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 Young | 1951 | actor |  | ||
| Ed Wynn | 1950 | actor | (Isaiah, Edwin) | | |
| Gertrude Berg | 1951 | actress | | ||
| Helen Hayes | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Imogene Coca | 1952 | actress | (Emogeane) | | |
| Jimmy Durante | 1953 | actor | (James) | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Milton Berle | 1950 | actor | | ||
| Red Skelton | 1952 | actor | (Richard) | | |
| Shirley Dinsdale | 1949 | actress | | ||
| Sid Caesar | 1952 | actor | (Isaac, Sidney) | | |
| Thomas Mitchell | 1953 | actor | | ||
| Kiefer Sutherland | 2006 | actor | 24 | | |
| Alec Baldwin | 2008 | actor | 30 Rock | (Alexander) | |
| Alec Baldwin | 2009 | actor | 30 Rock | (Alexander) | |
| Tina Fey | 2008 | actress | 30 Rock | (Elizabeth, Stamatina) | |
| 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 | | |
| Quinta Brunson | 2023 | actress | Abbott Elementary | | |
| 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 | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1971 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1972 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1978 | actress | 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 | | |
| Christian Clemenson | 2006 | actor | Boston Legal | (Dayton) | |
| James Spader | 2005 | actor | Boston Legal | | |
| 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 | | |
| Sally Field | 2007 | actress | Brothers & Sisters | | |
| Nanette Fabray | 1957 | actress | Caesar's Hour | (Ruby, Bernadette, Theresa) | |
| Sid Caesar | 1957 | actor | Caesar's Hour | (Isaac, Sidney) | |
| Sharon Gless | 1986 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Sharon Gless | 1987 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1983 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1984 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1985 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1988 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Kirstie Alley | 1991 | actress | Cheers | (Louise) | |
| Shelley Long | 1983 | actress | Cheers | | |
| Ted Danson | 1990 | actor | Cheers | | |
| Ted Danson | 1993 | actor | Cheers | | |
| Christine Lahti | 1998 | actress | Chicago Hope | | |
| Mandy Patinkin | 1995 | actor | Chicago Hope | (Mandel) | |
| Jack Albertson | 1976 | actor | Chico and the Man | | |
| Dana Delany | 1989 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Dana Delany | 1992 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Marg Helgenberger | 1990 | actress | China Beach | (Mary) | |
| 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 | | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | 1980 | actress | Dallas | | |
| Glenn Close | 2008 | actress | Damages | | |
| Glenn Close | 2009 | actress | Damages | | |
| Željko Ivanek | 2008 | actor | Damages | | |
| Ruby Dee | 1991 | actress | Decoration Day | | |
| Felicity Huffman | 2005 | actress | Desperate Housewives | | |
| Glenda Jackson | 1972 | actress | Elizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Richard Mulligan | 1989 | actor | Empty Nest | | |
| Zendaya | 2020 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Zendaya | 2022 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Burt Reynolds | 1991 | actor | Evening Shade | (Burton, Leon) | |
| Patricia Heaton | 2000 | actress | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
| Patricia Heaton | 2001 | actress | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
| Ray Romano | 2002 | actor | Everybody Loves Raymond | (Raymond) | |
| Ricky Gervais | 2007 | actor | Extras | | |
| Sada Thompson | 1978 | actress | Family | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1986 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1987 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1988 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1958 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1959 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1960 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Robert Young | 1957 | actor | Father Knows Best | | |
| Robert Young | 1958 | actor | Father Knows Best | | |
| Phoebe Waller-Bridge | 2019 | actress | Fleabag | | |
| 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 | | |
| Jennifer Aniston | 2002 | actress | Friends | | |
| 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) | |
| Judi Evans | 1984 | actress | Guiding Light | | |
| Powers Boothe | 1980 | actor | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | (Allen) | |
| 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 | | |
| Daniel J. Travanti | 1981 | actor | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Daniel J. Travanti | 1982 | actor | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Claire Danes | 2012 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Claire Danes | 2013 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Damian Lewis | 2012 | actor | Homeland | | |
| Andre Braugher | 1998 | actor | Homicide: Life on the Street | (Keith) | |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo | 2008 | actress | House of Saddam | | |
| Viola Davis | 2015 | actress | How to Get Away with Murder | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1956 | actress | I Love Lucy | | |
| 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 | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1984 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1985 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| Ron Leibman | 1979 | actor | Kaz | | |
| Jodie Comer | 2019 | actress | Killing Eve | | |
| Telly Savalas | 1974 | actor | Kojak | (Aristotelis) | |
| Mariska Hargitay | 2006 | actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | | |
| Chad Lowe | 1993 | actor | Life Goes On | (Charles, Conrad) | |
| Tammy Blanchard | 2001 | actress | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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. | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | | |
| William Windom | 1970 | actor | My World and Welcome to It | | |
| Michael Learned | 1982 | actress | Nurse | | |
| Edie Falco | 2010 | actress | Nurse Jackie | (Edith) | |
| 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 | | |
| Sela Ward | 2000 | actress | Once and Again | | |
| Tatiana Maslany | 2016 | actress | Orphan Black | (Gabriele) | |
| Eve Arden | 1954 | actress | Our Miss Brooks | | |
| Raymond Burr | 1959 | actor | Perry Mason | | |
| Raymond Burr | 1961 | actor | Perry Mason | | |
| Kathy Baker | 1993 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Kathy Baker | 1995 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Kathy Baker | 1996 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Tom Skerritt | 1993 | actor | Picket Fences | (Thomas) | |
| Billy Porter | 2019 | actor | Pose | | |
| Alan Rickman | 1996 | actor | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | (Sidney, Patrick) | |
| Valerie Harper | 1975 | actress | Rhoda | | |
| Roseanne Barr | 1993 | actress | Roseanne | | |
| Catherine O'Hara | 2020 | actress | Schitt's Creek | (Anne) | |
| Eugene Levy | 2020 | actor | Schitt's Creek | | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | 2004 | actress | Sex and the City | | |
| Sela Ward | 1994 | actress | Sisters | | |
| Cathryn Damon | 1980 | actress | Soap | | |
| 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) | |
| Sarah Snook | 2023 | actress | Succession | | |
| Carol Kane | 1982 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Judd Hirsch | 1981 | actor | Taxi | | |
| Judd Hirsch | 1983 | actor | Taxi | | |
| Ruth Gordon | 1979 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Jason Sudeikis | 2021 | actor | Ted Lasso | (Daniel) | |
| Jason Sudeikis | 2022 | actor | Ted Lasso | (Daniel) | |
| Matthew Rhys | 2018 | actor | The Americans | | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1961 | actress | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | | |
| 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) | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1966 | actress | The Big Valley | | |
| Lindsay Wagner | 1977 | actress | The Bionic Woman | | |
| Hal Holbrook | 1971 | actor | The Bold Ones: The Senator | (Harold, Rowe) | |
| Kyra Sedgwick | 2010 | actress | The Closer | | |
| Claire Foy | 2018 | actress | The Crown | (Elizabeth) | |
| Josh O'Connor | 2021 | actor | The Crown | | |
| Olivia Colman | 2021 | actress | The Crown | (Sarah, Caroline) | |
| Jack Klugman | 1963 | actor | The Defenders | | |
| E. G. Marshall | 1962 | 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) | |
| 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 | | |
| Bea Arthur | 1988 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Beatrice, Bernice) | |
| Betty White | 1986 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Marion) | |
| Rue McClanahan | 1987 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Eddi) | |
| 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 | | |
| Jack Benny | 1959 | actor | The Jack Benny Show | (Benjamin) | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| Edie Falco | 1999 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Edie Falco | 2001 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Edie Falco | 2003 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| James Gandolfini | 2000 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| James Gandolfini | 2001 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| James Gandolfini | 2003 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| Robert Stack | 1960 | actor | The Untouchables | | |
| Michael Learned | 1973 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Michael Learned | 1974 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Michael Learned | 1976 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Richard Thomas | 1973 | actor | 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 | | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | | |
| Eric McCormack | 2001 | actor | Will & Grace | |