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