Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards (2015)
Official website	http://www.emmys.com/

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Guest Supporting Actor. Prior to 1989, the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series. These awards, like the other 'Guest' Awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award show.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1970s

• 1975: Patrick McGoohan – Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light
• 1976: Gordon Jackson – Upstairs, Downstairs
• 1977: Louis Gossett Jr. – Roots
• 1978: Barnard Hughes – Lou Grant

1980s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1985–1986 (38th)
	John Lithgow	Amazing Stories	John Walters	NBC
	Whoopi Goldberg	Moonlighting	Camille	ABC
	Edward Herrmann	St. Elsewhere	Father Joseph McCabe	NBC
	Peggy McCay	Cagney & Lacey	Mrs. Carruthers	CBS
	James Stacy		Ted Peters
1986–1987 (39th)
	Alfre Woodard	L.A. Law	Adrain Moore	NBC
	Steve Allen	St. Elsewhere	Lech Osoranski	NBC
	Jeanne Cooper	L.A. Law	Gladys Becker
	Edward Herrmann	St. Elsewhere	Father Joseph McCabe
	Jayne Meadows		Olga Osoranski
1987–1988 (40th)
	Shirley Knight	thirtysomething	Ruth Murdock	ABC
	Imogene Coca	Moonlighting	Clara DiPesto	ABC
	Lainie Kazan	St. Elsewhere	Frieda Fiscus	NBC
	Gwen Verdon	Magnum, P.I.	Catherine Peters	CBS
	Alfre Woodard	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	NBC

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1988–1989 (41st)
	Joe Spano	Midnight Caller	John Saringo	NBC
	Peter Boyle	Midnight Caller	J.J. Killian	NBC
	Jack Gilford	thirtysomething	The Old Gentleman	ABC
	Michael Moriarty	The Equalizer	Wayne Virgil	CBS
	Edward Woodward	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Drummond	USA

1990s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1989–1990 (42nd)
	Patrick McGoohan	Columbo: Agenda for Murder	Oscar Finch	ABC
	Peter Frechette	thirtysomething	Peter Montefiore	ABC
	Harold Gould	The Ray Bradbury Theater	The Old Man	USA
	William Hickey	Tales from the Crypt	Carlton Webster	HBO
	Bruce Weitz	Midnight Caller	Sgt. Ed Adderly	NBC
1990–1991 (43rd)
	David Opatoshu	Gabriel's Fire	Max Goldstein	ABC
	Dabney Coleman	Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star	Hugh Creighton	ABC
	Peter Coyote	Road to Avonlea	Romney Penhallow	Disney Channel
	John Glover	L.A. Law	Dr. Paul Kohler	NBC
1991–1992 (44th)	no award
1992–1993 (45th)
	Laurence Fishburne	Tribeca	Martin McHenry	Fox
	Adam Arkin	Northern Exposure	Adam	CBS
	John Glover	Crime & Punishment	Dennis Atwood	NBC
	Michael Jeter	Picket Fences	Peter LeBeck (Frog Man)	CBS
	Richard Kiley		Hayden Langston
1993–1994 (46th)
	Richard Kiley	Picket Fences	Hayden Langston	CBS
	Tim Curry	Tales from the Crypt	Mother/Father/Sister/Daughter	HBO
	Dan Hedaya	NYPD Blue	Lou the Werewolf	ABC
	James Earl Jones	Picket Fences	Attorney Bryant Thomas
	Robin Williams	Homicide: Life on the Street	Robert Ellison	NBC
1994–1995 (47th)
	Paul Winfield	Picket Fences	Judge Harold Nance	CBS
	Milton Berle	Beverly Hills, 90210	Saul Howard	Fox
	Beau Bridges	The Outer Limits	Simon Kress	Showtime
	Vondie Curtis-Hall	ER	Rena	NBC
	Alan Rosenberg		Sam Gasner
1995–1996 (48th)
	Peter Boyle	The X-Files	Clyde Bruckman	Fox
	Danny Glover	Fallen Angels	Phllip Marlow	Showtime
	Michael Jeter	Chicago Hope	Bob Ryan	CBS
	Richard Pryor		Joe Springer
	Rip Torn		Warren Shutt
1996–1997 (49th)
	Pruitt Taylor Vince	Murder One	Clifford Banks	ABC
	Alan Arkin	Chicago Hope	Zoltan Karpathein	CBS
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Touched by an Angel	Anderson Walker
	William H. Macy	ER	Dr. David Morgenstern	NBC
	Ewan McGregor		Duncan Stewart
1997–1998 (50th)
	John Larroquette	The Practice	Joey Heric	ABC
	Vincent D'Onofrio	Homicide: Life on the Street	John Lange	NBC
	Bruce Davison	Touched by an Angel	Jake Weiss	CBS
	Charles Durning	Homicide: Life on the Street	Thomas Finnegan	NBC
	Charles Nelson Reilly	Millennium	Jose Chung	Fox
1998–1999 (51st)
	Edward Herrmann	The Practice	Anderson Pearson	ABC
	Tony Danza	The Practice	Tommy Silva	ABC
	Charles S. Dutton	Oz	Professor Alvah Case	HBO
	John Heard	The Sopranos	Det. Vin Makazian
	Mandy Patinkin	Chicago Hope	Dr. Jeffrey Geiger	CBS

2000s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1999–2000 (52nd)
	James Whitmore	The Practice	Raymond Oz	ABC
	Alan Alda	ER	Dr. Gabriel Lawrence	NBC
	Paul Dooley	The Practice	Judge Philip Swackheim	ABC
	Kirk Douglas	Touched by an Angel	Ross Burger	CBS
	Henry Winkler	The Practice	Dr. Henry Olson	ABC
2000–2001 (53rd)
	Michael Emerson	The Practice	William Hinks	ABC
	Rene Auberjonois	The Practice	Judge F. Mantz	ABC
	James Cromwell	ER	Bishop Lionel Stewart	NBC
	Patrick Dempsey	Once and Again	Aaron Brooks	ABC
	Oliver Platt	The West Wing	Oliver Babish	NBC
2001–2002 (54th)
	Charles S. Dutton	The Practice	Leonard Marshall	ABC
	Mark Harmon	The West Wing	Agent Simon Donovan	NBC
	John Larroquette	The Practice	Joey Heric	ABC
	Tim Matheson	The West Wing	Vice President John Hoynes	NBC
	Ron Silver		Bruno Gianelli
2002–2003 (55th)
	Charles S. Dutton	Without a Trace	Chet Collins	CBS
	Don Cheadle	ER	Paul Nathan	NBC
	James Cromwell	Six Feet Under	George Sibley	HBO
	Tim Matheson	The West Wing	Vice President John Hoynes	NBC
	Matthew Perry		Joe Quincy
	James Whitmore	Mister Sterling	William Sterling, Sr.
2003–2004 (56th)
	William Shatner	The Practice	Denny Crane	ABC
	James Earl Jones	Everwood	Will Cleveland	The WB
	Martin Landau	Without a Trace	Frank Malone	CBS
	Bob Newhart	ER	Ben Hollander	NBC
	Matthew Perry	The West Wing	Joe Quincy
2004–2005 (57th)
	Ray Liotta	ER	Charlie Metcalf	NBC
	Red Buttons	ER	Mr. Rubadoux	NBC
	Ossie Davis	The L Word	Melvin Porter	Showtime
	Charles Durning	NCIS	Ernie Yost	CBS
	Martin Landau	Without a Trace	Frank Malone
2005–2006 (58th)
	Christian Clemenson	Boston Legal	Jerry Espenson	ABC
	Kyle Chandler	Grey's Anatomy	Dylan Young	ABC
	Henry Ian Cusick	Lost	Desmond Hume
	Michael J. Fox	Boston Legal	Daniel Post
	James Woods	ER	Dr. Nate Lennox	NBC
2006–2007 (59th)
	John Goodman	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Judge Robert Bebe	NBC
	Christian Clemenson	Boston Legal	Jerry Espenson	ABC
	Tim Daly	The Sopranos	J.T. Dolan	HBO
	David Morse	House	Det. Michael Tritter	Fox
	Eli Wallach	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Eli Weinraub	NBC
	Forest Whitaker	ER	Curtis Ames
2007–2008 (60th)
	Glynn Turman	In Treatment	Alex Prince, Sr.	HBO
	Charles Durning	Rescue Me	Michael Gavin	FX
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	AMC
	Oliver Platt	Nip/Tuck	Freddy Prune	FX
	Stanley Tucci	ER	Dr. Kevin Moretti	NBC
	Robin Williams	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Merrit Rook
2008–2009 (61st)
	Michael J. Fox	Rescue Me	Dwight	FX
	Edward Asner	CSI: NY	Abraham Klein	CBS
	Ernest Borgnine	ER	Paul Manning	NBC
	Ted Danson	Damages	Arthur Frobisher	FX
	Jimmy Smits	Dexter	Miguel Prado	Showtime

2010s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2009–2010 (62nd)
	John Lithgow	Dexter	Arthur Mitchell	"Road Kill"	Showtime
	Dylan Baker	The Good Wife	Colin Sweeney	"Bad"	CBS
	Beau Bridges	The Closer	George Andrews	"Make Over"	TNT
	Alan Cumming	The Good Wife	Eli Gold	"Fleas"	CBS
	Ted Danson	Damages	Arthur Frobisher	"The Next One’s Gonna Go in Your Throat"	FX
	Gregory Itzin	24	Charles Logan	"Day 8: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m."	Fox
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"Shut the Door. Have a Seat."	AMC
2010–2011 (63rd)
	Paul McCrane	Harry's Law	Josh Peyton	"With Friends Like These"	NBC
	Beau Bridges	Brothers & Sisters	Nick Brody	"Brody"	ABC
	Jeremy Davies	Justified	Dickie Bennett	"Reckoning"	FX
	Bruce Dern	Big Love	Frank Harlow	"D.I.V.O.R.C.E."	HBO
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Real Deal"	CBS
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"Blowing Smoke"	AMC
2011–2012 (64th)
	Jeremy Davies	Justified	Dickie Bennett	"Coalition"	FX
	Dylan Baker	The Good Wife	Colin Sweeney	"Marthas and Caitlins"	CBS
	Ben Feldman	Mad Men	Michael Ginsberg	"Dark Shadows"	AMC
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Parenting Made Easy"	CBS
	Mark Margolis	Breaking Bad	Héctor "Tio" Salamanca	"Face Off"	AMC
	Jason Ritter	Parenthood	Mark Cyr	"Politics"	NBC
2012–2013 (65th)
	Dan Bucatinsky	Scandal	James Novak	"Nobody Likes Babies"	ABC
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Boom De Yah Da"	CBS
	Rupert Friend	Homeland	Peter Quinn	"Q&A"	Showtime
	Harry Hamlin	Mad Men	Jim Cutler	"A Tale of Two Cities"	AMC
	Nathan Lane	The Good Wife	Clarke Hayden	"I Fought the Law"	CBS
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"For Immediate Release"	AMC
2013–2014 (66th)
	Joe Morton	Scandal	Rowan "Eli" Pope	"Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?"	ABC
	Dylan Baker	The Good Wife	Colin Sweeney	"Tying the Knot"	CBS
	Beau Bridges	Masters of Sex	Provost Barton Scully	"Manhigh"	Showtime
	Reg E. Cathey	House of Cards	Freddy Hayes	"Chapter 22"	Netflix
	Paul Giamatti	Downton Abbey	Harold Levinson	"Episode 8"	PBS
	Robert Morse	Mad Men	Bert Cooper	"Waterloo"	AMC
2014–2015 (67th)
	Reg E. Cathey	House of Cards	Freddy Hayes	"Chapter 34"	Netflix
	F. Murray Abraham	Homeland	Dar Adal	"Long Time Coming"	Showtime
	Alan Alda	The Blacklist	Alan Fitch / The Decembrist	"The Decembrist"	NBC
	Beau Bridges	Masters of Sex	Provost Barton Scully	"Parallax"	Showtime
	Michael J. Fox	The Good Wife	Louis Canning	"Red Zone"	CBS
	Pablo Schreiber	Orange is the New Black	George "Pornstache" Mendez	"40 Oz. of Furlough"	Netflix

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Charles S. Dutton
• John Lithgow
• Patrick McGoohan

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

• Alan Alda
• Reg E. Cathey
• Christian Clemenson
• James Cromwell
• Ted Danson
• Jeremy Davies
• Louis Gossett Jr.
• John Glover
• Michael Jeter
• James Earl Jones
• Richard Kiley
• Martin Landau
• John Larroquette
• John Lithgow
• Tim Matheson
• Patrick McGoohan
• Oliver Platt
• Matthew Perry
• James Whitmore
• Robin Williams

3 nominations

• Dylan Baker
• Charles Durning
• Charles S. Dutton

5 nominations

• Beau Bridges
• Robert Morse

6 nominations

• Michael J. Fox