# List of Golden Globe winners

This is a list of Golden Globe winners in the drama program, musical/comedy program, and lead actor categories (both motion picture and television awards).

## List of winners
### Film

| Year | Best Picture | Best Actor | Best Actress | Director |
| 1943–1944 | The Song of Bernadette | Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine | Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette | Henry King, The Song of Bernadette |
| 1944–1945 | Going My Way | Alexander Knox, Wilson | Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight | Leo McCarey, Going My Way |
| 1945–1946 | The Lost Weekend | Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend | Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary's | Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend |
| 1946–1947 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Gregory Peck, The Yearling | Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny | Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life |
| 1947–1948 | Gentleman's Agreement |
| 1948–1950 | Johnny Belinda and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (TIE) | Laurence Olivier, Hamlet | Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda | John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 1949–1950 | All the King's Men | Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men | Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress | Robert Rossen, All the King's Men |
| Year | Best Picture | Drama Actor | Musical/Comedy Actor | Drama Actress | Musical/Comedy Actress | Director |
| 1950–1951 | Sunset Boulevard | José Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac | Fred Astaire, Three Little Words | Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard | Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday | Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard |
| Year | Drama | Musical/Comedy | Drama Actor | Musical/Comedy Actor | Drama Actress | Musical/Comedy Actress | Director |
| 1951–1952 | A Place in the Sun | An American in Paris | Fredric March, Death of a Salesman | Danny Kaye, On the Riviera | Jane Wyman, The Blue Veil | June Allyson, Too Young to Kiss | Laslo Benedek, Death of a Salesman |
| 1952–1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth | With a Song in My Heart | Gary Cooper, High Noon | Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain | Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba | Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart | Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on Earth |
| 1953–1954 | The Robe | No award | Spencer Tracy, The Actress | David Niven, The Moon Is Blue | Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday | Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam | Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity |
| 1954–1955 | On the Waterfront | Carmen Jones | Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront | James Mason, A Star Is Born | Grace Kelly, The Country Girl | Judy Garland, A Star Is Born | Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront |
| 1955–1956 | East of Eden | Guys and Dolls | Ernest Borgnine, Marty | Tom Ewell, The Seven Year Itch | Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo | Jean Simmons, Guys and Dolls | Joshua Logan, Picnic |
| 1956–1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | The King and I | Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life | Cantinflas, Around the World in 80 Days | Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia | Deborah Kerr, The King and I | Elia Kazan, Baby Doll |
| 1957–1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Les Girls | Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai | Frank Sinatra, Pal Joey | Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve | Taina Elg, Les Girls and Kay Kendall, Les Girls (TIE) | David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 1958–1959 | The Defiant Ones | Gigi Auntie Mame | David Niven, Separate Tables | Danny Kaye, Me and the Colonel | Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! | Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame | Vincente Minnelli, Gigi |
| 1959–1960 | Ben-Hur | Porgy and Bess Some Like It Hot | Anthony Franciosa, Career | Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot | Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer | Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot | William Wyler, Ben-Hur |
| 1960–1961 | Spartacus | Song Without End The Apartment | Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry | Jack Lemmon, The Apartment | Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello | Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment | Jack Cardiff, Sons and Lovers |
| 1961–1962 | The Guns of Navarone | West Side Story A Majority of One | Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg | Glenn Ford, Pocketful of Miracles | Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke | Rosalind Russell, A Majority of One | Stanley Kramer, Judgment at Nuremberg |
| 1962–1963 | Lawrence of Arabia | The Music Man That Touch of Mink | Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird | Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce Italian Style | Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth | Rosalind Russell, Gypsy | David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1963–1964 | The Cardinal | Tom Jones | Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field | Alberto Sordi, The Devil | Leslie Caron, The L-Shaped Room | Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce | Elia Kazan, America America |
| 1964–1965 | Becket | My Fair Lady | Peter O'Toole, Becket | Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady | Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater | Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins | George Cukor, My Fair Lady |
| 1965–1966 | Doctor Zhivago | The Sound of Music | Omar Sharif, Doctor Zhivago | Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou | Samantha Eggar, The Collector | Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music | David Lean, Doctor Zhivago |
| 1966–1967 | A Man for All Seasons | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons | Alan Arkin, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Anouk Aimée, A Man and a Woman | Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl | Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons |
| 1967–1968 | In the Heat of the Night | The Graduate | Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night | Richard Harris, Camelot | Edith Evans, The Whisperers | Anne Bancroft, The Graduate | Mike Nichols, The Graduate |
| 1968–1969 | The Lion in Winter | Oliver! | Peter O'Toole, The Lion in Winter | Ron Moody, Oliver! | Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel | Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl | Paul Newman, Rachel, Rachel |
| 1969–1970 | Anne of the Thousand Days | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | John Wayne, True Grit | Peter O'Toole, Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Geneviève Bujold, Anne of the Thousand Days | Patty Duke, Me, Natalie | Charles Jarrott, Anne of the Thousand Days |
| 1970–1971 | Love Story | M*A*S*H | George C. Scott, Patton | Albert Finney, Scrooge | Ali MacGraw, Love Story | Carrie Snodgress, Diary of a Mad Housewife | Arthur Hiller, Love Story |
| 1971–1972 | The French Connection | Fiddler on the Roof | Gene Hackman, The French Connection | Chaim Topol, Fiddler on the Roof | Jane Fonda, Klute | Twiggy, The Boy Friend | William Friedkin, The French Connection |
| 1972–1973 | The Godfather | Cabaret | Marlon Brando, The Godfather | Jack Lemmon, Avanti! | Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants | Liza Minnelli, Cabaret | Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather |
| 1973–1974 | The Exorcist | American Graffiti | Al Pacino, Serpico | George Segal, A Touch of Class | Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty | Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class | William Friedkin, The Exorcist |
| 1974–1975 | Chinatown | The Longest Yard | Jack Nicholson, Chinatown | Art Carney, Harry and Tonto | Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence | Raquel Welch, The Three Musketeers | Roman Polanski, Chinatown |
| 1975–1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | The Sunshine Boys | Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | George Burns, The Sunshine Boys and Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys (TIE) | Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ann-Margret, Tommy | Miloš Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1976–1977 | Rocky | A Star Is Born | Peter Finch, Network | Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born | Faye Dunaway, Network | Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born | Sidney Lumet, Network |
| 1977–1978 | The Turning Point | The Goodbye Girl | Richard Burton, Equus | Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl | Jane Fonda, Julia | Diane Keaton, Annie Hall and Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl (TIE) | Herbert Ross, The Turning Point |
| 1978–1979 | Midnight Express | Heaven Can Wait | Jon Voight, Coming Home | Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait | Jane Fonda, Coming Home | Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year and Maggie Smith, California Suite (TIE) | Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter |
| 1979–1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Breaking Away | Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer | Peter Sellers, Being There | Sally Field, Norma Rae | Bette Midler, The Rose | Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now |
| 1980–1981 | Ordinary People | Coal Miner's Daughter | Robert De Niro, Raging Bull | Ray Sharkey, The Idolmaker | Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People | Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter | Robert Redford, Ordinary People |
| 1981–1982 | On Golden Pond | Arthur | Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond | Dudley Moore, Arthur | Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman | Bernadette Peters, Pennies from Heaven | Warren Beatty, Reds |
| 1982–1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Tootsie | Ben Kingsley, Gandhi | Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie | Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice | Julie Andrews, Victor Victoria | Richard Attenborough, Gandhi |
| 1983–1984 | Terms of Endearment | Yentl | Tom Courtenay, The Dresser and Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies (TIE) | Michael Caine, Educating Rita | Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment | Julie Walters, Educating Rita | Barbra Streisand, Yentl |
| 1984–1985 | Amadeus | Romancing the Stone | F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus | Dudley Moore, Micki & Maude | Sally Field, Places in the Heart | Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone | Miloš Forman, Amadeus |
| 1985–1986 | Out of Africa | Prizzi's Honor | Jon Voight, Runaway Train | Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor | Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple | Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor | John Huston, Prizzi's Honor |
| 1986–1987 | Platoon | Hannah and Her Sisters | Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa | Paul Hogan, "Crocodile" Dundee | Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God | Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart | Oliver Stone, Platoon |
| 1987–1988 | The Last Emperor | Hope and Glory | Michael Douglas, Wall Street | Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam | Sally Kirkland, Anna | Cher, Moonstruck | Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor |
| 1988–1989 | Rain Man | Working Girl | Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man | Tom Hanks, Big | Jodie Foster, The Accused, Shirley MacLaine, Madame Sousatzka and Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist (TIE) | Melanie Griffith, Working Girl | Clint Eastwood, Bird |
| 1989–1990 | Born on the Fourth of July | Driving Miss Daisy | Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July | Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy | Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys | Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy | Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July |
| 1990–1991 | Dances with Wolves | Green Card | Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune | Gérard Depardieu, Green Card | Kathy Bates, Misery | Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman | Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves |
| 1991–1992 | Bugsy | Beauty and the Beast | Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides | Robin Williams, The Fisher King | Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs | Bette Midler, For the Boys | Oliver Stone, JFK |
| 1992–1993 | Scent of a Woman | The Player | Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman | Tim Robbins, The Player | Emma Thompson, Howards End | Miranda Richardson, Enchanted April | Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven |
| 1993–1994 | Schindler's List | Mrs. Doubtfire | Tom Hanks, Philadelphia | Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire | Holly Hunter, The Piano | Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do with It | Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List |
| 1994–1995 | Forrest Gump | The Lion King | Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump | Hugh Grant, Four Weddings and a Funeral | Jessica Lange, Blue Sky | Jamie Lee Curtis, True Lies | Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump |
| 1995–1996 | Sense and Sensibility | Babe | Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas | John Travolta, Get Shorty | Sharon Stone, Casino | Nicole Kidman, To Die For | Mel Gibson, Braveheart |
| 1996–1997 | The English Patient | Evita | Geoffrey Rush, Shine | Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire | Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies | Madonna, Evita | Miloš Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt |
| 1997–1998 | Titanic | As Good as It Gets | Peter Fonda, Ulee's Gold | Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets | Judi Dench, Mrs Brown | Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets | James Cameron, Titanic |
| 1998–1999 | Saving Private Ryan | Shakespeare in Love | Jim Carrey, The Truman Show | Michael Caine, Little Voice | Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth | Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love | Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan |
| 1999–2000 | American Beauty | Toy Story 2 | Denzel Washington, The Hurricane | Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon | Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry | Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds | Sam Mendes, American Beauty |
| 2000–2001 | Gladiator | Almost Famous | Tom Hanks, Cast Away | George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich | Renée Zellweger, Nurse Betty | Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2001–2002 | A Beautiful Mind | Moulin Rouge! | Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind | Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums | Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom | Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! | Robert Altman, Gosford Park |
| 2002–2003 | The Hours | Chicago | Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt | Richard Gere, Chicago | Nicole Kidman, The Hours | Renée Zellweger, Chicago | Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York |
| 2003–2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Lost in Translation | Sean Penn, Mystic River | Bill Murray, Lost in Translation | Charlize Theron, Monster | Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give | Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2004–2005 | The Aviator | Sideways | Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator | Jamie Foxx, Ray | Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby | Annette Bening, Being Julia | Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby |
| 2005–2006 | Brokeback Mountain | Walk the Line | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote | Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line | Felicity Huffman, Transamerica | Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006–2007 | Babel | Dreamgirls | Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland | Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat | Helen Mirren, The Queen | Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada | Martin Scorsese, The Departed |
| 2007–2008 | Atonement | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood | Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Julie Christie, Away from Her | Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose | Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| 2008–2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler | Colin Farrell, In Bruges | Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road | Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky | Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2009–2010 | Avatar | The Hangover | Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart | Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes | Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side | Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia | James Cameron, Avatar |
| 2010–2011 | The Social Network | The Kids Are All Right | Colin Firth, The King's Speech | Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version | Natalie Portman, Black Swan | Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right | David Fincher, The Social Network |
| 2011–2012 | The Descendants | The Artist | George Clooney, The Descendants | Jean Dujardin, The Artist | Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady | Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn | Martin Scorsese, Hugo |
| 2012–2013 | Argo | Les Misérables | Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln | Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables | Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty | Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook | Ben Affleck, Argo |
| 2013–2014 | 12 Years a Slave | American Hustle | Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club | Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street | Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine | Amy Adams, American Hustle | Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity |
| 2014–2015 | Boyhood | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything | Michael Keaton, Birdman | Julianne Moore, Still Alice | Amy Adams, Big Eyes | Richard Linklater, Boyhood |
| 2015–2016 | The Revenant | The Martian | Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant | Matt Damon, The Martian | Brie Larson, Room | Jennifer Lawrence, Joy | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant |
| 2016–2017 | Moonlight | La La Land | Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea | Ryan Gosling, La La Land | Isabelle Huppert, Elle | Emma Stone, La La Land | Damien Chazelle, La La Land |
| 2017–2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Lady Bird | Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour | James Franco, The Disaster Artist | Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird | Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water |
| 2018–2019 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Green Book | Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody | Christian Bale, Vice | Glenn Close, The Wife | Olivia Colman, The Favourite | Alfonso Cuarón, Roma |
| 2019–2020 | 1917 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Joaquin Phoenix, Joker | Taron Egerton, Rocketman | Renée Zellweger, Judy | Awkwafina, The Farewell | Sam Mendes, 1917 |
| 2020–2021 | Nomadland | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot | Chloé Zhao, Nomadland |
| 2021–2022 | The Power of the Dog | West Side Story | Will Smith, King Richard | Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos | Rachel Zegler, West Side Story | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog |
| 2022–2023 | The Fabelmans | The Banshees of Inisherin | Austin Butler, Elvis | Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin | Cate Blanchett, Tár | Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once | Steven Spielberg The Fabelmans |
| 2023–2024 | Oppenheimer | Poor Things | Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer | Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers | Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon | Emma Stone, Poor Things | Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer |
| 2024–2025 | The Brutalist | Emilia Pérez | Adrien Brody, The Brutalist | Sebastian Stan, A Different Man | Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here | Demi Moore, The Substance | Brady Corbet The Brutalist |

### Television

| Year | Drama | Musical/Comedy | Drama Actor | Musical/Comedy Actor | Drama Actress | Musical/Comedy Actress |
| 1990–1991 | Twin Peaks | Cheers | Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks | Ted Danson, Cheers | Patricia Wettig, Thirtysomething Sharon Gless, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Kirstie Alley, Cheers |
| 1991–1992 | Northern Exposure | Brooklyn Bridge | Scott Bakula, Quantum Leap | Burt Reynolds, Evening Shade | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Wrote | Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown |
| 1992–1993 | Northern Exposure | Roseanne | Sam Waterston, I'll Fly Away | John Goodman, Roseanne | Regina Taylor, I'll Fly Away | Roseanne Barr, Roseanne |
| 1993–1994 | NYPD Blue | Seinfeld | David Caruso, NYPD Blue | Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld | Kathy Baker, Picket Fences | Helen Hunt, Mad About You |
| 1994–1995 | The X-Files | Mad About You | Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue | Tim Allen, Home Improvement | Claire Danes, My So-Called Life | Helen Hunt, Mad About You |
| 1995–1996 | Party of Five | Cybill | Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue | Kelsey Grammer, Frasier | Jane Seymour, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Cybill Shepherd, Cybill |
| 1996–1997 | The X-Files | 3rd Rock from the Sun | David Duchovny, The X-Files | John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun | Gillian Anderson, The X-Files | Helen Hunt, Mad About You |
| 1997–1998 | The X-Files | Ally McBeal | Anthony Edwards, ER | Michael J. Fox, Spin City | Christine Lahti, Chicago Hope | Calista Flockhart, Ally McBeal |
| 1998–1999 | The Practice | Ally McBeal | Dylan McDermott, The Practice | Michael J. Fox, Spin City | Keri Russell, Felicity | Jenna Elfman, Dharma & Greg |
| 1999–2000 | The Sopranos | Sex and the City | James Gandolfini, The Sopranos | Michael J. Fox, Spin City | Edie Falco, The Sopranos | Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City |
| 2000–2001 | The West Wing | Sex and the City | Martin Sheen, The West Wing | Kelsey Grammer, Frasier | Sela Ward, Once and Again | Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City |
| 2001–2002 | Six Feet Under | Sex and the City | Kiefer Sutherland, 24 | Charlie Sheen, Spin City | Jennifer Garner, Alias | Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City |
| 2002–2003 | The Shield | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Michael Chiklis, The Shield | Tony Shalhoub, Monk | Edie Falco, The Sopranos | Jennifer Aniston, Friends |
| 2003–2004 | 24 | The Office | Anthony LaPaglia, Without a Trace | Ricky Gervais, The Office | Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under | Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City |
| 2004–2005 | Nip/Tuck | Desperate Housewives | Ian McShane, Deadwood | Jason Bateman, Arrested Development | Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives |
| 2005–2006 | Lost | Desperate Housewives | Hugh Laurie, House, M.D. | Steve Carell, The Office | Geena Davis, Commander in Chief | Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds |
| 2006–2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Ugly Betty | Hugh Laurie, House, M.D. | Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock | Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer | America Ferrera, Ugly Betty |
| 2007–2008 | Mad Men | Extras | Jon Hamm, Mad Men | David Duchovny, Californication | Glenn Close, Damages | Tina Fey, 30 Rock |
| 2008–2009 | Mad Men | 30 Rock | Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment | Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock | Anna Paquin, True Blood | Tina Fey, 30 Rock |
| 2009–2010 | Mad Men | Glee | Michael C. Hall, Dexter | Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock | Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife | Toni Collette, United States of Tara |
| 2010–2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Glee | Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire | Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory | Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy | Laura Linney, The Big C |
| 2011–2012 | Homeland | Modern Family | Kelsey Grammer, Boss | Matt LeBlanc, Episodes | Claire Danes, Homeland | Laura Dern, Enlightened |
| 2012–2013 | Homeland | Girls | Damian Lewis, Homeland | Don Cheadle, House of Lies | Claire Danes, Homeland | Lena Dunham, Girls |
| 2013–2014 | Breaking Bad | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad | Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Robin Wright, House of Cards | Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation |
| 2014–2015 | The Affair | Transparent | Kevin Spacey, House of Cards | Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent | Ruth Wilson, The Affair | Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin |
| 2015–2016 | Mr. Robot | Mozart in the Jungle | Jon Hamm, Mad Men | Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle | Taraji Henson, Empire | Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
| 2016–2017 | The Crown | Atlanta | Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath | Donald Glover, Atlanta | Claire Foy, The Crown | Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish |
| 2017–2018 | The Handmaid's Tale | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us | Aziz Ansari, Master of None | Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale | Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| 2018–2019 | The Americans | The Kominsky Method | Richard Madden, Bodyguard | Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method | Sandra Oh, Killing Eve | Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| 2019–2020 | Succession | Fleabag | Brian Cox, Succession | Ramy Youssef, Ramy | Olivia Colman, The Crown | Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag |
| 2020–2021 | The Crown | Schitt's Creek | Josh O'Connor, The Crown | Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso | Emma Corrin, The Crown | Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek |
| 2021–2022 | Succession | Hacks | Jeremy Strong, Succession | Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso | Mj Rodriguez, Pose | Jean Smart, Hacks |
| 2022–2023 | House of the Dragon | Abbott Elementary | Kevin Costner, Yellowstone | Jeremy Allen White, The Bear | Zendaya, Euphoria | Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary |
| 2023–2024 | Succession | The Bear | Kieran Culkin, Succession | Jeremy Allen White, The Bear | Sarah Snook, Succession | Ayo Edebiri, The Bear |
| 2024–2025 | Shōgun | Hacks | Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun | Jeremy Allen White, The Bear | Anna Sawai, Shōgun | Jean Smart, Hacks |