** Creator/MarkRuffalo for ''Film/TheNormalHeart'' as Ned Weeks
** Creator/BillyBobThornton for ''Fargo'' as Lorne Malvo
* 2015[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RichardJenkins''' for ''Series/OliveKitteridge'' as Henry Kitteridge
** Creator/AdrienBrody for ''Series/{{Houdini}}'' as Creator/HarryHoudini
** Creator/RickyGervais for ''[[Series/{{Derek}} Derek: The Special]]'' as Derek Noakes
** Creator/TimothyHutton for ''Series/AmericanCrime'' as Russ Skokie
** Creator/DavidOyelowo for ''Nightingale'' as Peter Snowden
** Creator/MarkRylance for ''Series/WolfHall'' as Thomas Cromwell
* 2016[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/CourtneyBVance''' for ''Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson'' as Johnnie Cochran
** Creator/BryanCranston for ''Theatre/AllTheWay'' as President [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockSpecialTheAbominableBride The Abominable Bride]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
** Creator/CubaGoodingJr for ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'' as Creator/OJSimpson
** Creator/TomHiddleston for ''Series/TheNightManager'' as Jonathan Pine
* 2017[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RizAhmed''' for ''Series/TheNightOf'' as Nasir "Naz" Khan
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS04E02TheLyingDetective The Lying Detective]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockSherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]
** Creator/RobertDeNiro for ''Film/TheWizardOfLies'' as Bernie Madoff
** Creator/EwanMcGregor for ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' as Ray Stussy / Emmit Stussy
** Creator/JohnTurturro for ''The Night Of'' as John Stone
** Creator/GeoffreyRush for ''Series/{{Genius}}'' as UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein
* 2018[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/DarrenCriss''' for ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' as Andrew Cunanan
** Creator/AntonioBanderas for ''Series/{{Genius}}'' as Creator/PabloPicasso
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/PatrickMelrose'' as Patrick Melrose
** Creator/JeffDaniels for ''Series/TheLoomingTower'' as Special Agent John O. Neill
** Music/JohnLegend for ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'' as [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]]
** Creator/JessePlemons for ''Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister'' as Captain Robert Daly
* 2019[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/JharrelJerome''' for ''Series/WhenTheySeeUs'' as Korey Wise
** Creator/MahershalaAli for ''Series/TrueDetective'' as Detective Wayne Hays
** Creator/BenicioDelToro for ''Series/EscapeAtDannemora'' as Richard Matt
** Creator/HughGrant for ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal'' as Jeremy Thorpe
** Creator/JaredHarris for ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' as Valery Legasov
** Creator/SamRockwell for ''Series/FosseVerdon'' as Creator/BobFosse
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2020s]]
* 2020[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/MarkRuffalo''' for ''Series/IKnowThisMuchIsTrue'' as Dominick Birdsey / Thomas Birdsey
** Creator/JeremyIrons for ''Series/{{Watchmen|2019}}'' as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
** Creator/HughJackman for ''Film/{{Bad Education|2019}}'' as Frank Tassone
** Creator/PaulMescal for ''Literature/NormalPeople'' as Connell Waldron
** Creator/JeremyPope for ''Series/{{Hollywood|2020}}'' as Archie Coleman
* 2021[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie onwards[[/note]]: '''Creator/EwanMcGregor''' for ''Halston'' as Halston
** Creator/PaulBettany for ''Series/WandaVision'' as [[Characters/MCUVision Vision]]
** Creator/HughGrant for ''Series/TheUndoing'' as Jonathan Fraser
** Creator/LinManuelMiranda for ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' as UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton
** Creator/LeslieOdomJr for ''Hamilton'' as Aaron Burr
* 2022: '''Creator/MichaelKeaton''' for ''Series/{{Dopesick}}'' as Dr. Samuel Finnix
** Creator/ColinFirth for ''The Staircase'' as Michael Peterson
** Creator/AndrewGarfield for ''Series/UnderTheBannerOfHeaven'' as Detective Jeb Pyre
** Creator/OscarIsaac for ''Series/{{Scenes from a Marriage|2021}}'' as Jonathan Levy
** Creator/HimeshPatel for ''Series/StationEleven'' as Jeevan Chaudhary
** Creator/SebastianStan for ''Series/PamAndTommy'' as [[Music/MotleyCrue Tommy Lee]]
[[/index]]
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