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Every Emmy Nominee for Actor in a Drama Series

Can you name every Emmy nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series?

By rburton
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Jun 23, 2021
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    1974 had two separate awards: Best Lead Actor in a Drama, and Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Both awards and winners/nominees are included in this quiz.
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1959
Perry Mason* 
Gunsmoke 
77 Sunset Strip 
Peter Gunn 
Maverick 
Have Gun, Will Travel 
1966
I Spy* 
The Fugitive 
I Spy 
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 
Slattery's People 
1967
I Spy* 
The Fugitive 
I Spy 
Mission: Impossible 
Run for Your Life 
1968
I Spy* 
I Spy 
Ironside 
Mission: Impossible 
Run for Your Life 
1969
Judd, for the Defense* 
Ironside 
Mission: Impossible 
Mission: Impossible 
The Wild Wild West 
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.* 
Ironside 
It Takes a Thief 
Mannix 
1971
The Bold Ones: The Senator* 
Ironside 
Mannix 
Marcus Welby, M.D. 
1972
Columbo* 
Ironside 
Mannix 
Marcus Welby, M.D. 
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 
1973
The Waltons* 
Cannon 
Kung Fu 
Mannix 
Columbo 
1974
Kojak* 
Cannon 
The Streets of San Francisco 
The Waltons 
1974 cont.
Pueblo* 
6 Rms Riv Vu 
The Morning After Wednesday 
The Merchant of Venice 
The Execution of Private Slovik 
1975
Baretta* 
Kojak 
Petrocelli 
The Streets of San Francisco 
1976
Columbo* 
The Rockford Files 
The Streets of San Francisco 
1977
The Rockford Files* 
Baretta 
Columbo 
Quincy, M.E. 
The Streets of San Francisco 
1978
Lou Grant* 
Family 
Columbo 
Quincy, M.E. 
The Rockford Files 
The Waltons 
1979
Kaz* 
Lou Grant 
Quincy, M.E. 
The Rockford Files 
1980
Lou Grant* 
The Rockford Files 
Dallas 
Quincy, M.E. 
1981
Hill Street Blues* 
Lou Grant 
Dallas 
Palmerstown 
Dallas 
Trapper John, M.D. 
1982
Hill Street Blues* 
Lou Grant 
Dynasty 
Bret Maverick 
Magnum, P.I. 
1983
St. Elsewhere* 
St. Elsewhere 
Dynasty 
Magnum, P.I. 
Hill Street Blues 
1984
Magnum, P.I.* 
St. Elsewhere 
St. Elsewhere 
Dynasty 
Hill Street Blues 
1985
St. Elsewhere* 
St. Elsewhere 
Miami Vice 
Magnum, P.I. 
Hill Street Blues 
1986
St. Elsewhere* 
St. Elsewhere 
Magnum, P.I. 
Moonlighting 
The Equalizer 
1987
Moonlighting* 
L.A. Law 
St. Elsewhere 
St. Elsewhere 
The Equalizer 
1988
A Year in the Life* 
L.A. Law 
Beauty and the Beast 
L.A. Law 
The Equalizer 
1989
In the Heat of the Night* 
Beauty and the Beast 
L.A. Law 
Wiseguy 
The Equalizer 
1990
Columbo* 
Quantum Leap 
Mancuso, F.B.I. 
Twin Peaks 
The Equalizer 
1991
Gabriel’s Fire* 
Quantum Leap 
Columbo 
Twin Peaks 
Law & Order 
1992
Road to Avonlea* 
Quantum Leap 
Tales from the Crypt 
Law & Order 
Northern Exposure 
Quantum Leap 
I’ll Fly Away 
1993
Picket Fences* 
Quantum Leap 
Law & Order 
Northern Exposure 
I’ll Fly Away 
1994
NYPD Blue* 
NYPD Blue 
Columbo 
Law & Order 
Picket Fences 
1995
Chicago Hope* 
ER 
ER 
NYPD Blue 
NYPD Blue 
1996
NYPD Blue* 
Homicide: Life on the Street 
ER 
ER 
NYPD Blue 
1997
NYPD Blue* 
The X-Files 
ER 
NYPD Blue 
Law & Order 
1998
Homicide: Life on the Street* 
The X-Files 
ER 
NYPD Blue 
NYPD Blue 
1999
NYPD Blue* 
The Sopranos 
The Practice 
NYPD Blue 
Law & Order 
2000
The Sopranos* 
NYPD Blue 
Law & Order 
The West Wing 
Law & Order 
2001
The Sopranos* 
Gideon’s Crossing 
NYPD Blue 
The West Wing 
The West Wing 
2002
The Shield* 
Six Feet Under 
Six Feet Under 
The West Wing 
24 
2003
The Sopranos* 
The Shield 
Six Feet Under 
The West Wing 
24 
2004
The Practice* 
The Sopranos 
Without a Trace 
The West Wing 
24 
2005
Boston Legal* 
Huff 
House 
Deadwood 
24 
2006
24* 
Six Feet Under 
Rescue Me 
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 
The West Wing 
2007
Boston Legal* 
The Sopranos 
House 
Rescue Me 
24 
2008
Breaking Bad* 
In Treatment 
Dexter 
Mad Men 
House 
Boston Legal 
2009
Breaking Bad* 
The Mentalist 
In Treatment 
Dexter 
Mad Men 
House 
2010
Breaking Bad* 
Friday Night Lights 
Lost 
Dexter 
Mad Men 
House 
2011
Friday Night Lights* 
Boardwalk Empire 
Dexter 
Mad Men 
House 
Justified 
2012
Homeland* 
Downton Abbey 
Boardwalk Empire 
Breaking Bad 
Dexter 
Mad Men 
2013
The Newsroom* 
Downton Abbey 
Breaking Bad 
Mad Men 
Homeland 
House of Cards 
2014
Breaking Bad* 
The Newsroom 
Mad Men 
True Detective 
True Detective 
House of Cards 
2015
Mad Men* 
Bloodline 
The Newsroom 
Better Call Saul 
Ray Donovan 
House of Cards 
2016
Mr. Robot* 
Better Call Saul 
Bloodline 
House of Cards 
Ray Donovan 
The Americans 
2017
This Is Us* 
Westworld 
Better Call Saul 
The Americans 
Ray Donovan 
House of Cards 
This Is Us 
2018
The Americans* 
Ozark 
This Is Us 
Westworld 
This Is Us 
Westworld 
2019
Pose* 
Ozark 
Game of Thrones 
This Is Us 
Better Call Saul 
This Is Us 
2020
Succession* 
Ozark 
This Is Us 
The Morning Show 
Succession 
Pose 
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