# Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy

The Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 1996 | John Lithgow | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Dr. Dick Solomon | NBC |
| 1996 | Michael J. Fox | Spin City | Mike Flaherty | ABC |
| 1996 | Michael Richards | Seinfeld | Cosmo Kramer | NBC |
| 1996 | Garry Shandling | The Larry Sanders Show | Larry Sanders | HBO |
| 1996 | Rip Torn | The Larry Sanders Show | Arthur | HBO |
| 1997 | Kelsey Grammer | Frasier | Dr. Frasier Crane | NBC |
| 1997 | Tim Allen | Home Improvement | Tim Taylor | ABC |
| 1997 | Drew Carey | The Drew Carey Show | Drew Carey | ABC |
| 1997 | Michael J. Fox | Spin City | Mike Flaherty | ABC |
| 1997 | Garry Shandling | The Larry Sanders Show | Larry Sanders | HBO |
| 1998 | Drew Carey | The Drew Carey Show | Drew Carey | ABC |
| 1998 | John Lithgow | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Dr. Dick Solomon | NBC |
| 1998 | Kelsey Grammer | Frasier | Dr. Frasier Crane | NBC |
| 1998 | Paul Reiser | Mad About You | Paul Buchman | NBC |
| 1998 | Michael J. Fox | Spin City | Mike Flaherty | ABC |
| 1999 | Jay Mohr | Action | Peter Dragon | Fox |
| 1999 | Ted Danson | Becker | Dr. John Becker | CBS |
| 1999 | Thomas Gibson | Dharma & Greg | Greg Montgomery | ABC |
| 1999 | David Hyde Pierce | Frasier | Dr. Niles Crane | NBC |
| 1999 | Eric McCormack | Will & Grace | Will Truman | NBC |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2000 | Frankie Muniz | Malcolm in the Middle | Malcolm | Fox |
| 2000 | Robert Guillaume | Sports Night | Isaac Jaffe | ABC |
| 2000 | John Mahoney | Frasier | Martin Crane | NBC |
| 2000 | Sean Hayes | Will & Grace | Jack McFarland | NBC |
| 2000 | Stacy Keach | Titus | Ken Titus | Fox |
| 2001 | Kelsey Grammer | Frasier | Dr. Frasier Crane | NBC |
| 2001 | Ray Romano | Everybody Loves Raymond | Raymond Barone | CBS |
| 2001 | Tom Cavanagh | Ed | Ed Stevens | NBC |
| 2001 | Eric McCormack | Will & Grace | Will Truman | NBC |
| 2001 | George Segal | Just Shoot Me! | Jack Gallo | NBC |
| 2002 | Bernie Mac | The Bernie Mac Show | Bernie "Mac" McCullough | Fox |
| 2002 | Eric McCormack | Will & Grace | Will Truman | NBC |
| 2002 | Matt LeBlanc | Friends | Joey Tribbiani | NBC |
| 2002 | John C. McGinley | Scrubs | Dr. Perry Cox | NBC |
| 2002 | Damon Wayans | My Wife and Kids | Michael Kyle | ABC |
| 2003 | Bernie Mac | The Bernie Mac Show | Bernie "Mac" McCullough | Fox |
| 2003 | Sacha Baron Cohen | Da Ali G Show | Ali G | HBO |
| 2003 | Larry David | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | HBO |
| 2003 | Bryan Cranston | Malcolm in the Middle | Hal | Fox |
| 2003 | Eric McCormack | Will & Grace | Will Truman | NBC |
| 2003 | Tony Shalhoub | Monk | Adrian Monk | USA Network |
| 2003 | Damon Wayans | My Wife and Kids | Michael Kyle | ABC |
| 2004 | Jason Bateman | Arrested Development | Michael Bluth | Fox |
| 2004 | Zach Braff | Scrubs | John "J.D." Dorian | NBC |
| 2004 | Larry David | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | HBO |
| 2004 | Bernie Mac | The Bernie Mac Show | Bernie "Mac" McCullough | Fox |
| 2004 | Damon Wayans | My Wife and Kids | Michael Kyle | ABC |
| 2005 | Jason Bateman | Arrested Development | Michael Bluth | Fox |
| 2005 | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Himself | Comedy Central |
| 2005 | Kevin Connolly | Entourage | Eric Murphy | HBO |
| 2005 | Jason Lee | My Name Is Earl | Earl Hickey | NBC |
| 2005 | Damon Wayans | My Wife and Kids | Michael Kyle | ABC |
| 2005 | James Spader | Boston Legal | Alan Shore | ABC |
| 2005 | Tony Shalhoub | Monk | Adrian Monk | USA Network |
| 2006 | James Spader | Boston Legal | Alan Shore | ABC |
| 2006 | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Himself | Comedy Central |
| 2006 | Jason Lee | My Name Is Earl | Earl Hickey | NBC |
| 2006 | Steve Carell | The Office | Michael Scott | NBC |
| 2006 | Ted Danson | Help Me Help You | Dr. Bill Hoffman | ABC |
| 2006 | James Roday | Psych | Shawn Spencer | USA Network |
| 2007 | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Himself | Comedy Central |
| 2007 | Steve Carell | The Office | Michael Scott | NBC |
| 2007 | Alec Baldwin | 30 Rock | Jack Donaghy | NBC |
| 2007 | Zachary Levi | Chuck | Chuck Bartowski | NBC |
| 2007 | Ricky Gervais | Extras | Andy Millman | HBO |
| 2007 | Lee Pace | Pushing Daisies | Ned | ABC |
| 2008 | Justin Kirk | Weeds | Andy Botwin | Showtime |
| 2008 | Alec Baldwin | 30 Rock | Jack Donaghy | NBC |
| 2008 | Danny DeVito | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Frank Reynolds | FX |
| 2008 | David Duchovny | Californication | Hank Moody | Showtime |
| 2008 | Jonny Lee Miller | Eli Stone | Eli Stone | ABC |
| 2008 | Lee Pace | Pushing Daisies | Ned | ABC |
| 2009 | Matthew Morrison | Glee | Will Schuester | Fox |
| 2009 | Alec Baldwin | 30 Rock | Jack Donaghy | NBC |
| 2009 | Jemaine Clement | Flight of the Conchords | Jemaine Clemaine | HBO |
| 2009 | Danny McBride | Eastbound & Down | Kenny Powers | HBO |
| 2009 | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Himself | Comedy Central |
| 2009 | Jim Parsons | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Sheldon Cooper | CBS |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2010 | Alec Baldwin | 30 Rock | Jack Donaghy | NBC |
| 2010 | Danny McBride | Eastbound & Down | Kenny Powers | HBO |
| 2010 | Thomas Jane | Hung | Ray Drecker | HBO |
| 2010 | Matthew Morrison | Glee | Will Schuester | Fox |
| 2010 | Steve Carell | The Office | Michael Scott | NBC |
| 2010 | Jim Parsons | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Sheldon Cooper | CBS |
| 2011 | Louis C.K. | Louie | Louie | FX |
| 2011 | Martin Clunes | Doc Martin | Dr. Martin Ellingham | ITV |
| 2011 | Charlie Day | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Charlie Kelly | FX |
| 2011 | Elijah Wood | Wilfred | Ryan Newman | FX |
| 2011 | Matt LeBlanc | Episodes | Himself | Showtime |
| 2011 | Joel McHale | Community | Jeff Winger | NBC |
| 2012 | Johnny Galecki | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Leonard Hofstadter | CBS |
| 2012 | Will Arnett | Up All Night | Chris Brinkley | NBC |
| 2012 | Joel McHale | Community | Jeff Winger | NBC |
| 2012 | Don Cheadle | House of Lies | Marty Kaan | Showtime |
| 2012 | Louis C.K. | Louie | Louie | FX |
| 2012 | Jim Parsons | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Sheldon Cooper | CBS |
| 2013 | John Goodman | Alpha House | Senator Gil John Biggs | Prime Video |
| 2013 | Mathew Baynton | The Wrong Mans | Sam Pinkett | BBC Two |
| 2013 | James Corden | The Wrong Mans | Phil Bourne | BBC Two |
| 2013 | Andre Braugher | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Captain Raymond Holt | Fox |
| 2013 | Jake Johnson | New Girl | Nick Miller | Fox |
| 2013 | Don Cheadle | House of Lies | Marty Kaan | Showtime |
| 2013 | Jim Parsons | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Sheldon Cooper | CBS |
| 2014 | Jeffrey Tambor | Transparent | Maura Pfefferman | Prime Video |
| 2014 | Louis C.K. | Louie | Louie | FX |
| 2014 | John Goodman | Alpha House | Senator Gil John Biggs | Prime Video |
| 2014 | William H. Macy | Shameless | Frank Gallagher | Showtime |
| 2014 | Thomas Middleditch | Silicon Valley | Richard Hendricks | HBO |
| 2014 | Jim Parsons | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Sheldon Cooper | CBS |
| 2015 | Jeffrey Tambor | Transparent | Maura Pfefferman | Prime Video |
| 2015 | Louis C.K. | Louie | Louie | FX |
| 2015 | Will Forte | The Last Man on Earth | Phil Miller | Fox |
| 2015 | Chris Messina | The Mindy Project | Dr. Danny Castellano | Fox |
| 2015 | Colin Hanks | Life in Pieces | Greg Short | CBS |
| 2015 | Thomas Middleditch | Silicon Valley | Richard Hendricks | HBO |
| 2016 | William H. Macy | Shameless | Frank Gallagher | Showtime |
| 2016 | Anthony Anderson | Black-ish | Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr. | ABC |
| 2016 | Jeffrey Tambor | Transparent | Maura Pfefferman | Prime Video |
| 2016 | Rob Delaney | Catastrophe | Rob Norris | Prime Video |
| 2016 | Will Forte | The Last Man on Earth | Phil Miller | Fox |
| 2016 | Thomas Middleditch | Silicon Valley | Richard Hendricks | HBO |
| 2017 | William H. Macy | Shameless | Frank Gallagher | Showtime |
| 2017 | Aziz Ansari | Master of None | Dev Shah | Netflix |
| 2017 | Neil Patrick Harris | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Count Olaf | Netflix |
| 2017 | Zach Galifianakis | Baskets | Chip and Dale Baskets | FX |
| 2017 | Thomas Middleditch | Silicon Valley | Richard Hendricks | HBO |
| 2017 | John Lithgow | Trial & Error | Larry Henderson | NBC |
| 2018 | Bill Hader | Barry | Barry Berkman / Barry Block | HBO |
| 2018 | Anthony Anderson | Black-ish | Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr. | ABC |
| 2018 | Ted Danson | The Good Place | Michael | NBC |
| 2018 | Thomas Middleditch | Silicon Valley | Richard Hendricks | HBO |
| 2018 | Donald Glover | Atlanta | Earnest "Earn" Marks | FX |
| 2018 | William H. Macy | Shameless | Frank Gallagher | Showtime |
| 2019 | Thomas Middleditch | Silicon Valley | Richard Hendricks | HBO |
| 2019 | Ted Danson | The Good Place | Michael | NBC |
| 2019 | Michael Douglas | The Kominsky Method | Sandy Kominsky | Netflix |
| 2019 | Bill Hader | Barry | Barry Berkman / Barry Block | HBO |
| 2019 | Danny McBride | The Righteous Gemstones | Jesse Gemstone | HBO |
| 2019 | Eugene Levy | Schitt's Creek | Johnny Rose | Pop TV |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2020 | Eugene Levy | Schitt's Creek | Johnny Rose | Pop TV |
| 2020 | Dave Burd | Dave | Himself | FXX |
| 2020 | Ricky Gervais | After Life | Tony Johnson | Netflix |
| 2020 | Nicholas Hoult | The Great | Peter III of Russia | Hulu |
| 2020 | Jason Sudeikis | Ted Lasso | Ted Lasso | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 | Ramy Youssef | Ramy | Ramy Hassan | Hulu |
| 2021 | Jason Sudeikis | Ted Lasso | Ted Lasso | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 | Paul Bettany | WandaVision | Vision | Disney+ |
| 2021 | Michael Douglas | The Kominsky Method | Sandy Kominsky | Netflix |
| 2021 | Jay Duplass | The Chair | Bill Dobson | Netflix |
| 2021 | Steve Martin | Only Murders in the Building | Charles-Haden Savage | Hulu |
| 2021 | Alan Tudyk | Resident Alien | Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle | Syfy |
| 2022 | Bill Hader | Barry | Barry Berkman / Barry Block | HBO |
| 2022 | Donald Glover | Atlanta | Earnest "Earn" Marks | FX |
| 2022 | Danny McBride | The Righteous Gemstones | Jesse Gemstone | HBO |
| 2022 | Craig Robinson | Killing It | Craig Foster | Peacock |
| 2022 | Martin Short | Only Murders in the Building | Oliver Putnam | Hulu |
| 2022 | Alan Tudyk | Resident Alien | Harry Vanderspeigle | Syfy |
| 2023 | Jeremy Allen White | The Bear | Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto | FX on Hulu |
| 2023 | Bill Hader | Barry | Barry Berkman | HBO |
| 2023 | Steve Martin | Only Murders in the Building | Charles-Haden Savage | Hulu |
| 2023 | Martin Short | Only Murders in the Building | Oliver Putnam | Hulu |
| 2023 | Jason Sudeikis | Ted Lasso | Ted Lasso | Apple TV+ |