Tony Award Winners

The Tony Awards have been given out annually since 1947 in recognition of excellence in live Broadway theatre. They are named after Antoinette Perry, founder of the American Theatre Wing, the presenters of the awards.

Included in the list are the winners in the Best Director, Leading Actor and Leading Actress categories.

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NameYearCategoryPlayOther Names
Fredric March1947actorYears Ago(Ernest, Frederick, McIntyre)
Helen Hayes1947actressHappy Birthday
Ingrid Bergman1947actressJoan of Lorraine
José Ferrer1947actorCyrano de Bergerac(Vicente)
John Gielgud1948actorThe Importance of Being Earnest(Arthur)
Basil Rathbone1948actorThe Heiress(Philip, St. John)
Henry Fonda1948actorMister Roberts(Jaynes)
Jessica Tandy1948actressA Streetcar Named Desire(Jessie, Alice)
Judith Anderson1948actressMedea(Frances, Margaret)
Katharine Cornell1948actressAntony and Cleopatra
Paul Kelly1948actorCommand Decision(Michael)
Martita Hunt1949actressThe Madwoman of Chaillot(Edith)
Rex Harrison1949actorAnne of the Thousand Days(Reginald, Carey)
Shirley Booth1950actressCome Back, Little Sheba(Marjory)
Sidney Blackmer1950actorCome Back, Little Sheba(Alderman)
Claude Rains1951actorDarkness at Noon(William)
Uta Hagen1951actressThe Country Girl(Thyra)
José Ferrer1952actorThe Shrike(Vicente)
Julie Harris1952actressI Am a Camera(Julia, Ann)
Shirley Booth1953actressThe Time of the Cuckoo(Marjory)
Tom Ewell1953actorThe Seven Year Itch(Samuel, Yewell)
Audrey Hepburn1954actressOndine(Kathleen)
David Wayne1954actorThe Teahouse of the August Moon(James)
Alfred Lunt1955actorQuadrille(David)
Nancy Kelly1955actressThe Bad Seed
Julie Harris1956actressThe Lark(Julia, Ann)
Paul Muni1956actorInherit the Wind(Frederich, Meshilem, Meier)
Fredric March1957actorLong Day's Journey into Night(Ernest, Frederick, McIntyre)
Margaret Leighton1957actressSeparate Tables
Helen Hayes1958actressTime Remembered
Ralph Bellamy1958actorSunrise at Campobello(Rexford)
John Gielgud1959actorAges of Man(Arthur)
Gertrude Berg1959actressA Majority of One(Tillie)
Jason Robards1959actorThe Disenchanted(Nelson)
Anne Bancroft1960actressThe Miracle Worker(Anna, Maria, Louisa)
Melvyn Douglas1960actorThe Best Man(Edouard)
John Gielgud1961directorBig Fish, Little Fish(Arthur)
Joan Plowright1961actressA Taste of Honey(Ann)
Zero Mostel1961actorRhinoceros(Samuel, Joel)
Margaret Leighton1962actressThe Night of the Iguana
Paul Scofield1962actorA Man for All Seasons(David)
Arthur Hill1963actorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(Edward)
Uta Hagen1963actressWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(Thyra)
Mike Nichols1964directorBarefoot in the Park(Michael, Igor)
Alec Guinness1964actorDylan
Sandy Dennis1964actressAny Wednesday(Sandra, Dale)
Irene Worth1965actressTiny Alice(Harriett, Elizabeth)
Walter Matthau1965actorThe Odd Couple(John)
Hal Holbrook1966actorMark Twain Tonight!(Harold, Rowe)
Rosemary Harris1966actressThe Lion in Winter(Ann)
Beryl Reid1967actressThe Killing of Sister George(Elizabeth)
Paul Rogers1967actorThe Homecoming
Martin Balsam1968actorYou Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running(Henry)
Zoe Caldwell1968actressThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(Ada)
James Earl Jones1969actorThe Great White Hope
Julie Harris1969actressForty Carats(Julia, Ann)
Fritz Weaver1970actorChild's Play(William)
Tammy Grimes1970actressPrivate Lives(Lee)
Brian Bedford1971actorThe School for Wives
Maureen Stapleton1971actressThe Gingerbread Lady(Lois)
Cliff Gorman1972actorLenny(Joel, Joshua)
Sada Thompson1972actressTwigs(Carolyn)
Alan Bates1973actorButley(Arthur)
Julie Harris1973actressThe Last of Mrs. Lincoln(Julia, Ann)
Colleen Dewhurst1974actressA Moon for the Misbegotten(Rose)
Michael Moriarty1974actorFind Your Way Home
Rita Moreno1975actressThe Ritz
Ellen Burstyn1975actressSame Time, Next Year(Edna, Rae)
John Kani1975actorSizwe Banzi Is Dead; The Island(Bonisile)
Winston Ntshona1975actorSizwe Banzi is Dead; The Island
Irene Worth1976actressSweet Bird of Youth(Harriett, Elizabeth)
John Wood1976actorTravesties(Lamin)
Al Pacino1977actorThe Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel(Alfredo, James)
Julie Harris1977actressThe Belle of Amherst(Julia, Ann)
Barnard Hughes1978actorDa(Bernard, Aloysius, Kiernan)
Jessica Tandy1978actressThe Gin Game(Jessie, Alice)
Carole Shelley1979actressThe Elephant Man(Augusta)
Constance Cummings1979actressWings
Tom Conti1979actorWhose Life Is It Anyway?(Tommaso, Antonio)
John Rubinstein1980actorChildren of a Lesser God
Phyllis Frelich1980actressChildren of a Lesser God(Annetta)
Ian McKellen1981actorAmadeus(Murray)
Jane Lapotaire1981actressPiaf(Elizabeth, Marie)
Roger Rees1982actorThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Zoe Caldwell1982actressMedea(Ada)
Harvey Fierstein1983actorTorch Song Trilogy(Forbes)
Jessica Tandy1983actressFoxfire(Jessie, Alice)
Glenn Close1984actressThe Real Thing
Jeremy Irons1984actorThe Real Thing(John)
Derek Jacobi1985actorMuch Ado About Nothing(George)
Stockard Channing1985actressA Day in the Death of Joe Egg(Susan, Antonia, Williams)
Judd Hirsch1986actorI'm Not Rappaport(Seymore)
Lily Tomlin1986actressThe Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe(Mary, Jean)
James Earl Jones1987actorFences
Linda Lavin1987actressBroadway Bound
Joan Allen1988actressBurn This
Ron Silver1988actorSpeed-the-Plow(Ronald, Arthur)
Pauline Collins1989actressShirley Valentine
Philip Bosco1989actorLend Me a Tenor(Michael)
Maggie Smith1990actressLettice and Lovage(Margaret, Natalie)
Robert Morse1990actorTru(Alan)
Mercedes Ruehl1991actressLost in Yonkers
Nigel Hawthorne1991actorShadowlands(Barnard)
Glenn Close1992actressDeath and the Maiden
Judd Hirsch1992actorConversations with My Father(Seymore)
Madeline Kahn1993actressThe Sisters Rosensweig(Gail)
Ron Leibman1993actorAngels in America: Millennium Approaches
Diana Rigg1994actressMedea(Enid, Elizabeth)
Stephen Spinella1994actorAngels in America: Perestroika
Cherry Jones1995actressThe Heiress
Ralph Fiennes1995actorHamlet(Nathaniel)
George Grizzard1996actorA Delicate Balance(Cooper)
Zoe Caldwell1996actressMaster Class(Ada)
Christopher Plummer1997actorBarrymore(Arthur, Orme)
Janet McTeer1997actressA Doll's House
Anthony LaPaglia1998actorA View from the Bridge
Marie Mullen1998actressThe Beauty Queen of Leenane
Brian Dennehy1999actorDeath of a Salesman(Manion)
Judi Dench1999actressAmy's View(Judith, Olivia)
Jennifer Ehle2000actressThe Real Thing(Anne)
Stephen Dillane2000actorThe Real Thing(John)
Mel Brooks2001directorThe Producers(Melvin, James)
Mary-Louise Parker2001actressProof
Richard Easton2001actorThe Invention of Love(John)
Whoopi Goldberg2002actressThoroughly Modern Millie(Caryn, Elaine)
Alan Bates2002actorFortune's Fool(Arthur)
Lindsay Duncan2002actressPrivate Lives(Vere)
Brian Dennehy2003actorLong Day's Journey into Night(Manion)
Vanessa Redgrave2003actressLong Day's Journey into Night
Idina Menzel2004actressWicked
Jefferson Mays2004actorI Am My Own Wife(Lewis)
Phylicia Rashad2004actressA Raisin in the Sun
Bill Irwin2005actorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(William, Mills)
Cherry Jones2005actressDoubt
Cynthia Nixon2006actressRabbit Hole(Ellen)
Richard Griffiths2006actorThe History Boys(Thomas)
Frank Langella2007actorFrost/Nixon
Julie White2007actressThe Little Dog Laughed(Karen)
Deanna Dunagan2008actressAugust: Osage County
Mark Rylance2008actorBoeing-Boeing(David)
Geoffrey Rush2009actorExit the King(Roy)
Marcia Gay Harden2009actressGod of Carnage
Denzel Washington2010actorFences(Hayes)
Viola Davis2010actressFences
Frances McDormand2011actressGood People(Cynthia, Ann, Louise)
Mark Rylance2011actorJerusalem(David)
James Corden2012actorOne Man, Two Guvnors(Kimberley)
Nina Arianda2012actressVenus in Fur
Cicely Tyson2013actressThe Trip to Bountiful(Cecily, Louise)
Tracy Letts2013actorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Audra McDonald2014actressLady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill(Ann)
Bryan Cranston2014actorAll the Way(Lee)
Alex Sharp2015actorThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time(Alexander, Ian)
Helen Mirren2015actressThe Audience(Lydia)
Daveed Diggs2016actorHamilton(Daniele)
Frank Langella2016actorThe Father
Jessica Lange2016actressLong Day's Journey into Night(Phyllis)
Kevin Kline2017actorPresent Laughter(Delaney)
Laurie Metcalf2017actressA Doll's House, Part 2(Laura, Elizabeth)
Andrew Garfield2018actorAngels in America(Russell)
Glenda Jackson2018actressThree Tall Women(May)
Bryan Cranston2019actorNetwork(Lee)
Elaine May2019actressThe Waverly Gallery(Iva)
Andrew Burnap2020actorThe Inheritance
Mary-Louise Parker2020actressThe Sound Inside
Deirdre O'Connell2022actressDana H.
Simon Russell Beale2022actorThe Lehman Trilogy
Jodie Comer2023actressPrima Facie(Marie)
Sean Hayes2023actorGood Night, Oscar(Patrick)
Jeremy Strong2024actorAn Enemy of the People
Sarah Paulson2024actressAppropriate(Catharine)