# Premi Tony al millor actor protagonista de musical

El Premi Tony al Millor Actor Protagonista de Musical és atorgat a l'actor escollit com a millor actor en una obra musical, tant és que sigui una nova producció o un revival. El premi es concedeix des de 1948, però els nominats només van ser també anunciats des de 1956.

## Guanyadors
### 1940

* 1948 Paul Hartman a Angel a the Wings com "Horace" / "Mr. Blodgett" / "George" / "Dr. Hutchinson, W.T." / "The Stranger"
* 1949 Ray Bolger a Where's Charley? com "Charley Wykeham"

### 1950

| 1950 Ezio Pinza a South Pacific com "Emile De Beque" 1951 Robert Alda a Guys and Dolls com "Sky Masterson" 1952 Phil Silvers a Top Banana com "Jerry Biffle" 1953 Thomas Mitchell a Hazel Flagg com "Dr. Downer" 1954 Alfred Drake a Kismet com "Hajj" 1955 Walter Slezak a Fanny com "Panisse" 1956 Ray Walston a Damn Yankees com "Mr. Applegate" Stephen Douglass a Damn Yankees com "Joe Hardy" William Johnson a Pipe Dream com "Doc" | 1957 Rex Harrison a My Fair Lady com "Henry Higgins" Fernando Lamas a Happy Hunting com "Duke of Granada" Robert Weede a The Most Happy Fella com "Tony" 1958 Robert Preston a The Music Man com "Harold Hill" Ricardo Montalbán a Jamaica com "Koli" Eddie Foy, Jr. a Rumple com "Rumple" Tony Randall a Oh, Captain! com "Captain Henry St. James" 1959 Richard Kiley a Redhead com "Tom Baxter" Larry Blyden a Flower Drum Song com "Sammy Fong" |

### 1960

| 1960 Jackie Gleason a Take Me Along com "Sid Davis" Robert Morse a Take Me Along com "Richard Miller" Walter Pidgeon a Take Me Along com "Nat Miller" Andy Griffith a Destry Rides Again com "Destry" 1961 Richard Burton a Camelot com "Arthur" Phil Silvers a Do Re Mi com "Hubert Cram" Maurice Evans a Tenderloin com "Reverend Brock" 1962 Robert Morse a How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying com "J. Pierrepont Finch" Ray Bolger a All-American com "Professor Fodorski" Alfred Drake a Kean com "Edmund Kean" Richard Kiley a No Strings com "David Jordan" 1963 Zero Mostel a Golfus de Roma com "Pseudolus" Sid Caesar a Little Me com "Fred Poitrine" / "Mr. Pinchley" / "Noble Eggleston" / "Noble Junior" / "Otto Schnitzler" / "Prince Cherney" / "Val du Val" Anthony Newley a Stop the World - I Want to Get Off com "Littlechap" Clive Revill a Oliver! com "Fagin" 1964 Bert Lahr a Foxy com "Foxy" Sydney Chaplin a Funny Girl com "Nick Arnstein" Bob Fosse a Pal Joey com "Joey Evans" Steve Lawrence a What Makes Sammy Run? com "Sammy Glick" | 1965 Zero Mostel a Fiddler on the Roof com "Tevye" Sammy Davis, Jr. a Golden Boy com "Joe Wellington" Cyril Ritchard a The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd com "Sir" Tommy Steele a Half a Sixpence com "Arthur Kipps" 1966 Richard Kiley a Man of La Mancha com "Don Quixot" / "Cervantes" Jack Cassidy a It's a Bird…It's a Plane…It's Superman com "Max Mencken" John Cullum a On a Clear Day You Can See Forever com "Dr. Mark Bruckner" Harry Secombe a Pickwick com "Pickwick" 1967 Robert Preston a I Do! I Do! com "Michael" Alan Alda a The Apple Tree com "Adam" / "Captain Sanjar" / "Flip, the Prince Charming" Jack Gilford a Cabaret com "Herr Schultz" Norman Wisdom a Walking Happy com "Will Mossop 1968 Robert Goulet a The Happy Time com "Jacques Bonnard" Robert Hooks a Hallelujah, Baby! com "Clem" Tony Roberts a How Now, Dow Jones com "Charley" David Wayne a The Happy Time com "Grandpere Bonnard" 1969 Jerry Orbach a Promises, Promises com "Chuck Baxter " Herschel Bernardi a Zorba com "Zorba" Jack Cassidy a Maggie Flynn com "The Clown" Joel Grey a George M! com "George M. Cohan" |

### 1970

| 1970 Cleavon Little a Purlie com "Purlie" Len Cariou a Applause com "Bill Sampson" Robert Weede a Cry for Us All com "Edward Quinn" 1971 Hal Linden a The Rothschilds com "Mayer Rothschild" David Burns a Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen com "Col. Wainwright Purdy III" Larry Kert a Company com "Bobby" Bobby Van a No, No, Nanette com "Billy Early" 1972 Phil Silvers a Golfus de Roma com "Pseudolus" Clifton Davis a Two Gentlemen of Verona com "Valentine" Barry Bostwick a Grease com "Danny Zuko" Raúl Juliá a Two Gentlemen of Verona com "Proteus" 1973 Ben Vereen a Pippin com "The Leading Player" Len Cariou a A Little Night Music com "Frederick Egerman" Robert Morse a Sugar com "Jerry" Brock Peters a Lost a the Stars com "Stephen Kumalo" 1974 Christopher Plummer a Cyrano com "Cyrano de Bergerac" Alfred Drake a Gigi com "Honore Lachailles" Joe Morton a Raisin com "Walter Lee Younger" Lewis J. Stadlen a Candide com "Dr. Pangloss" / "Governor" / "Host" / "Sage"/ "Voltaire" | 1975 John Cullum a Shenandoah com "Charlie Anderson" Joel Grey a Goodtime Charley com "Charley" Raúl Juliá a Where's Charley? com "Charley Wykeham" Eddie Mekka a The Lieutenant com "Lieutenant" Robert Preston a Mack & Mabel com "Mack Sennett" 1976 George Rose a My Fair Lady com "Alfred P. Doolittle" Makoto Iwamatsu a Pacific Overtures com "Jonathan Goble" / "Reciter" / "Shogun" Jerry Orbach a Chicago com "Billy Flynn" Ian Richardson a My Fair Lady com "Henry Higgins" 1977 Barry Bostwick a The Robber Bridegroom com "Jamie Lockhart" Robert Guillaume a Guys and Dolls com "Nathan Detroit" Raúl Juliá a The Threepenny Opera com "Macheath" Reid Shelton a Annie com "Oliver Warbucks" 1978 John Cullum a On the Twentieth Century com "Oscar Jaffee" Eddie Bracken a Hello, Dolly! com "Horace Vandergelder" Barry Nelson a The Act com "Dan Conners" Gilbert Price a Timbuktu! com "The Mansa of Mali" 1979 Len Cariou a Sweeney Todd com "Sweeney Todd" Vincent Gardenia a Ballroom com "Alfred Rossi" Joel Grey a The Grand Tour com "S. L. Jacobowsky" Robert Klein a They're Playing Our Song com "Vernon Gersch" |

### 1980

| 1980 Jim Dale a Barnum com "P. T. Barnum" Gregory Hines a Comin' Uptown com "Scrooge" Mickey Rooney a Sugar Babies com "Mickey" Giorgio Tozzi a The Most Happy Fella com "Tony" 1981 Kevin Kline a The Pirates of Penzance com "The Pirate King" Gregory Hines a Sophisticated Ladies com "Performer" George Rose a The Pirates of Penzance com "Major-General Stanley" Martin Vidnovic a Brigadoon com "Tommy Albright" 1982 Ben Harney a Dreamgirls com "Curtis Taylor Jr." Herschel Bernardi a Fiddler on the Roof com "Tevye" Victor Garber a Little Me com "Fred Poitrine" / "Noble Eggleston" / "Noble Junior" / "Val du Val" Raúl Juliá a Nine com "Guido Contini" 1983 Tommy Tune a My One and Only com "Captain Billy Buck Chandler" Al Green a Your Arms Too Short to Box with God com "Performer" George Hearn a A Doll's Life com "Actor" / "Johan" / "Torvald" Michael V. Smartt a Porgy and Bess com "Porgy" 1984 George Hearn a La Cage aux Folles com "Albin" Gene Barry a La Cage aux Folles com "Georges' Ron Moody a Oliver! com "Fagin" Mandy Patinkin a Sunday a the Park with George com "George" | 1985 -No es concediren 1986 George Rose a The Mystery of Edwin Drood com "Mayor Thomas Sapsea" / "William Cartwright" Don Correia a Singin' a the Rain com "Don Lockwood" Cleavant Derricks a Big Deal com "Charley" Maurice Hines a Uptown... It's Hot! com "Performer" 1987 Robert Lindsay a Me and My Girl com "Bill Snibson" Roderick Cook a Oh Coward! com "Performer" Terrence Mann a Les Misérables com "Inspector Javert" Colm Wilkinson a Les Misérables com "Jean Valjean" 1988 Michael Crawford a The Phantom of the Opera com "The Phantom" Scott Bakula a Romance/Romance com "Alfred Von Wilmers" / "Sam" David Carroll a Chess com "Anatoly" Howard McGillin a Anything Goes com "Billy Crocker" 1989 Jason Alexander a Jerome Robbins' Broadway com "Cigar" / "Emcee" / "Floy" / "Pa" / "Pseudolus" / "Tevye" / "The Settler" Gabriel Barre a Starmites com "Trinkulus" Brian Lane Green a Starmites com "Spacepunk" Robert La Fosse a Jerome Robbins' Broadway com "3rd Dancer" / "Gaby" / "Tony" / "Company Member of '...Forum'" |

### 1990

| 1990 James Naughton a City of Angels com "Stone" David Carroll a Grand Hotel com "Felix Von Gaigern" Gregg Edelman a City of Angels com "Stine" Bob Gunton a Sweeney Todd com "Sweeney Todd" 1991 Jonathan Pryce a Miss Saigon com "The Engineer" Keith Carradine a The Will Rogers Follies com "Will Rogers" Paul Hipp a Buddy com "Buddy Holly" Topol a Fiddler on the Roof com "Tevye" 1992 Gregory Hines a Jelly's Last Jam com "Jelly Roll Morton" Harry Groener a Crazy for You com "Bobby Child" Nathan Lane a Guys and Dolls com "Nathan Detroit" Michael Rupert a Falsettos com "Marvin" 1993 Brent Carver a Kiss of the Spider Woman com "Molina" Tim Curry a My Favorite Year com "Alan Swann" Con O'Neill a Blood Brothers com "Mickey" Martin Short a The Goodbye Girl com "Elliot" 1994 Boyd Gaines a She Loves Me com "Georg Nowack"' Victor Garber a Damn Yankees com "Mr. Applegate" Terrence Mann a Beauty and the Beast com "The Beast" Jere Shea a Passion com "Giorgio" | 1995 Matthew Broderick a How to Succeed a Business Without Really Trying com "J. Pierrepont Finch" Alan Campbell a Sunset Boulevard com "Joe Gillis" Mark Jacoby a Show Boat com "Gaylord Ravenal" John McMartin a Show Boat com "Cap'n Andy" 1996 Nathan Lane a Golfus de Roma com "Pseudolus" Savion Glover a Bring a 'da Noise, Bring a 'da Funk com "'da Beat" / "Lil' Dahlin'" Adam Pascal a Rent com "Roger Davis" Lou Diamond Phillips a The King and I com "The King of Siam" 1997 James Naughton a Chicago com "Billy Flynn" Robert Cuccioli a Jekyll & Hyde com "Dr. Henry Jekyll" / "Edward Hyde" Jim Dale a Candide com "2nd Gambler" / "Businessman"/ "Dr. Pangloss" / "Governor" / "Sage" / "Voltaire" Daniel McDonald a Steel Pier com "Bill Kelly" 1998 Alan Cumming a Cabaret com "The Master of Ceremonies" Peter Friedman a Ragtime com "Tateh" Brian Stokes Mitchell a Ragtime com "Coalhouse Walker, Jr." Douglas Sills a The Scarlet Pimpernel com "Percy Blakeney" 1999 Martin Short a Little Me com "Noble Eggleston" / "Amos Pinchley" / "Benny Buchsbaum" / "Val du Val" / "Fred Poitrine" / "Otto Schnitzler" / "Prince Cherney" / "The Drunk" Brent Carver a Parade com "Leo Frank" Adam Cooper a Swan Lake com "Dancer" Tom Wopat a Annie Get Your Gun com "Frank Butler" |

### 2000

| 2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell a Kiss Me, Kate com "Fred Graham" / "Petruchio" Craig Bierko a The Music Man com "Harold Hill" George Hearn a Putting It Together com "The Husband" Mandy Patinkin a The Wild Party com "Burrs" Christopher Walken a The Dead com "Gabriel Conroy" 2001 Nathan Lane a The Producers com "Max Bialystock" Matthew Broderick a The Producers com "Leo Bloom" Kevin Chamberlin a Seussical com "Horton the Elephant" Tom Hewitt a The Rocky Horror Show com "Frank N Furter" Patrick Wilson a The Full Monty com "Jerry Lukowski" 2002 John Lithgow a Sweet Smell of Success com "J.J. Hunsecker" Gavin Creel a Thoroughly Modern Millie com "Jimmy Smith" John McMartin a Into the Woods com "Narrator" / "Mysterious Man" Patrick Wilson a Oklahoma! com "Curly" John Cullum a Urinetown The Musical com "Caldwell B. Cladwell" 2003 Harvey Fierstein a Hairspray com "Edna Turnblad" Antonio Banderas a Nine, The Musical com "Guido Contini" Malcolm Gets a Amour com "Dusoleil" Brian Stokes Mitchell a Man of La Mancha com "Don Quixot" / "Cervantes" John Selya a Movin' Out com "Eddie" 2004 Hugh Jackman a The Boy from Oz com "Peter Allen" Hunter Foster a Little Shop of Horrors com "Seymour" Alfred Molina a Fiddler on the Roof com "Tevye" Euan Morton a Taboo com "George" John Tartaglia a Avenue Q com "Princeton" / "Rod" | 2005 Norbert Leo Butz a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels com "Freddy Benson" Hank Azaria a Monty Python's Spamalot com "Sir Lancelot" / "The French Taunter" / "Knight of Ni" / "Tim the Enchanter" Gary Beach a La Cage aux Folles com "Albin" Tim Curry a Monty Python's Spamalot com "King Arthur" John Lithgow a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels com "Lawrence Jameson" 2006 John Lloyd Young a Jersey Boys com "Frankie Valli" Michael Cerveris a Sweeney Todd com "Sweeney Todd" Harry Connick Jr. a The Pajama Game com "Sid Sorokin" Stephen Lynch a The Wedding Singer com "Robbie Hart" Bob Martin a The Drowsy Chaperone com "Man a Chair" 2007 David Hyde Pierce a Curtains com "Lieutenant Frank Cioffi" Michael Cerveris a LoveMusik com "Kurt Weill" Raúl Esparza a Company com "Robert" Jonathan Groff a Spring Awakening com "Melchior" Gavin Lee a Mary Poppins com "Bert" 2008 Paulo Szot a South Pacific com "Emile de Becque" Daniel Evans a Sunday a the Park with George com "Georges Seurat" / "George" Lin-Manuel Miranda a In the Heights com "Usnavi" Stew a Passing Strange com "Narrator" Tom Wopat a A Catered Affair com "Tom Hurley" 2009 David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik i Kiril Kulish a Billy Elliot the Musical com "Billy Elliot" Gavin Creel a Hair com "Claude" Brian d'Arcy James a Shrek the Musical com "Shrek" Constantine Maroulis a Rock of Ages com "Drew" J. Robert Spencer a Next to Normal com "Dan" |

### 2010

| 2010: Douglas Hodge – La Cage aux Folles com Albin Kelsey Grammer – La Cage aux Folles com Georges Sean Hayes – Promises, Promises com Chuck Baxter Chad Kimball – Memphis com Huey Calhoun Sahr Ngaujah – Fela! com Fela Kuti 2011: Norbert Leo Butz – Catch Me If You Can com Carl Hanratty Josh Gad – The Book of Mormon com Elder Cunningham Joshua Henry – The Scottsboro Boys com Haywood Patterson Andrew Rannells – The Book of Mormon com Elder Price Tony Sheldon – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert com Bernadette 2012: Steve Kazee – Once com Guy Danny Burstein – Follies com Buddy Plummer Jeremy Jordan – Newsies com Jack Kelly Norm Lewis – Porgy and Bess com Porgy Ron Raines – Follies com Ben Stone 2013: Billy Porter - Kinky Boots com Lola Bertie Carvel - Matilda The Musical com Miss Trunchbull Santino Fontana - Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella com the Prince Rob McClure - Chaplin, the musical com Charlie Chaplin Stark Sands - Kinky Boots com Charlie Price 2014: Neil Patrick Harris - Hedwig and the Angry Inch com a Hedwig Schmidt Ramin Karimloo - Les Misérables com a Jean Valjean Andy Karl - Rocky the Musical com a Rocky Balboa Jefferson Mays - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder com a The D'Ysquith Family Bryce Pinkham - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder com a Monty Navarro | 2015: Michael Cerveris - Fun Home com a Bruce Bechdel Brian d'Arcy James - Something Rotten! com a Nick Bottom Robert Fairchild - An American in Paris com a Jerry Mulligan Ken Watanabe - The King and I com The King of Siam Tony Yazbeck - On the Town com a Gabey 2016: Leslie Odom Jr. - Hamilton com a Aaron Burr Alex Brightman - School of Rock com a Dewey Finn Danny Burstein - Fiddler on the Roof com a Tevye Zachary Levi - She Loves Me com a Georg Nowack Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton com a Alexander Hamilton 2017: Ben Platt - Dear Evan Hansen com a Evan Hansen Christian Borle - Falsettos com a Marvin Josh Groban - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 com a Pierre Bezukhov Andy Karl - Groundhog Day com a Phil Connors David Hyde Pierce - Hello, Dolly! com a Horace Vandergelder 2018: Tony Shalhoub - The Band's Visit com a Tewfiq Zakaria Harry Hadden-Paton - My Fair Lady com a Henry Higgins Joshua Henry - Carousel com a Billy Bigelow Ethan Slater - SpongeBob SquarePants com a SpongeBob SquarePants 2019: Santino Fontana - Tootsie com a Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels Brooks Ashmanskas - The Prom com a Barry Glickman Derrick Baskin - Ain’t Too Proud com a Otis Williams Alex Brightman - Beetlejuice com a Beetlejuice Damon Daunno - Oklahoma! com a Curly McLain |

### 2020

* 2020: Aaron Tveit - Moulin Rouge! The Musical com a Christian
* 2021: La cerimònia no es va celebrar.
* 2022: Myles Frost - MJ com a Michael Jackson
* Billy Crystal - Mr. Saturday Night com a Buddy Young, Jr
* Hugh Jackman - The Music Man com a Harold Hill
* Rob McClure - Mrs. Doubtfire com a Daniel Hillard
* Jaquel Spivey - A Strange Loop com a Usher
Notes
* ↑ El premi no va ser concedit ja que no hi va haver suficients musicals durant la temporada.
* ↑ Tot i ser l'únic nominat en la categoria, per tal de guanyar va necessitar que un 60% dels votants el votés.

## Rècords dels premis
### Múltiples premis

* 2 premis
* Norbert Leo Butz
* John Cullum
* Richard Kiley
* Nathan Lane
* Zero Mostel
* James Naughton
* Robert Preston
* George Rose
* Phil Silvers

### Múltiples nominacions

| 4 nominacions John Cullum Raúl Juliá 3 nominacions Len Cariou Michael Cerveris Alfred Drake Joel Grey George Hearn Gregory Hines Richard Kiley Nathan Lane Brian Stokes Mitchell Robert Morse Robert Preston George Rose Phil Silvers | 2 nominacions Herschel Bernardi Ray Bolger Barry Bostwick Alex Brightman Matthew Broderick Danny Burstein Norbert Leo Butz David Carroll Brent Carver Jack Cassidy Gavin Creel Tim Curry Jim Dale Santino Fontana Victor Garber Joshua Henry Brian d'Arcy James Andy Karl John Lithgow Terrence Mann John McMartin Lin-Manuel Miranda Zero Mostel James Naughton Jerry Orbach Mandy Patinkin David Hyde Pierce Martin Short Robert Weede Patrick Wilson Tom Wopat |

## Curiositats

* El personatge de Pseudolus a Golfus de Roma ha donat el Premi Tony a 3 actors diferents que l'han interpretat:
** 1963 – Zero Mostel
** 1972 – Phil Silvers
** 1996 – Nathan Lane
* El 1989, Jason Alexander guanyà el premi representant a diversos personatges a Jerome Robbins' Broadway, entre ells el de Pseudolus
* Dos personatges més han donat el premi a diversos guanyadors:
** J. Pierrepont Finch a How to Succeed a Business Without Really Trying:
*** 1962 – Robert Morse
*** 1995 – Matthew Broderick
** i Emile de Beque a South Pacific:
*** 1950 - Ezio Pinza
*** 2008 - Paulo Szot
* Dos han guanyat el premi per la seva actuació a My Fair Lady, cadascun per un paper diferent:
** 1957 – Rex Harrison, interpretant a Henry Higgins
** 1976 – George Rose, interpretant a Alfred P. Doolitle
** Ian Richardson, who played Henry Higgins a 1976, was also nominated.
* El paper amb més nominacions és el de Tevye, de Fiddler on the Roof. Quatre actors han estat nominats per les seves interpretacions, dels quals un ha guanyat el premi:
** 1965 – Zero Mostel (winner)
** 1982 – Herschel Bernardi
** 1991 – Chaim Topol
** 2004 – Alfred Molina
* Tres actors van ser nominats a aquesta categoria per papers que abans havien estat classificats com Millor Actor de Repartiment de Musical: George Rose guanyà el de Millor Actor el 1976 interpretant a Alfred P. Doolitle a My Fair Lady, mentre que el 1956 Stanley Holloway va ser-ho a Millor Actor de Repartiment. El mateix passà amb Lou Diamond Phillips, nominat a Millor Actor per interpretar al Rei de Siam a The King and I el 1996, mentre que guanyà Yul Brynner el de Millor Actor de Repartiment el 1951 pel mateix paper. També, Alan Cumming el guanyà pel seu paper com a Mestre de Cerimònies a Cabaret el 1998, mentre que Joel Grey l'havia guanyat com a Actor de Repartiment el 1966.
* Harvey Fierstein és l'únic actor que l'ha guanyat interpretant a una dona, el 2003, per la seva interpretació de Edna Turnblad a Hairspray.
* Mai no hi ha hagut cap victòria consecutiva, i només 4 actors han aconseguit dues nominacions consecutives: Gregory Hines (1980/1981), George Hearn (1983/1984), Patrick Wilson (2001/2002) i Michael Cerveris (2006/2007).
* El 2009, David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, i Kiril Kulish van ser nominats conjuntament per les seves interpretacions a Billy Elliot interpretant al personatge homònim. Van guanyar el premi, sent la primera vegada que es concedeix de manera conjunta.
* El 2021, Aaron Tveit va ser l'únic nominat en la categoria, tot i així necessita un 60% dels vots per tal de guanyar.

## Referències

* ↑ «Tony Awards: Actor (Leading role - Musical)». tonyawards.com. Tony Awards. [Consulta: 30 març 2023].
* ↑ «'Big River,' 'Biloxi Blues' win Tony Awards». 3-06-1985 [Consulta: 24 setembre 2021].
* ↑ Tony Award Productions. «Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wing's 2018–2019 Season», 2018.
* ↑ «Tony Awards - Rules and Regulations» (PDF) (en anglès) p. 19. [Consulta: 24 setembre 2021].