page_title: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: English: Jensen Ackles at the 2011 Comic Con in San Diego
context_page_description: The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It was given annually from 1985 to 2019 to honor a young actor below the age of 25, who had delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.
  At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Brian Bloom was the first winner of this award for his portrayal of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns. The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity. The award category was originally called Outstanding Young Man or Outstanding Juvenile Male in a Drama Series, and began using its current title in 1991. Years before this category was introduced, networks declined to broadcast the show during a time of voting integrity rumors and waning interest. Confusion rose around the criteria of the new category due to the varying ages of the nominees.
context_section_description: Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
caption: Jensen Ackles was nominated three times for his role as Eric Brady on Days of Our Lives.
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