Emmy Award Winners
The Emmy Awards have been given out annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences since 1949. They are only awarded for American television programming. Included in this list are the winners in the Lead Actors and Lead Actresses categories. Some winners for Directing may also be included.
| Name | Year | Category | Show | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Wynn | 1950 | actor | (Isaiah, Edwin) |  | |
| Milton Berle | 1950 | actor | | ||
| Alan Young | 1951 | actor | | ||
| Red Skelton | 1952 | actor | (Richard) | | |
| Sid Caesar | 1952 | actor | (Isaac, Sidney) | | |
| Jimmy Durante | 1953 | actor | (James) | | |
| Thomas Mitchell | 1953 | actor | | ||
| Kiefer Sutherland | 2006 | actor | 24 | | |
| Alec Baldwin | 2008 | actor | 30 Rock | (Alexander) | |
| Alec Baldwin | 2009 | actor | 30 Rock | (Alexander) | |
| John Lithgow | 1996 | actor | 3rd Rock from the Sun | | |
| John Lithgow | 1997 | actor | 3rd Rock from the Sun | | |
| John Lithgow | 1999 | actor | 3rd Rock from the Sun | | |
| Richard Kiley | 1988 | actor | A Year in the Life | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1972 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1977 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1978 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1979 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| Donald Glover | 2017 | actor | Atlanta | | |
| Christopher Lloyd | 1992 | actor | Avonlea | | |
| Robert Blake | 1975 | actor | Baretta | (Michael, James, Vincenzo) | |
| Bill Hader | 2018 | actor | Barry | (William) | |
| Bill Hader | 2019 | actor | Barry | (William) | |
| Robert Guillaume | 1985 | actor | Benson | | |
| James Spader | 2005 | actor | Boston Legal | | |
| Christian Clemenson | 2006 | actor | Boston Legal | (Dayton) | |
| James Spader | 2007 | actor | Boston Legal | | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2008 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2009 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2010 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2014 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Sid Caesar | 1957 | actor | Caesar's Hour | (Isaac, Sidney) | |
| Ted Danson | 1990 | actor | Cheers | | |
| Ted Danson | 1993 | actor | Cheers | | |
| Mandy Patinkin | 1995 | actor | Chicago Hope | (Mandel) | |
| Jack Albertson | 1976 | actor | Chico and the Man | | |
| Craig T. Nelson | 1992 | actor | Coach | (Theodore) | |
| Donald O'Connor | 1954 | actor | Colgate Comedy Hour | | |
| Peter Falk | 1972 | actor | Columbo | | |
| Peter Falk | 1976 | actor | Columbo | | |
| Peter Falk | 1990 | actor | Columbo | | |
| Željko Ivanek | 2008 | actor | Damages | | |
| Richard Mulligan | 1989 | actor | Empty Nest | | |
| Burt Reynolds | 1991 | actor | Evening Shade | (Burton, Leon) | |
| Ray Romano | 2002 | actor | Everybody Loves Raymond | (Raymond) | |
| Ricky Gervais | 2007 | actor | Extras | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1986 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1987 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1988 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Robert Young | 1957 | actor | Father Knows Best | | |
| Robert Young | 1958 | actor | Father Knows Best | | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 1994 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 1995 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 1998 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 2004 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Kyle Chandler | 2011 | actor | Friday Night Lights | | |
| James Earl Jones | 1991 | actor | Gabriel's Fire | | |
| Don Adams | 1967 | actor | Get Smart | (Donald) | |
| Don Adams | 1968 | actor | Get Smart | (Donald) | |
| Don Adams | 1969 | actor | Get Smart | (Donald) | |
| Powers Boothe | 1980 | actor | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | (Allen) | |
| Daniel J. Travanti | 1981 | actor | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Daniel J. Travanti | 1982 | actor | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Damian Lewis | 2012 | actor | Homeland | | |
| Andre Braugher | 1998 | actor | Homicide: Life on the Street | (Keith) | |
| Bill Cosby | 1966 | actor | I Spy | (William, Henry) | |
| Bill Cosby | 1967 | actor | I Spy | (William, Henry) | |
| Bill Cosby | 1968 | actor | I Spy | (William, Henry) | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1989 | actor | In the Heat of the Night | | |
| Carl Betz | 1969 | actor | Judd for the Defense | | |
| Ron Leibman | 1979 | actor | Kaz | | |
| Telly Savalas | 1974 | actor | Kojak | (Aristotelis) | |
| Chad Lowe | 1993 | actor | Life Goes On | (Charles, Conrad) | |
| Ed Asner | 1978 | actor | Lou Grant | (Eddie) | |
| Ed Asner | 1980 | actor | Lou Grant | (Eddie) | |
| Alan Alda | 1974 | actor | M*A*S*H | | |
| Alan Alda | 1982 | actor | M*A*S*H | | |
| Jon Hamm | 2015 | actor | Mad Men | (Jonathan, Daniel) | |
| Tom Selleck | 1984 | actor | Magnum, P.I. | (Thomas, William) | |
| Danny Thomas | 1955 | actor | Make Room for Daddy | | |
| Robert Young | 1970 | actor | Marcus Welby, M.D. | | |
| Tony Shalhoub | 2003 | actor | Monk | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Shalhoub | 2005 | actor | Monk | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Shalhoub | 2006 | actor | Monk | (Anthony) | |
| Bruce Willis | 1987 | actor | Moonlighting | | |
| Rami Malek | 2016 | actor | Mr. Robot | (Said) | |
| William Windom | 1970 | actor | My World and Welcome to It | | |
| Dennis Franz | 1994 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Dennis Franz | 1996 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Dennis Franz | 1997 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Dennis Franz | 1999 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Raymond Burr | 1959 | actor | Perry Mason | | |
| Raymond Burr | 1961 | actor | Perry Mason | | |
| Tom Skerritt | 1993 | actor | Picket Fences | (Thomas) | |
| Billy Porter | 2019 | actor | Pose | | |
| Alan Rickman | 1996 | actor | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | (Sidney, Patrick) | |
| Eugene Levy | 2020 | actor | Schitt's Creek | | |
| Richard Mulligan | 1980 | actor | Soap | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 2000 | actor | Spin City | | |
| Lee Jung-jae | 2022 | actor | Squid Game | | |
| Ed Flanders | 1983 | actor | St. Elsewhere | (Edward) | |
| William Daniels | 1985 | actor | St. Elsewhere | | |
| William Daniels | 1986 | actor | St. Elsewhere | | |
| Jeremy Strong | 2020 | actor | Succession | | |
| Kieran Culkin | 2023 | actor | Succession | (Kyle) | |
| Judd Hirsch | 1981 | actor | Taxi | | |
| Judd Hirsch | 1983 | actor | Taxi | | |
| Jason Sudeikis | 2021 | actor | Ted Lasso | (Daniel) | |
| Jason Sudeikis | 2022 | actor | Ted Lasso | (Daniel) | |
| Matthew Rhys | 2018 | actor | The Americans | | |
| Jeremy Allen White | 2023 | actor | The Bear | | |
| Jim Parsons | 2010 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Jim Parsons | 2011 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Jim Parsons | 2013 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Jim Parsons | 2014 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Hal Holbrook | 1971 | actor | The Bold Ones: The Senator | (Harold, Rowe) | |
| Josh O'Connor | 2021 | actor | The Crown | | |
| E. G. Marshall | 1962 | actor | The Defenders | | |
| Jack Klugman | 1963 | actor | The Defenders | | |
| Dick Van Dyke | 1964 | actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show | (Richard, Wayne) | |
| Dick Van Dyke | 1965 | actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show | (Richard, Wayne) | |
| Dick Van Dyke | 1966 | actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show | (Richard, Wayne) | |
| Jack Benny | 1959 | actor | The Jack Benny Show | (Benjamin) | |
| Jeff Daniels | 2013 | actor | The Newsroom | (Jeffrey, Warren) | |
| Jack Klugman | 1971 | actor | The Odd Couple | | |
| Jack Klugman | 1973 | actor | The Odd Couple | | |
| Tony Randall | 1975 | actor | The Odd Couple | (Anthony) | |
| Sterling K. Brown | 2017 | actor | The People v. O. J. Simpson | (Kelby) | |
| Phil Silvers | 1956 | actor | The Phil Silvers Show | | |
| James Spader | 2004 | actor | The Practice | | |
| James Garner | 1977 | actor | The Rockford Files | | |
| Michael Chiklis | 2002 | actor | The Shield | | |
| James Gandolfini | 2000 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| James Gandolfini | 2001 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| James Gandolfini | 2003 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| Robert Stack | 1960 | actor | The Untouchables | | |
| Richard Thomas | 1973 | actor | The Waltons | | |
| John Ritter | 1984 | actor | Three's Company | | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | 2015 | actor | Transparent | | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | 2016 | actor | Transparent | | |
| Jon Cryer | 2012 | actor | Two and a Half Men | (Jonathan, Niven) | |
| Eric McCormack | 2001 | actor | Will & Grace | | |
| Shirley Dinsdale | 1949 | actress | | ||
| Gertrude Berg | 1951 | actress | | ||
| Imogene Coca | 1952 | actress | (Emogeane) | | |
| Helen Hayes | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Lucille Ball | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Tina Fey | 2008 | actress | 30 Rock | (Elizabeth, Stamatina) | |
| Quinta Brunson | 2023 | actress | Abbott Elementary | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1971 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1972 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1978 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Sally Field | 2007 | actress | Brothers & Sisters | | |
| Nanette Fabray | 1957 | actress | Caesar's Hour | (Ruby, Bernadette, Theresa) | |
| Tyne Daly | 1983 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1984 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1985 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Sharon Gless | 1986 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Sharon Gless | 1987 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1988 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Shelley Long | 1983 | actress | Cheers | | |
| Kirstie Alley | 1991 | actress | Cheers | (Louise) | |
| Christine Lahti | 1998 | actress | Chicago Hope | | |
| Dana Delany | 1989 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Marg Helgenberger | 1990 | actress | China Beach | (Mary) | |
| Dana Delany | 1992 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | 1980 | actress | Dallas | | |
| Glenn Close | 2008 | actress | Damages | | |
| Glenn Close | 2009 | actress | Damages | | |
| Ruby Dee | 1991 | actress | Decoration Day | | |
| Felicity Huffman | 2005 | actress | Desperate Housewives | | |
| Glenda Jackson | 1972 | actress | Elizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Zendaya | 2020 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Zendaya | 2022 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Patricia Heaton | 2000 | actress | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
| Patricia Heaton | 2001 | actress | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
| Sada Thompson | 1978 | actress | Family | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1958 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1959 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1960 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Phoebe Waller-Bridge | 2019 | actress | Fleabag | | |
| Jennifer Aniston | 2002 | actress | Friends | | |
| Judi Evans | 1984 | actress | Guiding Light | | |
| Jean Smart | 2021 | actress | Hacks | (Elizabeth) | |
| Jean Smart | 2022 | actress | Hacks | (Elizabeth) | |
| Shirley Booth | 1962 | actress | Hazel | | |
| Shirley Booth | 1963 | actress | Hazel | | |
| Barbara Babcock | 1981 | actress | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Claire Danes | 2012 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Claire Danes | 2013 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo | 2008 | actress | House of Saddam | | |
| Viola Davis | 2015 | actress | How to Get Away with Murder | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1956 | actress | I Love Lucy | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1984 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1985 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| Jodie Comer | 2019 | actress | Killing Eve | | |
| Mariska Hargitay | 2006 | actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | | |
| Tammy Blanchard | 2001 | actress | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1996 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1997 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1998 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1999 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Bea Arthur | 1977 | actress | Maude | (Beatrice, Bernice) | |
| Patricia Arquette | 2005 | actress | Medium | | |
| Melissa McCarthy | 2011 | actress | Mike and Molly | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1967 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1968 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1969 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1989 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1990 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1992 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1994 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1995 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Michael Learned | 1982 | actress | Nurse | | |
| Edie Falco | 2010 | actress | Nurse Jackie | (Edith) | |
| Debra Monk | 1999 | actress | NYPD Blue | | |
| Sela Ward | 2000 | actress | Once and Again | | |
| Tatiana Maslany | 2016 | actress | Orphan Black | (Gabriele) | |
| Eve Arden | 1954 | actress | Our Miss Brooks | | |
| Kathy Baker | 1993 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Kathy Baker | 1995 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Kathy Baker | 1996 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Valerie Harper | 1975 | actress | Rhoda | | |
| Roseanne Barr | 1993 | actress | Roseanne | | |
| Catherine O'Hara | 2020 | actress | Schitt's Creek | (Anne) | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | 2004 | actress | Sex and the City | | |
| Sela Ward | 1994 | actress | Sisters | | |
| Cathryn Damon | 1980 | actress | Soap | | |
| Sarah Snook | 2023 | actress | Succession | | |
| Ruth Gordon | 1979 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Carol Kane | 1982 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1961 | actress | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1966 | actress | The Big Valley | | |
| Lindsay Wagner | 1977 | actress | The Bionic Woman | | |
| Kyra Sedgwick | 2010 | actress | The Closer | | |
| Claire Foy | 2018 | actress | The Crown | (Elizabeth) | |
| Olivia Colman | 2021 | actress | The Crown | (Sarah, Caroline) | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1964 | actress | The Dick Van Dyke Show | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1966 | actress | The Dick Van Dyke Show | | |
| Susan Hampshire | 1971 | actress | The First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Susan Hampshire | 1970 | actress | The Forsyte Saga | | |
| Hope Lange | 1969 | actress | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | | |
| Hope Lange | 1970 | actress | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | | |
| Betty White | 1986 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Marion) | |
| Rue McClanahan | 1987 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Eddi) | |
| Bea Arthur | 1988 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Beatrice, Bernice) | |
| Julianna Margulies | 2011 | actress | The Good Wife | | |
| Julianna Margulies | 2014 | actress | The Good Wife | | |
| Elisabeth Moss | 2017 | actress | The Handmaid's Tale | | |
| Polly Bergen | 1958 | actress | The Helen Morgan Story | (Nellie, Paulina) | |
| Mariette Hartley | 1979 | actress | The Incredible Hulk | | |
| Isabel Sanford | 1981 | actress | The Jeffersons | | |
| Loretta Young | 1955 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Loretta Young | 1957 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Loretta Young | 1959 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1967 | actress | The Lucy Show | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1968 | actress | The Lucy Show | | |
| Rachel Brosnahan | 2018 | actress | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1973 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1974 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1976 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2006 | actress | The New Adventures of Old Christine | | |
| Edie Falco | 1999 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Edie Falco | 2001 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Edie Falco | 2003 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Michael Learned | 1973 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Michael Learned | 1974 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Michael Learned | 1976 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Allison Janney | 2002 | actress | The West Wing | | |
| Allison Janney | 2004 | actress | The West Wing | | |
| Gillian Anderson | 1997 | actress | The X-Files | | |
| Patricia Wettig | 1990 | actress | thirtysomething | | |
| Patricia Wettig | 1991 | actress | thirtysomething | | |
| America Ferrera | 2007 | actress | Ugly Betty | | |
| Toni Collette | 2009 | actress | United States of Tara | | |
| Jean Marsh | 1975 | actress | Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2012 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2013 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2014 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2015 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2016 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2017 | actress | Veep | | |
| Debra Messing | 2003 | actress | Will & Grace | |