Best Actor – Television Series Drama
Golden Globe Awards · 258 nominations across 52 ceremonies · 51 wins
82nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Shōgun · Hiroyuki Sanada
- Nominee Mr. & Mrs. Smith · Donald Glover
- Nominee Presumed Innocent · Jake Gyllenhaal
- Nominee Slow Horses · Gary Oldman
- Nominee The Day of the Jackal · Eddie Redmayne
- Nominee Landman · Billy Bob Thornton
81st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Succession · Kieran Culkin
- Nominee Succession · Brian Cox
- Nominee Slow Horses · Gary Oldman
- Nominee The Last of Us · Pedro Pascal
- Nominee Succession · Jeremy Strong
- Nominee The Crown · Dominic West
80th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Yellowstone · Kevin Costner
- Nominee The Old Man · Jeff Bridges
- Nominee Andor · Diego Luna
- Nominee Better Call Saul · Bob Odenkirk
- Nominee Severance · Adam Scott
79th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Succession · Jeremy Strong
- Nominee Succession · Brian Cox
- Nominee Squid Game · Lee Jung-jae
- Nominee Pose · Billy Porter
- Nominee Lupin · Omar Sy
78th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Crown · Josh O'Connor
- Nominee Ozark · Jason Bateman
- Nominee Better Call Saul · Bob Odenkirk
- Nominee Hunters · Al Pacino
- Nominee Perry Mason · Matthew Rhys
77th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Succession · Brian Cox
- Nominee Game of Thrones · Kit Harington
- Nominee Mr. Robot · Rami Malek
- Nominee The Crown · Tobias Menzies
- Nominee Pose · Billy Porter
76th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Bodyguard · Richard Madden
- Nominee Ozark · Jason Bateman
- Nominee Homecoming · Stephan James
- Nominee Pose · Billy Porter
- Nominee The Americans · Matthew Rhys
75th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner This Is Us · Sterling K. Brown
- Nominee Ozark · Jason Bateman
- Nominee The Good Doctor · Freddie Highmore
- Nominee Better Call Saul · Bob Odenkirk
- Nominee Ray Donovan · Liev Schreiber
74th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Goliath · Billy Bob Thornton
- Nominee Mr. Robot · Rami Malek
- Nominee Better Call Saul · Bob Odenkirk
- Nominee The Americans · Matthew Rhys
- Nominee Ray Donovan · Liev Schreiber
73rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Mad Men · Jon Hamm
- Nominee Mr. Robot · Rami Malek
- Nominee Narcos · Wagner Moura
- Nominee Better Call Saul · Bob Odenkirk
- Nominee Ray Donovan · Liev Schreiber
72nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner House of Cards · Kevin Spacey
- Nominee The Knick · Clive Owen
- Nominee Ray Donovan · Liev Schreiber
- Nominee The Blacklist · James Spader
- Nominee The Affair · Dominic West
71st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Breaking Bad · Bryan Cranston
- Nominee Ray Donovan · Liev Schreiber
- Nominee Masters of Sex · Michael Sheen
- Nominee House of Cards · Kevin Spacey
- Nominee The Blacklist · James Spader
70th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Homeland · Damian Lewis
- Nominee Boardwalk Empire · Steve Buscemi
- Nominee Breaking Bad · Bryan Cranston
- Nominee The Newsroom · Jeff Daniels
- Nominee Mad Men · Jon Hamm
69th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Boss · Kelsey Grammer
- Nominee Boardwalk Empire · Steve Buscemi
- Nominee Breaking Bad · Bryan Cranston
- Nominee The Borgias · Jeremy Irons
- Nominee Homeland · Damian Lewis
68th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Boardwalk Empire · Steve Buscemi
- Nominee Breaking Bad · Bryan Cranston
- Nominee Dexter · Michael C. Hall
- Nominee Mad Men · Jon Hamm
- Nominee House · Hugh Laurie
67th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Dexter · Michael C. Hall
- Nominee The Mentalist · Simon Baker
- Nominee Mad Men · Jon Hamm
- Nominee House · Hugh Laurie
- Nominee Big Love · Bill Paxton
66th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner In Treatment · Gabriel Byrne
- Nominee Dexter · Michael C. Hall
- Nominee Mad Men · Jon Hamm
- Nominee House · Hugh Laurie
- Nominee The Tudors · Jonathan Rhys Meyers
65th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Mad Men · Jon Hamm
- Nominee Dexter · Michael C. Hall
- Nominee House · Hugh Laurie
- Nominee Big Love · Bill Paxton
- Nominee The Tudors · Jonathan Rhys Meyers
64th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner House · Hugh Laurie
- Nominee Grey's Anatomy · Patrick Dempsey
- Nominee Dexter · Michael C. Hall
- Nominee Big Love · Bill Paxton
- Nominee 24 · Kiefer Sutherland
63rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner House · Hugh Laurie
- Nominee Grey's Anatomy · Patrick Dempsey
- Nominee Lost · Matthew Fox
- Nominee Prison Break · Wentworth Miller
- Nominee 24 · Kiefer Sutherland
62nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Deadwood · Ian McShane
- Nominee The Shield · Michael Chiklis
- Nominee Rescue Me · Denis Leary
- Nominee Nip/Tuck · Julian McMahon
- Nominee Boston Legal · James Spader
61st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Without a Trace · Anthony LaPaglia
- Nominee The Shield · Michael Chiklis
- Nominee CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · William Petersen
- Nominee The West Wing · Martin Sheen
- Nominee 24 · Kiefer Sutherland
60th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Shield · Michael Chiklis
- Nominee The Sopranos · James Gandolfini
- Nominee Six Feet Under · Peter Krause
- Nominee The West Wing · Martin Sheen
- Nominee 24 · Kiefer Sutherland
59th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner 24 · Kiefer Sutherland
- Nominee The Guardian · Simon Baker
- Nominee The Sopranos · James Gandolfini
- Nominee Six Feet Under · Peter Krause
- Nominee The West Wing · Martin Sheen
58th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The West Wing · Martin Sheen
- Nominee Gideon's Crossing · Andre Braugher
- Nominee The Sopranos · James Gandolfini
- Nominee The West Wing · Rob Lowe
- Nominee The Practice · Dylan McDermott
53rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner NYPD Blue · Jimmy Smits
- Nominee Murder One · Daniel Benzali
- Nominee ER · George Clooney
- Nominee The X-Files · David Duchovny
- Nominee ER · Anthony Edwards
50th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner I'll Fly Away · Sam Waterston
- Nominee Beverly Hills, 90210 · Jason Priestley
- Nominee Northern Exposure · Rob Morrow
- Nominee Quantum Leap · Scott Bakula
- Nominee Reasonable Doubts · Mark Harmon
48th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Twin Peaks · Kyle MacLachlan
- Nominee Quantum Leap · Scott Bakula
- Nominee Columbo · Peter Falk
- Nominee Gabriel's Fire · James Earl Jones
- Nominee In the Heat of the Night · Carroll O'Connor
47th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Wiseguy · Ken Wahl
- Nominee L.A. Law · Corbin Bernsen
- Nominee L.A. Law · Harry Hamlin
- Nominee In the Heat of the Night · Carroll O'Connor
- Nominee thirtysomething · Ken Olin
46th Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee L.A. Law · Corbin Bernsen
- Nominee L.A. Law · Harry Hamlin
- Nominee In the Heat of the Night · Carroll O'Connor
- Nominee Wiseguy · Ken Wahl
45th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner A Year in the Life · Richard Kiley
- Nominee L.A. Law · Harry Hamlin
- Nominee Magnum, P.I. · Tom Selleck
- Nominee L.A. Law · Michael Tucker
- Nominee The Equalizer · Edward Woodward
44th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Equalizer · Edward Woodward
- Nominee Knots Landing · William Devane
- Nominee Dynasty · John Forsythe
- Nominee Miami Vice · Don Johnson
- Nominee Magnum, P.I. · Tom Selleck
43rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Miami Vice · Don Johnson
- Nominee Dynasty · John Forsythe
- Nominee Magnum, P.I. · Tom Selleck
- Nominee Miami Vice · Philip Michael Thomas
- Nominee Hill Street Blues · Daniel J. Travanti
38th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Shōgun · Richard Chamberlain
- Nominee Lou Grant · Ed Asner
- Nominee Dallas · Larry Hagman
- Nominee Vega$ · Robert Urich
- Nominee Hart to Hart · Robert Wagner
37th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Lou Grant · Ed Asner
- Nominee Centennial · Richard Chamberlain
- Nominee CHiPs · Erik Estrada
- Nominee The Rockford Files · James Garner
- Nominee The Paper Chase · John Houseman
- Nominee Blind Ambition · Martin Sheen
- Nominee Vega$ · Robert Urich
- Nominee Hart to Hart · Robert Wagner
36th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Holocaust · Michael Moriarty
- Nominee Lou Grant · Ed Asner
- Nominee The Rockford Files · James Garner
- Nominee Battlestar Galactica · Richard Hatch
- Nominee The Paper Chase · John Houseman
- Nominee Little House on the Prairie · Michael Landon
35th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Lou Grant · Ed Asner
- Nominee Baa Baa Black Sheep · Robert Conrad
- Nominee Columbo · Peter Falk
- Nominee The Rockford Files · James Garner
- Nominee Kojak · Telly Savalas
34th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Captains and the Kings · Richard Jordan
- Nominee The Six Million Dollar Man · Lee Majors
- Nominee Rich Man, Poor Man · Nick Nolte
- Nominee Kojak · Telly Savalas
- Nominee Rich Man, Poor Man · Peter Strauss
33rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Baretta · Robert Blake
- Nominee Columbo · Peter Falk
- Nominee The Streets of San Francisco · Karl Malden
- Nominee Petrocelli · Barry Newman
32nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Kojak · Telly Savalas
- Nominee Mannix · Mike Connors
- Nominee The Streets of San Francisco · Michael Douglas
- Nominee Columbo · Peter Falk
- Nominee The Waltons · Richard Thomas
31st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Hawkins · James Stewart
- Nominee Kung Fu · David Carradine
- Nominee Mannix · Mike Connors
- Nominee Columbo · Peter Falk
- Nominee The Waltons · Richard Thomas
- Nominee Marcus Welby, M.D. · Robert Young
30th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Columbo · Peter Falk
- Nominee Mannix · Mike Connors
- Nominee Cannon · William Conrad
- Nominee Medical Center · Chad Everett
- Nominee The Bold Ones: The New Doctors · David Hartman
- Nominee Marcus Welby, M.D. · Robert Young
29th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Marcus Welby, M.D. · Robert Young
- Nominee Ironside · Raymond Burr
- Nominee Mannix · Mike Connors
- Nominee Cannon · William Conrad
- Nominee Columbo · Peter Falk
28th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Mission: Impossible · Peter Graves
- Nominee Mannix · Mike Connors
- Nominee Medical Center · Chad Everett
- Nominee Dan August · Burt Reynolds
- Nominee Marcus Welby, M.D. · Robert Young
27th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Mannix · Mike Connors
- Nominee Mission: Impossible · Peter Graves
- Nominee Room 222 · Lloyd Haynes
- Nominee It Takes a Thief · Robert Wagner
- Nominee Marcus Welby, M.D. · Robert Young
26th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Judd, for the Defense · Carl Betz
- Nominee Ironside · Raymond Burr
- Nominee Mission: Impossible · Peter Graves
- Nominee The Dean Martin Show · Dean Martin
- Nominee The F.B.I. · Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
25th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Mission: Impossible · Martin Landau
- Nominee Garrison's Gorillas · Brendon Boone
- Nominee Run for Your Life · Ben Gazzara
- Nominee The Dean Martin Show · Dean Martin
- Nominee The Andy Williams Show · Andy Williams
24th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Dean Martin Show · Dean Martin
- Nominee I Spy · Bill Cosby
- Nominee I Spy · Robert Culp
- Nominee Run for Your Life · Ben Gazzara
- Nominee The Rat Patrol · Christopher George
23rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Fugitive · David Janssen
- Nominee Get Smart · Don Adams
- Nominee Run for Your Life · Ben Gazzara
- Nominee The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · David McCallum
- Nominee The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Robert Vaughn
22nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Burke's Law · Gene Barry
- Nominee Slattery's People · Richard Crenna
- Nominee Mr. Novak · James Franciscus
- Nominee The Fugitive · David Janssen
- Nominee The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Robert Vaughn
20th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Dr. Kildare · Richard Chamberlain
19th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Bob Newhart