Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actors in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
- # – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, before the category's creation
- § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, before the category's creation
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2022 recipient: Lee Jung-jae | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1954 |
| Currently held by | Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game (2022) |
| Website | emmys |