# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. These awards, like the guest acting awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
In January 2024, the Television Academy announced several rule changes for the 76th Emmy Awards, including adjustments to the short form categories. Due to a decline in submissions over the past five years, the Academy combined the separate awards for Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series into a single, gender-neutral category: Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. This consolidation aimed to streamline the awards process and better reflect the current state of short form content.

## Winners and nominations
### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
| 2016 (68th) |
| 2016 (68th) | Rob Corddry | Childrens Hospital | Dr. Blake Downs | Adult Swim |
| 2016 (68th) | Rob Huebel | Childrens Hospital | Dr. Owen Maestro | Adult Swim |
| 2016 (68th) | Jack McBrayer | Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell | Ollie | Adult Swim |
| 2016 (68th) | Oscar Nunez | The Crossroads of History | Jack | History |
| 2016 (68th) | Lou Diamond Phillips | The Crossroads of History | Chieftain | History |
| 2017 (69th) |
| 2017 (69th) | Kim Estes | Dicks | Amanda | Vimeo |
| 2017 (69th) | Ty Burrell | Boondoggle | Ty | ABCd/ABC.com |
| 2017 (69th) | John Michael Higgins | Tween Fest | Todd Crawford | Go90 |
| 2017 (69th) | Jason Ritter | Tales of Titans | Greg | Go90 |
| 2017 (69th) | Ben Schwartz | The Earliest Show | Josh Bath | Funny or Die |
| 2017 (69th) | Alan Tudyk | Con Man | Wray Nerely | Comic-Con HQ |
| 2018 (70th) |
| 2018 (70th) | James Corden | James Corden's Next James Corden | James Corden | CBS on Snapchat |
| 2018 (70th) | Alexis Denisof | I Love Bekka & Lucy | Glenn | Stage13.com |
| 2018 (70th) | Melvin Jackson Jr. | This Eddie Murphy Role Is Mine, Not Yours | Melvin Jackson Jr./Eddie Murphy | YouTube |
| 2018 (70th) | DeStorm Power | Caught: The Series | DeStorm Power | YouTube |
| 2018 (70th) | Miles Tagtmeyer | Broken | Liam | Vimeo |
| 2019 (71st) |
| 2019 (71st) | Chris O'Dowd | State of the Union | Tom | Sundance |
| 2019 (71st) | Ed Begley Jr. | Ctrl Alt Delete | Dr. Rosenblatt | Vimeo |
| 2019 (71st) | Jimmy Fallon | Beto Breaks the Internet | Beto O'Rourke | NBC |
| 2019 (71st) | Ryan O'Connell | Special | Ryan Hayes | Netflix |
| 2019 (71st) | Patton Oswalt | An Emmy for Megan | Patton | AnEmmyForMegan.com |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
| 2020 (72nd) |
| 2020 (72nd) | Laurence Fishburne | #FreeRayshawn | Lt. Steven Poincy | Quibi |
| 2020 (72nd) | Mamoudou Athie | Oh Jerome, No (Cake) | Jerome | FX |
| 2020 (72nd) | Corey Hawkins | Survive | Paul | Quibi |
| 2020 (72nd) | Stephan James | #FreeRayshawn | Rayshawn Morris | Quibi |
| 2020 (72nd) | Christoph Waltz | Most Dangerous Game | Miles Sellars | Quibi |
| 2021 (73rd) |
| 2021 (73rd) | J. B. Smoove | Mapleworth Murders | Chief Billy Bills | Quibi |
| 2021 (73rd) | Brendan Scannell | Bonding | Pete Devon | Netflix |
| 2021 (73rd) | Kevin Hart | Die Hart | Kevin Hart | Quibi |
| 2021 (73rd) | John Lutz | Mapleworth Murders | Gilbert Pewntz | Quibi |
| 2021 (73rd) | John Travolta | Die Hart | Ron Wilcox | Quibi |
| 2022 (74th) |
| 2022 (74th) | Tim Robinson | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Various Characters | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | Anthony A. Anderson | Anacostia | Sean Williams-Grey | YouTube |
| 2022 (74th) | Bill Burr | Immoral Compass | Rick | Roku |
| 2022 (74th) | Brendan Gleeson | State of the Union | Scott | Sundance TV |
| 2022 (74th) | Ikechukwu Ufomadu | Words With Ike (Cake) | Ikechukwu Ufomadu | FX |
| 2023 (75th) |
| 2023 (75th) | Tim Robinson | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Various Characters | Netflix |
| 2023 (75th) | Kevin Hart | Die Hart 2: Die Harter | Kevin Hart | The Roku Channel |
| 2023 (75th) | Ben Schwartz | Die Hart 2: Die Harter | Andre | The Roku Channel |

## Multiple wins
### 2 wins

* Tim Robinson (consecutive)

## Multiple nominations
### 2 nominations

* Kevin Hart
* Tim Robinson
* Ben Schwartz