Tony Award za najboljeg glavnog glumca u mjuziklu

Tony Award za najboljeg glavnog glumca u mjuziklu (en: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical) dodeljuje se od 1948. godine. Imena glumaca koji su nominovani, ali nisu dobili nagradu objavljuju se od 1956. godine.

1940-e 
 1948 Paul Hartman u Angel in the Wings uloga: "Horace" / "Mr. Blodgett" / "George" / "Dr. Hutchinson, W.T." / "The Stranger"

 1949  Ray Bolger u Where's Charley? uloga: "Charley Wykeham"

1950-e 
 1950 Ezio Pinza u South Pacific uloga: "Emile De Beque"

 1951 Robert Alda u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Sky Masterson"

 1952 Phil Silvers u Top Banana uloga: "Jerry Biffle"

 1953 Thomas Mitchell u Hazel Flagg uloga: "Dr. Downer"

 1954 Alfred Drake u Kismet uloga: "Hajj"

 1955 Walter Slezak u Fanny uloga: "Panisse"

 1956 Ray Walston u Damn Yankees uloga: "Mr. Applegate"
 Stephen Douglass u Damn Yankees uloga: "Joe Hardy"
 William Johnson u Pipe Dream uloga: "Doc"

 1957 Rex Harrison u My Fair Lady uloga: "Henry Higgins"
 Fernando Lamas u Happy Hunting uloga: "Duke of Granada"
 Robert Weede u The Most Happy Fella uloga: "Tony"

 1958 Robert Preston u The Music Man uloga: "Harold Hill"
 Ricardo Montalban u Jamaica uloga: "Koli"
 Eddie Foy, Jr. u Rumple uloga: "Rumple"
 Tony Randall u Oh, Captain! uloga: "Captain Henry St. James"

 1959 Richard Kiley u Redhead uloga: "Tom Baxter"
 Larry Blyden in Flower Drum Song uloga: "Sammy Fong"

1960-e 
 1960 Jackie Gleason u Take Me Along uloga: "Sid Davis"
 Robert Morse u Take Me Along uloga: "Richard Miller"
 Walter Pidgeon u Take Me Along uloga: "Nat Miller"
 Andy Griffith u Destry Rides Again uloga: "Destry"
 
 1961 Richard Burton u Camelot uloga: "Arthur"
 Phil Silvers u Do Re Mi uloga: "Hubert Cram"
 Maurice Evans u Tenderloin uloga: "Reverend Brock"

 1962 Robert Morse u How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying uloga: "J. Pierrepont Finch" 
 Ray Bolger u All-American uloga: "Professor Fodorski"
 Alfred Drake u Kean uloga: "Edmund Kean"
 Richard Kiley u No Strings uloga: "David Jordan"

 1963 Zero Mostel u A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum uloga: "Pseudolus"
 Sid Caesar u Little Me uloga: "Fred Poitrine" / "Mr. Pinchley" / "Noble Eggleston" / "Noble Junior" / "Otto Schnitzler" / "Prince Cherney" / "Val du Val"
 Anthony Newley u Stop the World - I Want to Get Off uloga: "Littlechap"
 Clive Revill u Oliver! uloga: "Fagin"

 1964 Bert Lahr u Foxy uloga: "Foxy"
 Sydney Chaplin u Funny Girl uloga: "Nick Arnstein"
 Bob Fosse u Pal Joey uloga: "Joey Evans"
 Steve Lawrence u What Makes Sammy Run uloga: "Sammy Glick"

 1965 Zero Mostel u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye"
 Sammy Davis, Jr. u Golden Boy uloga: "Joe Wellington"
 Cyril Ritchard u The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd uloga: "Sir"
 Tommy Steele u Half a Sixpence uloga: "Arthur Kipps"

 1966 Richard Kiley u Man of La Mancha uloga: "Don Quixote" / "Cervantes"
 Jack Cassidy u It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman uloga: "Max Mencken"
 John Cullum u On a Clear Day You Can See Forever uloga: "Dr. Mark Bruckner"
 Harry Secombe u Pickwick uloga: "Pickwick"

 1967 Robert Preston u I Do! I Do! uloga: "Michael"
 Alan Alda u The Apple Tree uloga: "Adam" / "Captain Sanjar" / "Flip, the Prince Charming"
 Jack Gilford u Cabaret uloga: "Herr Schultz"
 Norman Wisdom u Walking Happy uloga: "Will Mossop

 1968 Robert Goulet u The Happy Time uloga: "Jacques Bonnar"
 Robert Hooks u Hallelujah, Baby! uloga: "Clem"
 Tony Roberts u How Now, Dow Jones uloga: "Charley"
 David Wayne u The Happy Time uloga: "Grandpere Bonnard"

 1969 Jerry Orbach u Promises, Promises uloga: "Chuck Baxter "
 Herschel Bernardi u Zorba uloga: "Zorba"
 Jack Cassidy u Maggie Flynn uloga: "The Clown"
 Joel Grey u George M! uloga: "George M. Cohan"

1970-e 
 1970 Cleavon Little u Purlie uloga: "Purlie" 
 Len Cariou u Applause uloga: "Bill Sampson"
 Robert Weede u Cry for Us All uloga: "Edward Quinn"

 1971 Hal Linden u The Rothschilds uloga: "Mayer Rothschild"
 David Burns u Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentleman uloga: "Col. Wainwright Purdy III"
 Larry Kert u Company uloga: "Bobby" 
 Bobby Van u No, No Nanette uloga: "Billy Early"

 1972 Phil Silvers u A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum uloga: "Pseudolus"
 Clifton Davis u Two Gentlemen of Verona uloga: "Valentine"
 Barry Bostwick u Grease uloga: "Danny Zuko"
 Raúl Juliá u Two Gentlemen of Verona uloga: "Proteus"

 1973 Ben Vereen u Pippin uloga: "The Leading Player"
 Len Cariou u A Little Night Music uloga: "Frederick Egerman"
 Robert Morse u Sugar uloga: "Jerry"
 Brock Peters u Lost in the Stars uloga: "Stephen Kumalo"

 1974 Christopher Plummer u Cyrano uloga: "Cyrano de Bergerac"
 Alfred Drake u Gigi uloga: "Honore Lachailles"
 Joe Morton u Raisin uloga: "Walter Lee Younger"
 Lewis J. Stadlen u Candide uloga: "Dr. Pangloss" / "Governor" / "Host" / "Sage"/ "Voltaire"

 1975 John Cullum u Shenandoah uloga: "Charlie Anderson"
 Joel Grey u Goodtime Charley uloga: "Charley"
 Raúl Juliá u Where's Charley? uloga: "Charley Wykeham"
 Eddie Mekka u The Lieutenant uloga: "Lieutenant"
 Robert Preston u Mack and Mabel uloga: "Mack Sennett"

 1976 George Rose u My Fair Lady uloga: "Alfred P. Doolittle"
 Makoto Iwamatsu u Pacific Overtures uloga: "Jonathan Goble" / "Reciter" / "Shogun"
 Jerry Orbach u Chicago uloga: "Billy Flynn"
 Ian Richardson u My Fair Lady uloga: "Henry Higgins" 

 1977 Barry Bostwick u The Robber Bridegroom uloga: "Jamie Lockhart"
 Robert Guillaume u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Nathan Detroit"
 Raúl Juliá u Threepenny Opera uloga: "Macheath"
 Reid Shelton u Annie uloga: "Oliver Warbucks"

 1978 John Cullum u On the Twentieth Century as "Oscar Jaffee"
 Eddie Bracken u Hello, Dolly! uloga: "Horace Vandergelder"
 Barry Nelson u The Act uloga: "Dan Conners"
 Gilbert Price u Timbuktu! uloga: "The Mansa of Mali"

 1979 Len Cariou u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Sweeney Todd"
 Vincent Gardenia u Ballroom uloga: "Alfred Rossi"
 Joel Grey u The Grand Tour uloga: "S. L. Jacobowsky"
 Robert Klein u They're Playing Our Song uloga: "Vernon Gersch"

1980-e 
 1980 Jim Dale u Barnum uloga: "P. T. Barnum"
 Gregory Hines u Comin' Uptown uloga: "Scrooge"
 Mickey Rooney u Sugar Babies uloga: "Mickey"
 Giorgio Tozzi u The Most Happy Fella uloga: "Tony"

 1981 Kevin Kline u The Pirates of Penzance uloga: "The Pirate King"
 Gregory Hines u Sophisticated Ladies uloga: "Performer"
 George Rose u The Pirates of Penzance uloga: "Major-General Stanley"
 Martin Vidnovic u Brigadoon uloga: "Tommy Albright"

 1982 Ben Harney u Dreamgirls uloga: "Curtis Taylor Jr."
 Herschel Bernardi u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye"
 Victor Garber u Little Me uloga: "Fred Poitrine" / "Noble Eggleston" / "Noble Junior" / "Val du Val"
 Raúl Juliá u Nine uloga: "Guido Contini"

 1983 Tommy Tune u My One and Only uloga: "Captain Billy Buck Chandler"
 Al Green u Your Arms Too Short to Box with God uloga: "Performer"
 George Hearn u A Doll's Life uloga: "Actor" / "Johan" / "Torvald"
 Michael V. Smartt u Porgy and Bess uloga: "Porgy"

 1984 George Hearn u La Cage aux Folles uloga: "Albin" 
 Gene Barry u La Cage aux Folles as "Georges'
 Ron Moody u Oliver! uloga: "Fagin"
 Mandy Patinkin u Sunday in the Park with George uloga: "George"

 1985 - Nijedan glumac nije nominovan u ovoj kategoriji, jer nije bilo nijednog uspešnog mjzikla. 
 
 1986 George Rose u The Mystery of Edwin Drood uloga: "Mayor Thomas Sapsea" / "William Cartwright"
 Don Correia u Singin' in the Rain uloga: "Don Lockwood"
 Cleavant Derricks u Big Deal uloga: "Charley"
 Maurice Hines u Uptown…It's Hot! uloga: "Performer"

 1987 Robert Lindsay u Me and My Girl uloga: "Bill Snibson"
 Roderick Cook u Oh Coward! uloga: "Performer"
 Terrence Mann u Les Misérables uloga: "Inspector Javert"
 Colm Wilkinson u Les Misérables uloga: "Jean Valjean"

 1988 Michael Crawford u The Phantom of the Opera uloga: "The Phantom"
 Scott Bakula u Romance/Romance uloga: "Alfred Von Wilmers" / "Sam"
 David Carroll u Chess uloga: "Anatoly"
 Howard McGillin u Anything Goes uloga: "Billy Crocker"

 1989 Jason Alexander u Jerome Robbins' Broadway uloga: "Cigar" / "Emcee" / "Floy" / "Pa" / "Pseudolus" / "Tevye" / "The Settler"
 Gabriel Barre u Starmites uloga: "Trinkulus"
 Brian Lane Green u Starmites uloga: "Spacepunk"
 Robert La Fosse u Jerome Robbins' Broadway uloga: "3rd Dancer" / "Gaby" / "Tony" / "Company Member of '...Forum'"

 1990-e 
 1990 James Naughton u City of Angels uloga: "Stone"
 David Carroll u Grand Hotel uloga: "Felix Von Gaigern"
 Gregg Edelman u City of Angels uloga: "Stine"
 Bob Gunton u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Sweeney Todd"

 1991 Jonathan Pryce u Miss Saigon uloga: "The Engineer"
 Keith Carradine u The Will Rogers Follies uloga: "Will Rogers" 
 Paul Hipp u Buddy uloga: "Buddy Holly"
 Topol u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye" 

 1992 Gregory Hines u Jelly's Last Jam uloga: "Jelly Roll Morton"
 Harry Groener u Crazy for You uloga: "Bobby Child"
 Nathan Lane u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Nathan Detroit"
 Michael Rupert u Falsettos uloga: "Marvin"

 1993 Brent Carver u Kiss of the Spider Woman uloga: "Molina"
 Tim Curry u My Favorite Year uloga: "Alan Swann"
 Con O'Neill u Blood Brothers uloga: "Mickey"
 Martin Short u The Goodbye Girl uloga: "Elliot" 

 '''1994 Boyd Gaines in She Loves Me uloga: "Georg Nowack"
 Victor Garber u Damn Yankees uloga: "Mr. Applegate"
 Terrence Mann u Beauty and the Beast uloga: "The Beast" 
 Jere Shea u Passion uloga: "Giorgio"

 1995 Matthew Broderick u How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying uloga: "J. Pierrepont Finch" 
 Alan Campbell u Sunset Boulevard uloga: "Joe Gillis"
 Mark Jacoby u Show Boat uloga: "Gaylord Ravenal" 
 John McMartin u Show Boat uloga: "Cap'n Andy"

 1996 Nathan Lane u A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum uloga: "Pseudolus"
 Savion Glover u Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk uloga: "'da Beat" / "Lil' Dahlin'"
 Adam Pascal u Rent uloga: "Roger Davis"
 Lou Diamond Phillips u The King and I uloga: "The King of Siam"

 1997 James Naughton u Chicago uloga: "Billy Flynn"
 Robert Cuccioli u Jekyll and Hyde uloga: "Dr. Henry Jekyll" / "Edward Hyde"
 Jim Dale u Candide uloga: "2nd Gambler" / "Businessman"/ "Dr. Pangloss" / "Governor" / "Sage" / "Voltaire"
 Daniel McDonald u Steel Pier as "Bill Kelly"

 1998 Alan Cumming u Cabaret uloga: "The Master of Ceremonies"
 Peter Friedman u Ragtime uloga: "Tateh"
 Brian Stokes Mitchell u Ragtime uloga: "Coalhouse Walker, Jr."
 Douglas Sills u The Scarlet Pimpernel uloga: "Percy Blakeney"

 1999 Martin Short u Little Me uloga: "Noble Eggleston" / "Amos Pinchley" / "Benny Buchsbaum" / "Val du Val" / "Fred Poitrine" / "Otto Schnitzler" / "Prince Cherney" / "The Drunk" 
 Brent Carver u Parade uloga: "Leo Frank"
 Adam Cooper u Swan Lake uloga: "Dancer" 
 Tom Wopat u Annie Get Your Gun uloga: "Frank Butler"

2000-e 
 2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell u Kiss Me, Kate uloga: "Fred Graham" / "Petruchio"
 Craig Bierko u The Music Man uloga: "Harold Hill"
 George Hearn u Putting It Together uloga: "The Husband"
 Mandy Patinkin u The Wild Party uloga: "Burrs"
 Christopher Walken u The Dead uloga: "Gabriel Conroy"

 2001 Nathan Lane u The Producers uloga: "Max Bialystock"
 Matthew Broderick u The Producers uloga: "Leo Bloom" 
 Kevin Chamberlin u Seussical uloga: "Horton the Elephant"
 Tom Hewitt u The Rocky Horror Show uloga: "Frank N Furter"
 Patrick Wilson u The Full Monty uloga: "Jerry Lukowski"

 2002 John Lithgow u Sweet Smell of Success uloga: "J.J. Hunsecker"
 Gavin Creel u Thoroughly Modern Millie uloga: "Jimmy Smith"
 John McMartin u Into the Woods uloga: "Narrator" / "Mysterious Man" 
 Patrick Wilson u Oklahoma! uloga: "Curly"
 John Cullum u Urinetown The Musical uloga: "Caldwell B. Cladwell" 

 2003 Harvey Fierstein u Hairspray "as Edna Turnblad"
 Antonio Banderas u Nine, The Musical uloga: "Guido Contini"
 Malcolm Gets u Amour uloga: "Dusoleil"
 Brian Stokes Mitchell u Man of La Mancha uloga: "Don Quixote" / "Cervantes" 
 John Selya u Movin' Out uloga: "Eddie"

 2004 Hugh Jackman u The Boy from Oz uloga: "Peter Allen"
 Hunter Foster u Little Shop of Horrors uloga: "Seymour"
 Alfred Molina u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye"
 Euan Morton u Taboo uloga: "George"
 John Tartaglia u Avenue Q uloga: "Princeton" /"Rod"

 2005 Norbert Leo Butz u Dirty Rotten Scoundrels uloga: "Freddy Benson"
 Hank Azaria u Monty Python's Spamalot uloga: "Sir Lancelot" / "The French Taunter" / "Knight of Ni" / "Tim the Enchanter" 
 Gary Beach u La Cage aux Folles uloga: "Albin"
 Tim Curry u Monty Python's Spamalot uloga: "King Arthur"
 John Lithgow u Dirty Rotten Scoundrels uloga: "Lawrence Jameson"

 2006 John Lloyd Young u Jersey Boys uloga: "Frankie Valli"
 Michael Cerveris u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Sweeney Todd"
 Harry Connick, Jr. u The Pajama Game uloga: "Sid Sorokin"
 Stephen Lynch u The Wedding Singer uloga: "Robbie Hart"
 Bob Martin u The Drowsy Chaperone uloga: "Man in Chair"

 2007 David Hyde Pierce u Curtains uloga: "Lieutenant Frank Cioffi"
 Michael Cerveris u LoveMusik uloga: "Kurt Weil"
 Raúl Esparza u Company uloga: "Robert"
 Jonathan Groff u Spring Awakening uloga: "Melchior"
 Gavin Lee u Mary Poppins uloga: "Bert"

Glavni glumac mjuzikl