Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play was an annual award given to the best featured actor in a non-musical play on Broadway or Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The award was established in 1997 as "Best Featured Actor in a Musical," before formally changing to "Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play" in 1999.
The award was retired in 2022 and replaced by Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play and Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play in gender-neutral performance categories.
James Earl Jones is the only performer to win the award twice, from two nominations. Other performers who received two nominations include Daniel Gerroll, Larry Bryggman, David Pittu, Jim Norton, John Benjamin Hickey, Alessandro Nivola and Nathan Lane.