Tony Award untuk Aktor Terbaik dalam Musikal

Tony Award untuk Penampilan Terbaik oleh Aktor Utama dalam Musikal adalah sebuah kehormatan yang diberikan pada Tony Awards, sebuah acara yang diberikan oleh Antoinette Perry Awards untuk Keunggulan dalam Teater, untuk aktor untuk peran utama yang berkualitas dalam sebuah pertunjukan musikal, baik produksi baru maupun pertunjukan ulang. Penghargaan ini dinamai menurut Antoinette Perry, seorang aktris Amerika yang meninggal pada tahun 1946.

Penghargaan dalam beberapa kategori diberikan pada acara tahunan oleh Tony Award Productions, anak perusahaan The Broadway League dan American Theatre Wing, untuk "menghormati pertunjukan dan produksi panggung terbaik tahun sebelumnya." 

Penghargaan ini awalnya disebut Tony Award untuk Aktor—Musikal. Film ini pertama kali dipersembahkan kepada Paul Hartman di Penghargaan Tony ke-2 atas perannya sebagai berbagai karakter dalam Angel in the Wings. Sebelum tahun 1956, nama-nama nominasi tidak dipublikasikan; Perubahan tersebut dilakukan oleh komite penghargaan untuk "memberikan dampak lebih besar pada penonton teater". 

Sembilan aktor memegang rekor kemenangan terbanyak dalam kategori ini, dengan total dua penghargaan. John Cullum, Brian d'Arcy James dan Raul Julia memiliki nominasi terbanyak, yakni sebanyak empat. Pseudolus dalam A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum adalah karakter yang paling banyak menerima penghargaan, menang tiga kali.

Pemenang dan nominasi

1940-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  1947   Tidak diberikan 1948   Paul Hartman Angel in the Wings Berbagai Karakter 1949   Ray Bolger Where's Charley? Charley Wykeham
1950-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  1950   Ezio Pinza South Pacific Emile De Beque 1951   Robert Alda Guys and Dolls Sky Masterson 1952   Phil Silvers Top Banana Jerry Biffle 1953   Thomas Mitchell Hazel Flagg Dr. Downer 1954   Alfred Drake Kismet Hajj 1955   Walter Slezak Fanny Panisse 1956   Ray Walston Damn Yankees Mr. Applegate  Stephen Douglass Damn Yankees Joe Hardy William Johnson Pipe Dream Doc 1957   Rex Harrison My Fair Lady Henry Higgins  Fernando Lamas Happy Hunting Duke of Granada Robert Weede The Most Happy Fella Tony 1958   Robert Preston The Music Man Harold Hill  Eddie Foy Jr. Rumple Rumple Ricardo Montalbán Jamaica Koli Tony Randall Oh, Captain! Captain Henry St. James 1959   Richard Kiley Redhead Tom Baxter  Larry Blyden Flower Drum Song Sammy Fong
1960-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  1960   Jackie Gleason Take Me Along Sid Davis  Andy Griffith Destry Rides Again Destry Robert Morse Take Me Along Richard Miller Anthony Perkins Greenwillow Gideon Briggs Walter Pidgeon Take Me Along Nat Miller 1961   Richard Burton Camelot Arthur  Maurice Evans Tenderloin Reverend Brock Phil Silvers Do Re Mi Hubert Cram 1962   Robert Morse How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying J. Pierrepont Finch  Ray Bolger All-American Professor Fodorski Alfred Drake Kean Edmund Kean Richard Kiley No Strings David Jordan 1963   Zero Mostel A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus  Sid Caesar Little Me Various Characters Anthony Newley Stop the World – I Want to Get Off Littlechap Clive Revill Oliver! Fagin 1964   Bert Lahr Foxy Foxy  Sydney Chaplin Funny Girl Nick Arnstein Bob Fosse Pal Joey Joey Evans Steve Lawrence What Makes Sammy Run? Sammy Glick 1965   Zero Mostel Fiddler on the Roof Tevye  Sammy Davis Jr. Golden Boy Joe Wellington Cyril Ritchard The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd Sir Tommy Steele Half a Sixpence Arthur Kipps 1966   Richard Kiley Man of La Mancha Don Quixote / Cervantes  Jack Cassidy It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman Max Mencken John Cullum On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Dr. Mark Bruckner Harry Secombe Pickwick Pickwick 1967   Robert Preston I Do! I Do! Michael  Alan Alda The Apple Tree Various Characters Jack Gilford Cabaret Herr Schultz Norman Wisdom Walking Happy Will Mossop 1968   Robert Goulet The Happy Time Jacques Bonnard  Robert Hooks Hallelujah, Baby! Clem Tony Roberts How Now, Dow Jones Charley David Wayne The Happy Time Grandpere Bonnard 1969   Jerry Orbach Promises, Promises Chuck Baxter  Herschel Bernardi Zorba Zorba Jack Cassidy Maggie Flynn The Clown Joel Grey George M! George M. Cohan
1970-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  1970   Cleavon Little Purlie Purlie  Len Cariou Applause Bill Sampson Robert Weede Cry for Us All Edward Quinn 1971   Hal Linden The Rothschilds Mayer Rothschild  David Burns Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen Col. Wainwright Purdy III Larry Kert Company Bobby Bobby Van No, No, Nanette Billy Early 1972   Phil Silvers A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus  Barry Bostwick Grease Danny Zuko Clifton Davis Two Gentlemen of Verona Valentine Raul Julia Proteus 1973   Ben Vereen Pippin The Leading Player  Len Cariou A Little Night Music Frederick Egerman Robert Morse Sugar Jerry Brock Peters Lost in the Stars Stephen Kumalo 1974   Christopher Plummer Cyrano Cyrano de Bergerac  Alfred Drake Gigi Honore Lachailles Joe Morton Raisin Walter Lee Younger Lewis J. Stadlen Candide Various Characters 1975   John Cullum Shenandoah Charlie Anderson  Joel Grey Goodtime Charley Charley Raul Julia Where's Charley? Charley Wykeham Eddie Mekka The Lieutenant Lieutenant Robert Preston Mack & Mabel Mack Sennett 1976   George Rose My Fair Lady Alfred P. Doolittle  Mako Pacific Overtures Berbagai Karakter Jerry Orbach Chicago Billy Flynn Ian Richardson My Fair Lady Henry Higgins 1977   Barry Bostwick The Robber Bridegroom Jamie Lockhart  Robert Guillaume Guys and Dolls Nathan Detroit Raul Julia The Threepenny Opera Macheath Reid Shelton Annie Oliver Warbucks 1978   John Cullum On the Twentieth Century Oscar Jaffee  Eddie Bracken Hello, Dolly! Horace Vandergelder Barry Nelson The Act Dan Conners Gilbert Price Timbuktu! The Mansa of Mali 1979   Len Cariou Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd  Vincent Gardenia Ballroom Alfred Rossi Joel Grey The Grand Tour S. L. Jacobowsky Robert Klein They're Playing Our Song Vernon Gersch
1980-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  1980   Jim Dale Barnum P. T. Barnum  Gregory Hines Comin' Uptown Scrooge Mickey Rooney Sugar Babies Mickey Giorgio Tozzi The Most Happy Fella Tony 1981   Kevin Kline The Pirates of Penzance The Pirate King  Gregory Hines Sophisticated Ladies Performer George Rose The Pirates of Penzance Major-General Martin Vidnovic Brigadoon Tommy Albright 1982   Ben Harney Dreamgirls Curtis Taylor Jr.  Herschel Bernardi Fiddler on the Roof Tevye Victor Garber Little Me Berbagai Karakter Raul Julia Nine Guido Contini 1983   Tommy Tune My One and Only Captain Billy Buck Chandler  Al Green Your Arms Too Short to Box with God Performer George Hearn A Doll's Life Various Characters Michael V. Smartt Porgy and Bess Porgy 1984   George Hearn La Cage aux Folles Albin  Gene Barry La Cage aux Folles Georges Ron Moody Oliver! Fagin Mandy Patinkin Sunday in the Park with George Georges Seurat / George 1985   Tidak diberikanKategori ini tidak diberikan karena jumlah musikal yang tidak mencukupi selama musim tersebut.  1986   George Rose The Mystery of Edwin Drood Mayor Thomas Sapsea / William Cartwright  Don Correia Singin' in the Rain Don Lockwood Cleavant Derricks Big Deal Charley Maurice Hines Uptown... It's Hot! Performer 1987   Robert Lindsay Me and My Girl Bill Snibson  Roderick Cook Oh, Coward! Performer Terrence Mann Les Misérables Javert Colm Wilkinson Jean Valjean 1988   Michael Crawford The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera  Scott Bakula Romance/Romance Alfred Von Wilmers / Sam David Carroll Chess Anatoly Sergievsky Howard McGillin Anything Goes Billy Crocker 1989   Jason Alexander Jerome Robbins' Broadway Berbagai Karakter  Gabriel Barre Starmites Trinkulus Robert La Fosse Jerome Robbins' Broadway Berbagai Karakter Brian Lane Green Starmites Spacepunk
1990-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  1990   James Naughton City of Angels Stone  David Carroll Grand Hotel Felix Von Gaigern Gregg Edelman City of Angels Stine Bob Gunton Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd 1991   Jonathan Pryce Miss Saigon The Engineer  Keith Carradine The Will Rogers Follies Will Rogers Paul Hipp Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly Topol Fiddler on the Roof Tevye 1992   Gregory Hines Jelly's Last Jam Jelly Roll Morton  Harry Groener Crazy for You Bobby Child Nathan Lane Guys and Dolls Nathan Detroit Michael Rupert Falsettos Marvin 1993   Brent Carver Kiss of the Spider Woman Luis Molina  Tim Curry My Favorite Year Alan Swann Con O'Neill Blood Brothers Mickey Martin Short The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield 1994   Boyd Gaines She Loves Me Georg Nowack  Victor Garber Damn Yankees Mr. Applegate Terrence Mann Beauty and the Beast The Beast Jere Shea Passion Giorgio 1995   Matthew Broderick How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying J. Pierrepont Finch  Alan Campbell Sunset Boulevard Joe Gillis Mark Jacoby Show Boat Gaylord Ravenal John McMartin Cap'n Andy 1996   Nathan Lane A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus  Savion Glover Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk 'da Beat / Lil' Dahlin' Adam Pascal Rent Roger Davis Lou Diamond Phillips The King and I The King of Siam 1997   James Naughton Chicago Billy Flynn  Robert Cuccioli Jekyll & Hyde Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde Jim Dale Candide Dr. Pangloss Daniel McDonald Steel Pier Bill Kelly 1998   Alan Cumming Cabaret The Master of Ceremonies  Peter Friedman Ragtime Tateh Douglas Sills The Scarlet Pimpernel Percy Blakeney Brian Stokes Mitchell Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. 1999   Martin Short Little Me Berbagai Karakter  Brent Carver Parade Leo Frank Adam Cooper Swan Lake The Swan Tom Wopat Annie Get Your Gun Frank Butler
2000-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  2000   Brian Stokes Mitchell Kiss Me, Kate Fred Graham / Petruchio  Craig Bierko The Music Man Harold Hill George Hearn Putting It Together The Husband Mandy Patinkin The Wild Party Burrs Christopher Walken The Dead Gabriel Conroy 2001   Nathan Lane The Producers Max Bialystock  Matthew Broderick The Producers Leo Bloom Kevin Chamberlin Seussical Horton the Elephant Tom Hewitt The Rocky Horror Show Dr. Frank N. Furter Patrick Wilson The Full Monty Jerry Lukowski 2002   John Lithgow Sweet Smell of Success J.J. Hunsecker  Gavin Creel Thoroughly Modern Millie Jimmy Smith John Cullum Urinetown Caldwell B. Cladwell John McMartin Into the Woods Narrator / Mysterious Man Patrick Wilson Oklahoma! Curly McLain 2003   Harvey Fierstein Hairspray Edna Turnblad  Antonio Banderas Nine Guido Contini Malcolm Gets Amour Dusoleil John Selya Movin' Out Eddie Brian Stokes Mitchell Man of La Mancha Don Quixote / Cervantes 2004   Hugh Jackman The Boy from Oz Peter Allen  Hunter Foster Little Shop of Horrors Seymour Alfred Molina Fiddler on the Roof Tevye Euan Morton Taboo George John Tartaglia Avenue Q Princeton / Rod 2005   Norbert Leo Butz Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Freddy Benson  Hank Azaria Spamalot Various Characters Gary Beach La Cage aux Folles Albin Tim Curry Spamalot King Arthur John Lithgow Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Lawrence Jameson 2006   John Lloyd Young Jersey Boys Frankie Valli  Michael Cerveris Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd Harry Connick Jr. The Pajama Game Sid Sorokin Stephen Lynch The Wedding Singer Robbie Hart Bob Martin The Drowsy Chaperone Man in Chair 2007   David Hyde Pierce Curtains Lieutenant Frank Cioffi  Michael Cerveris LoveMusik Kurt Weill Raúl Esparza Company Robert Jonathan Groff Spring Awakening Melchior Gabor Gavin Lee Mary Poppins Bert 2008   Paulo Szot South Pacific Emile de Becque  Daniel Evans Sunday in the Park with George Georges Seurat / George Lin-Manuel Miranda In the Heights Usnavi Stew Passing Strange Narrator Tom Wopat A Catered Affair Tom Hurley 2009   David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik dan Kiril Kulish Billy Elliot the Musical Billy Elliot  Gavin Creel Hair Claude Brian d'Arcy James Shrek the Musical Shrek Constantine Maroulis Rock of Ages Drew J. Robert Spencer Next to Normal Dan Goodman
2010-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  2010   Douglas Hodge La Cage aux Folles Albin  Kelsey Grammer La Cage aux Folles Georges Sean Hayes Promises, Promises Chuck Baxter Chad Kimball Memphis Huey Calhoun Sahr Ngaujah Fela! Fela Kuti 2011   Norbert Leo Butz Catch Me If You Can Carl Hanratty  Josh Gad The Book of Mormon Elder Cunningham Joshua Henry The Scottsboro Boys Haywood Patterson Andrew Rannells The Book of Mormon Elder Price Tony Sheldon Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Bernadette Bassenger 2012   Steve Kazee Once Guy  Danny Burstein Follies Buddy Plummer Jeremy Jordan Newsies Jack Kelly Norm Lewis Porgy and Bess Porgy Ron Raines Follies Ben Stone 2013   Billy Porter Kinky Boots Lola / Simon  Bertie Carvel Matilda the Musical Miss Trunchbull Santino Fontana Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Prince Topher Rob McClure Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Stark Sands Kinky Boots Charlie Price 2014   Neil Patrick Harris Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig Schmidt  Ramin Karimloo Les Misérables Jean Valjean Andy Karl Rocky the Musical Rocky Balboa Jefferson Mays A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder The D'Ysquith Family Bryce Pinkham Monty Navarro 2015   Michael Cerveris Fun Home Bruce Bechdel  Brian d'Arcy James Something Rotten! Nick Bottom Robert Fairchild An American in Paris Jerry Mulligan Ken Watanabe The King and I The King of Siam Tony Yazbeck On the Town Gabey 2016   Leslie Odom Jr. Hamilton Aaron Burr  Alex Brightman School of Rock Dewey Finn Danny Burstein Fiddler on the Roof Tevye Zachary Levi She Loves Me Georg Nowack Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton Alexander Hamilton 2017   Ben Platt Dear Evan Hansen Evan Hansen  Christian Borle Falsettos Marvin Josh Groban Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Pierre Bezukhov Andy Karl Groundhog Day Phil Connors David Hyde Pierce Hello, Dolly! Horace Vandergelder 2018   Tony Shalhoub The Band's Visit Tewfiq Zakaria  Harry Hadden-Paton My Fair Lady Henry Higgins Joshua Henry Carousel Billy Bigelow Ethan Slater SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants 2019   Santino Fontana Tootsie Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels  Brooks Ashmanskas The Prom Barry Glickman Derrick Baskin Ain’t Too Proud Otis Williams Alex Brightman Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Damon Daunno Oklahoma! Curly McLain
2020-an
 Tahun Aktor Peran Proyek  2020   Aaron Tveit Moulin Rouge! Christian  2021 Ditiadakan 2022   Myles Frost MJ MJ  Billy Crystal Mr. Saturday Night Buddy Young, Jr. Hugh Jackman The Music Man Harold Hill Rob McClure Mrs. Doubtfire Daniel Hillard Jaquel Spivey A Strange Loop Usher 2023   J. Harrison Ghee Some Like It Hot Jerry/Daphne  Christian Borle Some Like It Hot Joe/Josephine Josh Groban Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd Brian d'Arcy James Into the Woods The Baker Ben Platt Parade Leo Frank Colton Ryan New York, New York Jimmy Doyle 2024   Jonathan Groff Merrily We Roll Along Franklin Shepard  Brody Grant The Outsiders Ponyboy Curtis Dorian Harewood The Notebook Older Noah Calhoun Brian d'Arcy James Days of Wine and Roses Joe Clay Eddie Redmayne Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Emcee 2025   Darren Criss Maybe Happy Ending Oliver Andrew Durand Dead Outlaw Elmer McCurdy Tom Francis Sunset Boulevard Joe Gillis Jonathan Groff Just in Time Bobby Darin James Monroe Iglehart A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong Jeremy Jordan Floyd Collins Floyd Collins

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