Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series


The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with 1970, supporting actors in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic 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 in 1975§ – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation in 1975
FOX is the only one of the Big Four networks to not win this category, with only one nomination.

Programs with multiple wins

;4 winsGame of Thrones L.A. Law The West Wing
;3 winsThe Andy Griffith Show Breaking BadHill Street Blues Picket Fences
;2 winsCaesar's HourThe CrownThe Jackie Gleason ShowGunsmokeLostThe Morning ShowThe Rockford Files The Sopranos

Programs with multiple nominations

;16 nominationsHill Street Blues
;15 nominationsL.A. Law
;14 nominationsThe West Wing
;12 nominationsGame of Thrones
;10 nominationsSuccession
;9 nominationsThe Sopranos
;8 nominationsERLost
;7 nominationsBreaking BadSt. ElsewhereThe White Lotus
;6 nominationsBetter Call SaulBoston LegalLou GrantThe Morning ShowThe Rockford FilesThe Waltons
;5 nominationsChicago HopeDownton AbbeyThe Handmaid's TaleI Love LucyMad MenNYPD BluePicket FencesSeverancethirtysomething
;4 nominationsThe CrownDamagesThe Good WifeHomelandHouse of CardsMagnum, P.I.Marcus Welby, M.D.Northern ExposureThe PracticeQuantum Leap
;3 nominationsAliasThe Andy Griffith ShowCaesar's HourCagney & LaceyGunsmokeThe Jackie Gleason ShowLaw & OrderMission: ImpossibleStar TrekThe Streets of San FranciscoThis Is Us
;2 nominationsBen CaseyBloodlineDragnetThe Glass MenagerieHolocaustHuffThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.Men of a Certain AgeMiami VicePerry MasonThe Phil Silvers ShowRay DonovanRich Man, Poor ManShōgunSquid GameStranger Things

Performers with multiple wins

;4 wins
;3 wins
;2 wins

Performers with multiple nominations

;8 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations