Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. This Golden Globe Award honors the best performance by an actor in a drama television series.
It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 to John Charles Daly and Bob Newhart under the title "Best TV Star – Male". In 1969, the award was presented under the new title "Best TV Actor – Drama"; its current title has been used since 1980. The nominees for the award have been announced annually since 1963.
Noah Wyle is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Michael Robinavitch in The Pitt. Ed Asner, John Forsythe, Jon Hamm, Hugh Laurie and Telly Savalas have won the most awards in this category, each winning twice. Peter Falk and Tom Selleck have both been nominated seven times each, for their respective roles on Columbo and Magnum, P.I..
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.| Key | Meaning |
| Indicates the winning actor. |
Actors with multiple awards
; 2 winsSeries with multiple awards
;3 winsNYPD Blue Succession; 2 winsDynasty House Kojak Lou Grant Mad Men
Actors with multiple nominations
; 7 nominations; 6 nominations
; 5 nominations
- Ed Asner
- Michael C. Hall
- Carroll O'Connor
- Bob Odenkirk
- Liev Schreiber
- Kiefer Sutherland
- Daniel J. Travanti
- Robert Wagner
- Robert Young
; 3 nominations
- Scott Bakula
- Jason Bateman
- Steve Buscemi
- Michael Chiklis
- George Clooney
- Brian Cox
- James Garner
- Peter Graves
- Harry Hamlin
- Lance Henriksen
- Rami Malek
- Dylan McDermott
- Rob Morrow
- Gary Oldman
- Bill Paxton
- Billy Porter
- Matthew Rhys
- Jimmy Smits
- James Spader
- Sam Waterston
- Simon Baker
- Corbin Bernsen
- James Brolin
- Sterling K. Brown
- Raymond Burr
- Richard Chamberlain
- William Conrad
- Patrick Dempsey
- Chad Everett
- Mark Harmon
- John Houseman
- Don Johnson
- James Earl Jones
- Peter Krause
- Damian Lewis
- Rob Lowe
- Diego Luna
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Michael Moriarty
- Jason Priestley
- Adam Scott
- Tom Skerritt
- Kevin Spacey
- Jeremy Strong
- Richard Thomas
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Robert Urich
- Ken Wahl
- Dominic West
- Edward Woodward
TV Series with multiple nominations
;7 nominationsColumbo ER Magnum, P.I. The West Wing;6 nominationsDynasty House L.A. Law Mad Men Mannix Succession
;5 nominations24 Better Call Saul Dexter Hill Street Blues In the Heat of the Night Lou Grant Marcus Welby, M.D. NYPD Blue Ray Donovan
;4 nominationsBreaking Bad Dallas Hart to Hart Kojak Mission: Impossible The Sopranos The X-Files
;3 nominationsBig Love Boardwalk Empire The Crown The Dean Martin Show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Miami Vice Millennium Mr. Robot Northern Exposure Ozark Pose The Practice Quantum Leap The Rockford Files Run for Your Life The Shield Slow Horses
;2 nominationsThe Americans Andor Beverly Hills, 90210 The Blacklist Cannon The Equalizer The Fugitive Gabriel's Fire I'll Fly Away I Spy Grey's Anatomy Homeland Hotel Ironside Law & Order Medical Center The Paper Chase Picket Fences Reasonable Doubts Rich Man, Poor Man Severance Six Feet Under The Streets of San Francisco The Tudors Vega$ The Waltons
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