Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television

Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
Awarded for	Best performance of the year by a male in a leading role in a genre television series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First awarded	1996
Currently held by	Patrick Stewart for Star Trek: Picard (2022/2023)
Website	www.saturnawards.org

Last updated February 07, 2024

The following is a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Actor on Television (formerly Best Genre TV Actor).

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
1996 (23rd)	Kyle Chandler	Early Edition	CBS	Gary Hobson
	Avery Brooks	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Syndicated	Captain Sisko
	Eric Close	Dark Skies	NBC	John Loengard
	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox	Fox Mulder
	Lance Henriksen	Millennium		Frank Black
	Paul McGann	Doctor Who		The Doctor
1997 (24th)	Steven Weber	The Shining	ABC	John "Jack" Torrance
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Nicholas Brendon	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Xander Harris
	John Corbett	The Visitor	Fox	Adam MacArthur
	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox	Fox Mulder
	Michael T. Weiss	The Pretender	NBC	Jarod
1998 (25th)	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Bruce Boxleitner	Babylon 5	TNT	President John Sheridan
	Nicholas Brendon	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Xander Harris
	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox	Fox Mulder
	Lance Henriksen	Millennium	Fox	Frank Black
	Jonathan LaPaglia	Seven Days	UPN	Lt. Frank Parker
1999 (26th)	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Jason Behr	Roswell	The WB	Max Evans
	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Eric Close	Now and Again	CBS	Michael Wiseman
	Patrick Stewart	A Christmas Carol	TNT	Ebenezer Scrooge

2000s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
2000 (27th)	Robert Patrick	The X-Files	Fox	John Doggett
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Jason Behr	Roswell	The WB	Max Evans
	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Kevin Sorbo	Andromeda	Syndicated	Captain Dylan Hunt
2001 (28th)	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Scott Bakula	Enterprise	UPN	Captain Jonathan Archer
	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Robert Patrick	The X-Files	Fox	John Doggett
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2002 (29th)	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Scott Bakula	Enterprise	UPN	Captain Jonathan Archer
	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Anthony Michael Hall	The Dead Zone	USA Network	Johnny Smith
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2003 (30th)	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Scott Bakula	Star Trek: Enterprise	UPN	Captain Jonathan Archer
	Michael Shanks	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Dr. Daniel Jackson
	Michael Vartan	Alias	ABC	Michael Vaughn
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2004 (31st)	Ben Browder	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Brigadier General Jack O'Neill
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Julian McMahon	Nip/Tuck	FX	Dr. Christian Troy
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
	Noah Wyle	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	TNT	Flynn Carsen
2005 (32nd)	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Ben Browder	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
	William Fichtner	Invasion	ABC	Sheriff Tom Underlay
	Julian McMahon	Nip/Tuck	FX	Dr. Christian Troy
	Wentworth Miller	Prison Break	Fox	Michael Scofield
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2006 (33rd)	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Matt Dallas	Kyle XY	ABC Family	Kyle Trager
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Edward James Olmos	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Admiral William Adama
	Kiefer Sutherland	24	Fox	Jack Bauer
	Noah Wyle	The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines	TNT	Flynn Carsen
2007 (34th)	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Matt Dallas	Kyle XY	ABC Family	Kyle Trager
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Kevin McKidd	Journeyman	NBC	Dan Vasser
	Edward James Olmos	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Admiral William Adama
	Lee Pace	Pushing Daisies	ABC	Ned
2008 (35th)	Edward James Olmos	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Admiral William Adama
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Noah Wyle	The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice	TNT	Flynn Carsen
2009 (36th)	Josh Holloway	Lost	ABC	James "Sawyer" Ford
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Zachary Levi	Chuck	NBC	Chuck Bartowski
	Stephen Moyer	True Blood	HBO	Bill Compton
	David Tennant	Doctor Who	BBC America	The Doctor

2010s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
2010 (37th)	Stephen Moyer	True Blood	HBO	Bill Compton
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
2011 (38th)	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Sean Bean	Game of Thrones	HBO	Eddard "Ned" Stark
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Dylan McDermott	American Horror Story	FX	Ben Harmon
	Noah Wyle	Falling Skies	TNT	Tom Mason
2012 (39th)	Kevin Bacon	The Following	Fox	Ryan Hardy
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Billy Burke	Revolution	NBC	Miles Matheson
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Joshua Jackson	Fringe	Fox	Peter Bishop
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
2013 (40th)	Mads Mikkelsen	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
	Kevin Bacon	The Following	Fox	Ryan Hardy
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Hugh Dancy	Hannibal	NBC	Will Graham
	Freddie Highmore	Bates Motel	A&E	Norman Bates
	James Spader	The Blacklist	NBC	Raymond "Red" Reddington
	Noah Wyle	Falling Skies	TNT	Tom Mason
2014 (41st)	Hugh Dancy	Hannibal	NBC	Will Graham
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Tobias Menzies	Outlander	Starz	Frank Randall / Jack Randall
	Mads Mikkelsen	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
	Noah Wyle	Falling Skies	TNT	Tom Mason
2015 (42nd)	Bruce Campbell	Ash vs Evil Dead	Starz	Ash Williams
	Charlie Cox	Daredevil	Netflix	Daredevil
	Matt Dillon	Wayward Pines	Fox	Ethan Burke
	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox	Fox Mulder
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Mads Mikkelsen	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
2016 (43rd)	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Bruce Campbell	Ash vs Evil Dead	Starz	Ash Williams
	Mike Colter	Luke Cage	Netflix	Luke Cage
	Charlie Cox	Daredevil	Netflix	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	James "Jamie" Fraser
	Freddie Highmore	Bates Motel	A&E	Norman Bates
2017 (44th)	Kyle MacLachlan	Twin Peaks: The Return	Showtime	Dale Cooper
	Jon Bernthal	The Punisher	Netflix	Frank Castle / Punisher
	Bruce Campbell	Ash vs Evil Dead	Starz	Ash Williams
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Jason Isaacs	Star Trek: Discovery	CBS All Access	Captain Gabriel Lorca
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Seth MacFarlane	The Orville	Fox	Ed Mercer
	Ricky Whittle	American Gods	Starz	Shadow Moon
2018 (45th)	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jon Snow
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Seth MacFarlane	The Orville	Fox	Ed Mercer
	Bill Pullman	The Sinner	USA Network	Harry Ambrose
	Jeffrey Wright	Westworld	HBO	Bernard Lowe
2019/20 (46th)	Patrick Stewart	Star Trek: Picard	CBS All Access	Jean-Luc Picard
	Henry Cavill	The Witcher	Netflix	Geralt of Rivia
	Mike Colter	Evil	CBS	David Acosta
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Jonathan Majors	Lovecraft Country	HBO	Atticus "Tic" Freeman
	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	AMC	Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman

2020s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
2021/2022 (47th)	Network/Cable
	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	AMC	Saul Goodman
	Colman Domingo	Fear the Walking Dead	AMC	Victor Strand
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Showtime	Faraday
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter: New Blood	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Tyler Hoechlin	Superman & Lois	The CW	Clark Kent/Superman
	Harold Perrineau	From	Epix	Boyd Stevens
	Streaming
	Oscar Isaac	Moon Knight	Disney+	Marc Spector/Moon Knight
	Tom Hiddleston	Loki	Disney+	Loki
	Anthony Mackie	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier		Sam Wilson/Falcon
	Ewan McGregor	Obi-Wan Kenobi		Obi-Wan Kenobi
	Anson Mount	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Christopher Pike
	Adam Scott	Severance	Apple TV+	Mark Scout
	Antony Starr	The Boys	Amazon Prime Video	Homelander
2022/2023 (51st)	Patrick Stewart	Star Trek: Picard	Paramount+	Jean-Luc Picard
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Tyler Hoechlin	Superman & Lois	The CW	Clark Kent/Superman
	Diego Luna	Andor	Disney+	Cassian Andor
	Anson Mount	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Christopher Pike
	Pedro Pascal	The Last of Us	HBO	Joel
	Harold Perrineau	From	MGM+	Boyd Stevens

Multiple nominations

8 nominations

Richard Dean Anderson
Michael C. Hall

7 nominations

Andrew Lincoln

6 nominations

Ben Browder
Bryan Cranston
Matthew Fox
Sam Heughan
Noah Wyle

5 nominations

David Boreanaz
Grant Gustin
Tom Welling

4 nominations

David Duchovny
Timothy Hutton

3 nominations

Scott Bakula
Bruce Campbell
Mads Mikkelsen
Edward James Olmos

2 nominations

Kevin Bacon
Jason Behr
Nicholas Brendon
Eric Close
Mike Colter
Charlie Cox
Matt Dallas
Hugh Dancy
Lance Henriksen
Freddie Highmore
Seth MacFarlane
Julian McMahon
Stephen Moyer
Bob Odenkirk
Patrick Stewart

Multiple wins

3 wins

David Boreanaz (2 consecutive)

2 wins

Ben Browder
Bryan Cranston (consecutive)
Matthew Fox
Andrew Lincoln
Patrick Stewart

External links

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Merged (1990s-2010s)	Kyle Chandler (1996) Steven Weber (1997) Richard Dean Anderson (1998) David Boreanaz (1999) Robert Patrick (2000) Ben Browder (2001) David Boreanaz (2002) David Boreanaz (2003) Ben Browder (2004) Matthew Fox (2005) Michael C. Hall (2006) Matthew Fox (2007) Edward James Olmos (2008) Josh Holloway (2009) Stephen Moyer (2010) Bryan Cranston (2011) Kevin Bacon / Bryan Cranston (2012) Mads Mikkelsen (2013) Hugh Dancy / Andrew Lincoln (2014) Bruce Campbell (2015) Andrew Lincoln (2016) Kyle MacLachlan (2017) Patrick Stewart (2019/2020)
Network/Cable	Sam Heughan (2018/2019) Bob Odenkirk (2021/2022)
Streaming	Henry Thomas (2018/2019) Oscar Isaac (2021/2022)
Merged (2020s)	Patrick Stewart (2022/2023)

v t e Saturn Awards
Film	Best Action / Adventure Film Release Best Actor in a Film Best Actress in a Film Best Animated Film Release Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release Best Fantasy Film Release Best Film Costume Design Best Film Director Best Film Editing Best Film Make-up Best Film Music Best Film Production Design Best Film Special / Visual Effects Best Film Writing Best Horror Film Release Best Independent Film Release Best International Film Release Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film Best Science Fiction Film Release Best Supporting Actor in a Film Best Supporting Actress in a Film Best Thriller Film Release
Television	Best Action / Thriller Television Series Best Actor on Television Best Actress on Television Best Actor in Streaming Television Series Best Actress in Streaming Television Series Best Animated Series on Television Best Fantasy Television Series Best Film Presentation in Streaming Media Best Guest Starring Performance in a Network or Cable Television Series Best Guest Starring Performance in a Streaming Television Series Best Horror Television Series Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Newtwork or Cable Television Series Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Streaming Television Series Best Science Fiction Television Series Best Streaming Horror/Thriller Series Best Supporting Actor on Television Best Supporting Actress on Television Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Television Series Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series Best Television Presentation (under 10 Episodes)
Home Entertainment	Best 4K Film Release Best DVD / BD Classic Film Release Best DVD / BD Collection Best DVD / BD Television Movie or Series Release
Special awards	Artist Showcase Award Breakthrough Performance Award Dan Curtis Legacy Award Filmmaker's Showcase Award The George Pal Memorial Award Legion M Breakout Director Award The Life Career Award The President's Memorial Award Producer's Showcase Award Special Recognition Award Stan Lee World Builder Award Visionary Award
Retired awards	Best DVD or Blu-ray Release (2001–2018/19) Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release (2001–2018/19) Best Home Video Release (1991–2000) Best International Series (2007) Best Low-Budget Film (1980–1982) Best Network Television Series (1988–2014) Best New Media Television Series (2015–2017) Best Guest Starring Role on Television (2008-2021) Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series (2013-2021) Best Retro Television Series on DVD (2004–2008) Best Streaming Science Fiction, Action & Fantasy Series (2018/19) Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series (2015-2021) Best Streaming Superhero Series (2017–2018/19) Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series (1996–2014) Best Youth-Oriented Television Series (2011–2014)
Ceremonies	1972 1973 1974/75 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989/90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018/19 2019/20 2021/22 2022/23
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.