| Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical | |
|---|---|
| 2025 recipient: Jak Malone | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
| Location | United States New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat (2025) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality featured roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The awards are named after Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.
Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year." [1]
The award was originally called the Tony Award for Best Performance in a Musical. It was first presented to David Wayne at the 1st Tony Awards for his portrayal of Og in Finian's Rainbow . Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public; [2] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". [3] Following the first ceremony, this category was not awarded until 1950 when it was renamed to Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured or Supporting Role in a Musical. It was renamed again to its current title in 1976.
Hinton Battle holds the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of three. No characters have taken the award multiple times, but Herbie in Gypsy is the most nominated with five.
| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) | Ref. |
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| 1947 (1st) | ||||
| David Wayne | Finian's Rainbow | Og |
| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 (4th) | ||||
| Myron McCormick | South Pacific | Luther Billis | ||
| 1951 (5th) | ||||
| Russell Nype | Call Me Madam | Kenneth Gibson | ||
| 1952 (6th) | ||||
| Yul Brynner | The King and I | The King of Siam | ||
| 1953 (7th) | ||||
| Hiram Sherman | Two's Company | Various Characters | ||
| 1954 (8th) | ||||
| Harry Belafonte | John Murray Anderson's Almanac | Various Characters | ||
| 1955 (9th) | ||||
| Cyril Ritchard | Peter Pan | Captain Hook / Mr. Darling | ||
| 1956 (10th) | ||||
| Russ Brown | Damn Yankees | Benny Van Buren | [4] | |
| Mike Kellin | Pipe Dream | Hazel | ||
| Will Mahoney | Finian's Rainbow | Finian McLonergan | ||
| Scott Merrill | The Threepenny Opera | Macheath | ||
| 1957 (11th) | ||||
| Sydney Chaplin | Bells Are Ringing | Jeff Moss | [5] | |
| Robert Coote | My Fair Lady | Colonel Pickering | ||
| Stanley Holloway | Alfred P. Doolittle | |||
| 1958 (12th) | ||||
| David Burns | The Music Man | Mayor Shinn | [6] | |
| Ossie Davis | Jamaica | Cicero | ||
| Cameron Prud'Homme | New Girl in Town | Chris | ||
| Iggie Wolfington | The Music Man | Marcellus Washburn | ||
| 1959 (13th) | ||||
| Russell Nype | Goldilocks | George Randolph Brown | [7] | |
| Leonard Stone | Redhead | George Poppett |
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