# Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality featured roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The awards are named after Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.
Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."
The award was originally called the Tony Award for Best Performance in a Musical. It was first presented to David Wayne at the 1st Tony Awards for his portrayal of Og in Finian's Rainbow. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public; the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". Following the first ceremony, this category was not awarded until 1950 when it was renamed to Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured or Supporting Role in a Musical. It was renamed again to its current title in 1976.
Hinton Battle holds the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of three. No characters have taken the award multiple times, but Herbie in Gypsy and Herr Schultz in Cabaret are the most nominated, with four each.

## Winners and nominees
### 1940s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) | Ref. |
| 1947 (1st) |
| 1947 (1st) | David Wayne | Finian's Rainbow | Og | |

### 1950s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1950 (4th) |
| 1950 (4th) | Myron McCormick | South Pacific | Luther Billis |
| 1951 (5th) |
| 1951 (5th) | Russell Nype | Call Me Madam | Kenneth Gibson |
| 1952 (6th) |
| 1952 (6th) | Yul Brynner | The King and I | The King of Siam |
| 1953 (7th) |
| 1953 (7th) | Hiram Sherman | Two's Company | Various Characters |
| 1954 (8th) |
| 1954 (8th) | Harry Belafonte | John Murray Anderson's Almanac | Various Characters |
| 1955 (9th) |
| 1955 (9th) | Cyril Ritchard | Peter Pan | Captain Hook / Mr. Darling |
| 1956 (10th) |
| 1956 (10th) | Russ Brown | Damn Yankees | Benny Van Buren |
| 1956 (10th) | Mike Kellin | Pipe Dream | Hazel |
| 1956 (10th) | Will Mahoney | Finian's Rainbow | Finian McLonergan |
| 1956 (10th) | Scott Merrill | The Threepenny Opera | Macheath |
| 1957 (11th) | | | |
| 1957 (11th) | Sydney Chaplin | Bells Are Ringing | Jeff Moss |
| 1957 (11th) | Robert Coote | My Fair Lady | Colonel Pickering |
| 1957 (11th) | Stanley Holloway | My Fair Lady | Alfred P. Doolittle |
| 1958 (12th) | | | |
| 1958 (12th) | David Burns | The Music Man | Mayor Shinn |
| 1958 (12th) | Ossie Davis | Jamaica | Cicero |
| 1958 (12th) | Cameron Prud'Homme | New Girl in Town | Chris |
| 1958 (12th) | Iggie Wolfington | The Music Man | Marcellus Washburn |
| 1959 (13th) | | | |
| 1959 (13th) | Russell Nype | Goldilocks | George Randolph Brown |
| 1959 (13th) | Leonard Stone | Redhead | George Poppett |

### 1960s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1960 (14th) |
| 1960 (14th) | Tom Bosley | Fiorello! | Fiorello La Guardia |
| 1960 (14th) | Theodore Bikel | The Sound of Music | Captain Georg von Trapp |
| 1960 (14th) | Howard da Silva | Fiorello! | Ben Marino |
| 1960 (14th) | Kurt Kasznar | The Sound of Music | Max Detweiler |
| 1960 (14th) | Jack Klugman | Gypsy | Herbie |
| 1961 (15th) | | | |
| 1961 (15th) | Dick Van Dyke | Bye Bye Birdie | Albert Peterson |
| 1961 (15th) | Dick Gautier | Bye Bye Birdie | Conrad Birdie |
| 1961 (15th) | Ron Husmann | Tenderloin | Tommy |
| 1961 (15th) | Clive Revill | Irma La Douce | Bob-Le-Hotu |
| 1962 (16th) | | | |
| 1962 (16th) | Charles Nelson Reilly | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Bud Frump |
| 1962 (16th) | Orson Bean | Subways Are For Sleeping | Charlie Smith |
| 1962 (16th) | Severn Darden | From the Second City | Performer |
| 1962 (16th) | Pierre Olaf | Carnival | Jacquot |
| 1963 (17th) | | | |
| 1963 (17th) | David Burns | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Senex |
| 1963 (17th) | Jack Gilford | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Hysterium |
| 1963 (17th) | Davy Jones | Oliver! | The Artful Dodger |
| 1963 (17th) | Swen Swenson | Little Me | George Musgrove |
| 1964 (18th) | | | |
| 1964 (18th) | Jack Cassidy | She Loves Me | Stephen Kodaly |
| 1964 (18th) | Will Geer | 110 in the Shade | H. C. Curry |
| 1964 (18th) | Danny Meehan | Funny Girl | Eddie Ryan |
| 1964 (18th) | Charles Nelson Reilly | Hello, Dolly! | Cornelius Hackl |
| 1965 (19th) | | | |
| 1965 (19th) | Victor Spinetti | Oh, What a Lovely War! | Various Characters |
| 1965 (19th) | Jack Cassidy | Fade Out – Fade In | Bryon Prong |
| 1965 (19th) | James Grout | Half a Sixpence | Chitterlow |
| 1965 (19th) | Jerry Orbach | Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson |
| 1966 (20th) | | | |
| 1966 (20th) | Frankie Michaels | Mame | Patrick Dennis |
| 1966 (20th) | Roy Castle | Pickwick | Sam Weller |
| 1966 (20th) | John McMartin | Sweet Charity | Oscar |
| 1966 (20th) | Michael O'Sullivan | It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman | Dr. Abner Sedgwick |
| 1967 (21st) | | | |
| 1967 (21st) | Joel Grey | Cabaret | The Master of Ceremonies |
| 1967 (21st) | Leon Bibb (musician) | A Hand Is on the Gate | Performer |
| 1967 (21st) | Gordon Dilworth | Walking Happy | Tubby Wadlow |
| 1967 (21st) | Edward Winter | Cabaret | Ernst Ludwig |
| 1968 (22nd) | | | |
| 1968 (22nd) | Hiram Sherman | How Now, Dow Jones | Wingate |
| 1968 (22nd) | Scott Jacoby | Golden Rainbow | Ally |
| 1968 (22nd) | Nikos Kourkoulos | Illya Darling | Tonio |
| 1968 (22nd) | Michael Rupert | The Happy Time | Bibi Bonnard |
| 1969 (23rd) | | | |
| 1969 (23rd) | Ron Holgate | 1776 | Richard Henry Lee |
| 1969 (23rd) | William Daniels (nomination declined) | 1776 | John Adams |
| 1969 (23rd) | Larry Haines | Promises, Promises | Dr. Dreyfuss |
| 1969 (23rd) | Edward Winter | Promises, Promises | J.D. Sheldrake |

### 1970s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1970 (24th) |
| 1970 (24th) | René Auberjonois | Coco | Sebastian Baye |
| 1970 (24th) | Brandon Maggart | Applause | Buzz Richards |
| 1970 (24th) | George Rose | Coco | Louis Greff |
| 1971 (25th) | | | |
| 1971 (25th) | Keene Curtis | The Rothschilds | Various Characters |
| 1971 (25th) | Charles Kimbrough | Company | Harry |
| 1971 (25th) | Walter Willison | Two by Two | Japheth |
| 1972 (26th) | | | |
| 1972 (26th) | Larry Blyden | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Hysterium |
| 1972 (26th) | Timothy Meyers | Grease | Kenickie |
| 1972 (26th) | Gene Nelson | Follies | Buddy Plummer |
| 1972 (26th) | Ben Vereen | Jesus Christ Superstar | Judas Iscariot |
| 1973 (27th) | | | |
| 1973 (27th) | George S. Irving | Irene | Madame Lucy |
| 1973 (27th) | Laurence Guittard | A Little Night Music | Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm |
| 1973 (27th) | Avon Long | Don't Play Us Cheap | David |
| 1973 (27th) | Gilbert Price | Lost in the Stars | Absalom Kumalo |
| 1974 (28th) | | | |
| 1974 (28th) | Tommy Tune | Seesaw | David |
| 1974 (28th) | Mark Baker | Candide | Candide |
| 1974 (28th) | Ralph Carter | Raisin | Travis Younger |
| 1975 (29th) | | | |
| 1975 (29th) | Ted Ross | The Wiz | The Cowardly Lion |
| 1975 (29th) | Tom Aldredge | Where's Charley? | Mr. Spettigue |
| 1975 (29th) | John Bottoms | Dance with Me | Jimmy Dick II |
| 1975 (29th) | Doug Henning | The Magic Show | Doug |
| 1975 (29th) | Gilbert Price | The Night That Made America Famous | Performer |
| 1975 (29th) | Richard B. Shull | Goodtime Charley | Minguet |
| 1976 (30th) | | | |
| 1976 (30th) | Sammy Williams | A Chorus Line | Paul San Marco |
| 1976 (30th) | Robert LuPone | A Chorus Line | Zach |
| 1976 (30th) | Charles Repole | Very Good Eddie | Mr. Eddie Kettle |
| 1976 (30th) | Isao Sato | Pacific Overtures | Kayama |
| 1977 (31st) | | | |
| 1977 (31st) | Lenny Baker | I Love My Wife | Alvin |
| 1977 (31st) | David Kernan | Side by Side by Sondheim | Performer |
| 1977 (31st) | Larry Marshall | Porgy and Bess | Sportin' Life |
| 1977 (31st) | Ned Sherrin | Side by Side by Sondheim | Performer |
| 1978 (32nd) | | | |
| 1978 (32nd) | Kevin Kline | On the Twentieth Century | Bruce Granit |
| 1978 (32nd) | Steven Boockvor | Working | John Fortune / Marco Camerone |
| 1978 (32nd) | Wayne Cilento | Dancin' | Performer |
| 1978 (32nd) | Rex Everhart | Working | Herb Rosen / Booker Page |
| 1979 (33rd) | | | |
| 1979 (33rd) | Henderson Forsythe | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd |
| 1979 (33rd) | Richard Cox | Platinum | Dan Danger |
| 1979 (33rd) | Gregory Hines | Eubie! | Performer |
| 1979 (33rd) | Ron Holgate | The Grand Tour | Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky |

### 1980s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1980 (34th) |
| 1980 (34th) | Mandy Patinkin | Evita | Che |
| 1980 (34th) | David Garrison | A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine | Serge B. Samovar |
| 1980 (34th) | Harry Groener | Oklahoma! | Will Parker |
| 1980 (34th) | Bob Gunton | Evita | Juan Perón |
| 1981 (35th) | | | |
| 1981 (35th) | Hinton Battle | Sophisticated Ladies | Various Characters |
| 1981 (35th) | Tony Azito | The Pirates of Penzance | Sergeant of Police |
| 1981 (35th) | Lee Roy Reams | 42nd Street | Billy Lawlor |
| 1981 (35th) | Paxton Whitehead | Camelot | King Pellinore |
| 1982 (36th) | | | |
| 1982 (36th) | Cleavant Derricks | Dreamgirls | James "Thunder" Early |
| 1982 (36th) | Obba Babatundé | Dreamgirls | C.C. White |
| 1982 (36th) | David Alan Grier | The First | Jackie Robinson |
| 1982 (36th) | Bill Hutton | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Joseph |
| 1983 (37th) | | | |
| 1983 (37th) | Charles Coles | My One and Only | Mr. Magix |
| 1983 (37th) | Harry Groener | Cats | Munkustrap |
| 1983 (37th) | Stephen Hanan | Cats | Bustopher Jones / Asparagus / Growltiger |
| 1983 (37th) | Lara Teeter | On Your Toes | Junior |
| 1984 (38th) | | | |
| 1984 (38th) | Hinton Battle | The Tap Dance Kid | Dipsey |
| 1984 (38th) | Stephen Geoffreys | The Human Comedy | Homer |
| 1984 (38th) | Todd Graff | Baby | Danny |
| 1984 (38th) | Samuel E. Wright | The Tap Dance Kid | William |
| 1985 (39th) | | | |
| 1985 (39th) | Ron Richardson | Big River | Jim |
| 1985 (39th) | René Auberjonois | Big River | The Duke |
| 1985 (39th) | Daniel Jenkins | Big River | Huckleberry Finn |
| 1985 (39th) | Kurt Knudson | Take Me Along | Sid Davis |
| 1986 (40th) |
| 1986 (40th) | Michael Rupert | Sweet Charity | Oscar |
| 1986 (40th) | Christopher d'Amboise | Song and Dance | Joe |
| 1986 (40th) | John Herrera | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Neville Landless / Mr. Victor Grinstead |
| 1986 (40th) | Howard McGillin | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget |
| 1987 (41st) | | | |
| 1987 (41st) | Michael Maguire | Les Misérables | Enjolras |
| 1987 (41st) | George S. Irving | Me and My Girl | Sir John Tremayne |
| 1987 (41st) | Timothy Jerome | Me and My Girl | Herbert Parchester |
| 1987 (41st) | Robert Torti | Starlight Express | Greaseball |
| 1988 (42nd) | | | |
| 1988 (42nd) | Bill McCutcheon | Anything Goes | Moonface Martin |
| 1988 (42nd) | Anthony Heald | Anything Goes | Lord Evelyn Oakleigh |
| 1988 (42nd) | Werner Klemperer | Cabaret | Herr Schultz |
| 1988 (42nd) | Robert Westenberg | Into the Woods | The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince |
| 1989 (43rd) | | | |
| 1989 (43rd) | Scott Wise | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Various Characters |
| 1989 (43rd) | Bunny Briggs | Black and Blue | Hoofer |
| 1989 (43rd) | Savion Glover | Black and Blue | Younger Generation |
| 1989 (43rd) | Scott Wentworth | Welcome to the Club | Aaron Bates |

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1990 (44th) |
| 1990 (44th) | Michael Jeter | Grand Hotel | Otto Kringelein |
| 1990 (44th) | René Auberjonois | City of Angels | Buddy Fiddler / Irwin S. Irving |
| 1990 (44th) | Kevin Colson | Aspects of Love | George Dillingham |
| 1990 (44th) | Jonathan Hadary | Gypsy | Herbie |
| 1991 (45th) | | | |
| 1991 (45th) | Hinton Battle | Miss Saigon | John |
| 1991 (45th) | Bruce Adler | Those Were the Days | Various Characters |
| 1991 (45th) | Gregg Burge | Oh, Kay! | Billy Lyes |
| 1991 (45th) | Willy Falk | Miss Saigon | Chris |
| 1992 (46th) | | | |
| 1992 (46th) | Scott Waara | The Most Happy Fella | Herman |
| 1992 (46th) | Bruce Adler | Crazy for You | Bela Zangler |
| 1992 (46th) | Keith David | Jelly's Last Jam | Chimney Man |
| 1992 (46th) | Jonathan Kaplan | Falsettos | Jason |
| 1993 (47th) | | | |
| 1993 (47th) | Anthony Crivello | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Valentin Arregui Paz |
| 1993 (47th) | Michael Cerveris | The Who's Tommy | Tommy |
| 1993 (47th) | Gregg Edelman | Anna Karenina | Constantin Levin |
| 1993 (47th) | Paul Kandel | The Who's Tommy | Uncle Ernie |
| 1994 (48th) | | | |
| 1994 (48th) | Jarrod Emick | Damn Yankees | Joe Hardy |
| 1994 (48th) | Tom Aldredge | Passion | Dr. Tambourri |
| 1994 (48th) | Gary Beach | Beauty and the Beast | Lumière |
| 1994 (48th) | Jonathan Freeman | She Loves Me | Headwaiter |
| 1995 (49th) | | | |
| 1995 (49th) | George Hearn | Sunset Boulevard | Max Von Mayerling |
| 1995 (49th) | Michel Bell | Show Boat | Joe |
| 1995 (49th) | Joel Blum | Show Boat | Frank |
| 1995 (49th) | Victor Trent Cook | Smokey Joe's Cafe | Various Characters |
| 1996 (50th) | | | |
| 1996 (50th) | Wilson Jermaine Heredia | Rent | Angel Dumott Schunard |
| 1996 (50th) | Lewis J. Stadlen | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Senex |
| 1996 (50th) | Brett Tabisel | Big | Billy |
| 1996 (50th) | Scott Wise | State Fair | Pat Gilbert |
| 1997 (51st) | | | |
| 1997 (51st) | Chuck Cooper | The Life | Memphis |
| 1997 (51st) | Joel Blum | Steel Pier | Buddy Becker |
| 1997 (51st) | André De Shields | Play On! | Jester |
| 1997 (51st) | Sam Harris | The Life | Jojo |
| 1998 (52nd) | | | |
| 1998 (52nd) | Ron Rifkin | Cabaret | Herr Schultz |
| 1998 (52nd) | Gregg Edelman | 1776 | Edward Rutledge |
| 1998 (52nd) | John McMartin | High Society | Uncle Willie |
| 1998 (52nd) | Samuel E. Wright | The Lion King | Mufasa |
| 1999 (53rd) | | | |
| 1999 (53rd) | Roger Bart | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Snoopy |
| 1999 (53rd) | Desmond Richardson | Fosse | Various Characters |
| 1999 (53rd) | Ron Taylor | It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues | Various Characters |
| 1999 (53rd) | Scott Wise | Fosse | Various Characters |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 2000 (54th) |
| 2000 (54th) | Boyd Gaines | Contact | Michael Wiley |
| 2000 (54th) | Michael Berresse | Kiss Me, Kate | Bill Calhoun / Lucentio |
| 2000 (54th) | Michael Mulheren | Kiss Me, Kate | Second Man |
| 2000 (54th) | Stephen Spinella | James Joyce's The Dead | Freddy Malins |
| 2000 (54th) | Lee Wilkof | Kiss Me, Kate | First Man |
| 2001 (55th) | | | |
| 2001 (55th) | Gary Beach | The Producers | Roger DeBris |
| 2001 (55th) | Roger Bart | The Producers | Carmen Ghia |
| 2001 (55th) | John Ellison Conlee | The Full Monty | Dave Butatinsky |
| 2001 (55th) | André De Shields | The Full Monty | Noah "Horse" T. Simmons |
| 2001 (55th) | Brad Oscar | The Producers | Franz Liebkind |
| 2002 (56th) | | | |
| 2002 (56th) | Shuler Hensley | Oklahoma! | Jud Fry |
| 2002 (56th) | Norbert Leo Butz | Thou Shalt Not | Camille Raquin |
| 2002 (56th) | Gregg Edelman | Into the Woods | The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince |
| 2002 (56th) | Brian d'Arcy James | Sweet Smell of Success | Sidney Falco |
| 2002 (56th) | Marc Kudisch | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Trevor Graydon |
| 2003 (57th) | | | |
| 2003 (57th) | Dick Latessa | Hairspray | Wilbur Turnblad |
| 2003 (57th) | Michael Cavanaugh | Movin' Out | Piano Man |
| 2003 (57th) | John Dossett | Gypsy | Herbie |
| 2003 (57th) | Corey Reynolds | Hairspray | Seaweed J. Stubbs |
| 2003 (57th) | Keith Roberts | Movin' Out | Tony |
| 2004 (58th) | | | |
| 2004 (58th) | Michael Cerveris | Assassins | John Wilkes Booth |
| 2004 (58th) | John Cariani | Fiddler on the Roof | Motel Kamzoil |
| 2004 (58th) | Raúl Esparza | Taboo | Philip Salon |
| 2004 (58th) | Michael McElroy | Big River | Jim |
| 2004 (58th) | Denis O'Hare | Assassins | Charles Guiteau |
| 2005 (59th) | | | |
| 2005 (59th) | Dan Fogler | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | William Barfée |
| 2005 (59th) | Marc Kudisch | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Baron Bomburst |
| 2005 (59th) | Michael McGrath | Spamalot | Patsy |
| 2005 (59th) | Matthew Morrison | The Light in the Piazza | Fabrizio Nacarelli |
| 2005 (59th) | Christopher Sieber | Spamalot | Sir Galahad |
| 2006 (60th) | | | |
| 2006 (60th) | Christian Hoff | Jersey Boys | Tommy DeVito |
| 2006 (60th) | Danny Burstein | The Drowsy Chaperone | Aldolpho |
| 2006 (60th) | Jim Dale | The Threepenny Opera | Mr. Peachum |
| 2006 (60th) | Brandon Victor Dixon | The Color Purple | Harpo |
| 2006 (60th) | Manoel Felciano | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Tobias Ragg |
| 2007 (61st) | | | |
| 2007 (61st) | John Gallagher Jr. | Spring Awakening | Moritz Stiefel |
| 2007 (61st) | Brooks Ashmanskas | Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me | Various Characters |
| 2007 (61st) | Christian Borle | Legally Blonde | Emmett Forrest |
| 2007 (61st) | John Cullum | 110 in the Shade | H.C. Curry |
| 2007 (61st) | David Pittu | LoveMusik | Bertolt Brecht |
| 2008 (62nd) | | | |
| 2008 (62nd) | Boyd Gaines | Gypsy | Herbie |
| 2008 (62nd) | Daniel Breaker | Passing Strange | Youth |
| 2008 (62nd) | Danny Burstein | South Pacific | Luther Billis |
| 2008 (62nd) | Robin de Jesús | In the Heights | Sonny |
| 2008 (62nd) | Christopher Fitzgerald | Young Frankenstein | Igor |
| 2009 (63rd) | | | |
| 2009 (63rd) | Gregory Jbara | Billy Elliot the Musical | Dad |
| 2009 (63rd) | David Bologna | Billy Elliot the Musical | Michael Caffrey |
| 2009 (63rd) | Marc Kudisch | 9 to 5 | Franklin Hart Jr. |
| 2009 (63rd) | Christopher Sieber | Shrek the Musical | Lord Farquaad |
| 2009 (63rd) | Will Swenson | Hair | George Berger |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 2010 (64th) |
| 2010 (64th) | Levi Kreis | Million Dollar Quartet | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 2010 (64th) | Kevin Chamberlin | The Addams Family | Uncle Fester |
| 2010 (64th) | Robin de Jesús | La Cage aux Folles | Jacob |
| 2010 (64th) | Christopher Fitzgerald | Finian's Rainbow | Og |
| 2010 (64th) | Bobby Steggert | Ragtime | Younger Brother |
| 2011 (65th) | | | |
| 2011 (65th) | John Larroquette | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | J.B. Biggley |
| 2011 (65th) | Colman Domingo | The Scottsboro Boys | Mr. Bones |
| 2011 (65th) | Adam Godley | Anything Goes | Lord Evelyn Oakleigh |
| 2011 (65th) | Forrest McClendon | The Scottsboro Boys | Mr. Tambo |
| 2011 (65th) | Rory O'Malley | The Book of Mormon | Elder McKinley / Moroni |
| 2012 (66th) | | | |
| 2012 (66th) | Michael McGrath | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Cookie McGee |
| 2012 (66th) | Phillip Boykin | Porgy and Bess | Crown |
| 2012 (66th) | Michael Cerveris | Evita | Juan Perón |
| 2012 (66th) | David Alan Grier | Porgy and Bess | Sporting Life |
| 2012 (66th) | Josh Young | Jesus Christ Superstar | Judas Iscariot |
| 2013 (67th) | | | |
| 2013 (67th) | Gabriel Ebert | Matilda the Musical | Mr. Wormwood |
| 2013 (67th) | Charl Brown | Motown: The Musical | Smokey Robinson |
| 2013 (67th) | Keith Carradine | Hands on a Hardbody | JD Drew |
| 2013 (67th) | Will Chase | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget |
| 2013 (67th) | Terrence Mann | Pippin | King Charles |
| 2014 (68th) | | | |
| 2014 (68th) | James Monroe Iglehart | Aladdin | Genie |
| 2014 (68th) | Danny Burstein | Cabaret | Herr Schultz |
| 2014 (68th) | Nick Cordero | Bullets Over Broadway | Cheech |
| 2014 (68th) | Joshua Henry | Violet | Flick |
| 2014 (68th) | Jarrod Spector | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Barry Mann |
| 2015 (69th) | | | |
| 2015 (69th) | Christian Borle | Something Rotten! | William Shakespeare |
| 2015 (69th) | Andy Karl | On the Twentieth Century | Bruce Granit |
| 2015 (69th) | Brad Oscar | Something Rotten! | Nostradamus |
| 2015 (69th) | Brandon Uranowitz | An American in Paris | Adam Hochberg |
| 2015 (69th) | Max von Essen | An American in Paris | Henri Baurel |
| 2016 (70th) | | | |
| 2016 (70th) | Daveed Diggs | Hamilton | Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson |
| 2016 (70th) | Brandon Victor Dixon | Shuffle Along | Eubie Blake |
| 2016 (70th) | Christopher Fitzgerald | Waitress | Ogie Anhorn |
| 2016 (70th) | Jonathan Groff | Hamilton | King George III |
| 2016 (70th) | Christopher Jackson | Hamilton | George Washington |
| 2017 (71st) | | | |
| 2017 (71st) | Gavin Creel | Hello, Dolly! | Cornelius Hackl |
| 2017 (71st) | Mike Faist | Dear Evan Hansen | Connor Murphy |
| 2017 (71st) | Andrew Rannells | Falsettos | Whizzer Brown |
| 2017 (71st) | Lucas Steele | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Anatole Kuragin |
| 2017 (71st) | Brandon Uranowitz | Falsettos | Mendel Weisenbachfeld |
| 2018 (72nd) | | | |
| 2018 (72nd) | Ari'el Stachel | The Band's Visit | Haled |
| 2018 (72nd) | Norbert Leo Butz | My Fair Lady | Alfred P. Doolittle |
| 2018 (72nd) | Alexander Gemignani | Carousel | Enoch Snow |
| 2018 (72nd) | Grey Henson | Mean Girls | Damian Hubbard |
| 2018 (72nd) | Gavin Lee | SpongeBob SquarePants | Squidward Tentacles |
| 2019 (73rd) | | | |
| 2019 (73rd) | André De Shields | Hadestown | Hermes |
| 2019 (73rd) | Andy Grotelueschen | Tootsie | Jeff Slater |
| 2019 (73rd) | Patrick Page | Hadestown | Hades |
| 2019 (73rd) | Jeremy Pope | Ain't Too Proud | Eddie Kendricks |
| 2019 (73rd) | Ephraim Sykes | Ain't Too Proud | David Ruffin |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) | Ref. |
| 2020 (74th) |
| 2020 (74th) | Danny Burstein | Moulin Rouge! | Harold Zidler | |
| 2020 (74th) | Derek Klena | Jagged Little Pill | Nick Healy | |
| 2020 (74th) | Sean Allan Krill | Jagged Little Pill | Steve Healy | |
| 2020 (74th) | Sahr Ngaujah | Moulin Rouge! | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| 2020 (74th) | Daniel J. Watts | Tina | Ike Turner | |
| 2021 | No ceremony | No ceremony | No ceremony | No ceremony |
| 2022 (75th) |
| 2022 (75th) | Matt Doyle | Company | Jamie | |
| 2022 (75th) | Sidney DuPont | Paradise Square | Washington Henry | |
| 2022 (75th) | Jared Grimes | Funny Girl | Eddie Ryan | |
| 2022 (75th) | John-Andrew Morrison | A Strange Loop | Thought 4 | |
| 2022 (75th) | A.J. Shively | Paradise Square | Owen Duignan | |
| 2023 (76th) | | | | |
| 2023 (76th) | Alex Newell | Shucked | Lulu | |
| 2023 (76th) | Kevin Cahoon | Shucked | Peanut | |
| 2023 (76th) | Justin Cooley | Kimberly Akimbo | Seth Weetis | |
| 2023 (76th) | Kevin Del Aguila | Some Like It Hot | Osgood Fielding III | |
| 2023 (76th) | Jordan Donica | Camelot | Lancelot | |
| 2024 (77th) | | | | |
| 2024 (77th) | Daniel Radcliffe | Merrily We Roll Along | Charley Kringas | |
| 2024 (77th) | Roger Bart | Back to the Future: The Musical | Doc Brown | |
| 2024 (77th) | Joshua Boone | The Outsiders | Dallas Winston | |
| 2024 (77th) | Brandon Victor Dixon | Hell's Kitchen | Davis | |
| 2024 (77th) | Sky Lakota-Lynch | The Outsiders | Johnny Cade | |
| 2024 (77th) | Steven Skybell | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | Herr Schultz | |

## Statistics
### Most wins
#### 3 wins

* Hinton Battle

#### 2 wins

* David Burns
* Boyd Gaines
* Russell Nype
* Hiram Sherman

### Most nominations
#### 4 nominations

* Danny Burstein

#### 3 nominations

* René Auberjonois
* Roger Bart
* Hinton Battle
* Michael Cerveris
* André De Shields
* Brandon Victor Dixon
* Gregg Edelman
* Christopher Fitzgerald
* Marc Kudisch
* Scott Wise

#### 2 nominations

* Bruce Adler
* Tom Aldredge
* Gary Beach
* Joel Blum
* Christian Borle
* David Burns
* Norbert Leo Butz
* Jack Cassidy
* Robin de Jesús
* Boyd Gaines
* David Alan Grier
* Harry Groener
* Ron Holgate
* George S. Irving
* Michael McGrath
* John McMartin
* Russell Nype
* Brad Oscar
* Gilbert Price
* Charles Nelson Reilly
* Michael Rupert
* Hiram Sherman
* Christopher Sieber
* Brandon Uranowitz
* Edward Winter
* Samuel E. Wright

### Character nomination total
#### 4 nominations

* Herbie from Gypsy
* Herr Schultz from Cabaret

#### 2 nominations

* Alfred P. Doolittle from My Fair Lady
* Bruce Granit from On the Twentieth Century
* Cinderella's Prince / The Wolf from Into the Woods
* Cornelius Hackl from Hello, Dolly!
* Eddie Ryan from Funny Girl
* H.C. Curry from 110 in the Shade
* Hysterium from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
* Jim from Big River
* John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget from The Mystery of Edwin Drood
* Juan Perón from Evita
* Judas Iscariot from Jesus Christ Superstar
* Lord Evelyn Oakleigh from Anything Goes
* Luther Billis from South Pacific
* Og from Finian's Rainbow
* Oscar from Sweet Charity
* Senex from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
* Sporting Life from Porgy and Bess

### Productions with multiple nominations

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* My Fair Lady – Robert Coote and Stanley Holloway
* The Music Man – David Burns and Iggie Wolfington
* Fiorello! – Tom Bosley and Howard da Silva
* The Sound of Music – Theodore Bikel and Kurt Kasznar
* Bye Bye Birdie – Dick Gautier and Dick Van Dyke
* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – David Burns and Jack Gilford
* Cabaret – Joel Grey and Edward Winter
* 1776 – William Daniels (refused nomination) and Ronald Holgate
* Promises, Promises – Larry Haines and Edward Winter
* Coco – René Auberjonois and George Rose
* A Chorus Line – Robert LuPone and Sammy Williams
* Side by Side by Sondheim – David Kernan and Ned Sherrin
* Working – Steven Boockvor and Rex Everhart
* Evita – Bob Gunton and Mandy Patinkin
* Dreamgirls – Obba Babatundé and Cleavant Derricks
* Cats – Harry Groener and Stephen Hanan
* The Tap Dance Kid – Hinton Battle and Samuel E. Wright
* Big River – René Auberjonois, Daniel H. Jenkins and Ron Richardson
* The Mystery of Edwin Drood – John Herrera and Howard McGillin
* Me and My Girl – George S. Irving and Timothy Jerome
* Anything Goes – Anthony Heald and Bill McCutcheon
* Black and Blue – Bunny Briggs and Savion Glover
* Miss Saigon – Hinton Battle and Willy Falk
* The Who's Tommy – Michael Cerveris and Paul Kandel
* Show Boat – Michel Bell and Joel Blum
* The Life – Chuck Cooper and Sam Harris
* Fosse – Desmond Richardson and Scott Wise
* Kiss Me, Kate – Michael Berresse, Michael Mulheren and Lee Wilkof
* The Full Monty – John Ellison Conlee and André DeShields
* The Producers – Roger Bart, Gary Beach and Brad Oscar
* Hairspray – Dick Latessa and Corey Reynolds
* Movin' Out – Michael Cavanaugh and Keith Roberts
* Assassins – Michael Cerveris and Denis O'Hare
* Monty Python's Spamalot – Michael McGrath and Christopher Sieber
* Billy Elliot the Musical – David Bologna and Gregory Jbara
* The Scottsboro Boys – Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon
* The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess – Phillip Boykin and David Alan Grier
* An American in Paris – Brandon Uranowitz and Max von Essen
* Something Rotten! – Christian Borle and Brad Oscar
* Hamilton – Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Groff and Christopher Jackson
* Falsettos – Andrew Rannells and Brandon Uranowitz
* Ain't Too Proud – Jeremy Pope and Ephraim Sykes
* Hadestown – André De Shields and Patrick Page
* Moulin Rouge! – Danny Burstein and Sahr Ngaujah
* Jagged Little Pill – Derek Klena and Sean Allan Krill
* Paradise Square – Sidney DuPont and A.J. Shively
* Shucked – Kevin Cahoon and Alex Newell
* The Outsiders – Joshua Boone and Sky Lakota-Lynch

### Multiple awards and nominations
#### Actors who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories

| Awards | Nominations | Recipient |
| 4 | 7 | Frank Langella |
| 4 | 5 | Boyd Gaines |
| 3 | 6 | Nathan Lane |
| 3 | 5 | Mark Rylance |
| 3 | 4 | Kevin Kline |
| 3 | 4 | Zero Mostel |
| 3 | 3 | Hinton Battle |
| 2 | 7 | Christopher Plummer |
| 2 | 6 | John Lithgow |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Cerveris |
| 2 | 5 | Christian Borle |
| 2 | 5 | George Hearn |
| 2 | 5 | George Rose |
| 2 | 5 | John Cullum |
| 2 | 5 | Robert Morse |
| 2 | 4 | James Earl Jones |
| 2 | 4 | Norbert Leo Butz |
| 2 | 4 | Richard Kiley |
| 2 | 3 | Al Pacino |
| 2 | 3 | David Burns |
| 2 | 3 | David Wayne |
| 2 | 3 | Fredric March |
| 2 | 3 | Judd Hirsch |
| 2 | 3 | Matthew Broderick |
| 2 | 3 | Phil Silvers |
| 2 | 3 | Rex Harrison |
| 2 | 3 | Robert Preston |
| 2 | 3 | Stephen Spinella |
| 2 | 3 | Walter Matthau |
| 2 | 2 | Alan Bates |
| 2 | 2 | Brian Dennehy |
| 2 | 2 | Bryan Cranston |
| 2 | 2 | Harvey Fierstein |
| 2 | 2 | Hiram Sherman |
| 2 | 2 | James Naughton |
| 2 | 2 | Jonathan Pryce |
| 2 | 2 | José Ferrer |
| 2 | 2 | Russell Nype |
| 2 | 2 | Tommy Tune |
| 1 | 8 | Jason Robards |
| 1 | 7 | Brian Bedford |
| 1 | 7 | Danny Burstein |
| 1 | 6 | Philip Bosco |
| 1 | 5 | Brían F. O'Byrne |
| 1 | 5 | Hume Cronyn |
| 1 | 5 | Jim Dale |
| 1 | 4 | Billy Crudup |
| 1 | 4 | Brandon Uranowitz |
| 1 | 4 | Brian Stokes Mitchell |
| 1 | 4 | Cyril Ritchard |
| 1 | 4 | David Alan Grier |
| 1 | 4 | Gregory Hines |
| 1 | 4 | Jack Cassidy |
| 1 | 4 | Joel Grey |
| 1 | 4 | Liev Schreiber |
| 1 | 4 | René Auberjonois |
| 1 | 4 | Tony Shalhoub |
| 1 | 3 | Alfred Drake |
| 1 | 3 | André De Shields |
| 1 | 3 | Barry Bostwick |
| 1 | 3 | Courtney B. Vance |
| 1 | 3 | David Hyde Pierce |
| 1 | 3 | Gary Beach |
| 1 | 3 | Gavin Creel |
| 1 | 3 | George Grizzard |
| 1 | 3 | Jefferson Mays |
| 1 | 3 | Jerry Orbach |
| 1 | 3 | John Wood |
| 1 | 3 | Larry Blyden |
| 1 | 3 | Len Cariou |
| 1 | 3 | Mandy Patinkin |
| 1 | 3 | Michael Rupert |
| 1 | 3 | Richard Burton |
| 1 | 3 | Robert Sean Leonard |
| 1 | 3 | Roger Bart |
| 1 | 3 | Scott Wise |
| 1 | 2 | Alfred Lunt |
| 1 | 2 | Andrew Garfield |
| 1 | 2 | Barnard Hughes |
| 1 | 2 | Ben Vereen |
| 1 | 2 | Ben Platt |
| 1 | 2 | Bert Lahr |
| 1 | 2 | Bertie Carvel |
| 1 | 2 | Bill Irwin |
| 1 | 2 | Brent Carver |
| 1 | 2 | Charles Nelson Reilly |
| 1 | 2 | Chuck Cooper |
| 1 | 2 | Cleavant Derricks |
| 1 | 2 | Cliff Gorman |
| 1 | 2 | Denzel Washington |
| 1 | 2 | Derek Jacobi |
| 1 | 2 | Eddie Redmayne |
| 1 | 2 | Edward Herrmann |
| 1 | 2 | Fritz Weaver |
| 1 | 2 | George S. Irving |
| 1 | 2 | Henry Fonda |
| 1 | 2 | Hugh Jackman |
| 1 | 2 | Ian McKellen |
| 1 | 2 | Jack Albertson |
| 1 | 2 | Jeffrey Wright |
| 1 | 2 | John Benjamin Hickey |
| 1 | 2 | John Glover |
| 1 | 2 | Kevin Spacey |
| 1 | 2 | Laurence Fishburne |
| 1 | 2 | Leslie Odom Jr. |
| 1 | 2 | Martin Short |
| 1 | 2 | Michael Gough |
| 1 | 2 | Michael McGrath |
| 1 | 2 | Paul Rogers |
| 1 | 2 | Ralph Fiennes |
| 1 | 2 | Ray Bolger |
| 1 | 2 | Reed Birney |
| 1 | 2 | Roger Rees |
| 1 | 2 | Roger Robinson |
| 1 | 2 | Ron Holgate |
| 1 | 2 | Roy Dotrice |
| 1 | 2 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson |
| 1 | 2 | Santino Fontana |
| 1 | 2 | Sean Hayes |
| 1 | 2 | Simon Russell Beale |
| 1 | 2 | Sydney Chaplin |
| 1 | 2 | Zakes Mokae |
| Nominations | Recipient |
| 5 | Brian d'Arcy James |
| 5 | George C. Scott |
| 5 | John McMartin |
| 5 | Tom Aldredge |
| 4 | Donald Pleasence |
| 4 | Gregg Edelman |
| 4 | Raúl Esparza |
| 4 | Raul Julia |
| 4 | Victor Garber |
| 3 | Alan Alda |
| 3 | Alec McCowen |
| 3 | Alfred Molina |
| 3 | Andy Karl |
| 3 | Ben Gazzara |
| 3 | Brandon Victor Dixon |
| 3 | Brian Murray |
| 3 | Christopher Fitzgerald |
| 3 | Gilbert Price |
| 3 | Harry Groener |
| 3 | Jeff Daniels |
| 3 | Jonathan Groff |
| 3 | Joseph Maher |
| 3 | Joshua Henry |
| 3 | Kevin Chamberlin |
| 3 | Marc Kudisch |
| 3 | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 3 | Ralph Richardson |
| 3 | Robin de Jesús |
| 3 | Terrence Mann |
| 3 | Tim Curry |
| 3 | Željko Ivanek |
| 2 | Adam Godley |
| 2 | Alan Rickman |
| 2 | Albert Finney |
| 2 | Alex Brightman |
| 2 | Andrew Rannells |
| 2 | Andy Griffith |
| 2 | Anthony Heald |
| 2 | Anthony Perkins |
| 2 | Arian Moayed |
| 2 | Biff McGuire |
| 2 | Bob Gunton |
| 2 | Bobby Cannavale |
| 2 | Brad Oscar |
| 2 | Brooks Ashmanskas |
| 2 | Bruce Adler |
| 2 | Charles Brown |
| 2 | Charles S. Dutton |
| 2 | Christopher Sieber |
| 2 | Christopher Walken |
| 2 | Clive Revill |
| 2 | Conleth Hill |
| 2 | Corey Hawkins |
| 2 | David Carroll |
| 2 | David Morse |
| 2 | David Pittu |
| 2 | David Threlfall |
| 2 | Dick Anthony Williams |
| 2 | Donald Moffat |
| 2 | Edward Petherbridge |
| 2 | Edward Winter |
| 2 | Gabriel Byrne |
| 2 | Gary Sinise |
| 2 | Gavin Lee |
| 2 | Herschel Bernardi |
| 2 | Howard McGillin |
| 2 | Jack Gilford |
| 2 | Jack Lemmon |
| 2 | Jeremy Pope |
| 2 | Joe Mantello |
| 2 | Joel Blum |
| 2 | Josh Groban |
| 2 | John Gielgud |
| 2 | Jude Law |
| 2 | K. Todd Freeman |
| 2 | Keith Carradine |
| 2 | Larry Bryggman |
| 2 | Larry Haines |
| 2 | Lewis J. Stadlen |
| 2 | Liam Neeson |
| 2 | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 2 | Maurice Evans |
| 2 | Maurice Hines |
| 2 | Michael Stuhlbarg |
| 2 | Milo O'Shea |
| 2 | Nicol Williamson |
| 2 | Patrick Wilson |
| 2 | Peter Frechette |
| 2 | Rob McClure |
| 2 | Robert Prosky |
| 2 | Robert Weede |
| 2 | Samuel Barnett |
| 2 | Samuel E. Wright |
| 2 | Savion Glover |
| 2 | Stark Sands |
| 2 | Stephen McKinley Henderson |
| 2 | Theodore Bikel |
| 2 | Tom Courtenay |
| 2 | Tom Sturridge |
| 2 | Tom Wopat |
| 2 | Tony Roberts |
| 2 | Wilfrid Hyde-White |

## Other statistics

* There was one tie in the history of this category, in 1959.
* The role of Herbie, in Gypsy, shares the record for most nominations in this category, with four:
** 1960 – Jack Klugman
** 1990 – Jonathan Hadary
** 2003 – John Dossett
** 2008 – Boyd Gaines (winner)
* Herbie is tied for the record with Herr Schultz in Cabaret:
** 1988 – Werner Klemperer
** 1998 – Ron Rifkin (winner)
** 2014 – Danny Burstein
** 2024 – Steven Skybell
* Hinton Battle remains the most successful performer in the history of this category with a perfect score of three wins in three nominations. Danny Burstein has received the most nominations in this category with four, but has only been victorious once. Gregg Edelman, Marc Kudisch, and Christopher Fitzgerald have received three nominations but never won and are this category's biggest "losers." Coincidentally, Edelman and Kudisch were nominated and lost to Shuler Hensley in 2002.
* There has never been a consecutive winner in this category. There have been, though, some consecutive nominations. Jack Cassidy was consecutively nominated in 1964 and 1965, while Bruce Adler achieved the same honor in 1991 and 1992. Cassidy won in 1964, for his portrayal of Steve Kodaly, in She Loves Me.
* The record for the longest span between wins is held by Hiram Sherman, whose wins for Two's Company, in 1953, and How Now, Dow Jones, in 1968, are set apart by 15 years.
* The record for the longest span between nominations is held by John McMartin, whose nominations for Sweet Charity, in 1966, and High Society, in 1998, are set apart by 32 years. McMartin never won a Tony Award in this category.
* The oldest winner in this category is Dick Latessa who was 73 when he won for Hairspray in 2003. The youngest winner is Frankie Michaels who won for Mame in 1966 at age 11.