Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1986 |
Currently held by | Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live (2021) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Prior to 1988 the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
Winners and nominations[]
indicates the winner
1970s[]
Year | Actor | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
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1975 (27th) [1] | |||||
Patrick McGoohan | Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light | Col. Lyle C. Rumford | "By Dawn's Early Light" | NBC | |
Lew Ayres | Kung Fu | Beaumont | "The Vanishing Image" | ABC | |
Harold Gould | Police Story | Andrea Basic | "Fathers and Sons" | NBC | |
Harry Morgan | M*A*S*H | Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele | "The General Flipped at Dawn" | CBS | |
1976 (28th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[2] | |||||
Ed Asner | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | "Parts I" | ABC | |
Bill Bixby | The Streets of San Francisco | Eric Doyle | "The Police Buff" | ABC | |
Tony Musante | Medical Story | Dr. Paul Brandon | "The Quality of Mercy" | NBC | |
Robert Reed | Medical Center | Dr. Pat Caddison | "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" | CBS | |
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[3] | |||||
Gordon Jackson | Upstairs, Downstairs | Hudson | "The Beastly Hun" | PBS | |
Bill Bixby | Rich Man, Poor Man | Willie Abbott | "Part VI" | ABC | |
Norman Fell | Smitty | "Part V" | |||
Van Johnson | Marsh Goodwin | "Parts VII" | |||
Roscoe Lee Browne | Barney Miller | Charlie Jeffers | "The Escape Artist" | ||
1977 (29th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[4] | |||||
Louis Gossett Jr. | Roots | Fiddler | "Part IV" | ABC | |
John Amos | Roots | Toby | "Part V" | ABC | |
LeVar Burton | Kunta Kinte | "Part I" | |||
Ben Vereen | "Chicken" George Moore | "Part VI" | |||
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[5] | |||||
Ed Asner | Roots | Capt. Davies | "Part 1" | ABC | |
Charles Durning | Captains and the Kings | Billy Rice | "Chapter 2" | NBC | |
Moses Gunn | Roots | Kintango | "Part I" | ABC | |
Robert Reed | Dr. William Reynolds | "Part V" | |||
Ralph Waite | Third mate Slater | "Part I" | |||
1978 (30th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[6] | |||||
Barnard Hughes | Lou Grant | Judge Felix Rushman | "Judge" | CBS | |
Will Geer | The Love Boat | Franklyn Bootherstone | "The Old Man and the Runaway" | ABC | |
David Cassidy | Police Story | Officer Dan Shay | "A Chance to Live" | NBC | |
Judd Hirsch | Rhoda | Mike Andretti | "Rhoda Likes Mike" | CBS | |
John Rubinstein | Family | Jeff Maitland | "And Baby Makes Three" | ABC | |
Keenan Wynn | Police Woman | Ben Fletcher | "Good Old Uncle Ben" | NBC | |
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[7] | |||||
Ricardo Montalbán | How the West Was Won | Satangkai | "Part I" | ABC | |
Will Geer | Eight is Enough | Santa Claus | "Yes, Nicholas... There is a Santa Claus" | ABC | |
Larry Gelman | Barney Miller | Edward Sellers | "Goodbye, Mr. Fish" | ||
Abe Vigoda | Det. Phil Fish | "Goodbye, Mr. Fish" | |||
Harold Gould | Rhoda | Martin Morgenstern | "Happy Anniversary" | CBS |
1980s[]
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series
Year | Actor/Actress | Program | Role | Network |
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1986 (38th) | ||||
Roscoe Lee Browne | The Cosby Show | Dr. Barnabus Foster | NBC | |
Earle Hyman | The Cosby Show | Russell Huxtable | NBC | |
Danny Kaye | Dr. Burns | |||
Clarice Taylor | Anna Huxtable | |||
Stevie Wonder | Himself | |||
1987 (39th) | ||||
John Cleese | Cheers | Dr. Simon Finch-Royce | NBC | |
Art Carney | The Cavanaughs | James "Weasel" Cavanaugh | CBS | |
Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stan Zbornak | NBC | |
Lois Nettleton | Jean | |||
Nancy Walker | Angela | |||
1988 (40th) | ||||
Beah Richards | Frank's Place | Mrs. Varden | CBS | |
Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stan Zbornak | NBC | |
Geraldine Fitzgerald | Anna | |||
Eileen Heckart | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Hickson | ||
Gilda Radner | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Herself | Showtime |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
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1989 (41st) | ||||
Cleavon Little | Dear John | Tony Larkin | NBC | |
Sammy Davis Jr. | The Cosby Show | Ray Palomino | NBC | |
Jack Gilford | The Golden Girls | Max Weinstock | ||
Leslie Nielsen | Day by Day | Jack Harper | ||
Robert Picardo | The Wonder Years | Mr. Cutlip | ABC |
1990s[]
Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
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1990 (42nd) | ||||
Jay Thomas | Murphy Brown | Jerry Gold | CBS | |
David Huddleston | The Wonder Years | Grandpa Arnold | ABC | |
Darren McGavin | Murphy Brown | Bill Brown | CBS | |
Jerry Orbach | The Golden Girls | Glenn O'Brien | NBC | |
Dick Van Dyke | Ken Whittingham | |||
1991 (43rd) | ||||
Jay Thomas | Murphy Brown | Jerry Gold | CBS | |
Sheldon Leonard | Cheers | Sid Nelson | NBC | |
Alan Oppenheimer | Murphy Brown | Eugene Kinsella | CBS | |
Tom Poston | Coach | Art Hibke | ABC | |
Danny Thomas | Empty Nest | Dr. Leo Brewster | NBC | |
1992 (44th) |
no award | |||
1993 (45th) | ||||
David Clennon | Dream On | Peter Brewer | HBO | |
Tom Berenger | Cheers | Don Santry | NBC | |
Dana Carvey | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | HBO | |
Bill Erwin | Seinfeld | Sid Fields | NBC | |
Joel Grey | Brooklyn Bridge | Jacob Pressman | CBS | |
1994 (46th) | ||||
Martin Sheen | Murphy Brown | Nick Brody | CBS | |
Jason Alexander | Dream On | Randall Townsend | HBO | |
Paul Dooley | Mickey Tupper | |||
John Glover | Frasier | Ned Miller | NBC | |
Judge Reinhold | Seinfeld | Aaron | ||
1995 (47th) | ||||
Carl Reiner | Mad About You | Alan Brady | NBC | |
Sid Caesar | Love & War | Stein | CBS | |
Nathan Lane | Frasier | Phil | NBC | |
Robert Pastorelli | Murphy Brown | Eldin Bernecky | CBS | |
Paul Reubens | Andrew J. Lansing III | |||
1996 (48th) | ||||
Tim Conway | Coach | Kenny Montague | ABC | |
Griffin Dunne | Frasier | Bob | NBC | |
Harris Yulin | Jerome Belasco | |||
Larry Thomas | Seinfeld | The Soup Nazi | ||
Mandy Patinkin | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | HBO | |
1997 (49th) | ||||
Mel Brooks | Mad About You | Uncle Phil | NBC | |
David Duchovny | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | HBO | |
Sid Caesar | Mad About You | Uncle Harold | NBC | |
James Earl Jones | Frasier | Norman | ||
Jerry Stiller | Seinfeld | Frank Costanza | ||
1998 (50th) | ||||
Mel Brooks | Mad About You | Uncle Phil | NBC | |
Lloyd Bridges | Seinfeld | Izzy Mandelbaum | NBC | |
Hank Azaria | Mad About You | Nat | ||
Nathan Lane | Nathan Twilley | |||
John Cleese | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Dr. Liam Neesam | ||
1999 (51st) | ||||
Mel Brooks | Mad About You | Uncle Phil | NBC | |
Woody Harrelson | Frasier | Woody Boyd | NBC | |
Charles Nelson Reilly | The Drew Carey Show | Mr. Hathaway | ABC | |
John Ritter | Ally McBeal | George Madison | Fox | |
William Shatner | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Big Giant Head | NBC |
2000s[]
Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
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2000 (52nd) | ||||
Bruce Willis | Friends | Paul Stevens | NBC | |
Anthony LaPaglia | Frasier | Simon Moon | NBC | |
William H. Macy[note 1][8] | Sports Night | Sam Donovan | ABC | |
Carl Reiner | Beggars and Choosers | Sid Barry | Showtime | |
Tom Selleck | Friends | Dr. Richard Burke | NBC | |
2001 (53rd) | ||||
Derek Jacobi | Frasier | Jackson Hedley | NBC | |
Robert Loggia | Malcolm in the Middle | Grandpa Victor | Fox | |
Victor Garber | Frasier | Ferguson | NBC | |
Gary Oldman | Friends | Richard Crosby | ||
Michael York | The Lot | Colin Rhome | AMC | |
2002 (54th) | ||||
Anthony LaPaglia | Frasier | Simon Moon | NBC | |
Michael Douglas | Will & Grace | Det. Gavin Hatch | NBC | |
Adam Arkin | Frasier | Tom | ||
Brian Cox | Harry Moon | |||
Brad Pitt | Friends | Will Colbert | ||
2003 (55th) | ||||
Gene Wilder | Will & Grace | Mr. Stein | NBC | |
Hank Azaria | Friends | David | NBC | |
David Duchovny | Life with Bonnie | Johnny Volcano | ABC | |
Jonathan Winters | Q.T. Marlens | |||
Fred Willard | Everybody Loves Raymond | Hank MacDougall | CBS | |
2004 (56th) | ||||
John Turturro | Monk | Ambrose Monk | USA | |
John Cleese | Will & Grace | Lyle Finster | NBC | |
Danny DeVito | Friends | Roy Goodbody | ||
Anthony LaPaglia | Frasier | Simon Moon | ||
Fred Willard | Everybody Loves Raymond | Hank MacDougall | CBS | |
2005 (57th) | ||||
Bobby Cannavale | Will & Grace | Vince D'Angelo | NBC | |
Alec Baldwin | Will & Grace | Malcolm | NBC | |
Victor Garber | Peter Bovington | |||
Jeff Goldblum | Scott Woolley | |||
Fred Willard | Everybody Loves Raymond | Hank MacDougall | CBS | |
2006 (58th) | ||||
Leslie Jordan | Will & Grace | Beverley Leslie | NBC | |
Martin Sheen | Two and a Half Men | Harvey | CBS | |
Alec Baldwin | Will & Grace | Malcolm | NBC | |
Patrick Stewart | Extras | Himself | HBO | |
Ben Stiller | ||||
2007 (59th) | ||||
Stanley Tucci | Monk | David Ruskin | USA | |
Beau Bridges | My Name Is Earl | Carl Hickey | NBC | |
Giovanni Ribisi | Ralph Mariano | |||
Martin Landau | Entourage | Bob Ryan | HBO | |
Ian McKellen | Extras | Himself | ||
2008 (60th) | ||||
Tim Conway | 30 Rock | Bucky Bright | NBC | |
Shelley Berman | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Nat David | HBO | |
Steve Buscemi | 30 Rock | Lenny Wosniak | NBC | |
Will Arnett | Devon Banks | |||
Rip Torn | Don Geiss | |||
2009 (61st) | ||||
Justin Timberlake | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | NBC | |
Beau Bridges | Desperate Housewives | Eli Scruggs | ABC | |
Alan Alda | 30 Rock | Milton Greene | NBC | |
Jon Hamm | Dr. Drew Baird | |||
Steve Martin | Gavin Volure |
2010s[]
Year | Actor | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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2010 (62nd) [9] | |||||
Neil Patrick Harris | Glee | Bryan Ryan | "Dream On" | Fox | |
Will Arnett | 30 Rock | Devon Banks | "Into the Crevasse" | NBC | |
Jon Hamm | Dr. Drew Baird | "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" | |||
Mike O'Malley | Glee | Burt Hummel | "Wheels" | Fox | |
Eli Wallach | Nurse Jackie | Bernard Zimberg | "Chicken Soup" | Showtime | |
Fred Willard | Modern Family | Frank Dunphy | "Travels with Scout" | ABC | |
2011 (63rd) [10] | |||||
Justin Timberlake | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Justin Timberlake" | NBC | |
Will Arnett | 30 Rock | Devon Banks | "Plan B" | NBC | |
Matt Damon | Carol Burnett | "Double-Edged Sword" | |||
Idris Elba | The Big C | Lenny Charles | "Blue-Eyed Iris" | Showtime | |
Zach Galifianakis | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Zach Galifianakis" | NBC | |
Nathan Lane | Modern Family | Pepper Saltzman | "Boys' Night" | ABC | |
2012 (64th) [11] | |||||
Jimmy Fallon | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Jimmy Fallon" | NBC | |
Will Arnett | 30 Rock | Devon Banks | "Idiots Are People Three!" | NBC | |
Jon Hamm | Abner / David Brinkley | "Live from Studio 6H" | |||
Bobby Cannavale | Nurse Jackie | Dr. Mike Cruz | "Disneyland Sucks" | Showtime | |
Michael J. Fox | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Michael J. Fox | "Larry vs. Michael J. Fox" | HBO | |
Greg Kinnear | Modern Family | Tad Murray | "Me? Jealous?" | ABC | |
2013 (65th) [12] | |||||
Bob Newhart | The Big Bang Theory | Arthur Jeffries | "The Proton Resurgence" | CBS | |
Louis C.K. | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Louis C.K." | NBC | |
Justin Timberlake | "Host: Justin Timberlake" | ||||
Bobby Cannavale | Nurse Jackie | Dr. Mike Cruz | "Walk of Shame" | Showtime | |
Will Forte | 30 Rock | Paul L'astnamé | "My Whole Life Is Thunder" | NBC | |
Nathan Lane | Modern Family | Pepper Saltzman | "A Slight at the Opera" | ABC | |
2014 (66th) [13] | |||||
Jimmy Fallon | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Jimmy Fallon" | NBC | |
Steve Buscemi | Portlandia | Marty | "Celery" | IFC | |
Louis C.K. | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Louis C.K." | NBC | |
Gary Cole | Veep | Kent Davison | "Crate" | HBO | |
Nathan Lane | Modern Family | Pepper Saltzman | "The Wedding" (Part 2) | ABC | |
Bob Newhart | The Big Bang Theory | Arthur Jeffries | "The Proton Transmogrification" | CBS | |
2015 (67th) [14] | |||||
Bradley Whitford | Transparent | Marcy May | "Best New Girl" | Amazon | |
Mel Brooks | The Comedians | Mel Brooks | "Celebrity Guest" | FX | |
Louis C.K. | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Louis C.K." | NBC | |
Bill Hader | "Host: Bill Hader" | ||||
Paul Giamatti | Inside Amy Schumer | Juror #10 | "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer" | Comedy Central | |
Jon Hamm | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Richard Wayne Gary Wayne | "Kimmy Makes Waffles!" | Netflix | |
2016 (68th) [15] | |||||
Peter Scolari[note 2][16] | Girls | Tad Horvath | "Good Man" | HBO | |
Larry David | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Larry David" | NBC | |
Tracy Morgan | "Host: Tracy Morgan" | ||||
Martin Mull | Veep | Bob Bradley | "The Eagle" | HBO | |
Bob Newhart | The Big Bang Theory | Arthur Jeffries | "The Opening Night Excitation" | CBS | |
Bradley Whitford | Transparent | Magnus Hirschfeld | "Oscillate" | Amazon | |
2017 (69th) [17] | |||||
Dave Chappelle | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Dave Chappelle" | NBC | |
Riz Ahmed | Girls | Paul-Louis | "All I Ever Wanted" | HBO | |
Tom Hanks | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Tom Hanks" | NBC | |
Lin-Manuel Miranda | "Host: Lin-Manuel Miranda" | ||||
Hugh Laurie | Veep | Tom James | "Blurb" | HBO | |
Matthew Rhys | Girls | Chuck Palmer | "American Bitch" | HBO | |
2018 (70th) | |||||
Katt Williams | Atlanta | Uncle Willie | "Alligator Man" | FX | |
Sterling K. Brown | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Philip Davidson | "The Box" | Fox | |
Bryan Cranston | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dr. Lionel Templeton | "Running with the Bulls" | HBO | |
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Lin-Manuel Miranda | "Fatwa!" | |||
Donald Glover | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Donald Glover" | NBC | |
Bill Hader | "Host: Bill Hader" | ||||
2019 (71st) | |||||
Luke Kirby | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Lenny Bruce | "All Alone" | Amazon | |
Matt Damon | Saturday Night Live | Brett Kavanaugh / Various roles | "Host: Matt Damon" | NBC | |
Robert De Niro | Robert Mueller | "Host: Sandra Oh" | |||
John Mulaney | Various Characters | "Host: John Mulaney" | |||
Adam Sandler | "Host: Adam Sandler" | ||||
Peter MacNicol | Veep | Jeff Kane | "Oslo" | HBO | |
Rufus Sewell | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Declan Howell | "Look, She Made a Hat" | Amazon |
2020s[]
Year | Actor | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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2020 (72nd) | |||||
Eddie Murphy | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Eddie Murphy" | NBC | |
Luke Kirby | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Lenny Bruce | "It's Comedy or Cabbage" | Amazon | |
Dev Patel | Modern Love | Joshua | "When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist" | ||
Adam Driver | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Adam Driver" | NBC | |
Brad Pitt | Anthony Fauci | "SNL at Home #2" | |||
Fred Willard (posthumous) | Modern Family | Frank Dunphy | "Legacy" | ABC | |
2021 (73rd) | |||||
Dave Chappelle | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Dave Chappelle" | NBC | |
Morgan Freeman | The Kominsky Method | Himself | "The Round Toes, Of The High Shoes" | Netflix | |
Alec Baldwin | Saturday Night Live | President Donald Trump | "Host: Dave Chappelle" | NBC | |
Daniel Kaluuya | Various Characters | "Host: Daniel Kaluuya" | |||
Dan Levy | "Host: Dan Levy" |
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Notes[]
- ^ In 2000, Henry Winkler was nominated for the canceled NBC sitcom Battery Park. After the Television Academy learned that his episode aired in June — after the May 31 cut-off — Winkler was ruled ineligible and sixth place finisher William H. Macy received the nomination in his place.
- ^ In 2016, Peter MacNicol was nominated for the HBO series Veep. His nomination was rescinded after it was determined that MacNicol had appeared in five out of ten episodes in the fifth season of Veep, violating the TV Academy's rule that to be ruled eligible for a guest acting category, a performer must have appeared in "less than 50 percent" of a season's episodes. Seventh place finisher Peter Scolari received the nomination in his place, going on to win the category.
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