Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Awards · 166 nominations across 41 ceremonies · 41 wins
78th Emmys · 2026
- Nominee Colman Domingo · Euphoria
- Nominee Ernest Harden Jr. · The Pitt
- Nominee Jeff Hiller · Pluribus
- Nominee Jonathan Pryce · Slow Horses
- Nominee Bradley Whitford · The Diplomat
- Nominee Jeff Kober · The Pitt
77th Emmys · 2025
- Winner Shawn Hatosy · The Pitt
- Nominee Giancarlo Esposito · The Boys
- Nominee Jeffrey Wright · The Last of Us
- Nominee Scott Glenn · The White Lotus
- Nominee Joe Pantoliano · The Last of Us
- Nominee Forest Whitaker · Andor
76th Emmys · 2024
- Winner Nestor Carbonell · Shōgun
- Nominee John Turturro · Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Nominee Paul Dano · Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Nominee Tracy Letts · Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
- Nominee Jonathan Pryce · Slow Horses
75th Emmys · 2023
- Winner Nick Offerman · The Last of Us
- Nominee Arian Moayed · Succession
- Nominee Lamar Johnson · The Last of Us
- Nominee Keivonn Montreal Woodard · The Last of Us
- Nominee Murray Bartlett · The Last of Us
- Nominee James Cromwell · Succession
74th Emmys · 2022
- Winner Colman Domingo · Euphoria
- Nominee Adrien Brody · Succession
- Nominee Arian Moayed · Succession
- Nominee Tom Pelphrey · Ozark
- Nominee James Cromwell · Succession
- Nominee Alexander Skarsgård · Succession
73rd Emmys · 2021
- Winner Courtney B. Vance · Lovecraft Country
- Nominee Carl Weathers · The Mandalorian
- Nominee Timothy Olyphant · The Mandalorian
- Nominee Charles Dance · The Crown
- Nominee Don Cheadle · The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
72nd Emmys · 2020
- Winner Ron Cephas Jones · This Is Us
- Nominee Jason Bateman · The Outsider
- Nominee Giancarlo Esposito · The Mandalorian
- Nominee Martin Short · The Morning Show
- Nominee Andrew Scott · Black Mirror
- Nominee James Cromwell · Succession
71st Emmys · 2019
- Winner Bradley Whitford · The Handmaid's Tale
- Nominee Michael Angarano · This Is Us
- Nominee Kumail Nanjiani · The Twilight Zone
- Nominee Michael McKean · Better Call Saul
- Nominee Ron Cephas Jones · This Is Us
- Nominee Glynn Turman · How to Get Away with Murder
70th Emmys · 2018
- Winner Ron Cephas Jones · This Is Us
- Nominee Matthew Goode · The Crown
- Nominee F. Murray Abraham · Homeland
- Nominee Cameron Britton · Mindhunter
- Nominee Jimmi Simpson · Westworld
- Nominee Gerald McRaney · This Is Us
69th Emmys · 2017
- Winner Gerald McRaney · This Is Us
- Nominee Hank Azaria · Ray Donovan
- Nominee Brian Tyree Henry · This Is Us
- Nominee BD Wong · Mr. Robot
- Nominee Ben Mendelsohn · Bloodline
- Nominee Denis O'Hare · This Is Us
68th Emmys · 2016
- Winner Hank Azaria · Ray Donovan
- Nominee Michael J. Fox · The Good Wife
- Nominee Paul Sparks · House of Cards
- Nominee Mahershala Ali · House of Cards
- Nominee Reg E. Cathey · House of Cards
- Nominee Max von Sydow · Game of Thrones
67th Emmys · 2015
- Winner Reg E. Cathey · House of Cards
- Nominee Beau Bridges · Masters of Sex
- Nominee F. Murray Abraham · Homeland
- Nominee Pablo Schreiber · Orange Is the New Black
- Nominee Michael J. Fox · The Good Wife
- Nominee Alan Alda · The Blacklist
66th Emmys · 2014
- Winner Joe Morton · Scandal
- Nominee Robert Morse · Mad Men
- Nominee Paul Giamatti · Downton Abbey
- Nominee Beau Bridges · Masters of Sex
- Nominee Dylan Baker · The Good Wife
- Nominee Reg E. Cathey · House of Cards
65th Emmys · 2013
- Winner Dan Bucatinsky · Scandal
- Nominee Harry Hamlin · Mad Men
- Nominee Robert Morse · Mad Men
- Nominee The Good Wife
- Nominee Michael J. Fox · The Good Wife
- Nominee Rupert Friend · Homeland
64th Emmys · 2012
- Winner Jeremy Davies · Justified
- Nominee Dylan Baker · The Good Wife
- Nominee Mark Margolis · Breaking Bad
- Nominee Jason Ritter · Parenthood
- Nominee The Good Wife
- Nominee Ben Feldman · Mad Men
63rd Emmys · 2011
- Winner Paul McCrane · Harry's Law
- Nominee Robert Morse · Mad Men
- Nominee Jeremy Davies · Justified
- Nominee Michael J. Fox · The Good Wife
- Nominee Bruce Dern · Big Love
- Nominee Beau Bridges · Brothers & Sisters
62nd Emmys · 2010
- Winner John Lithgow · Dexter
- Nominee Robert Morse · Mad Men
- Nominee Beau Bridges · The Closer
- Nominee Dylan Baker · The Good Wife
- Nominee Gregory Itzin · 24
- Nominee Alan Cumming · The Good Wife
- Nominee Ted Danson · Damages
61st Emmys · 2009
- Winner Michael J. Fox · Rescue Me
- Nominee Jimmy Smits · Dexter
- Nominee Ernest Borgnine · ER
- Nominee Ted Danson · Damages
- Nominee Ed Asner · CSI: NY
60th Emmys · 2008
- Winner Glynn Turman · In Treatment
- Nominee Stanley Tucci · ER
- Nominee Oliver Platt · Nip/Tuck
- Nominee Charles Durning · Rescue Me
- Nominee Robert Morse · Mad Men
- Nominee Robin Williams · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
59th Emmys · 2007
- Winner John Goodman · Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Nominee David Morse · House M.D.
- Nominee Tim Daly · The Sopranos
- Nominee Forest Whitaker · ER
- Nominee Christian Clemenson · Boston Legal
- Nominee Eli Wallach · Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
58th Emmys · 2006
- Winner Christian Clemenson · Boston Legal
- Nominee Kyle Chandler · Grey's Anatomy
- Nominee James Woods · ER
- Nominee Henry Ian Cusick · Lost
- Nominee Michael J. Fox · Boston Legal
57th Emmys · 2005
- Winner Ray Liotta · ER
- Winner Ray Liotta · ER
- Nominee Ossie Davis · The L Word
- Nominee Charles Durning · NCIS
- Nominee Red Buttons · ER
- Nominee Martin Landau · Without a Trace
56th Emmys · 2004
- Winner William Shatner · The Practice
- Nominee James Earl Jones · Everwood
55th Emmys · 2003
- Winner Charles S. Dutton · Without a Trace
54th Emmys · 2002
- Winner Charles S. Dutton · The Practice
- Nominee Mark Harmon · The West Wing
53rd Emmys · 2001
- Winner Michael Emerson · The Practice
52nd Emmys · 2000
- Winner James Whitmore · The Practice
- Nominee Kirk Douglas · Touched by an Angel
51st Emmys · 1999
- Winner Edward Herrmann · The Practice
- Nominee Charles S. Dutton · Oz
50th Emmys · 1998
- Winner John Larroquette · The Practice
- Nominee Charles Nelson Reilly · Millennium
49th Emmys · 1997
- Winner Pruitt Taylor Vince · Murder One
- Nominee Louis Gossett Jr. · Touched by an Angel
- Nominee Alan Arkin · Chicago Hope
48th Emmys · 1996
- Winner Peter Boyle · The X-Files
47th Emmys · 1995
- Winner Paul Winfield · Picket Fences
46th Emmys · 1994
- Winner Richard Kiley · Picket Fences
- Nominee James Earl Jones · Picket Fences
45th Emmys · 1993
- Winner Laurence Fishburne · TriBeCa
- Nominee John Glover · Crime & Punishment
43rd Emmys · 1991
- Winner David Opatoshu · Gabriel's Fire
- Nominee John Glover · L.A. Law
42nd Emmys · 1990
- Winner Patrick McGoohan · Columbo
41st Emmys · 1989
- Winner Joe Spano · Midnight Caller
39th Emmys · 1987
- Winner L.A. Law
- Nominee Steve Allen · St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Jayne Meadows · St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Edward Herrmann · St. Elsewhere
38th Emmys · 1986
- Winner Amazing Stories
- Nominee Whoopi Goldberg · Moonlighting
- Nominee Peggy McCay · Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Edward Herrmann · St. Elsewhere
- Nominee James Stacy · Cagney & Lacey
29th Emmys · 1977
- Winner Louis Gossett Jr. · Roots
- Nominee LeVar Burton · Roots
28th Emmys · 1976
- Winner Ed Asner · Rich Man, Poor Man