| Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | |
|---|---|
| Matt Doyle, 2022 winner | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | Outer Critics Circle |
| Status | Retired |
| Currently held by | Matt Doyle, Company (2022) |
| Website | OuterCriticsCircle.org |
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical was an annual award given to the best featured actor in a musical on Broadway or Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The award was established in 1997 as "Best Featured Actor in a Musical," before formally changing to "Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical" in 1999. [1]
The award was retired in 2022 and replaced by Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical and Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical in gender-neutral performance categories. [2]
André De Shields is the only performer to win this award twice, while Shuler Hensley, Danny Burstein and Christoper Fitzgerald each received the most nominations with three each; all three won one award from their three nominations.
| Year | Actor | Work | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | ||||
| Joel Grey | Chicago | Amos Hart | [3] [4] | |
| Chuck Cooper | The Life | Performer | ||
| Stanley Bojarski | When Pigs Fly | Performer | ||
| Kevin Ramsey | The Life | Performer | ||
| 1998 | ||||
| Peter Friedman | Ragtime | Tateh | [5] [6] | |
| Gregg Edelman | 1776 | Edward Rutledge | ||
| John McMartin | High Society | Uncle Willie | ||
| Ron Rifkin | Cabaret | Herr Schultz | ||
| 1999 | ||||
| Michel Bell | The Civil War | Clayton Toler | [7] [8] | |
| Roger Bart | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Snoopy | ||
| Gilles Chiasson | The Civil War | Corp. William McEwen | ||
| Scott Wise | Fosse | Performer |
| Year | Actor | Work | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (Hon.) | Christian Borle | Little Shop of Horrors | The Dentist | [50] [51] |
| Danny Burstein | Moulin Rouge! | Harold Zidler | ||
| Gus Halper | Sing Street | Brendan Lalor | ||
| Jay Armstrong Johnson | Scotland, PA | Banko | ||
| Francis Jue | Soft Power | DHH | ||
| Daniel J. Watts | Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | Ike Turner | ||
| 2021 | No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic. | |||
| 2022 | ||||
| Matt Doyle | Company | Jamie | [52] | |
| Quentin Earl Darrington | MJ | Joseph Jackson / Rob | ||
| Steven Pasquale | Assassins | John Wilkes Booth | ||
| A. J. Shively | Paradise Square | Owen Duignan | ||
| Will Swenson | Assassins | Charles J. Guiteau | ||