# Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role on a television series, miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year. The award was first presented at the 28th Golden Globe Awards on February 5, 1971, to James Brolin for his role on Marcus Welby, M.D.. It was presented under the title Best Supporting Actor – Television Series before changing to its current title in 1980. For the 80th Golden Globe Awards, the category was split into two categories: Comedy/Drama Series and Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 59 actors. Tadanobu Asano is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Kashigi Yabushige on Shogun. Ed Asner has won the most awards in this category, winning three times. Sean Hayes and Jeremy Piven have each been nominated for the award on six occasions, the most within the category.

## Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees:
| Key | Meaning |
| ‡ | Indicates the winning actor |

### 1970s

| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
| 1970 (28th) |
| 1970 (28th) | James Brolin ‡ | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC |
| 1970 (28th) | Tige Andrews | Captain Adam Greer | The Mod Squad | ABC |
| 1970 (28th) | Michael Constantine | Seymour Kaufman | Room 222 | ABC |
| 1970 (28th) | Henry Gibson | Various Characters | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC |
| 1970 (28th) | Zalman King | Aaron Silverman | The Young Lawyers | ABC |
| 1971 (29th) |
| 1971 (29th) | Ed Asner ‡ | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1971 (29th) | James Brolin | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC |
| 1971 (29th) | Harvey Korman | Various Characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 1971 (29th) | Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | CBS |
| 1971 (29th) | Milburn Stone | Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams | Gunsmoke | CBS |
| 1972 (30th) |
| 1972 (30th) | James Brolin ‡ | Dr. Steven Kiley | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC |
| 1972 (30th) | Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1972 (30th) | Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1972 (30th) | Harvey Korman | Various Characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 1972 (30th) | Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | CBS |
| 1973 (31st) |
| 1973 (31st) | McLean Stevenson ‡ | Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake, M.D. | M*A*S*H | CBS |
| 1973 (31st) | Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1973 (31st) | Will Geer | Zebulon Walton | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1973 (31st) | Harvey Korman | Various Characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 1973 (31st) | Strother Martin | R.J. Hawkins | Hawkins | CBS |
| 1973 (31st) | Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | CBS |
| 1974 (32nd) |
| 1974 (32nd) | Harvey Korman ‡ | Various Characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 1974 (32nd) | Will Geer | Zebulon | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1974 (32nd) | Gavin McLeod | Murray Slaughter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1974 (32nd) | Whitman Mayo | Grady Wilson | Sanford and Son | NBC |
| 1974 (32nd) | Jimmie Walker | James "J.J." Evans, Jr. | Good Times | CBS |
| 1975 (33rd) |
| 1975 (33rd) | Ed Asner ‡ | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1975 (33rd) | Tim Conway ‡ | Various Characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 1975 (33rd) | Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1975 (33rd) | Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | CBS |
| 1975 (33rd) | Jimmie Walker | James "J.J." Evans, Jr. | Good Times | CBS |
| 1976 (34th) |
| 1976 (34th) | Ed Asner ‡ | Axel Jordache | Rich Man, Poor Man | ABC |
| 1976 (34th) | Tim Conway | Various Characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
| 1976 (34th) | Charles Durning | Ed Healey | Captains and the Kings | NBC |
| 1976 (34th) | Gavin McLeod | Murray Slaughter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS |
| 1976 (34th) | Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | CBS |
| 1977 (35th) |
| No Award |||||
| 1978 (36th) |
| 1978 (36th) | Norman Fell ‡ | Stanley Roper | Three's Company | ABC |
| 1978 (36th) | Jeff Conaway | Bobby Wheeler | Taxi | ABC |
| 1978 (36th) | Danny DeVito | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC |
| 1978 (36th) | Pat Harrington Jr. | Dwayne Schneider | One Day at a Time | CBS |
| 1978 (36th) | Andy Kaufman | Latka Gravas | Taxi | ABC |
| 1979 (37th) |
| 1979 (37th) | Danny DeVito ‡ | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC |
| 1979 (37th) | Vic Tayback ‡ | Mel Sharples | Alice | CBS |
| 1979 (37th) | Jeff Conaway | Bobby Wheeler | Taxi | ABC |
| 1979 (37th) | Tony Danza | Anthony "Tony" Banta | Taxi | ABC |
| 1979 (37th) | David Doyle | John Bosley | Charlie's Angels | ABC |

### 1980s

| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
| 1980 (38th) |
| 1980 (38th) | Pat Harrington Jr. ‡ | Dwayne Schneider | One Day at a Time | CBS |
| 1980 (38th) | Vic Tayback ‡ | Mel Sharples | Alice | CBS |
| 1980 (38th) | Danny DeVito | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC |
| 1980 (38th) | Andy Kaufman | Latka Gravas | Taxi | ABC |
| 1980 (38th) | Geoffrey Lewis | Earl Tucker | Flo | CBS |
| 1981 (39th) |
| 1981 (39th) | John Hillerman ‡ | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS |
| 1981 (39th) | Danny DeVito | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC |
| 1981 (39th) | Pat Harrington Jr. | Dwayne Schneider | One Day at a Time | NBC |
| 1981 (39th) | Vic Tayback | Mel Sharples | Alice | CBS |
| 1981 (39th) | Hervé Villechaize | Tattoo | Fantasy Island | ABC |
| 1982 (40th) |
| 1982 (40th) | Lionel Stander ‡ | Max | Hart to Hart | ABC |
| 1982 (40th) | Pat Harrington Jr. | Dwayne Schneider | One Day at a Time | CBS |
| 1982 (40th) | John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS |
| 1982 (40th) | Lorenzo Lamas | Lance Cumson | Falcon Crest | CBS |
| 1982 (40th) | Anson Williams | Potsie Weber | Happy Days | ABC |
| 1983 (41st) |
| 1983 (41st) | Richard Kiley ‡ | Paddy Cleary | The Thorn Birds | ABC |
| 1983 (41st) | Bryan Brown | Luke O'Neill | The Thorn Birds | ABC |
| 1983 (41st) | John Houseman | Aaron Jastrow | The Winds of War | ABC |
| 1983 (41st) | Perry King | Yank | The Hasty Heart | Showtime |
| 1983 (41st) | Rob Lowe | Sam Alden | Thursday's Child | HBO |
| 1983 (41st) | Jan-Michael Vincent | Byron "Briny" Henry | The Winds of War | ABC |
| 1984 (42nd) |
| 1984 (42nd) | Paul LeMat ‡ | James "Mickey" Hughes | The Burning Bed | NBC |
| 1984 (42nd) | Pierce Brosnan | Robert Gould Shaw | Nancy Astor | PBS |
| 1984 (42nd) | John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS |
| 1984 (42nd) | Ben Vereen | Roscoe Haines | Ellis Island | CBS |
| 1984 (42nd) | Bruce Weitz | Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1985 (43rd) |
| 1985 (43rd) | Edward James Olmos ‡ | Lt. Martin Castillo | Miami Vice | NBC |
| 1985 (43rd) | Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Victor Ehrlich | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1985 (43rd) | David Carradine | Justin LaMotte | North and South | ABC |
| 1985 (43rd) | Richard Farnsworth | Jude Grand Pettitt | Chase | CBS |
| 1985 (43rd) | John James | Jeff Colby | Dynasty | ABC |
| 1985 (43rd) | John Malkovich | Biff Loman | Death of a Salesman | CBS |
| 1985 (43rd) | Pat Morita | Tommy Tanaka | Amos | CBS |
| 1985 (43rd) | Bruce Weitz | Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1986 (44th) |
| 1986 (44th) | Jan Niklas ‡ | Prince Erich | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna | NBC |
| 1986 (44th) | Tom Conti | Serge Klarsfeld | Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story | ABC |
| 1986 (44th) | John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS |
| 1986 (44th) | Trevor Howard | Maitland | Christmas Eve | NBC |
| 1986 (44th) | Ron Leibman | Morris Huffner | Christmas Eve | NBC |
| 1987 (45th) |
| 1987 (45th) | Rutger Hauer ‡ | Lieutenant Aleksandr 'Sasha' Pechersky | Escape from Sobibor | CBS |
| 1987 (45th) | Kirk Cameron | Mike Seaver | Growing Pains | ABC |
| 1987 (45th) | Dabney Coleman | Martin Costigan | Sworn to Silence | ABC |
| 1987 (45th) | John Hillerman | Jonathan Higgins | Magnum, P.I. | CBS |
| 1987 (45th) | John Larroquette | Dan Fielding | Night Court | NBC |
| 1987 (45th) | Brian McNamara | Dean Karney | Billionaire Boys Club | NBC |
| 1987 (45th) | Alan Rachins | Douglas Brackman | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1987 (45th) | Gordon Thomson | Adam Carrington | Dynasty | |
| 1988 (46th) |
| 1988 (46th) | Barry Bostwick ‡ | Col. Gen. Franz Halder | War and Remembrance | ABC |
| 1988 (46th) | John Gielgud ‡ | Aaron Jastrow | War and Remembrance | ABC |
| 1988 (46th) | Armand Assante | Richard Mansfield | Jack the Ripper | CBS |
| 1988 (46th) | Kirk Cameron | Mike Seaver | Growing Pains | ABC |
| 1988 (46th) | Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1988 (46th) | Derek Jacobi | The Impostor | The Tenth Man | CBS |
| 1988 (46th) | Edward James Olmos | Lt. Martin Castillo | Miami Vice | NBC |
| 1989 (47th) |
| 1989 (47th) | Dean Stockwell ‡ | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | NBC |
| 1989 (47th) | Chris Burke | Charles "Corky" Thatcher | Life Goes On | ABC |
| 1989 (47th) | Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1989 (47th) | Tommy Lee Jones | Captain Woodrow F. Call | Lonesome Dove | CBS |
| 1989 (47th) | Michael Tucker | Stuart Markowitz | L.A. Law | NBC |

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
| 1990 (48th) |
| 1990 (48th) | Charles Durning ‡ | John F. Fitzgerald | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | ABC |
| 1990 (48th) | Barry Miller | Pete "Briggs" Brigman | Equal Justice | ABC |
| 1990 (48th) | Jimmy Smits | Victor Sifuentes | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1990 (48th) | Dean Stockwell | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | NBC |
| 1990 (48th) | Blair Underwood | Jonathan Rollins | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1991 (49th) |
| 1991 (49th) | Louis Gossett Jr. ‡ | Sidney Williams | The Josephine Baker Story | HBO |
| 1991 (49th) | Larry Drake | Benny Stulwicz | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1991 (49th) | Michael Jeter | Herman Stiles | Evening Shade | CBS |
| 1991 (49th) | Richard Kiley | Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren | Separate but Equal | ABC |
| 1991 (49th) | Dean Stockwell | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | NBC |
| 1992 (50th) |
| 1992 (50th) | Maximilian Schell ‡ | Vladimir Lenin | Stalin | HBO |
| 1992 (50th) | Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | NBC |
| 1992 (50th) | John Corbett | Chris Stevens | Northern Exposure | CBS |
| 1992 (50th) | Hume Cronyn | Ben | Broadway Bound | ABC |
| 1992 (50th) | Earl Holliman | Darden Towe | Delta | ABC |
| 1992 (50th) | Dean Stockwell | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | NBC |
| 1993 (51st) |
| 1993 (51st) | Beau Bridges ‡ | Terry Harper | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | HBO |
| 1993 (51st) | Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | NBC |
| 1993 (51st) | Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | NYPD Blue | ABC |
| 1993 (51st) | John Mahoney | Martin Crane | Frasier | NBC |
| 1993 (51st) | Jonathan Pryce | Henry Kravis | Barbarians at the Gate | HBO |
| 1994 (52nd) |
| 1994 (52nd) | Edward James Olmos ‡ | Wilson Pinheiro | The Burning Season | HBO |
| 1994 (52nd) | Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | NBC |
| 1994 (52nd) | Fyvush Finkel | Douglas Wambaugh | Picket Fences | CBS |
| 1994 (52nd) | John Malkovich | Colonel Kurtz | Heart of Darkness | TNT |
| 1994 (52nd) | David Hyde Pierce | Dr. Niles Crane | Frasier | NBC |
| 1995 (53rd) |
| 1995 (53rd) | Donald Sutherland ‡ | Mikhail Fetisov | Citizen X | HBO |
| 1995 (53rd) | Sam Elliott | Wild Bill Hickok | Buffalo Girls | CBS |
| 1995 (53rd) | Tom Hulce | Peter Patrone | The Heidi Chronicles | TNT |
| 1995 (53rd) | David Hyde Pierce | Dr. Niles Crane | Frasier | NBC |
| 1995 (53rd) | Henry Thomas | Ray Buckey | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | HBO |
| 1996 (54th) |
| 1996 (54th) | Ian McKellen ‡ | Tsar Nicholas II | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | HBO |
| 1996 (54th) | David Paymer | David T. Wilentz | Crime of the Century | HBO |
| 1996 (54th) | David Hyde Pierce | Dr. Niles Crane | Frasier | NBC |
| 1996 (54th) | Anthony Quinn | Aniello Dellacroce | Gotti | HBO |
| 1996 (54th) | Noah Wyle | Dr. John Carter | ER | NBC |
| 1997 (55th) |
| 1997 (55th) | George C. Scott ‡ | Juror #3 | 12 Angry Men | Showtime |
| 1997 (55th) | Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | NBC |
| 1997 (55th) | Michael Caine | F. W. de Klerk | Mandela and de Klerk | Showtime |
| 1997 (55th) | David Hyde Pierce | Dr. Niles Crane | Frasier | NBC |
| 1997 (55th) | Eriq La Salle | Dr. Peter Benton | ER | NBC |
| 1997 (55th) | Noah Wyle | Dr. John Carter | ER | NBC |
| 1998 (56th) |
| 1998 (56th) | Don Cheadle ‡ | Sammy Davis Jr. | The Rat Pack | HBO |
| 1998 (56th) | Gregory Peck ‡ | Father Mapple | Moby Dick | USA |
| 1998 (56th) | Joe Mantegna | Dean Martin | The Rat Pack | HBO |
| 1998 (56th) | David Spade | Dennis Finch | Just Shoot Me! | NBC |
| 1998 (56th) | Noah Wyle | Dr. John Carter | ER | NBC |
| 1999 (57th) |
| 1999 (57th) | Peter Fonda ‡ | Frank O'Connor | The Passion of Ayn Rand | Showtime |
| 1999 (57th) | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Otto Preminger | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | HBO |
| 1999 (57th) | Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | NBC |
| 1999 (57th) | Chris Noth | Mr. Big | Sex and the City | HBO |
| 1999 (57th) | Peter O'Toole | Pierre Cauchon | Joan of Arc | CBS |
| 1999 (57th) | David Spade | Dennis Finch | Just Shoot Me! | NBC |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
| 2000 (58th) |
| 2000 (58th) | Robert Downey Jr. ‡ | Larry Paul | Ally McBeal | Fox |
| 2000 (58th) | Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | NBC |
| 2000 (58th) | John Mahoney | Martin Crane | Frasier | NBC |
| 2000 (58th) | David Hyde Pierce | Dr. Niles Crane | Frasier | NBC |
| 2000 (58th) | Christopher Plummer | F. Lee Bailey | American Tragedy | CBS |
| 2000 (58th) | Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | The West Wing | NBC |
| 2001 (59th) |
| 2001 (59th) | Stanley Tucci ‡ | Adolf Eichmann | Conspiracy | HBO |
| 2001 (59th) | John Corbett | Aidan Shaw | Sex and the City | HBO |
| 2001 (59th) | Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | NBC |
| 2001 (59th) | Ron Livingston | Lewis Nixon | Band of Brothers | HBO |
| 2001 (59th) | Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | The West Wing | NBC |
| 2002 (60th) |
| 2002 (60th) | Donald Sutherland ‡ | Clark M. Clifford | Path to War | HBO |
| 2002 (60th) | Alec Baldwin | Robert McNamara | Path to War | HBO |
| 2002 (60th) | Jim Broadbent | Desmond Morton | The Gathering Storm | HBO |
| 2002 (60th) | Bryan Cranston | Hal Wilkerson | Malcolm in the Middle | Fox |
| 2002 (60th) | Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | NBC |
| 2002 (60th) | Dennis Haysbert | President David Palmer | 24 | Fox |
| 2002 (60th) | Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | HBO |
| 2002 (60th) | John Spencer | Leo McGarry | The West Wing | NBC |
| 2002 (60th) | Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman | The West Wing | NBC |
| 2003 (61st) |
| 2003 (61st) | Jeffrey Wright ‡ | Mr. Lies / Norman "Belize" Arriaga / Homeless Man / The Angel Europa / The Antarctic Eskimo | Angels in America | HBO |
| 2003 (61st) | Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | NBC |
| 2003 (61st) | Lee Pace | Calpernia Addams | Soldier's Girl | Showtime |
| 2003 (61st) | Ben Shenkman | Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania | Angels in America | HBO |
| 2003 (61st) | Patrick Wilson | Joe Pitt | Angels in America | HBO |
| 2004 (62nd) |
| 2004 (62nd) | William Shatner ‡ | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | ABC |
| 2004 (62nd) | Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | NBC |
| 2004 (62nd) | Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | HBO |
| 2004 (62nd) | Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | HBO |
| 2004 (62nd) | Oliver Platt | Russell Tupper | Huff | Showtime |
| 2005 (63rd) |
| 2005 (63rd) | Paul Newman ‡ | Max Roby | Empire Falls | HBO |
| 2005 (63rd) | Naveen Andrews | Sayid Jarrah | Lost | ABC |
| 2005 (63rd) | Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | HBO |
| 2005 (63rd) | Randy Quaid | Colonel Tom Parker | Elvis | CBS |
| 2005 (63rd) | Donald Sutherland | Nathan Templeton | Commander in Chief | ABC |
| 2006 (64th) |
| 2006 (64th) | Jeremy Irons ‡ | Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester | Elizabeth I | HBO |
| 2006 (64th) | Thomas Haden Church | Tom Harte | Broken Trail | AMC |
| 2006 (64th) | Justin Kirk | Andy Botwin | Weeds | Showtime |
| 2006 (64th) | Masi Oka | Hiro Nakamura | Heroes | NBC |
| 2006 (64th) | Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | HBO |
| 2007 (65th) |
| 2007 (65th) | Jeremy Piven ‡ | Ari Gold | Entourage | HBO |
| 2007 (65th) | Ted Danson | Arthur Frobisher | Damages | FX |
| 2007 (65th) | Kevin Dillon | Johnny "Drama" Chase | Entourage | HBO |
| 2007 (65th) | Andy Serkis | Ian Brady | Longford | HBO |
| 2007 (65th) | William Shatner | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | ABC |
| 2007 (65th) | Donald Sutherland | Patrick "Tripp" Darling III | Dirty Sexy Money | ABC |
| 2008 (66th) |
| 2008 (66th) | Tom Wilkinson ‡ | Benjamin Franklin | John Adams | HBO |
| 2008 (66th) | Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | CBS |
| 2008 (66th) | Denis Leary | Michael Whouley | Recount | HBO |
| 2008 (66th) | Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | HBO |
| 2008 (66th) | Blair Underwood | Alex Prince, Jr. | In Treatment | HBO |
| 2009 (67th) |
| 2009 (67th) | John Lithgow ‡ | Arthur Mitchell | Dexter | Showtime |
| 2009 (67th) | Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | Lost | ABC |
| 2009 (67th) | Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | CBS |
| 2009 (67th) | William Hurt | Daniel Purcell | Damages | FX |
| 2009 (67th) | Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | HBO |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
| 2010 (68th) |
| 2010 (68th) | Chris Colfer ‡ | Kurt Hummel | Glee | Fox |
| 2010 (68th) | Scott Caan | Danny Williams | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS |
| 2010 (68th) | Chris Noth | Peter Florrick | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2010 (68th) | Eric Stonestreet | Cameron Tucker | Modern Family | ABC |
| 2010 (68th) | David Strathairn | Dr. Carlock | Temple Grandin | HBO |
| 2011 (69th) |
| 2011 (69th) | Peter Dinklage ‡ | Tyrion Lannister | Game of Thrones | HBO |
| 2011 (69th) | Paul Giamatti | Ben Bernanke | Too Big to Fail | HBO |
| 2011 (69th) | Guy Pearce | Monty Beragon | Mildred Pierce | HBO |
| 2011 (69th) | Tim Robbins | Bill Loud | Cinema Verite | HBO |
| 2011 (69th) | Eric Stonestreet | Cameron Tucker | Modern Family | ABC |
| 2012 (70th) |
| 2012 (70th) | Ed Harris ‡ | John McCain | Game Change | HBO |
| 2012 (70th) | Max Greenfield | Schmidt | New Girl | Fox |
| 2012 (70th) | Danny Huston | Ben "The Butcher" Diamond | Magic City | Starz |
| 2012 (70th) | Mandy Patinkin | Saul Berenson | Homeland | Showtime |
| 2012 (70th) | Eric Stonestreet | Cameron Tucker | Modern Family | ABC |
| 2013 (71st) |
| 2013 (71st) | Jon Voight ‡ | Mickey Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime |
| 2013 (71st) | Josh Charles | Will Gardner | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2013 (71st) | Rob Lowe | Dr. Jack Startz | Behind the Candelabra | HBO |
| 2013 (71st) | Aaron Paul | Jesse Pinkman | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| 2013 (71st) | Corey Stoll | Peter Russo | House of Cards | Netflix |
| 2014 (72nd) |
| 2014 (72nd) | Matt Bomer ‡ | Felix Turner | The Normal Heart | HBO |
| 2014 (72nd) | Alan Cumming | Eli Gold | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2014 (72nd) | Colin Hanks | Officer Gus Grimly | Fargo | FX |
| 2014 (72nd) | Bill Murray | Jack Kennison | Olive Kitteridge | HBO |
| 2014 (72nd) | Jon Voight | Mickey Donovan | Ray Donovan | Showtime |
| 2015 (73rd) |
| 2015 (73rd) | Christian Slater ‡ | Mr. Robot / Edward Alderson | Mr. Robot | USA |
| 2015 (73rd) | Alan Cumming | Eli Gold | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2015 (73rd) | Damian Lewis | Henry VIII | Wolf Hall | PBS |
| 2015 (73rd) | Ben Mendelsohn | Danny Rayburn | Bloodline | Netflix |
| 2015 (73rd) | Tobias Menzies | Frank Randall / Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall | Outlander | Starz |
| 2016 (74th) |
| 2016 (74th) | Hugh Laurie ‡ | Richard Onslow Roper | The Night Manager | AMC |
| 2016 (74th) | Sterling K. Brown | Christopher Darden | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | FX |
| 2016 (74th) | John Lithgow | Winston Churchill | The Crown | Netflix |
| 2016 (74th) | Christian Slater | Mr. Robot / Edward Alderson | Mr. Robot | USA |
| 2016 (74th) | John Travolta | Robert Shapiro | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | FX |
| 2017 (75th) |
| 2017 (75th) | Alexander Skarsgård ‡ | Perry Wright | Big Little Lies | HBO |
| 2017 (75th) | David Harbour | Jim Hopper | Stranger Things | Netflix |
| 2017 (75th) | Alfred Molina | Robert Aldrich | Feud: Bette and Joan | FX |
| 2017 (75th) | Christian Slater | Mr. Robot / Edward Alderson | Mr. Robot | USA |
| 2017 (75th) | David Thewlis | V. M. Varga | Fargo | FX |
| 2018 (76th) |
| 2018 (76th) | Ben Whishaw ‡ | Norman Josiffe / Norman Scott | A Very English Scandal | Amazon |
| 2018 (76th) | Alan Arkin | Norman Newlander | The Kominsky Method | Netflix |
| 2018 (76th) | Kieran Culkin | Roman Roy | Succession | HBO |
| 2018 (76th) | Édgar Ramírez | Gianni Versace | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | FX |
| 2018 (76th) | Henry Winkler | Gene Cousineau | Barry | HBO |
| 2019 (77th) |
| 2019 (77th) | Stellan Skarsgård ‡ | Boris Shcherbina | Chernobyl | HBO |
| 2019 (77th) | Alan Arkin | Norman Newlander | The Kominsky Method | Netflix |
| 2019 (77th) | Kieran Culkin | Roman Roy | Succession | HBO |
| 2019 (77th) | Andrew Scott | The Priest | Fleabag | Amazon |
| 2019 (77th) | Henry Winkler | Gene Cousineau | Barry | HBO |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
| 2020 (78th) |
| 2020 (78th) | John Boyega ‡ | Leroy Logan | Small Axe | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2020 (78th) | Brendan Gleeson | President Donald Trump | The Comey Rule | Showtime | |
| 2020 (78th) | Daniel Levy | David Rose | Schitt's Creek | Pop TV | |
| 2020 (78th) | Jim Parsons | Henry Willson | Hollywood | Netflix | |
| 2020 (78th) | Donald Sutherland | Franklin Reinhardt | The Undoing | HBO | |
| 2021 (79th) |
| 2021 (79th) | O Yeong-su ‡ | Oh Il-nam | Squid Game | Netflix | |
| 2021 (79th) | Billy Crudup | Cory Ellison | The Morning Show | Apple TV+ | |
| 2021 (79th) | Kieran Culkin | Roman Roy | Succession | HBO | |
| 2021 (79th) | Mark Duplass | Charlie "Chip" Black | The Morning Show | Apple TV+ | |
| 2021 (79th) | Brett Goldstein | Roy Kent | Ted Lasso | Apple TV+ | |
| 2022 (80th) | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama |
| 2022 (80th) | Tyler James Williams ‡ | Gregory Eddie | Abbott Elementary | ABC | |
| 2022 (80th) | John Lithgow | Harold Harper | The Old Man | FX | |
| 2022 (80th) | Jonathan Pryce | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | The Crown | Netflix | |
| 2022 (80th) | John Turturro | Irving | Severance | Apple TV+ | |
| 2022 (80th) | Henry Winkler | Gene Cousineau | Barry | HBO | |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film |||||
| 2022 (80th) | Paul Walter Hauser ‡ | Larry Hall | Black Bird | Apple TV+ | |
| 2022 (80th) | F. Murray Abraham | Bert Di Grasso | The White Lotus: Sicily | HBO | |
| 2022 (80th) | Domhnall Gleeson | Sam Fortner | The Patient | FX | |
| 2022 (80th) | Richard Jenkins | Lionel Dahmer | Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Netflix | |
| 2022 (80th) | Seth Rogen | Rand Gauthier | Pam & Tommy | Hulu | |
| 2023 (81st) |
| 2023 (81st) | Matthew Macfadyen ‡ | Tom Wambsgans | Succession | HBO | |
| 2023 (81st) | Billy Crudup | Cory Ellison | The Morning Show | Apple TV+ | |
| 2023 (81st) | James Marsden | Himself | Jury Duty | Amazon Freevee | |
| 2023 (81st) | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Richard "Richie" Jerimovich | The Bear | FX | |
| 2023 (81st) | Alan Ruck | Connor Roy | Succession | HBO | |
| 2023 (81st) | Alexander Skarsgård | Lukas Matsson | Succession | HBO | |
| 2024 (82nd) |
| 2024 (82nd) | Tadanobu Asano | Kashigi Yabushige | Shōgun | FX | |
| 2024 (82nd) | Javier Bardem | José Menendez | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Netflix | |
| 2024 (82nd) | Harrison Ford | Dr. Paul Rhoades | Shrinking | Apple TV+ | |
| 2024 (82nd) | Jack Lowden | River Cartwright | Slow Horses | Apple TV+ | |
| 2024 (82nd) | Diego Luna | Andy Pérez | La Máquina | Hulu | |
| 2024 (82nd) | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Richard "Richie" Jerimovich | The Bear | FX | |

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| Actor with most awards | Ed Asner (3) |
| Actor with most nominations | Sean Hayes (6), Jeremy Piven (6) |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Sean Hayes (6) |

### Multiple wins

| Wins | Name |
| 3 | Ed Asner |
| 2 | James Brolin |
| 2 | Edward James Olmos |
| 2 | Donald Sutherland |
| 2 | Vic Tayback |

### Multiple nominations

| Nominations | Name |
| 6 | Sean Hayes |
| 6 | Jeremy Piven |
| 5 | Ed Asner |
| 5 | John Hillerman |
| 5 | David Hyde Pierce |
| 5 | Rob Reiner |
| 5 | Donald Sutherland |
| 4 | Jason Alexander |
| 4 | Danny DeVito |
| 4 | Pat Harrington Jr. |
| 4 | Harvey Korman |
| 4 | Dean Stockwell |
| 3 | James Brolin |
| 3 | Kieran Culkin |
| 3 | Larry Drake |
| 3 | John Lithgow |
| 3 | Edward James Olmos |
| 3 | Christian Slater |
| 3 | Eric Stonestreet |
| 3 | Vic Tayback |
| 3 | Bradley Whitford |
| 3 | Henry Winkler |
| 3 | Noah Wyle |
| 2 | Alan Arkin |
| 2 | Kirk Cameron |
| 2 | Jeff Conaway |
| 2 | Tim Conway |
| 2 | John Corbett |
| 2 | Billy Crudup |
| 2 | Alan Cumming |
| 2 | Charles Durning |
| 2 | Will Geer |
| 2 | Neil Patrick Harris |
| 2 | Michael Imperioli |
| 2 | Andy Kaufman |
| 2 | Richard Kiley |
| 2 | Ted Knight |
| 2 | Rob Lowe |
| 2 | Gavin McLeod |
| 2 | John Mahoney |
| 2 | John Malkovich |
| 2 | Ebon Moss-Bachrach |
| 2 | Chris Noth |
| 2 | Jonathan Pryce |
| 2 | William Shatner |
| 2 | Alexander Skarsgård |
| 2 | David Spade |
| 2 | Blair Underwood |
| 2 | Jon Voight |
| 2 | Jimmie Walker |
| 2 | Bruce Weitz |