Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners

The list Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners includes Tom Selleck, Jon Hamm, Rami Malek, Kiefer Sutherland and James Spader. The list consists of 47 members.

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Bruce Willis

American actor (born 1955)

Overview: Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and film producer. Born in Germany to a German mother and American father, Willis moved to the U.S. with his family when he was two years ...

Date of birth: 19 March 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Emma Heming Willis (Married)

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Penns Grove High School alumni 3T

Broadway actors 482T

Film producers from New Jersey 106T
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Tom Selleck

American actor

Overview: Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor and film producer who has starred in a number of television series and films.

Date of birth: 29 January 1945

Age: 80

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Grant High School (Los Angeles) alumni 32T

Military personnel from Detroit 77T
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Jon Hamm

American actor (born 1971)

Overview: Jonathan Daniel Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American actor best known for his role as Don Draper in the period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), for which he won numerous accolades, including a P ...

Date of birth: 10 March 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Anna Osceola (Married)

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Comedians from St. Louis 27T

Television producers from Missouri 17T

Male actors of Irish descent 681T
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Rami Malek

American actor

Overview: Rami Said Malek (Arabic: رامي سعيد مالك, born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot (2015–2019) ...

Date of birth: 12 May 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American male sitcom actors 605T

American identical twins 72T

Identical twin males 73T
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Matthew Rhys

Welsh actor (born 1974)

Overview: Matthew Rhys Evans (born 8 November 1974; ) is a Welsh actor. He is known for playing Kevin Walker in Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in The Americans (2013–2018), for which he received ...

Date of birth: 4 November 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Keri Russell (Long-Term)

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Welsh male Shakespearean actors 11T

Male actors from Cardiff 16T

Welsh-speaking actors 66T
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Kieran Culkin

American actor (born 1982)

Overview: Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, acting alongside his older brother Macaulay in the Home Alone franchise (1990/1992). His breakout ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jazz Charton (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors from New York City 2,000T

20th-century American male actors 9,378T
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Kiefer Sutherland

Canadian, Actor

Overview: Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series 24 (2001–2010, 2014) ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Cindy Vela (Long-Term)

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Singers from the City of Westminster 52T

Actors from the City of Westminster 229T

Singers from Toronto 427T
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James Spader

American actor

Overview: James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor and producer. He has portrayed eccentric characters in films such as the drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), the action science fiction ...

Date of birth: 7 February 1960

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Leslie Stefanson (Long-Term)

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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners 87T

Brooks School alumni 29T

Male actors from Boston, Massachusetts 198T
9.

Damian Lewis

English actor and producer

Overview: Damian Watcyn Lewis OBE (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor and producer. He played U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which earned him a Golden Globe nomi ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Alison Mosshart (Dating)

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Actors from St John's Wood 9T

English male Shakespearean actors 287T

People educated at Ashdown House 14T
10.

Telly Savalas

American actor (1922–1994)

Overview: Aristotelis Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994), known professionally as Telly Savalas, was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades. Noted for ...

Date of birth: 21 January 1922

Date of death: 22 January 1994

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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20th-century American male singers 1,895T

20th-century male singers 6,336T

United States Army non-commissioned officers 410T
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Raymond Burr

Canadian, Actor

Overview: Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor who had a lengthy Hollywood film career and portrayed the title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and ...

Date of birth: 21 May 1917

Date of death: 12 September 1993

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Deaths from kidney cancer in the United States 69T

LGBT people from British Columbia 40T

20th-century Canadian LGBT people 520T
12.

Richard Thomas

American actor

Overview: Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons, for which he won an Emmy Award, received ...

Date of birth: 13 June 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Columbia College (New York) alumni 1,291T

McBurney School alumni 16T

Male actors from New York City 1,913T
13.

Bill Cosby

American, Comedian

Overview: William Henry Cosby Jr. (KOZ-bee; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality. He performed over a period of decades in film, television, and stand-up comedy, with ...

Date of birth: 12 July 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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American showrunners 404T

American male sitcom actors 604T

Comedians from Philadelphia 75T
14.

James Garner

American actor (1928–2014)

Overview: James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve M ...

Date of birth: 7 April 1928

Date of death: 19 July 2014

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Methodists from Colorado 9T

Deaths from coronary artery disease 61T

Cardiovascular disease deaths in California 34T
15.

Carl Betz

Actor

Overview: Carl Lawrence Betz (March 9, 1921 – January 18, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera Love of Life; however ...

Date of birth: 9 March 1921

Date of death: 18 January 1978

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American male sitcom actors 604T

Deaths from lung cancer in California 414T

20th-century American male musicians 8,171T
16.

Hiroyuki Sanada

Japanese actor

Overview: Hiroyuki Sanada, MBE (真田広之, Sanada Hiroyuki, born Hiroyuki Shimosawa (下澤廣之, Shimosawa Hiroyuki); 12 October 1960), is a Japanese actor. In Asia, he is most famous for his role in Kirito No Séngyo as ...

Date of birth: 12 October 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon 330T

Japanese male karateka 182T

People from Shinagawa 47T
17.

Kyle Chandler

Actor

Overview: Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut in a 1988 television film, Chandler's first regular television role was in the ABC drama Homefront ( ...

Date of birth: 17 September 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Katherine Chandler (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T

People from Dripping Springs, Texas 14T
18.

Robert Stack

American actor (1919–2003)

Overview: Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack, January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor, sportsman, and television host. Known for his deep, commanding voice and presence, he appeared ...

Date of birth: 13 January 1919

Date of death: 14 May 2003

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors of Italian descent 908T

Male actors from Los Angeles, California 1,337T

20th-century American male actors 8,672T
19.

Robert Blake

American actor (1933–2023)

Overview: Robert Blake (born Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi; September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the 1970s U.S. television series Baretta ...

Date of birth: 18 September 1933

Date of death: 9 March 2023

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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2023 deaths 1,473T

American male comedy actors 152T

Western (genre) television actors 396T
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Peter Falk

American actor (1927–2011)

Overview: Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series Columbo (19 ...

Date of birth: 16 September 1927

Date of death: 23 June 2011

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Deaths from dementia in California 196T

Neurological disease deaths in California 453T

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni 98T