Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1975 |
Currently held by | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen (2020) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Before 1975, supporting actors featured in a miniseries or movie were included in categories such as comedy or drama. From 1975 to 1978, the award was called Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special. Despite the category's name, actors appearing in many episodes of a miniseries were included. In 1979, the award was named Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special. The award was renamed again in 1986, in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special. By 1998, the award was renamed Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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2020 (72nd) [10] | ||||
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | Calvin "Cal" Abar / Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan | Watchmen | HBO | |
Jovan Adepo | Young Will Reeves / Hooded Justice | Watchmen | HBO | |
Tituss Burgess | Titus Andromedon | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend | Netflix | |
Louis Gossett, Jr. | Will Reeves / Hooded Justice | Watchmen | HBO | |
Dylan McDermott | Ernest "Ernie" West | Hollywood | Netflix | |
Jim Parsons | Henry Willson | |||
2021 (73rd) [11] | ||||
Thomas Brodie-Sangster | Benny Watts | The Queen's Gambit | Netflix | |
Daveed Diggs | Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson | Hamilton | Disney+ | |
Paapa Essiedu | Kwame | I May Destroy You | HBO | |
Jonathan Groff | King George III | Hamilton | Disney+ | |
Evan Peters | Detective Colin Zabel | Mare of Easttown | HBO | |
Anthony Ramos | John Laurens / Philip Hamilton | Hamilton | Disney+ |
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