Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1954 |
Currently held by | Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (2023) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actors in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances often included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
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1990 (42nd) | |||||
Alex Rocco | Al Floss | The Famous Teddy Z | "Pilot" + "Teddy Sells the House" + "Agent of the Year" | CBS | |
Woody Harrelson | Woody Boyd | Cheers | "Woody or Won’t He" + "Fifty-Fifty Carla" + "Lover Boyd" | NBC | |
Kelsey Grammer | Frasier Crane | "The Stork Brings a Crane" + "Severe Crane Damage" + "The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec" | |||
Charles Kimbrough | Jim Dial | Murphy Brown | "Anchors Away" + "Roasted" + "On the Road Again" | CBS | |
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "If Coach Falls in the Woods" + "Coaches Conference" + "Homewreckers" | ABC | |
1991 (43rd) | |||||
Jonathan Winters | Gunny Davis | Davis Rules | "Rules of the Game" + "Mission: Improbable" | CBS | |
Woody Harrelson | Woody Boyd | Cheers | "Veggie Boyd" + "Woody Interrupts" | NBC | |
Charles Durning | Harlan Eldridge | Evening Shade | "The Baby Show" + "Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?" | CBS | |
Michael Jeter | Herman Stiles | "Sex Education" + "Chip off the Old Brick" | |||
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "A Father and Son Reunion" + "Cabin Fever" | ABC | |
1992 (44th) | |||||
Michael Jeter | Herman Stiles | Evening Shade | "Herman in Charge" + "Hasta La Vista, Baby" | CBS | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Tape" + "The Note" | NBC | |
Charles Durning | Harlan Eldridge | Evening Shade | "Three Naked Men (Parts 1 & 2) | CBS | |
Harvey Fierstein § | Mark Newberger | Cheers | "Rebecca’s Lover…Not" | NBC | |
Jay Thomas § | Jerry Gold | Murphy Brown | "Uh-Oh (Parts 2 & 3)" | CBS | |
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "Last of the Red-Hot Luthers" + "I Think I Can’t, I Think I Can’t" | ABC | |
1993 (45th) | |||||
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | Seinfeld | "The Junior Mint" + "The Watch" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Contest" + "The Outing" | NBC | |
Michael Jeter | Herman Stiles | Evening Shade | "Harlan Deals a Meal" + "The Really Odd Couple" | CBS | |
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank’s Contract" + "Guest Host" | HBO | |
Rip Torn | Artie | "The New Producer" + "The Spider Episode" | |||
1994 (46th) | |||||
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | Seinfeld | "The Sniffing Accountant" + "The Opposite" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Opposite" + "The Hamptons" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "A Midwinter Night’s Dream" + "Author, Author" | ||
Rip Torn | Artie | The Larry Sanders Show | "Larry’s Birthday" + "The List" | HBO | |
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "Coach for a Day (Part 2)" + "Piece o’ Cake" | ABC | |
1995 (47th) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Flour Child" + "An Affair to Forget" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Race" + "The Gymnast" | NBC | |
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | "The Jimmy" + "The Fusilli Jerry" | |||
David Schwimmer | Ross Geller | Friends | "The One with the Blackout" + "The One with the Sonogram at the End" | ||
Rip Torn | Artie | The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur’s Crisis" + "Like No Business, I Know" | HBO | |
1996 (48th) | |||||
Rip Torn | Artie | The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur After Hours" + "The P.A." | HBO | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Pool Guy" + "The Invitations" | NBC | |
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | "The Pool Guy" + "The Wait-Out" | |||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "The Last Time I Saw Maris" + "Moon Dance" | ||
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank’s New Assistant" + "Nothing Personal" | HBO | |
1997 (49th) | |||||
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | Seinfeld | "The Chicken Roaster" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Comeback" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Mixed Doubles" + "Daphne Hates Sherry" | ||
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | — | HBO | |
Rip Torn | Artie | — | |||
1998 (50th) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "The Maris Counselor" + "First Date" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Strike" | NBC | |
Phil Hartman | Bill McNeal | NewsRadio | — | ||
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | — | HBO | |
Rip Torn | Artie | — | |||
1999 (51st) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Three Valentines" | NBC | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Driving Frank" + "Ping Pong" | CBS | |
Peter MacNicol | John Cage | Ally McBeal | — | FOX | |
John Mahoney | Martin Crane | Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Our Parents, Ourselves" | NBC | |
David Spade | Dennis Finch | Just Shoot Me! | "Slow Donnie" + "Two Girls for Every Boy" |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
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2000 (52nd) | |||||
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Homo for the Holidays" + "Acting Out" | NBC | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Prodigal Son" + "Debra Makes Something Good" | CBS | |
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | "Someone’s Cranky" + "Confronting the Attacker" | |||
Peter MacNicol | John Cage | Ally McBeal | — | Fox | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Rivals" + "A Tsar is Born" | NBC | |
2001 (53rd) | |||||
Peter MacNicol | John Cage | Ally McBeal | "In Search of Barry White" + "Reasons to Believe" | Fox | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Frank Paints the House" + "Wallpaper" | CBS | |
Robert Downey Jr. | Larry Paul | Ally McBeal | "Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts" + "The Obstacle Course" | Fox | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Gypsies, Tramp and Weed" + "Grace 0, Jack 2000" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Daphne Returns" + "Hooping Cranes" | ||
2002 (54th) | |||||
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Raybert" + "Lucky Suit" | CBS | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Frank Goes Downstairs" + "The Kicker" | CBS | |
Bryan Cranston | Hal | Malcolm in the Middle | "Poker" + "Monkey" | Fox | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "A Chorus Line" + "Went to a Garden Potty" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Room Full of Heroes" + "Deathtrap" | ||
2003 (55th) | |||||
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Just a Formality" + "Robert’s Wedding" | CBS | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Grandpa Steals" + "Meeting the Parents" | CBS | |
Bryan Cranston | Hal | Malcolm in the Middle | "Malcolm Holds His Tongue" + "Daycare" | Fox | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Bacon & Eggs" + "Sex, Losers, and Videotape" | NBC | |
John Mahoney | Martin Crane | Frasier | "The Devil and Dr. Phil" + "Fathers and Sons" | ||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | "Roe to Perdition" + "Fraternal Schwins" | |||
2004 (56th) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "No Sex Please We’re Skittish" + "Goodnight, Seattle" | NBC | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Jazz Records" + "The Mentor" | CBS | |
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | "The Model" + "Golf for It" | |||
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Me & Mr. Jones" + "I Never Cheered for my Father" | NBC | |
Jeffrey Tambor | George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth | Arrested Development | "Visiting Ours" + "Not Without My Daughter" | Fox | |
2005 (57th) | |||||
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "A Job for Robert" + "Pat’s Secret" | CBS | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Boys Therapy" + "Tasteless Frank" | CBS | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Queens for a Day" + "It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World" | NBC | |
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "The Review" + "Busey and the Beach" | HBO | |
Jeffrey Tambor | George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth | Arrested Development | "Burning Love" + "Righteous Brothers" | Fox | |
2006 (58th) | |||||
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "The Bat Mitzvah" + "Exodus" | HBO | |
Will Arnett | Gob Bluth | Arrested Development | "Making a Stand" + "S.O.B.s" | Fox | |
Bryan Cranston | Hal | Malcolm in the Middle | "Hal Grieves" + "College Recruiters" | ||
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Ergo, the Booty Call" + "Weekend in Bangkok" | CBS | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Alive and Schticking" + "I Love L. Gay" | NBC | |
2007 (59th) | |||||
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "Manic Monday" | HBO | |
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head" | CBS | |
Kevin Dillon | Johnny "Drama" Chase | Entourage | "The Resurrection" | HBO | |
Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | "Showdown" | CBS | |
Rainn Wilson | Dwight Schrute | The Office | "The Coup" | NBC | |
2008 (60th) | |||||
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "The Day Fuckers" | HBO | |
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Meander to Your Dander" | CBS | |
Kevin Dillon | Johnny "Drama" Chase | Entourage | "The Dream Team" | HBO | |
Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | "The Goat" | CBS | |
Rainn Wilson | Dwight Schrute | The Office | "Money" | NBC | |
2009 (61st) | |||||
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Sir Lancelot’s Litterbox" | CBS | |
Kevin Dillon | Johnny "Drama" Chase | Entourage | "Tree Trippers" | HBO | |
Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | "Benefits" | CBS | |
Jack McBrayer | Kenneth Parcell | 30 Rock | "The Bubble" | NBC | |
Tracy Morgan | Tracy Jordan | "The Funcooker" | |||
Rainn Wilson | Dwight Schrute | The Office | "Heavy Competition" |
Superlative | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | |
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Actor with most awards | Don Knotts (5) | |
Actor with most nominations | David Hyde Pierce (11) | |
Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Jason Alexander, Peter Boyle (7) | |
Television program with most wins | The Andy Griffith Show , The Mary Tyler Moore Show (5) | |
Television program with most nominations | M*A*S*H (21) | |
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