Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	Bradley Whitford, Transparent (2015)
Official website	http://www.emmys.com/

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Prior to 1988 the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. These awards, like the other 'Guest' Awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award show, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award show.

Winners and Nominees

indicates the winner

1980s

Year	Performer	Program	Role	Network
1985–1986 (38th)
	Roscoe Lee Browne	The Cosby Show	Dr. Barnabus Foster	NBC
	Earle Hyman	The Cosby Show	Russell Huxtable	NBC
	Danny Kaye		Dr. Burns
	Clarice Taylor		Anna Huxtable
	Stevie Wonder		Himself
1986–1987 (39th)
	John Cleese	Cheers	Dr. Simon Finch-Royce	NBC
	Art Carney	The Cavanaughs	James 'Weasel' Cavanaugh	CBS
	Herb Edelman	The Golden Girls	Stan	NBC
	Lois Nettleton		Jean
	Nancy Walker		Angela
1987–1988 (40th)
	Beah Richards	Frank's Place	Mrs. Varden	CBS
	Herb Edelman	The Golden Girls	Stan	NBC
	Geraldine Fitzgerald	The Golden Girls	Anna	ABC
	Eileen Heckart	The Cosby Show	Mrs. Hickson	NBC
	Gilda Radner	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Herself	Showtime
1988–1989 (41st)
	Cleavon Little	Dear John	Tony Larkin	NBC
	Sammy Davis, Jr.	The Cosby Show	Ray Palomino	NBC
	Jack Gilford	The Golden Girls	Max Weinstock
	Leslie Nielsen	Day by Day	Jack Harper
	Robert Picardo	The Wonder Years	Mr. Cutlip	ABC

1990s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1989–1990 (42nd)
	Jay Thomas	Murphy Brown	Jerry Gold	CBS
	David Huddleston	The Wonder Years	Grandpa Arnold	ABC
	Darren McGavin	Murphy Brown	Bill Brown	CBS
	Jerry Orbach	The Golden Girls	Glen O'Brien	NBC
	Dick Van Dyke	The Golden Girls	Ken	NBC
1990–1991 (43rd)
	Jay Thomas	Murphy Brown	Jerry Gold	CBS
	Sheldon Leonard	Cheers	Sid Nelson	NBC
	Alan Oppenheimer	Murphy Brown	Eugene Kinsella	CBS
	Tom Poston	Coach	Art Hibke	ABC
	Danny Thomas	Empty Nest	Dr. Leo Brewster	NBC
1991–1992 (44th)	no award
1992–1993 (45th)
	David Clennon	Dream On	Peter Brewer	HBO
	Tom Berenger	Cheers	Don Santry	NBC
	Dana Carvey	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	HBO
	Bill Erwin	Seinfeld	Sid Fields	NBC
	Joel Grey	Brooklyn Bridge	Jacob Pressman	CBS
1993–1994 (46th)
	Martin Sheen	Murphy Brown	Nick Brody	CBS
	Jason Alexander	Dream On	Randall Townsend	HBO
	Paul Dooley	Dream On	Mickey Tupper	HBO
	John Glover	Frasier	Ned Miller	NBC
	Judge Reinhold	Seinfeld	Aaron	NBC
1994–1995 (47th)
	Carl Reiner	Mad About You	Alan Brady	NBC
	Sid Caesar	Love & War	Stein	CBS
	Nathan Lane	Frasier	Phil	NBC
	Robert Pastorelli	Murphy Brown	Eldin Bernecky	CBS
	Paul Reubens	Murphy Brown	Andrew J. Lansing III	CBS
1995–1996 (48th)
	Tim Conway	Coach	Kenny Montague	ABC
	Griffin Dunne	Frasier	Bob	NBC
	Mandy Patinkin	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	HBO
	Larry Thomas	Seinfeld	The Soup Nazi	NBC
	Harris Yulin	Frasier	Jerome Belasco	NBC
1996–1997 (49th)
	Mel Brooks	Mad About You	Uncle Phil	NBC
	Sid Caesar	Mad About You	Uncle Harold	NBC
	David Duchovny	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	HBO
	James Earl Jones	Frasier	Norman	NBC
	Jerry Stiller	Seinfeld	Frank Costanza	NBC
1997–1998 (50th)
	Mel Brooks	Mad About You	Uncle Phil	NBC
	Hank Azaria	Mad About You	Nat	NBC
	Lloyd Bridges	Seinfeld	Izzy Mandelbaum
	John Cleese	3rd Rock from the Sun	Dr. Liam Neesam
	Nathan Lane	Mad About You	Nathan Twilley
1998–1999 (51st)
	Mel Brooks	Mad About You	Uncle Phil	NBC
	Woody Harrelson	Frasier	Woody Boyd	NBC
	Charles Nelson Reilly	The Drew Carey Show	Mr. Hathaway	ABC
	John Ritter	Ally McBeal	George Madison	Fox
	William Shatner	3rd Rock from the Sun	Big Giant Head	NBC

2000s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1999–2000 (52nd)
	Bruce Willis	Friends	Paul Stevens	NBC
	Anthony LaPaglia	Frasier	Simon Moon	NBC
	William H. Macy	Sports Night	Sam Donovan	ABC
	Carl Reiner	Beggars and Choosers	Sid Barry	Showtime
	Tom Selleck	Friends	Dr. Richard Burke	NBC
2000–2001 (53rd)
	Derek Jacobi	Frasier	Jackson Hedley	NBC
	Victor Garber	Frasier	Ferguson	NBC
	Robert Loggia	Malcolm in the Middle	Grandpa Victor	Fox
	Gary Oldman	Friends	Richard Crosby	NBC
	Michael York	The Lot	Colin Rhome	AMC
2001–2002 (54th)
	Anthony LaPaglia	Frasier	Simon Moon	NBC
	Adam Arkin	Frasier	Tom	NBC
	Brian Cox	Frasier	Harry Moon
	Michael Douglas	Will & Grace	Det. Gavin Hatch
	Brad Pitt	Friends	Will Colbert
2002–2003 (55th)
	Gene Wilder	Will & Grace	Mr. Stein	NBC
	Hank Azaria	Friends	David	NBC
	David Duchovny	Life with Bonnie	Johnny Volcano	ABC
	Fred Willard	Everybody Loves Raymond	Hank MacDougall	CBS
	Jonathan Winters	Life with Bonnie	Q.T. Marlens	ABC
2003–2004 (56th)
	John Turturro	Monk	Ambrose Monk	USA
	John Cleese	Will & Grace	Lyle Finster	NBC
	Danny DeVito	Friends	Roy Goodbody
	Anthony LaPaglia	Frasier	Simon Moon
	Fred Willard	Everybody Loves Raymond	Hank MacDougall	CBS
2004–2005 (57th)
	Bobby Cannavale	Will & Grace	Vince D'Angelo	NBC
	Alec Baldwin	Will & Grace	Malcolm	NBC
	Victor Garber		Peter Bovington
	Jeff Goldblum		Scott Woolley
	Fred Willard	Everybody Loves Raymond	Hank MacDougall	CBS
2005–2006 (58th)
	Leslie Jordan	Will & Grace	Beverley Leslie	NBC
	Alec Baldwin	Will & Grace	Malcolm	NBC
	Martin Sheen	Two and a Half Men	Harvey	CBS
	Patrick Stewart	Extras	Himself	HBO
	Ben Stiller	Extras	Himself	HBO
2006–2007 (59th)
	Stanley Tucci	Monk	David Ruskin	USA
	Beau Bridges	My Name Is Earl	Carl Hickey	NBC
	Martin Landau	Entourage	Bob Ryan	HBO
	Ian McKellen	Extras	Himself	HBO
	Giovanni Ribisi	My Name Is Earl	Ralph Mariano	NBC
2007–2008 (60th)
	Tim Conway	30 Rock	Bucky Bright	NBC
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	NBC
	Shelley Berman	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Nat David	HBO
	Steve Buscemi	30 Rock	Lenny Wosniak	NBC
	Rip Torn	30 Rock	Don Geiss	NBC
2008–2009 (61st)
	Justin Timberlake	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	NBC
	Alan Alda	30 Rock	Milton Greene	NBC
	Beau Bridges	Desperate Housewives	Eli Scruggs	ABC
	Jon Hamm	30 Rock	Dr. Drew Baird	NBC
	Steve Martin	30 Rock	Gavin Volure	NBC

2010s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2009–2010 (62nd)
	Neil Patrick Harris	Glee	Bryan Ryan	“Dream On”	Fox
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	“Into the Crevasse”	NBC
	Jon Hamm	30 Rock	Dr. Drew Baird	“Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land”	NBC
	Mike O'Malley	Glee	Burt Hummel	“Wheels”	Fox
	Eli Wallach	Nurse Jackie	Bernard Zimberg	“Chicken Soup”	Showtime
	Fred Willard	Modern Family	Frank Dunphy	“Travels with Scout”	ABC
2010–2011 (63rd)
	Justin Timberlake	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Justin Timberlake”	NBC
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	“Plan B”	NBC
	Matt Damon	30 Rock	Carol Burnett	“Double-Edged Sword”	NBC
	Idris Elba	The Big C	Lenny Charles	“Blue-Eyed Iris”	Showtime
	Zach Galifianakis	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Zach Galifianakis”	NBC
	Nathan Lane	Modern Family	Pepper Saltzman	“Boys’ Night”	ABC
2011–2012 (64th)
	Jimmy Fallon	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Jimmy Fallon”	NBC
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	“Idiots Are People Three!”	NBC
	Bobby Cannavale	Nurse Jackie	Dr. Mike Cruz	“Disneyland Sucks”	Showtime
	Michael J. Fox	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Himself	“Larry vs. Michael J. Fox”	HBO
	Jon Hamm	30 Rock	Abner / David Brinkley	“Live from Studio 6H”	NBC
	Greg Kinnear	Modern Family	Tad Murray	“Me? Jealous?”	ABC
2012–2013 (65th)
	Bob Newhart	The Big Bang Theory	Arthur Jeffries aka Professor Proton	“The Proton Resurgence”	CBS
	Louis C.K.	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Louis C.K.”	NBC
	Bobby Cannavale	Nurse Jackie	Dr. Mike Cruz	“Walk of Shame”	Showtime
	Will Forte	30 Rock	Paul L’astnamé	“My Whole Life is Thunder”	NBC
	Nathan Lane	Modern Family	Pepper Saltzman	“A Slight at the Opera”	ABC
	Justin Timberlake	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Justin Timberlake”	NBC
2013–2014 (66th)
	Jimmy Fallon	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Jimmy Fallon”	NBC
	Steve Buscemi	Portlandia	Marty	“Celery”	IFC
	Louis C.K.	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Louis C.K.”	NBC
	Gary Cole	Veep	Kent Davison	“Crate”	HBO
	Nathan Lane	Modern Family	Pepper Saltzman	“The Wedding, Part 2”	ABC
	Bob Newhart	The Big Bang Theory	Arthur Jeffries / Professor Proton	“The Proton Transmogrification”	CBS
2014–2015 (66th)
	Bradley Whitford	Transparent	Marcy May	“Best New Girl”	Amazon
	Mel Brooks	The Comedians	Himself	“Celebrity Guest”	FX
	Louis C.K.	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	“Host: Louis C.K.”	NBC
	Paul Giamatti	Inside Amy Schumer	Juror #10	“12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer”	Comedy Central
	Bill Hader	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	“Host: Bill Hader”	NBC
	Jon Hamm	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Richard Wayne Gary Wayne	“Kimmy Makes Waffles!”	Netflix

Multiple wins

2 wins

3 wins

Mel Brooks (consecutive)

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

3 nominations

4 nominations

5 nominations

Nathan Lane

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Roscoe Lee Browne (1986)
John Cleese (1987)
Cleavon Little (1989)
Jay Thomas (1990)
Jay Thomas (1991)
No award (1992)
David Clennon (1993)
Martin Sheen (1994)
Carl Reiner (1995)
Tim Conway (1996)
Mel Brooks (1997)
Mel Brooks (1998)
Mel Brooks (1999)
Bruce Willis (2000)
Derek Jacobi (2001)
Anthony LaPaglia (2002)
Gene Wilder (2003)
John Turturro (2004)
Bobby Cannavale (2005)
Leslie Jordan (2006)
Stanley Tucci (2007)
Tim Conway (2008)
Justin Timberlake (2009)
Neil Patrick Harris (2010)
Justin Timberlake (2011)
Jimmy Fallon (2012)
Bob Newhart (2013)
Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Bradley Whitford (2015)

Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Miniseries Television Movie Reality-Competition Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Animated Program Short-Format Animation Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Variety Special Children's Program

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Character Voice-Over Performance Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series

Creative Arts	Art Direction for a Contemporary or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera) Art Direction for a Contemporary Program (Half-Hour or less) Art Direction for a Period Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Single-Camera) Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Series Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Special and Visual Effects Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Program of the Year Reality Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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