Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
{{Short description|Award for supporting actor in a television comedy series}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
| image = Ebon Moss-Bachrach by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption = The 2024 recipient: Ebon Moss-Bachrach
| awarded_for = Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
| presenter = Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
| country = United States
| year = 1954
| holder = Ebon Moss-Bachrach,
The Bear (2024)
| website = {{url|emmys.com}}
}}
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actors in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances often included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
- # – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation
- § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation
Winners and nominations
= 1950s =
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colspan=5|Best Series Supporting Actor |
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rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1954 (6th) Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories |
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| Various characters | CBS |
Ben Alexander
| Officer Frank Smith | Dragnet | NBC |
William Frawley
| CBS |
Tony Randall
| Harvey Weskitt | rowspan=2|NBC |
Carl Reiner
| Various characters |
colspan=5|Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1955 (7th) |
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| Various characters | CBS |
Ben Alexander
| Officer Frank Smith | Dragnet | NBC |
Don DeFore
| Thorny | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet | ABC |
William Frawley
| Fred Mertz | rowspan=2|CBS |
Gale Gordon
| Osgood Conklin |
colspan=5|Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1956 (8th) |
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| Ed Norton | CBS |
Ed Begley #
| Andy Sloane | Patterns | NBC |
William Frawley
| Fred Mertz | CBS |
Carl Reiner
| Various characters | rowspan=2|NBC |
Cyril Ritchard #
| Mr. Darling / Captain Hook |
colspan=5|Best Supporting Performance by an Actor |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1957 (9th) |
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| Various characters | NBC |
Art Carney
| Various characters | rowspan=4|CBS |
Paul Ford
| Col. John T. Hall |
William Frawley
| Fred Mertz |
Ed Wynn #
| Army |
colspan=5|Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1958 (10th) |
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| Various characters | NBC |
Paul Ford
| Col. John T. Hall | rowspan=2|CBS |
William Frawley
| Fred Mertz |
Louis Nye
| Various characters | NBC |
Dennis Weaver
| Chester Goode | Gunsmoke | CBS |
colspan=5|Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series |
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1959 (11th) |
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| Various characters | NBC |
Richard Crenna
| Luke McCoy | ABC |
Paul Ford
| Col. John T. Hall | rowspan=2|The Phil Silvers Show | rowspan=2|CBS |
Maurice Gosfield
| Pvt. Duane Doberman |
Billy Gray
| Bud Anderson | CBS & NBC |
Harry Morgan
| Pete Porter | CBS |
= 1960s =
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colspan=5|Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support) |
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rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1960 (12th) |
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| ABC |
Richard Boone
| Paladin | rowspan=2|CBS |
Raymond Burr |
colspan=5|Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series |
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1961 (13th) |
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| CBS |
Abby Dalton
| Lt. Martha Hale | Hennesey | rowspan=2|CBS |
Barbara Hale
| Della Street |
colspan=5|Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1962 (14th) |
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| Barney Fife | CBS |
Sam Jaffe
| Dr. David Zorba | ABC |
Barry Jones #
| The Dean | NBC |
Horace McMahon
| Lt. Mike Parker | rowspan=2|ABC |
George C. Scott §
| Dr. Karl Anders | Ben Casey |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1963 (15th) |
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| Barney Fife | CBS |
Tim Conway
| Ens. Charles Parker | ABC |
Paul Ford #
| Col. Wainwright Purdy III | rowspan=2|Hallmark Hall of Fame | rowspan=2|NBC |
Hurd Hatfield # |
Robert Redford #
| George Laurents | Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire | ABC |
rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1964 (16th) |
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| Albert Paulsen # | Lt. Volkoval | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | NBC |
Sorrell Booke §
| Julius Orloff | NBC |
Conlan Carter
| Doc | Combat! | ABC |
Carl Lee §
| Lonnie Hill | CBS |
colspan=5|Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers |
rowspan=17 style="text-align:center" | 1965 {{small|(17th)}} |
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| Conductor | New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein | CBS |
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| Fanny Bowditch Holmes | rowspan=2|Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee" | rowspan=2|NBC |
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style="background:#FAEB86"
| Herself | rowspan=2|CBS |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Rob Petrie |
Julie Andrews
| Herself | rowspan=4|NBC |
Johnny Carson
| Himself |
Gladys Cooper
| Margaret St. Clair | rowspan=2|The Rogues |
Robert Coote
| Timmy St. Clair |
Richard Crenna
| James Slattery | CBS |
Julie Harris
| Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror" | rowspan=3|NBC |
Bob Hope
| Himself | Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special |
Dean Jagger
| Principal Albert Vane |
Danny Kaye
| Himself | CBS |
David McCallum
| NBC |
Red Skelton
| Himself | CBS |
colspan=5|Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Series |
rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1966 (18th) |
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| Don Knotts § | Barney Fife | CBS |
Morey Amsterdam
| Buddy Sorrell | CBS |
Frank Gorshin
| Riddler | Batman | ABC |
Werner Klemperer
| Col. Wilhelm Klink | CBS |
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1967 (19th) |
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| Don Knotts § | Barney Fife | CBS |
Gale Gordon
| Mr. Theodore J. Mooney | rowspan=2|CBS |
Werner Klemperer
| Col. Wilhelm Klink |
rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1968 (20th) |
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| Col. Wilhelm Klink | CBS |
Jack Cassidy
| Oscar North | He & She | rowspan=3|CBS |
William Demarest
| Uncle Charley O'Casey |
Gale Gordon
| Mr. Theodore J. Mooney |
colspan=5|Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series |
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1969 (21st) |
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| Col. Wilhelm Klink | CBS |
Greg Morris
| Barney Collier | CBS |
Leonard Nimoy
| Spock | NBC |
= 1970s =
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colspan="5" | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy |
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rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1970 (22nd) |
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| Principal Seymour Kaufman | Room 222 | ABC |
Werner Klemperer
| Col. Wilhelm Klink | CBS |
Charles Nelson Reilly
| Claymore Gregg | ABC |
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1971 (23rd) |
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| Ed Asner | CBS |
Michael Constantine
| Principal Seymour Kaufman | Room 222 | ABC |
Gale Gordon
| Harrison "Uncle Harry" Carter | CBS |
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1972 (24th) |
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| Ed Asner | CBS |
Ted Knight
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | rowspan=2|CBS |
Rob Reiner |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1973 (25th) |
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| CBS |
Ed Asner
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | rowspan=4|CBS |
Gary Burghoff
| Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H |
Rob Reiner |
McLean Stevenson
| Lt. Col. Henry Blake | M*A*S*H |
colspan=5 | Best Supporting Actor in Comedy |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1974 (26th) |
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| CBS |
Ed Asner
| rowspan=4|CBS |
Gary Burghoff
| Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H |
Ted Knight
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
McLean Stevenson
| Lt. Col. Henry Blake | M*A*S*H |
colspan=5 | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1975 (27th) |
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| Ed Asner | CBS |
Gary Burghoff
| Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | rowspan=4|CBS |
Ted Knight
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
Rob Reiner |
McLean Stevenson
| Lt. Col. Henry Blake | M*A*S*H |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1976 (28th) |
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| CBS |
Ed Asner
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | rowspan=3|CBS |
Gary Burghoff
| Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | rowspan=2|M*A*S*H |
Harry Morgan
| Col. Sherman Potter |
Abe Vigoda
| Sgt. Philip K. Fish | ABC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1977 (29th) |
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| Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | CBS |
Ed Asner
| rowspan=2|The Mary Tyler Moore Show | rowspan=3|CBS |
Ted Knight |
Harry Morgan
| Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H |
Abe Vigoda
| Sgt. Philip K. Fish | ABC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1978 (30th) |
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| CBS |
Tom Bosley
| Howard Cunningham | ABC |
Gary Burghoff
| Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | rowspan=2|M*A*S*H | rowspan=3|CBS |
Harry Morgan
| Col. Sherman Potter |
Vic Tayback
| Mel Sharples | Alice |
colspan=5 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1979 (31st) |
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| Benson DuBois | Soap | ABC |
Gary Burghoff
| Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | CBS |
Danny DeVito
| Louie De Palma | Taxi | rowspan=2|ABC |
Max Gail
| Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz |
Harry Morgan
| Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS |
= 1980s =
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colspan=5 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series |
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rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1980 (32nd) |
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| Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS |
Mike Farrell
| Cap. BJ Hunnicutt | M*A*S*H | CBS |
Max Gail
| Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz | ABC |
Howard Hesseman
| CBS |
Steve Landesberg
| Arthur P. Deitrich | Barney Miller | ABC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1981 (33rd) |
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| Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC |
Howard Hesseman
| Dr. Johnny Fever | CBS |
Steve Landesberg
| Arthur P. Deitrich | ABC |
Harry Morgan
| Col. Sherman Potter | rowspan=2|M*A*S*H | rowspan=2|CBS |
David Ogden Stiers
| Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III |
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1982 (34th) |
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| Reverend Jim Ignatowski | Taxi | ABC |
Danny DeVito
| Louie De Palma | Taxi | rowspan=3|ABC |
Ron Glass
| Det. Ron Harris | rowspan=2|Barney Miller |
Steve Landesberg
| Arthur P. Deitrich |
Harry Morgan
| Col. Sherman Potter | rowspan=2|M*A*S*H | rowspan=2|CBS |
David Ogden Stiers
| Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III |
colspan=5 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1983 (35th) |
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| Reverend Jim Ignatowski | Taxi | NBC |
Nicholas Colasanto
| Cheers | rowspan=2|NBC |
Danny DeVito
| Louie De Palma | Taxi |
Harry Morgan
| Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS |
Eddie Murphy
| Various characters | NBC |
colspan=5 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1984 (36th) |
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| Dwayne Schneider | CBS |
René Auberjonois
| Clayton Endicott III | Benson | ABC |
Nicholas Colasanto
| Cheers | NBC |
Tom Poston
| George Utley | Newhart | CBS |
George Wendt
| Cheers | NBC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1985 (37th) |
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| Dan Fielding | NBC |
Nicholas Colasanto (posthumously)
| Cheers | rowspan=4|NBC |
Michael J. Fox |
John Ratzenberger
| rowspan=2|Cheers |
George Wendt |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1986 (38th) |
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| Dan Fielding | NBC |
Tom Poston
| George Utley | Newhart | CBS |
John Ratzenberger
| Cheers | rowspan=3|NBC |
Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
George Wendt
| Cheers |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1987 (39th) |
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| Dan Fielding | NBC |
Woody Harrelson
| Cheers | NBC |
Tom Poston
| George Utley | rowspan=2|Newhart | rowspan=2|CBS |
Peter Scolari
| Michael Harris |
George Wendt
| Cheers | NBC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1988 (40th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Dan Fielding | NBC |
Kelsey Grammer
| rowspan=2|Cheers | rowspan=2|NBC |
Woody Harrelson |
Peter Scolari
| Michael Harris | Newhart | CBS |
George Wendt
| Cheers | NBC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1989 (41st) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Cheers | NBC |
Joe Regalbuto
| Frank Fontana | rowspan=3|CBS |
Peter Scolari
| Michael Harris | Newhart |
Meshach Taylor
| Anthony Bouvier |
George Wendt
| Cheers | NBC |
= 1990s =
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rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1990 (42nd) |
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| Al Floss | "Pilot" + "Teddy Sells the House" + "Agent of the Year" | CBS |
Woody Harrelson
| rowspan=2|Cheers | "Woody or Won’t He" + "Fifty-Fifty Carla" + "Lover Boyd" | rowspan=2|NBC |
Kelsey Grammer
| "The Stork Brings a Crane" + "Severe Crane Damage" + "The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec" |
Charles Kimbrough
| Jim Dial | "Anchors Away" + "Roasted" + "On the Road Again" | CBS |
Jerry Van Dyke
| Luther Van Dam | Coach | "If Coach Falls in the Woods" + "Coaches Conference" + "Homewreckers" | ABC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1991 (43rd) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Gunny Davis | "Rules of the Game" + "Mission: Improbable" | CBS |
Woody Harrelson
| Cheers | "Veggie Boyd" + "Woody Interrupts" | NBC |
Charles Durning
| Harlan Eldridge | rowspan=2|Evening Shade | "The Baby Show" + "Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?" | rowspan=2 | CBS |
Michael Jeter
| Herman Stiles | "Sex Education" + "Chip off the Old Brick" |
Jerry Van Dyke
| Luther Van Dam | Coach | "A Father and Son Reunion" + "Cabin Fever" | ABC |
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1992 (44th) |
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| Herman Stiles | "Herman in Charge" + "Hasta La Vista, Baby" | CBS |
Jason Alexander
| Seinfeld | "The Tape" + "The Note" | NBC |
Charles Durning
| Harlan Eldridge | Evening Shade | "Three Naked Men (Parts 1 & 2) | CBS |
Harvey Fierstein §
| Mark Newberger | Cheers | "Rebecca’s Lover…Not" | NBC |
Jay Thomas §
| Jerry Gold | "Uh-Oh (Parts 2 & 3)" | CBS |
Jerry Van Dyke
| Luther Van Dam | Coach | "Last of the Red-Hot Luthers" + "I Think I Can’t, I Think I Can’t" | ABC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1993 (45th) |
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| Seinfeld | "The Junior Mint" + "The Watch" | NBC |
Jason Alexander
| Seinfeld | "The Contest" + "The Outing" | NBC |
Michael Jeter
| Herman Stiles | "Harlan Deals a Meal" + "The Really Odd Couple" | CBS |
Jeffrey Tambor
| rowspan=2|The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank’s Contract" + "Guest Host" | rowspan=2|HBO |
Rip Torn
| Artie | "The New Producer" + "The Spider Episode" |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1994 (46th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Seinfeld | "The Sniffing Accountant" + "The Opposite" | NBC |
Jason Alexander
| Seinfeld | "The Opposite" + "The Hamptons" | rowspan=2|NBC |
David Hyde Pierce
| Frasier | "A Midwinter Night’s Dream" + "Author, Author" |
Rip Torn
| Artie | "Larry’s Birthday" + "The List" | HBO |
Jerry Van Dyke
| Luther Van Dam | Coach | "Coach for a Day (Part 2)" + "Piece o’ Cake" | ABC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1995 (47th) |
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| Frasier | "Flour Child" + "An Affair to Forget" | NBC |
Jason Alexander
| rowspan=2|Seinfeld | "The Race" + "The Gymnast" | rowspan=3|NBC |
Michael Richards
| "The Jimmy" + "The Fusilli Jerry" |
David Schwimmer
| Friends | "The One with the Blackout" + "The One with the Sonogram at the End" |
Rip Torn
| Artie | "Arthur’s Crisis" + "Like No Business, I Know" | HBO |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1996 (48th) |
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| Rip Torn | Artie | "Arthur After Hours" + "The P.A." | HBO |
Jason Alexander
| rowspan=2|Seinfeld | "The Pool Guy" + "The Invitations" | rowspan=3|NBC |
Michael Richards
| "The Pool Guy" + "The Wait-Out" |
David Hyde Pierce
| Frasier | "The Last Time I Saw Maris" + "Moon Dance" |
Jeffrey Tambor
| Hank Kingsley | "Hank’s New Assistant" + "Nothing Personal" | HBO |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1997 (49th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Seinfeld | "The Chicken Roaster" | NBC |
Jason Alexander
| Seinfeld | "The Comeback" | rowspan=2|NBC |
David Hyde Pierce
| Frasier | "Mixed Doubles" + "Daphne Hates Sherry" |
Jeffrey Tambor
| Hank Kingsley | rowspan=2|The Larry Sanders Show | {{n/a}} | rowspan=2|HBO |
Rip Torn
| Artie | {{n/a}} |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |1998 (50th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Frasier | "The Maris Counselor" + "First Date" | NBC |
Jason Alexander
| Seinfeld | "The Strike" | rowspan=2|NBC |
Phil Hartman (posthumously)
| Bill McNeal | {{n/a}} |
Jeffrey Tambor
| Hank Kingsley | rowspan=2|The Larry Sanders Show | {{n/a}} | rowspan=2|HBO |
Rip Torn
| Artie | {{n/a}} |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1999 (51st) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Three Valentines" | NBC |
Peter Boyle
| Frank Barone | "Driving Frank" + "Ping Pong" | CBS |
Peter MacNicol
| John Cage | {{n/a}} | FOX |
John Mahoney
| Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Our Parents, Ourselves" | rowspan=2|NBC |
David Spade
| Dennis Finch | "Slow Donnie" + "Two Girls for Every Boy" |
= 2000s =
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! style="width:5%;"| Year ! style="width:20%;"| Actor ! style="width:20%;" | Role ! style="width:20%;"| Program ! style="width:25%;"| Episode Submissions ! style="width:10%;"| Network |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2000 (52nd) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| "Homo for the Holidays" + "Acting Out" | NBC |
Peter Boyle
| Frank Barone | rowspan=2|Everybody Loves Raymond | "Prodigal Son" + "Debra Makes Something Good" | rowspan=2|CBS |
Brad Garrett
| Robert Barone | "Someone’s Cranky" + "Confronting the Attacker" |
Peter MacNicol
| John Cage | {{n/a}} | Fox |
David Hyde Pierce
| Frasier | "Rivals" + "A Tsar is Born" | NBC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2001 (53rd) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| John Cage | "In Search of Barry White" + "Reasons to Believe" | Fox |
Peter Boyle
| Frank Barone | "Frank Paints the House" + "Wallpaper" | CBS |
Robert Downey Jr.
| Larry Paul | Ally McBeal | "Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts" + "The Obstacle Course" | Fox |
Sean Hayes
| "Gypsies, Tramp and Weed" + "Grace 0, Jack 2000" | rowspan=2|NBC |
David Hyde Pierce
| Frasier | "Daphne Returns" + "Hooping Cranes" |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2002 (54th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Robert Barone | "Raybert" + "Lucky Suit" | CBS |
Peter Boyle
| Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Frank Goes Downstairs" + "The Kicker" | CBS |
Bryan Cranston
| Hal | "Poker" + "Monkey" | Fox |
Sean Hayes
| "A Chorus Line" + "Went to a Garden Potty" | rowspan=2|NBC |
David Hyde Pierce
| Frasier | "Room Full of Heroes" + "Deathtrap" |
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2003 (55th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Robert Barone | "Just a Formality" + "Robert’s Wedding" | CBS |
Peter Boyle
| Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Grandpa Steals" + "Meeting the Parents" | CBS |
Bryan Cranston
| Hal | "Malcolm Holds His Tongue" + "Daycare" | Fox |
Sean Hayes
| "Bacon & Eggs" + "Sex, Losers, and Videotape" | rowspan=3|NBC |
John Mahoney
| rowspan=2|Frasier | "The Devil and Dr. Phil" + "Fathers and Sons" |
David Hyde Pierce
| "Roe to Perdition" + "Fraternal Schwins" |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2004 (56th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Frasier | "No Sex Please We’re Skittish" + "Goodnight, Seattle" | NBC |
Peter Boyle
| Frank Barone | rowspan=2|Everybody Loves Raymond | "Jazz Records" + "The Mentor" | rowspan=2|CBS |
Brad Garrett
| Robert Barone | "The Model" + "Golf for It" |
Sean Hayes
| "Me & Mr. Jones" + "I Never Cheered for my Father" | NBC |
Jeffrey Tambor
| George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth | "Visiting Ours" + "Not Without My Daughter" | Fox |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2005 (57th) |
style="background:#FAEB86"
| Robert Barone | "A Job for Robert" + "Pat’s Secret" | CBS |
Peter Boyle
| Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Boys Therapy" + "Tasteless Frank" | CBS |
Sean Hayes
| "Queens for a Day" + "It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World" | NBC |
Jeremy Piven
| Ari Gold | "The Review" + "Busey and the Beach" | HBO |
Jeffrey Tambor
| George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth | "Burning Love" + "Righteous Brothers" | Fox |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2006 (58th) |
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| Ari Gold | "The Bat Mitzvah" + "Exodus" | HBO |
Will Arnett
| "Making a Stand" + "S.O.B.s" | rowspan=2|Fox |
Bryan Cranston
| Hal | "Hal Grieves" + "College Recruiters" |
Jon Cryer
| "Ergo, the Booty Call" + "Weekend in Bangkok" | CBS |
Sean Hayes
| "Alive and Schticking" + "I Love L. Gay" | NBC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2007 (59th) |
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| Ari Gold | "Manic Monday" | HBO |
Jon Cryer
| "Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head" | CBS |
Kevin Dillon
| Entourage | "The Resurrection" | HBO |
Neil Patrick Harris
| "Showdown" | CBS |
Rainn Wilson
| "The Coup" | NBC |
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2008 (60th) |
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| Ari Gold | "The Day Fuckers" | HBO |
Jon Cryer
| "Meander to Your Dander" | CBS |
Kevin Dillon
| Entourage | "The Dream Team" | HBO |
Neil Patrick Harris
| "The Goat" | CBS |
Rainn Wilson
| "Money" | NBC |
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2009 (61st) |
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| "Sir Lancelot’s Litterbox" | CBS |
Kevin Dillon
| "Tree Trippers" | HBO |
Neil Patrick Harris
| "Benefits" | CBS |
Jack McBrayer
| rowspan=2|30 Rock | "The Bubble" | rowspan=3|NBC |
Tracy Morgan
| "The Funcooker" |
Rainn Wilson
| "Heavy Competition" |
= 2010s =
= 2020s =
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! style="width:5%;"| Year ! style="width:20%;"| Actor ! style="width:20%;" | Role ! style="width:20%;"| Program ! style="width:25%;"| Episode Submissions ! style="width:10%;"| Network |
rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | 2020 (72nd) {{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-comedy-series |title=72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=July 28, 2020}} |
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| Dan Levy | "Happy Ending" | Pop TV |
Mahershala Ali
| Sheikh Ali Malik | Ramy | "Little Omar" | Hulu |
Alan Arkin
| Norman Newlander | "Chapter 14. A Secret Leaks, a Teacher Speaks" | Netflix |
Andre Braugher
| Captain Ray Holt | "Ransom" | NBC |
Sterling K. Brown
| Reggie | "Panty Pose" | Amazon |
William Jackson Harper
| Chidi Anagonye | NBC |
Tony Shalhoub
| Abe Weissman | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Marvelous Radio" | Amazon |
Kenan Thompson
| Various characters | "At Home #2" | NBC |
rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | 2021 (73rd) {{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-comedy-series |title=72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=July 13, 2021}} |
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| Roy Kent | "All Apologies" |
Carl Clemons-Hopkins
| Marcus Vaughn | Hacks | "New Eyes" | HBO Max |
Brendan Hunt
| Coach Beard | rowspan=2|Ted Lasso | "Two Aces" | rowspan=2| Apple TV+ |
Nick Mohammed
| Nathan Shelley |
Paul Reiser
| Martin Schneider | "Chapter 18. You only give me your funny paper" | Netflix |
Jeremy Swift
| Leslie Higgins |Ted Lasso | "Biscuits" | Apple TV+ |
Kenan Thompson
| rowspan=2|Various characters | rowspan=2|Saturday Night Live | "Host: Dave Chappelle" | rowspan=2|NBC |
Bowen Yang
| "Host: Carey Mulligan" |
rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | 2022 {{small|(74th)}} |
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| Roy Kent | "Rainbow" | Apple TV+ |
Anthony Carrigan
| NoHo Hank | Barry | "forgiving jeff" | HBO |
Toheeb Jimoh
| Sam Obisanya | rowspan=2|Ted Lasso | rowspan=2|Apple TV+ |
Nick Mohammed
| Nathan Shelley |
Tony Shalhoub
| Abe Weissman | "Everything Is Bellmore" | Prime Video |
Tyler James Williams
| Gregory Eddie | "Work Family" | ABC |
Henry Winkler
| Gene Cousineau | Barry | "starting now" | HBO |
Bowen Yang
| Various characters | "Host: Rami Malek" | NBC |
rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" | 2023 {{small|(75th)}} |
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| Richard "Richie" Jerimovich | The Bear |"Ceres" | FX |
Anthony Carrigan
| NoHo Hank | Barry | HBO |
Phil Dunster
| Jamie Tartt | rowspan="2"|Ted Lasso | "Mom City" | rowspan="2"|Apple TV+ |
Brett Goldstein
| Roy Kent |
James Marsden
| Himself |"Ineffective Assistance" |
Tyler James Williams
| Gregory Eddie |"Educator of the Year" | ABC |
Henry Winkler
| Gene Cousineau | Barry | HBO |
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2024 {{small|(76th)}} |
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| Richard "Richie" Jerimovich | The Bear | "Forks" | FX |
Lionel Boyce
| Marcus Brooks | The Bear | "Honeydew" | FX |
Paul W. Downs
| Jimmy LuSaque, Jr. | Hacks |"Bulletproof" | Max |
Paul Rudd
| Ben Glenroy | Only Murders in the Building |"Thirty" | Hulu |
Tyler James Williams
| Gregory Eddie | "Double Date" | ABC |
Bowen Yang
| Various characters |"Host: Emma Stone" | NBC |
Superlatives
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! width="350"| Actor with most awards | width="500"| Don Knotts (5) | |
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! Actor with most nominations | David Hyde Pierce (11) |
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! Actor with most nominations | Jason Alexander, Peter Boyle (7) |
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! Television program with most wins | The Andy Griffith Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (5) |
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! Television program with most nominations | M*A*S*H (21) |
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Programs with multiple wins
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;5 wins
- The Andy Griffith Show (3 consecutive), (2 consecutive)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (3 consecutive), (2 consecutive)
;4 wins
- Frasier (2 consecutive)
- Modern Family (3 consecutive)
- Night Court (consecutive)
;3 wins
- Entourage (consecutive)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (2 consecutive)
- Taxi (consecutive)
- Seinfeld (2 consecutive)
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;2 wins
- All in the Family
- The Bear (consecutive)
- Caesar's Hour (consecutive)
- Hogan's Heroes (consecutive)
- The Jackie Gleason Show (consecutive)
- M*A*S*H
- Ted Lasso (consecutive)
- Veep
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Programs with multiple nominations
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;21 nominations
;19 nominations
;13 nominations
;12 nominations
;11 nominations
;10 nominations
;9 nominations
;8 nominations
;7 nominations
;6 nominations
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;5 nominations
- The Andy Griffith Show
- All in the Family
- Evening Shade
- Hogan's Heroes
- I Love Lucy
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
;4 nominations
- Ally McBeal
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Coach
- How I Met Your Mother
- Night Court
- The Phil Silvers Show
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
;3 nominations
- Abbott Elementary
- Arrested Development
- Baskets
- The Bear
- Caesar's Hour
- Girls
- The Jackie Gleason Show
- The Kominsky Method
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Murphy Brown
- The Office
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;2 nominations
- 30 Rock
- Ben Casey
- Dragnet
- Glee
- Hacks
- Key & Peele
- The Lucy Show
- Room 222
- The Steve Allen Show
- WKRP in Cincinnati
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Performers with multiple wins
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;5 wins
- Don Knotts (3 consecutive, then 2 consecutive)
;4 wins
- John Larroquette (consecutive)
- David Hyde Pierce (2 consecutive)
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;3 wins
- Ed Asner (2 consecutive)
- Art Carney (consecutive)
- Brad Garrett (2 consecutive)
- Jeremy Piven (consecutive)
- Michael Richards (2 consecutive)
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;2 wins
- Ty Burrell
- Brett Goldstein (consecutive)
- Tony Hale
- Werner Klemperer (consecutive)
- Ted Knight
- Christopher Lloyd (consecutive)
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach (consecutive)
- Carl Reiner (consecutive)
- Rob Reiner
- Eric Stonestreet
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Performers with multiple nominations
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;11 nominations
;9 nominations
;8 nominations
;7 nominations
;6 nominations
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;5 nominations
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- William Frawley
- Brad Garrett
- Woody Harrelson
- Werner Klemperer
- Don Knotts
- Rob Reiner
- Michael Richards
;4 nominations
- Andre Braugher
- Tituss Burgess
- Art Carney
- Danny DeVito
- Paul Ford
- Gale Gordon
- Neil Patrick Harris
- John Larroquette
- Jeremy Piven
- Tom Poston
- Carl Reiner
- Tony Shalhoub
- Jerry Van Dyke
- Henry Winkler
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;3 nominations
- Louie Anderson
- Anthony Carrigan
- Nicholas Colasanto
- Bryan Cranston
- Kevin Dillon
- Adam Driver
- Brett Goldstein
- Michael Jeter
- Steve Landesberg
- Peter MacNicol
- Ed O'Neill
- Peter Scolari
- McLean Stevenson
- Eric Stonestreet
- Kenan Thompson
- Tyler James Williams
- Rainn Wilson
- Bowen Yang
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;2 nominations
- Alan Arkin
- Alec Baldwin
- Chris Colfer
- Michael Constantine
- Charles Durning
- Max Gail
- Kelsey Grammer
- Bill Hader
- Howard Hesseman
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Christopher Lloyd
- John Mahoney
- Nick Mohammed
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach
- John Ratzenberger
- David Ogden Stiers
- Abe Vigoda
- Matt Walsh
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See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Notes
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References
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