Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Location | New York City |
Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
Currently held by | J. Harrison Ghee for Some Like It Hot (2023) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been given since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly announced since 1956.
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Project | Ref. |
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1948 (2nd) | ||||
Paul Hartman | Angel in the Wings | Various Characters | ||
1949 (3rd) | ||||
Ray Bolger | Where's Charley? | Charley Wykeham | ||
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Project | Ref. |
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1950 (4th) | ||||
Ezio Pinza | South Pacific | Emile De Beque | ||
1951 (5th) | ||||
Robert Alda | Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson | ||
1952 (6th) | ||||
Phil Silvers | Top Banana | Jerry Biffle | ||
1953 (7th) | ||||
Thomas Mitchell | Hazel Flagg | Dr. Downer | ||
1954 (8th) | ||||
Alfred Drake | Kismet | Hajj | ||
1955 (9th) | ||||
Walter Slezak | Fanny | Panisse | ||
1956 (10th) | ||||
Ray Walston | Damn Yankees | Mr. Applegate | [1] | |
Stephen Douglass | Damn Yankees | Joe Hardy | ||
William Johnson | Pipe Dream | Doc | ||
1957 (11th) | ||||
Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins | [2] | |
Fernando Lamas | Happy Hunting | Duke of Granada | ||
Robert Weede | The Most Happy Fella | Tony | ||
1958 (12th) | ||||
Robert Preston | The Music Man | Harold Hill | [3] | |
Ricardo Montalbán | Jamaica | Koli | ||
Eddie Foy Jr. | Rumple | Rumple | ||
Tony Randall | Oh, Captain! | Captain Henry St. James | ||
1959 (13th) | ||||
Richard Kiley | Redhead | Tom Baxter | [4] | |
Larry Blyden | Flower Drum Song | Sammy Fong |
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Project | Ref. |
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2020 (74th) | ||||
Aaron Tveit | Moulin Rouge! | Christian | ||
2022 (75th) | ||||
Myles Frost | MJ | MJ | [65] | |
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 (76th) | ||||
J. Harrison Ghee | Some Like It Hot | Jerry/Daphne | [66] | |
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 | ||
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-*Most of the leading male characters in Little Me are played by the same actor, but the actual roles vary. In the original 1962 Broadway production and the 1998 revival, Sid Caesar and Martin Short (respectively) played Noble Eggleston, Amos Pinchley, Val du Val, Fred Poitrine, Otto Schnitzler, and Prince Cherney. Caesar also played Noble Junior. In the 1981 revival, the lead roles were split among James Coco and Victor Garber with Garber playing Noble Eggleston, Val du Val, Fred Poitrine, and Noble Junior.
Winners are in bold.
Actors who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
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