Line #234 MediaNotes/PrimetimeEmmyAwardForOutstandingLeadActorInALimitedSeriesOrMovie


1	A list of actors, television series, and films that won and were nominated for the Primetime MediaNotes/EmmyAward for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
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6	* 1980[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/PowersBoothe''' for ''Film/GuyanaTragedyTheStoryOfJimJones'' as UsefulNotes/JimJones
7	** Creator/TonyCurtis for ''The Scarlett O'Hara War'' as David O. Selznick
8	** Creator/HenryFonda for ''Gideon's Trumpet'' as Clarence Earl Gideon
9	** Creator/JasonRobards for ''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' as President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt
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11	* 1981[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/AnthonyHopkins''' for ''The Bunker'' as UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler
12	** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Literature/{{Shogun}}'' as John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
13	** Creator/ToshiroMifune for '' Shōgun'' as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
14	** Creator/PeterOToole for ''Series/{{Masada}}'' as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
15	** Peter Strauss for ''Masada'' as Eleazar ben Ya'ir
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17	* 1982[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/MickeyRooney''' for ''Bill'' as Bill Sackter
18	** Creator/AnthonyAndrews for ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' as Lord Sebastian Flyte
19	** Philip Anglim for ''Film/TheElephantMan'' as John Merrick
20	** Creator/AnthonyHopkins for ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|1982}}'' as Quasimodo
21	** Creator/JeremyIrons for ''Brideshead Revisited'' as Charles Ryder
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23	* 1983[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/TommyLeeJones''' for ''The Executioner's Song'' as Gary Gilmore
24	** Creator/RobertBlake for ''Blood Feud'' as UsefulNotes/JimmyHoffa
25	** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' as Ralph de Bricassart
26	** Creator/AlecGuinness for ''[[Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy Smiley's People]]'' as George Smiley
27	** Creator/RogerRees for ''[[Literature/NicholasNickleby The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' as Nicholas Nickleby
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29	* 1984[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/LaurenceOlivier''' for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
30	** Creator/TedDanson for ''Something About Amelia'' as Steven Bennett
31	** Creator/LouisGossettJr for ''Sadat'' as Anwar al-Sadat
32	** Creator/MickeyRooney for ''Bill: On His Own'' as Bill Sackter
33	** Creator/DanielJTravanti for ''Adam'' as John Walsh
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35	* 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
36	** Creator/RichardChamberlain for ''Series/WallenbergAHerosStory'' as UsefulNotes/RaoulWallenberg
37	** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Heartsounds'' as Harold Lear
38	** Creator/RichardKiley for ''Do You Remember Love'' as George Hollis
39	** Creator/GeorgeCScott for ''Film/{{A Christmas Carol\|1984}}'' as Ebenezer Scrooge
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41	* 1986[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/DustinHoffman''' for ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' as William "Willy" Loman
42	** Creator/KirkDouglas for ''Amos'' as Amos Lasher
43	** Creator/BenGazzara for ''An Early Frost'' as Nick Pierson
44	** Creator/JohnLithgow for ''Resting Place'' as Major Kendall Laird
45	** Creator/AidanQuinn for ''An Early Frost'' as Michael Pierson
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47	* 1987[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JamesWoods''' for ''Promise'' as D.J. Beuhler
48	** Creator/AlanArkin for ''Film/EscapeFromSobibor'' as Leon Feldhendler
49	** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Promise'' as Bob Beuhler
50	** Creator/LouisGossettJr for ''A Gathering of Old Men'' as Mathu
51	** Creator/RandyQuaid for ''LBJ: The Early Years'' as [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
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53	* 1988[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JasonRobards''' for ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' as Henry Drummond
54	** Creator/HumeCronyn for ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Foxfire]]'' as Hector Nations
55	** Creator/DannyGlover for ''Mandela'' as President UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela
56	** Creator/StacyKeach for ''Hemingway'' as Creator/ErnestHemingway
57	** Creator/JackLemmon for ''The Murder of Mary Phagan'' as Governor John M. Slaton
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59	* 1989[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JamesWoods''' for ''My Name Is Bill W.'' as Bill Wilson
60	** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''Literature/LonesomeDove'' as Captain Augustus "Gus" [=McCrae=]
61	** Creator/JohnGielgud for ''[[Literature/TheWindsOfWarAndWarAndRemembrance War and Remembrance]]'' as Aaron Jastrow
62	** Creator/TommyLeeJones for ''Lonesome Dove'' as Captain Woodrow Call
63	** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story'' as Simon Wiesenthal
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66	[[folder:1990s]]
67	* 1990[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/HumeCronyn''' for ''Age-Old Friends'' as John Cooper
68	** Creator/MichaelCaine for ''[[Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde]]'' as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Harry Hyde
69	** Creator/ArtCarney for ''Where Pigeons Go to Die'' as the Father
70	** Creator/AlbertFinney for ''The Image'' as Jason Cromwell
71	** Creator/TomHulce for ''Murder in Mississippi'' as Michael "Mickey" Schwerner
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73	* 1991[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/JohnGielgud''' for ''Summer's Lease'' as Haverford Downs
74	** Creator/JamesGarner for ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Decoration Day]]'' as Albert Sidney Finch
75	** Creator/DennisHopper for ''Paris Trout'' as Paris Trout
76	** Creator/SidneyPoitier for ''Separate but Equal'' as Thurgood Marshall
77	** Creator/ChristopherWalken for ''Sarah, Plain and Tall'' as Jacob Witting
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79	* 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
80	** Creator/RubenBlades for ''Crazy from the Heart'' as Ernesto Ontiveros
81	** Creator/HumeCronyn for ''Christmas on Division Street'' as Cleveland Merriweather
82	** Creator/BrianDennehy for ''To Catch a Killer'' as John Wayne Gacy
83	** Creator/MaximilianSchell for ''Miss Rose White'' as Mordecai Weiss
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85	* 1993[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RobertMorse''' for ''Tru'' as Creator/TrumanCapote
86	** Creator/RobertBlake for ''Judgment Day: The John List Story'' as John List
87	** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''Film/{{Stalin}}'' as UsefulNotes/JosefStalin
88	** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Barbarians at the Gate'' as F. Ross Johnson
89	** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Citizen Cohn'' as Roy Cohn
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91	* 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
92	** Creator/MichaelCaine for ''World War II: When Lions Roared'' as UsefulNotes/JosefStalin
93	** Creator/JamesGarner for ''Literature/BreathingLessons'' as Ira Moran
94	** Creator/MatthewModine for ''Film/AndTheBandPlayedOn'' as Dr. Donald "Don" Francis
95	** Creator/SamWaterston for ''I'll Fly Away: Then and Now'' as Forrest Bedford
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97	* 1995[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/RaulJulia''' for ''The Burning Season'' as Francisco "Chico" Mendes
98	** Creator/CharlesSDutton for ''Theatre/ThePianoLesson'' as Boy Willie Charles
99	** Creator/JohnGoodman for ''Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long'' as Governor UsefulNotes/HueyLong
100	** Creator/JohnLithgow for ''My Brother's Keeper'' as Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley
101	** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Indictment: The [=McMartin=] Trial'' as Danny Davis
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103	* 1996[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlanRickman''' for ''Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny'' as UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin
104	** Creator/AlecBaldwin for ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' as Stanley Kowalski
105	** Creator/BeauBridges for ''Kissinger and Nixon'' as President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon
106	** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Film/TheTuskegeeAirmen'' as Captain Hannibal "Iowa" Lee
107	** Creator/GarySinise for ''Truman'' as President UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman
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109	* 1997[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special[[/note]]: '''Creator/ArmandAssante''' for ''Film/{{Gotti\|1996}}'' as John Gotti
110	** Creator/BeauBridges for ''Hidden in America'' as Bill Januson
111	** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''The Man Who Captured Eichmann'' as Adolf Eichmann
112	** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Miss Evers' Boys'' as Caleb Humphries
113	** Creator/SidneyPoitier for ''Mandela and de Klerk'' as President UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela
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115	* 1998[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/GarySinise''' for ''George Wallace'' as Governor George Wallace
116	** Creator/JackLemmon for ''[[Film/TwelveAngryMen1997 12 Angry Men]]'' as Juror #8
117	** Creator/SamNeill for ''Series/{{Merlin\|1998}}'' as Myth/{{Merlin}}
118	** Creator/VingRhames for ''Don King: Only in America'' as Don King
119	** Creator/PatrickStewart for ''Literature/MobyDick'' as Captain Ahab
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121	* 1999[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/StanleyTucci''' for ''Winchell'' as Walter Winchell
122	** Creator/DonCheadle for ''A Lesson Before Dying'' as Grant Wiggins
123	** Creator/IanHolm for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
124	** Creator/JackLemmon for ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' as Henry Drummond
125	** Creator/SamShepard for ''Dash and Lilly'' as Creator/DashiellHammett
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128	[[folder:2000s]]
129	* 2000[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/JackLemmon''' for ''Literature/TuesdaysWithMorrie'' as Morrie Schwartz
130	** Creator/BeauBridges for ''P.T. Barnum'' as P.T. Barnum
131	** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''A Slight Case of Murder'' as Terry Thorpe
132	** Creator/LievSchreiber for ''RKO 281'' as Creator/OrsonWelles
133	** Creator/BrianDennehy for ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' as William "Willy" Loman
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135	* 2001[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/KennethBranagh''' for ''Film/{{Conspiracy\|2001}}'' as SS-Obergruppenführer UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich
136	** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Series/AnneFrankTheWholeStory'' as Otto Frank
137	** Creator/BarryPepper for ''Film/SixtyOne'' as Roger Maris
138	** Creator/AndyGarcia for ''For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Scandal'' as Arturo Sandoval
139	** Creator/GregoryHines for ''Bojangles'' as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
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141	* 2002[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlbertFinney''' for ''Film/TheGatheringStorm'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
142	** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Film/{{Shackleton}}'' as Ernest Shackleton
143	** Creator/BeauBridges for ''We Were the Mulvaneys'' as Michael Mulvaney
144	** Creator/JamesFranco for ''Film/{{James Dean\|2001}}'' as Creator/JamesDean
145	** Creator/MichaelGambon for ''Film/PathToWar'' as President [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
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147	* 2003[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/WilliamHMacy''' for ''Door to Door'' as Bill Porter
148	** Creator/BradGarrett for ''Gleason'' as Creator/JackieGleason
149	** Creator/TomWilkinson for ''Film/{{Normal\|2003}}'' as Roy Applewood / Ruth Applewood
150	** Creator/JamesWoods for ''Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story'' as Rudy Giuliani
151	** Creator/PaulNewman for ''Theatre/OurTown'' as the Stage Manager
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153	* 2004[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlPacino''' for ''Series/AngelsInAmerica'' as Roy Cohn
154	** Creator/AntonioBanderas for ''Film/AndStarringPanchoVillaAsHimself'' as General Fransisco "Pancho" Villa
155	** Creator/JamesBrolin for ''The Reagans'' as President UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan
156	** Music/MosDef for ''Something the Lord Made'' as Vivien Thomas
157	** Creator/AlanRickman for ''Something the Lord Made'' as Dr. Alfred Blalock
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159	* 2005[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/GeoffreyRush''' for ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'' as Creator/PeterSellers
160	** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Film/WarmSprings'' as President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt
161	** Creator/EdHarris for ''Literature/EmpireFalls'' as Miles Roby
162	** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''The Wool Cap'' as Charles Gigot
163	** Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers for ''Elvis'' as Music/ElvisPresley
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165	* 2006[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AndreBraugher''' for ''Thief'' as Nick Atwater
166	** Creator/CharlesDance for ''Literature/BleakHouse'' as Mr. Tulkinghorn
167	** Creator/BenKingsley for ''Mrs. Harris'' as Dr. Herman Tarnower
168	** Creator/DonaldSutherland for ''Series/HumanTrafficking'' as Special Agent Bill Meehan
169	** Creator/JonVoight for ''Film/PopeJohnPaulII'' as Pope John Paul II
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171	* 2007[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RobertDuvall''' for ''Film/BrokenTrail'' as Prentice "Prent" Ritter
172	** Creator/JimBroadbent for ''Longford'' as Lord Longford
173	** Creator/WilliamHMacy for ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Umney's Last Case]]'' as Detective Clyde Umney / Sam Landry
174	** Creator/MatthewPerry for ''The Ron Clark Story'' as Ron Clark
175	** Creator/TomSelleck for ''[[Literature/JesseStone Jesse Stone: Sea Change]]'' as Jesse Stone
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177	* 2008[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/PaulGiamatti''' for ''Series/JohnAdams'' as UsefulNotes/JohnAdams
178	** Creator/RalphFiennes for ''Bernard and Doris'' as Bernard Lafferty
179	** Creator/RickyGervais for ''[[Series/{{Extras}} Extras: The Extra Special Season Finale]]'' as Andy Millman
180	** Creator/KevinSpacey for ''Recount'' as Ron Klain
181	** Creator/TomWilkinson for ''Recount'' as James Baker
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183	* 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
184	** Creator/KevinBacon for ''Film/TakingChance'' as Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl
185	** Creator/KennethBranagh for ''Series/{{Wallander}}'' as Police Inspector Kurt Wallander
186	** Creator/KevinKline for ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' as Cyrano de Bergerac
187	** Creator/IanMcKellen for ''Theatre/KingLear'' as King Lear
188	** Creator/KieferSutherland for ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24: Redemption]]'' as Jack Bauer
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191	[[folder:2010s]]
192	* 2010[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/AlPacino''' for ''You Don't Know Jack'' as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
193	** Creator/JeffBridges for ''A Dog Year'' as Jonathan "Jon" Katz
194	** Creator/IanMcKellen for ''Series/{{The Prisoner\|2009}}'' as Two / Curtis
195	** Creator/DennisQuaid for ''The Special Relationship'' as President UsefulNotes/BillClinton
196	** Creator/MichaelSheen for ''The Special Relationship'' as Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair
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198	* 2011[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarryPepper''' for ''Series/TheKennedys'' as [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy]]
199	** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
200	** Creator/LaurenceFishburne for ''Thurgood'' as Thurgood Marshall
201	** Creator/WilliamHurt for ''Film/TooBigToFail'' as Henry Paulson
202	** Creator/GregKinnear for ''The Kennedys'' as President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy
203	** Creator/EdgarRamirez for ''Carlos'' as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez / Carlos
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205	* 2012[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/KevinCostner''' for ''Series/HatfieldsAndMcCoys'' as Devil Anse Hatfield
206	** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockHolmesAndWatson Sherlock Holmes]]
207	** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
208	** Creator/WoodyHarrelson for ''Literature/GameChange'' as Steve Schmidt
209	** Creator/CliveOwen for ''Film/HemingwayAndGellhorn'' as Creator/ErnestHemingway
210	** Creator/BillPaxton for ''Hatfields & [=McCoys=]'' as Randolph [=McCoy=]
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212	* 2013[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/MichaelDouglas''' for ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' as Music/{{Liberace}}
213	** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Literature/ParadesEnd'' as Christopher Tietjens
214	** Creator/MattDamon for ''Behind the Candelabra'' as Scott Thorson
215	** Creator/TobyJones for ''The Girl'' as Creator/AlfredHitchcock
216	** Creator/AlPacino for ''Phil Spector'' as Music/PhilSpector
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218	* 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/SherlockHolmesAndWatson Sherlock Holmes]]
219	** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
220	** Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor for ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'' as Louis Lester
221	** Creator/MartinFreeman for ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' as Lester Nygaard
222	** Creator/MarkRuffalo for ''Film/TheNormalHeart'' as Ned Weeks
223	** Creator/BillyBobThornton for ''Fargo'' as Lorne Malvo
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225	* 2015[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RichardJenkins''' for ''Series/OliveKitteridge'' as Henry Kitteridge
226	** Creator/AdrienBrody for ''Series/{{Houdini}}'' as Creator/HarryHoudini
227	** Creator/RickyGervais for ''[[Series/{{Derek}} Derek: The Special]]'' as Derek Noakes
228	** Creator/TimothyHutton for ''Series/AmericanCrime'' as Russ Skokie
229	** Creator/DavidOyelowo for ''Nightingale'' as Peter Snowden
230	** Creator/MarkRylance for ''Series/WolfHall'' as Thomas Cromwell
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232	* 2016[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/CourtneyBVance''' for ''Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson'' as Johnnie Cochran
233	** Creator/BryanCranston for ''Theatre/AllTheWay'' as President [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon B. Johnson]]
234	** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockSpecialTheAbominableBride The Abominable Bride]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockHolmesAndWatson Sherlock Holmes]]
235	** Creator/IdrisElba for ''Series/{{Luther}}'' as DCI John Luther
236	** Creator/CubaGoodingJr for ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'' as Creator/OJSimpson
237	** Creator/TomHiddleston for ''Series/TheNightManager'' as Jonathan Pine
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239	* 2017[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/RizAhmed''' for ''Series/TheNightOf'' as Nasir "Naz" Khan
240	** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS04E02TheLyingDetective The Lying Detective]]'' as Detective [[Characters/SherlockHolmesAndWatson Sherlock Holmes]]
241	** Creator/RobertDeNiro for ''Film/TheWizardOfLies'' as Bernie Madoff
242	** Creator/EwanMcGregor for ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' as Ray Stussy / Emmit Stussy
243	** Creator/JohnTurturro for ''The Night Of'' as John Stone
244	** Creator/GeoffreyRush for ''Series/{{Genius}}'' as UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein
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246	* 2018[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/DarrenCriss''' for ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' as Andrew Cunanan
247	** Creator/AntonioBanderas for ''Series/{{Genius}}'' as Creator/PabloPicasso
248	** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch for ''Series/PatrickMelrose'' as Patrick Melrose
249	** Creator/JeffDaniels for ''Series/TheLoomingTower'' as Special Agent John O. Neill
250	** Music/JohnLegend for ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'' as [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]]
251	** Creator/JessePlemons for ''Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister'' as Captain Robert Daly
252
253	* 2019[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/JharrelJerome''' for ''Series/WhenTheySeeUs'' as Korey Wise
254	** Creator/MahershalaAli for ''Series/TrueDetective'' as Detective Wayne Hays
255	** Creator/BenicioDelToro for ''Series/EscapeAtDannemora'' as Richard Matt
256	** Creator/HughGrant for ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal'' as Jeremy Thorpe
257	** Creator/JaredHarris for ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' as Valery Legasov
258	** Creator/SamRockwell for ''Series/FosseVerdon'' as Creator/BobFosse
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261	[[folder:2020s]]
262	* 2020[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]]: '''Creator/MarkRuffalo''' for ''Series/IKnowThisMuchIsTrue'' as Dominick Birdsey / Thomas Birdsey
263	** Creator/JeremyIrons for ''Series/{{Watchmen\|2019}}'' as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
264	** Creator/HughJackman for ''Film/{{Bad Education\|2019}}'' as Frank Tassone
265	** Creator/PaulMescal for ''Literature/NormalPeople'' as Connell Waldron
266	** Creator/JeremyPope for ''Series/{{Hollywood\|2020}}'' as Archie Coleman
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268	* 2021[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie onwards[[/note]]: '''Creator/EwanMcGregor''' for ''Halston'' as Halston
269	** Creator/PaulBettany for ''Series/WandaVision'' as [[Characters/MCUVision Vision]]
270	** Creator/HughGrant for ''Series/TheUndoing'' as Jonathan Fraser
271	** Creator/LinManuelMiranda for ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' as UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton
272	** Creator/LeslieOdomJr for ''Hamilton'' as Aaron Burr
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274	* 2022: '''Creator/MichaelKeaton''' for ''Series/{{Dopesick}}'' as Dr. Samuel Finnix
275	** Creator/ColinFirth for ''The Staircase'' as Michael Peterson
276	** Creator/AndrewGarfield for ''Series/UnderTheBannerOfHeaven'' as Detective Jeb Pyre
277	** Creator/OscarIsaac for ''Series/{{Scenes from a Marriage\|2021}}'' as Jonathan Levy
278	** Creator/HimeshPatel for ''Series/StationEleven'' as Jeevan Chaudhary
279	** Creator/SebastianStan for ''Series/PamAndTommy'' as [[Music/MotleyCrue Tommy Lee]]
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281	* 2023: '''Creator/StevenYeun''' for ''Series/{{Beef}}'' as Daniel "Danny" Cho
282	** Creator/TaronEgerton for ''Series/BlackBird'' as James "Jimmy" Keane
283	** Creator/KumailNanjiani for ''Series/WelcomeToChippendales'' as Somen "Steve" Banerjee
284	** Creator/EvanPeters for ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'' as Jeffrey Dahmer
285	** Creator/DanielRadcliffe for ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory'' as Music/WeirdAlYankovic
286	** Creator/MichaelShannon for ''Series/GeorgeAndTammy'' as Music/GeorgeJones
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