# Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television

The Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the work of actors in science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction on television.
Introduced at the 26th Saturn Awards inaugural recipient of the award was Dennis Haysbert for his role as Dr. Theodore Morris in Now and Again. In 2019 and 2022, the award was split into two Best Supporting Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series and Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Television Series, but has since returned to one combined category. The most recent winner is Jonathan Frakes as William Riker in Star Trek: Picard. Aaron Paul has the most wins in the category, with three for his role as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, while Jonathan Banks, Dough Jones, and James Marsters each have two wins for Breaking Bad, Star Trek: Discovery, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer respectively. Marsters and Michael Emerson hold the record for most nominations, with six. Kit Harington and Norman Reedus have the most nominations without a win, with four.
(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year.)
The winners are listed in bold.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Television program | Network | Character |
| 1999 (26th) | Dennis Haysbert | Now and Again | CBS | Dr. Theodore Morris |
| 1999 (26th) | Nicholas Brendon | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Xander Harris |
| 1999 (26th) | Colm Feore | Storm of the Century | ABC | Andre Linoge |
| 1999 (26th) | Jeremy London | Journey to the Center of the Earth | USA Network | Jonas Lytton |
| 1999 (26th) | James Marsters | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Spike |
| 1999 (26th) | Robert Picardo | Star Trek: Voyager | UPN | The Doctor |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Television program | Network | Character |
| 2000 (27th) | James Marsters | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Spike |
| 2000 (27th) | Alexis Denisof | Angel | The WB | Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
| 2000 (27th) | Brendan Fehr | Roswell | The WB | Michael Guerin |
| 2000 (27th) | Anthony Head | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Rupert Giles |
| 2000 (27th) | Michael Shanks | Stargate SG-1 | Showtime | Dr. Daniel Jackson |
| 2000 (27th) | Michael Weatherly | Dark Angel | Fox | Logan Cale |
| 2001 (28th) | Michael Rosenbaum | Smallville | The WB | Lex Luthor |
| 2001 (28th) | Christopher Judge | Stargate SG-1 | Showtime | Teal'c |
| 2001 (28th) | James Marsters | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Spike |
| 2001 (28th) | Anthony Simcoe | Farscape | Sci-Fi | Ka D'Argo |
| 2001 (28th) | Connor Trinneer | Enterprise | UPN | Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III |
| 2001 (28th) | Michael Weatherly | Dark Angel | Fox | Logan Cale |
| 2002 (29th) | Victor Garber | Alias | ABC | Jack Bristow |
| 2002 (29th) | Alexis Denisof | Angel | The WB | Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
| 2002 (29th) | John Glover | Smallville | The WB | Lionel Luthor |
| 2002 (29th) | James Marsters | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | UPN | Spike |
| 2002 (29th) | Michael Rosenbaum | Smallville | The WB | Lex Luthor |
| 2002 (29th) | Connor Trinneer | Enterprise | UPN | Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III |
| 2003 (30th) | James Marsters | Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel | The WB & UPN | Spike |
| 2003 (30th) | Alexis Denisof | Angel | The WB | Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
| 2003 (30th) | Victor Garber | Alias | ABC | Jack Bristow |
| 2003 (30th) | John Glover | Smallville | The WB | Lionel Luthor |
| 2003 (30th) | Michael Rosenbaum | Smallville | The WB | Lex Luthor |
| 2003 (30th) | Nick Stahl | Carnivàle | HBO | Ben Hawkins |
| 2004 (31st) | Terry O'Quinn | Lost | ABC | John Locke |
| 2004 (31st) | Kyle MacLachlan | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | TNT | Edward Wilde |
| 2004 (31st) | James Marsters | Angel | The WB | Spike |
| 2004 (31st) | Dominic Monaghan | Lost | ABC | Charlie Pace |
| 2004 (31st) | Michael Rosenbaum | Smallville | The WB | Lex Luthor |
| 2004 (31st) | Michael Shanks | Stargate SG-1 | Sci-Fi | Dr. Daniel Jackson |
| 2005 (32nd) | James Callis | Battlestar Galactica | Sci-Fi | Dr. Gaius Baltar |
| 2005 (32nd) | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Lost | ABC | Mr. Eko |
| 2005 (32nd) | Jamie Bamber | Battlestar Galactica | Sci-Fi | Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama |
| 2005 (32nd) | Sam Neill | The Triangle | Sci-Fi | Eric Benirall |
| 2005 (32nd) | Terry O'Quinn | Lost | ABC | John Locke |
| 2005 (32nd) | Michael Rosenbaum | Smallville | The WB | Lex Luthor |
| 2006 (33rd) | Masi Oka | Heroes | NBC | Hiro Nakamura |
| 2006 (33rd) | James Callis | Battlestar Galactica | Sci-Fi | Dr. Gaius Baltar |
| 2006 (33rd) | Michael Emerson | Lost | ABC | Henry Gale/Ben Linus |
| 2006 (33rd) | Greg Grunberg | Heroes | NBC | Matt Parkman |
| 2006 (33rd) | Josh Holloway | Lost | ABC | James "Sawyer" Ford |
| 2006 (33rd) | James Remar | Dexter | Showtime | Harry Morgan |
| 2007 (34th) | Michael Emerson | Lost | ABC | Benjamin Linus |
| 2007 (34th) | Greg Grunberg | Heroes | NBC | Matt Parkman |
| 2007 (34th) | Josh Holloway | Lost | ABC | James "Sawyer" Ford |
| 2007 (34th) | Erik King | Dexter | Showtime | Sgt. James Doakes |
| 2007 (34th) | Terry O'Quinn | Lost | ABC | John Locke |
| 2007 (34th) | Masi Oka | Heroes | NBC | Hiro Nakamura |
| 2008 (35th) | Adrian Pasdar | Heroes | NBC | Nathan Petrelli |
| 2008 (35th) | Henry Ian Cusick | Lost | ABC | Desmond Hume |
| 2008 (35th) | Thomas Dekker | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Fox | John Connor |
| 2008 (35th) | Michael Emerson | Lost | ABC | Benjamin Linus |
| 2008 (35th) | Josh Holloway | Lost | ABC | James "Sawyer" Ford |
| 2008 (35th) | Milo Ventimiglia | Heroes | NBC | Peter Petrelli |
| 2009 (36th) | Aaron Paul | Breaking Bad | AMC | Jesse Pinkman |
| 2009 (36th) | Jeremy Davies | Lost | ABC | Daniel Faraday |
| 2009 (36th) | Michael Emerson | Lost | ABC | Benjamin Linus |
| 2009 (36th) | Aldis Hodge | Leverage | TNT | Alec Hardison |
| 2009 (36th) | John Noble | Fringe | Fox | Dr. Walter Bishop |
| 2009 (36th) | Alexander Skarsgård | True Blood | HBO | Eric Northman |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Television program | Network | Character |
| 2010 (37th) | John Noble | Fringe | Fox | Walter Bishop / Walternate |
| 2010 (37th) | Michael Emerson | Lost | ABC | Benjamin Linus |
| 2010 (37th) | Dean Norris | Breaking Bad | AMC | Hank Schrader |
| 2010 (37th) | Terry O'Quinn | Lost | ABC | John Locke / Man in Black |
| 2010 (37th) | Aaron Paul | Breaking Bad | AMC | Jesse Pinkman |
| 2010 (37th) | Lance Reddick | Fringe | Fox | Phillip Broyles |
| 2010 (37th) | Steven Yeun | The Walking Dead | AMC | Glenn Rhee |
| 2011 (38th) | Aaron Paul | Breaking Bad | AMC | Jesse Pinkman |
| 2011 (38th) | Giancarlo Esposito | Breaking Bad | AMC | Gustavo "Gus" Fring |
| 2011 (38th) | Kit Harington | Game of Thrones | HBO | Jon Snow |
| 2011 (38th) | Joel Kinnaman | The Killing | AMC | Stephen Holder |
| 2011 (38th) | John Noble | Fringe | Fox | Walter Bishop / Walternate |
| 2011 (38th) | Bill Pullman | Torchwood: Miracle Day | Starz | Oswald Danes |
| 2011 (38th) | Norman Reedus | The Walking Dead | AMC | Daryl Dixon |
| 2012 (39th) | Jonathan Banks | Breaking Bad | AMC | Mike Ehrmantraut |
| 2012 (39th) | Giancarlo Esposito | Revolution | NBC | Tom Neville |
| 2012 (39th) | Todd Lasance | Spartacus: War of the Damned | Starz | Julius Caesar |
| 2012 (39th) | Colm Meaney | Hell on Wheels | AMC | Thomas "Doc" Durant |
| 2012 (39th) | David Morrissey | The Walking Dead | AMC | The Governor |
| 2012 (39th) | John Noble | Fringe | Fox | Walter Bishop / Walternate |
| 2013 (40th) | Aaron Paul | Breaking Bad | AMC | Jesse Pinkman |
| 2013 (40th) | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Game of Thrones | HBO | Jaime Lannister |
| 2013 (40th) | Erik Knudsen | Continuum | Syfy | Alec Sadler |
| 2013 (40th) | David Lyons | Revolution | NBC | Sebastian "Bass" Monroe |
| 2013 (40th) | Dean Norris | Under the Dome | CBS | James "Big Jim" Rennie |
| 2013 (40th) | James Purefoy | The Following | Fox | Joe Carroll |
| 2014 (41st) | Laurence Fishburne | Hannibal | NBC | Jack Crawford |
| 2014 (41st) | David Bradley | The Strain | FX | Abraham Setrakian |
| 2014 (41st) | Sam Heughan | Outlander | Starz | Jamie Fraser |
| 2014 (41st) | Erik Knudsen | Continuum | Syfy | Alec Sadler |
| 2014 (41st) | Norman Reedus | The Walking Dead | AMC | Daryl Dixon |
| 2014 (41st) | Richard Sammel | The Strain | FX | Thomas Eichorst |
| 2015 (42nd) | Richard Armitage | Hannibal | NBC | Francis Dolarhyde |
| 2015 (42nd) | Vincent D'Onofrio | Daredevil | Netflix | Wilson Fisk / Kingpin |
| 2015 (42nd) | Kit Harington | Game of Thrones | HBO | Jon Snow |
| 2015 (42nd) | Toby Jones | Wayward Pines | Fox | David Pilcher / Dr. Jenkins |
| 2015 (42nd) | Erik Knudsen | Continuum | Syfy | Alec Sadler |
| 2015 (42nd) | Lance Reddick | Bosch | Amazon | Irvin Irving |
| 2015 (42nd) | David Tennant | Jessica Jones | Netflix | Kilgrave |
| 2015 (42nd) | Patrick Wilson | Fargo | FX | Lou Solverson |
| 2016 (43rd) | Ed Harris | Westworld | HBO | The Man in Black |
| 2016 (43rd) | Linden Ashby | Teen Wolf | MTV | Sheriff Stilinski |
| 2016 (43rd) | Mehcad Brooks | Supergirl | The CW | James Olsen |
| 2016 (43rd) | Kit Harington | Game of Thrones | HBO | Jon Snow |
| 2016 (43rd) | Lee Majors | Ash vs Evil Dead | Starz | Brock Williams |
| 2016 (43rd) | Norman Reedus | The Walking Dead | AMC | Daryl Dixon |
| 2016 (43rd) | Jeffrey Wright | Westworld | HBO | Bernard Lowe |
| 2017 (44th) | Michael McKean | Better Call Saul | AMC | Chuck McGill |
| 2017 (44th) | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Game of Thrones | HBO | Jaime Lannister |
| 2017 (44th) | Miguel Ferrer (posthumously) | Twin Peaks: The Return | Showtime | Albert Rosenfield |
| 2017 (44th) | Kit Harington | Game of Thrones | HBO | Jon Snow |
| 2017 (44th) | Doug Jones | Star Trek: Discovery | CBS All Access | Commander Saru |
| 2017 (44th) | Christian Kane | The Librarians | TNT | Jacob Stone |
| 2017 (44th) | Khary Payton | The Walking Dead | AMC | King Ezekiel |
| 2017 (44th) | Evan Peters | American Horror Story: Cult | FX | Kai Anderson, Andy Warhol, Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh, Jim Jones, Jesus, Charles Manson |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Network/Cable | Network/Cable | Network/Cable | Network/Cable |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Peter Dinklage | Game of Thrones | HBO | Tyrion Lannister |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Jonathan Banks | Better Call Saul | AMC | Mike Ehrmantraut |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Game of Thrones | HBO | Jaime Lannister |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | David Harewood | Supergirl | The CW | J'onn J'onzz |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Ed Harris | Westworld | HBO | The Man in Black |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Lennie James | Fear the Walking Dead | AMC | Morgan Jones |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Khary Payton | The Walking Dead | AMC | King Ezekiel |
| Streaming ||||
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Doug Jones | Star Trek: Discovery | CBS All Access | Saru |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Wilson Cruz | Star Trek: Discovery | CBS All Access | Hugh Culber |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Michiel Huisman | The Haunting of Hill House | Netflix | Steven Crain |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Timothy Hutton | The Haunting of Hill House | Netflix | Hugh Crain |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Maxwell Jenkins | Lost in Space | Netflix | Will Robinson |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Ethan Peck | Star Trek: Discovery | CBS All Access | Spock |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Michael Sheen | Good Omens | Prime Video | Aziraphale |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Doug Jones | Star Trek: Discovery | CBS All Access | Saru |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Jonathan Banks | Better Call Saul | AMC | Mike Ehrmantraut |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Tony Dalton | Better Call Saul | AMC | Lalo Salamanca |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Michael Emerson | Evil | CBS | Dr. Leland Townsend |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Richard Rankin | Outlander | Starz | Roger Wakefield |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Norman Reedus | The Walking Dead | AMC | Daryl Dixon |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Luke Wilson | Stargirl | The CW | Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E. |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Television Program | Network | Character |
| 2021/2022 (50th) |
| Network/Cable ||||
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Jonathan Banks | Better Call Saul | AMC | Mike Ehrmantraut |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Tony Dalton | Better Call Saul | AMC | Lalo Salamanca |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Patrick Fabian | Better Call Saul | AMC | Howard Hamlin |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Harvey Guillén | What We Do in the Shadows | FX | Guillermo de la Cruz |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Brandon Scott Jones | Ghosts | CBS | Captain Isaac Higgintoot |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Michael Mando | Better Call Saul | AMC | Nacho Varga |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Michael James Shaw | The Walking Dead | AMC | Michael Mercer |
| Streaming ||||
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Elliot Page | The Umbrella Academy | Netflix | Viktor Hargreeves |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Zach Cherry | Severance | Apple TV+ | Dylan |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Ethan Hawke | Moon Knight | Disney+ | Arthur Harrow |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Joel Kinnaman | For All Mankind | Apple TV+ | Ed Baldwin |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Ethan Peck | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Paramount+ | Spock |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Joseph Quinn | Stranger Things | Netflix | Eddie Munson |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | John Turturro | Severance | Apple TV+ | Irving |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Jonathan Frakes | Star Trek: Picard | Paramount+ | Captain William Riker |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Harvey Guillén | What We Do in the Shadows | FX / Hulu | Guillermo de la Cruz |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Ernie Hudson | Quantum Leap | NBC | Herbert "Magic" Williams |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Ethan Peck | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Paramount+ | Spock |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Matt Smith | House of the Dragon | HBO / Max | Prince Daemon Targaryen |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Ed Speleers | Star Trek: Picard | Paramount+ | Jack Crusher |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Todd Stashwick | Star Trek: Picard | Paramount+ | Captain Liam Shaw |
| 2023/2024 (52nd) | Antony Starr | The Boys | Prime Video | Homelander |
| 2023/2024 (52nd) | Matt Berry | What We Do in the Shadows | FX | Leslie "Laszlo" Cravensworth |
| 2023/2024 (52nd) | Brandon Scott Jones | Ghosts | CBS | Captain Isaac Higgintoot |
| 2023/2024 (52nd) | Lamorne Morris | Fargo | FX | Deputy Whitley "Witt" Farr |
| 2023/2024 (52nd) | Aaron Moten | Fallout | Prime Video | Maximus |
| 2023/2024 (52nd) | Matt Smith | House of the Dragon | HBO | Daemon Targaryen |
| 2023/2024 (52nd) | Henry Thomas | The Fall of the House of Usher | Netflix | Frederick Usher |

## Multiple nominations
### 6 nominations

* Michael Emerson
* James Marsters

### 5 nominations

* Michael Rosenbaum

### 4 nominations

* Jonathan Banks
* Kit Harington
* John Noble
* Terry O'Quinn
* Aaron Paul
* Norman Reedus

### 3 nominations

* Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
* Alexis Denisof
* Josh Holloway
* Doug Jones
* Erik Knudsen
* Ethan Peck

### 2 nominations

* James Callis
* Tony Dalton
* Giancarlo Esposito
* Victor Garber
* John Glover
* Greg Grunberg
* Ed Harris
* Brandon Scott Jones
* Dean Norris
* Masi Oka
* Khary Payton
* Lance Reddick
* Michael Shanks
* Matt Smith
* Connor Trinneer
* Michael Weatherly

## Multiple wins
### 3 wins

* Aaron Paul

### 2 wins

* Jonathan Banks
* Doug Jones
* James Marsters