# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator is awarded to one individual each year.
In 2014, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance was separated into two categories – Outstanding Narrator and Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Rules hold that the "submission must be performed/read as a traditional narration and may not be audio lifted from an on-camera performance or interview. If the narration is performed in the first person as a character rather than the narrator, even if credited as narrator, it should be submitted in the character voice-over category."
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

## Winners and nominations
### 1990s

| Year | Narrator | Program | Network |
| 1994 (46th) |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming ||||
| 1994 (46th) | David Marshall Grant | The Legend of Billy the Kid | Disney |

### 2010s

| Year | Narrator | Program | Episode submission | Network |
| 2014 (66th) |
| 2014 (66th) | Jeremy Irons | Game of Lions | Game of Lions | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2014 (66th) | Daniel Craig | One Life | One Life | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2014 (66th) | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | HBO |
| 2014 (66th) | Jane Lynch | Penguins: Waddle All the Way | Penguins: Waddle All the Way | Discovery |
| 2014 (66th) | Henry Strozier | Too Cute! | "Holiday Special" | Animal Planet |
| 2015 (67th) |
| 2015 (67th) | Peter Coyote | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | "Episode 1: Get Action 1858–1901" | PBS |
| 2015 (67th) | Anthony Mendez | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Fourteen" | The CW |
| 2015 (67th) | Miranda Richardson | Operation Orangutan | Operation Orangutan | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2015 (67th) | Henry Strozier | Too Cute! | "Tubby Puppies" | Animal Planet |
| 2015 (67th) | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Hubble's Cosmic Journey | Hubble's Cosmic Journey | Nat Geo |
| 2016 (68th) |
| 2016 (68th) | Keith David | Jackie Robinson | Jackie Robinson | PBS |
| 2016 (68th) | David Attenborough | Life Story | "First Steps" | Discovery |
| 2016 (68th) | Adrien Brody | Breakthrough | "Decoding the Brain" | Nat Geo |
| 2016 (68th) | Laurence Fishburne | Roots | Roots | History |
| 2016 (68th) | Anthony Mendez | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Thirty-Four" | The CW |
| 2017 (69th) |
| 2017 (69th) | Meryl Streep | Five Came Back | "The Price of Victory" | Netflix |
| 2017 (69th) | Laurence Fishburne | Year Million | "Homo Sapien 2.0" | Nat Geo |
| 2017 (69th) | Ewan McGregor | Wild Scotland | Wild Scotland | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2017 (69th) | Sam Neill | Wild New Zealand | Wild New Zealand | | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2017 (69th) | Liev Schreiber | Muhammad Ali: Only One | Muhammad Ali: Only One | HBO |
| HBO ||
| 2018 (70th) |
| 2018 (70th) | David Attenborough | Blue Planet II | "One Ocean" | BBC America |
| 2018 (70th) | Charles Dance | Savage Kingdom | "Uprising: First Blood" | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2018 (70th) | Morgan Freeman | March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step | March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step | Hulu |
| 2018 (70th) | Carl Reiner | If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | HBO |
| 2018 (70th) | Liev Schreiber | 24/7 | "Canelo-Golovkin" | HBO |
| 2019 (71st) |
| 2019 (71st) | David Attenborough | Our Planet | "One Planet" | Netflix |
| 2019 (71st) | Angela Bassett | The Flood | "First Pulse" | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2019 (71st) | Charles Dance | Savage Kingdom | "Fall of the Queen" | Nat Geo Wild |
| 2019 (71st) | Anthony Mendez | Wonders of Mexico | Wonders of Mexico | PBS |
| 2019 (71st) | Liev Schreiber | The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti | The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti | HBO |
| 2019 (71st) | Juliet Stevenson | Queens of Mystery | "Murder in the Dark: First Chapter" | Acorn TV |

### 2020s

| Year | Narrator | Program | Episode submission | Network |
| 2020 (72nd) |
| 2020 (72nd) | David Attenborough | Seven Worlds, One Planet | "Antarctica" | BBC America |
| 2020 (72nd) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution | History |
| 2020 (72nd) | Angela Bassett | The Imagineering Story | "The Happiest Place on Earth" | Disney+ |
| 2020 (72nd) | Chiwetel Ejiofor | The Elephant Queen | The Elephant Queen | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 (72nd) | Lupita Nyong'o | Serengeti | "Destiny" | Discovery |
| 2021 (73rd) |
| 2021 (73rd) | Sterling K. Brown | Lincoln: Divided We Stand | "The Dogs of War" | CNN |
| 2021 (73rd) | David Attenborough | A Perfect Planet | "Volcano" | Discovery+ |
| 2021 (73rd) | David Attenborough | The Year Earth Changed | The Year Earth Changed | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 (73rd) | Anthony Hopkins | Mythic Quest | "Everlight" | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 (73rd) | Sigourney Weaver | Secrets of the Whales | "Ocean Giants" | Disney+ |
| 2022 (74th) |
| 2022 (74th) | Barack Obama | Our Great National Parks | "A World of Wonder" | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War | History |
| 2022 (74th) | David Attenborough | The Mating Game | "In Plain Sight" | Discovery+ |
| 2022 (74th) | W. Kamau Bell | We Need to Talk About Cosby | "Part 1" | Showtime |
| 2022 (74th) | Lupita Nyong'o | Serengeti II | "Intrigue" | Discovery+ |
| 2023 (75th) |
| 2023 (75th) | Barack Obama | Working: What We Do All Day | "The Middle" | Netflix |
| 2023 (75th) | Mahershala Ali | Chimp Empire | "Reckoning" | Netflix |
| 2023 (75th) | Angela Bassett | Good Night Oppy | Good Night Oppy | Prime Video |
| 2023 (75th) | Morgan Freeman | Our Universe | "Chasing Starlight" | Netflix |
| 2023 (75th) | Pedro Pascal | Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World | "Mountains" | CNN |
| 2024 (76th) |
| 2024 (76th) | Angela Bassett | Queens | "African Queens" | Nat Geo |
| 2024 (76th) | David Attenborough | Planet Earth III | "Human" | BBC America |
| 2024 (76th) | Morgan Freeman | Life on Our Planet | "Chapter 1: The Rules of Life" | Netflix |
| 2024 (76th) | Paul Rudd | Secrets of the Octopus | "Masterminds" | Nat Geo |
| 2024 (76th) | Octavia Spencer | Lost Women of Highway 20 | "Vanished" | Investigation Discovery |

## Performers with multiple wins

Total include wins for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.

## Performers with multiple nominations

Total include nominations for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.