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

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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