For a comprehensive list of winners for Best Actor in a Television Drama Series at the Golden Globes, keep reading.


Best Actor in a Television Drama

The Best Actor in a Television Drama Series was presented for the first time in 1961 and it was a tie between John Daly and Bob Newehart. The official title of the award has been recently changed to ‘Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama’. 

List of Winners - Golden Globes Best Actor in a Television Drama Series 

Year
Winners
Film
1961
John Daly / Bob Newhart
 
1962
 Richard Chamberlain
 Dr. Kildare
1963
 Mickey Rooney
 Mickey
1964
 Gene Barry
 Burke's Law
1965
 David Janssen
 The Fugitive
1966
 Dean Martin
 The Dean Martin Show
1967
 Martin Landau
 Mission Impossible
1968
 Carl Betz
 Judd for the Defense
1969
 Mike Connors
 Mannix
1970
 Peter Graves
 Mission Impossible
1971
 Robert Young
 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1972
 Peter Falk
 Columbo
1973
 James Stewart
 Hawkins
1974
 Telly Savalas
 Kojak
1975
 Robert Blake/Baretta/Telly Savalas
 Kojak
1976
 Richard Jordan
 Captains and the Kings
1977
 Edward Asner
 Lou Grant
1978
 Michael Moriarty
 Holocaust
1979
 Ed Asner
 Lou Grant
1980
 Richard Chamberlain
 Shogun
1981
 Daniel J. Travanti
 Hill Street Blues
1982
 John Forsythe
 Dynasty
1983
 John Forsythe
 Dynasty
1984
 Tom Selleck
 Magnum, P.I.
1985
 Don Johnson
 Miami Vice
1986
 Edward Woodward
 The Equalizer
1987
 Richard Kiley
 A Year in the Life
1988
 Ron Perlman
 Beauty and the Beast
1989
 Ken Wahl
 Wiseguy
1990
 Kyle MacLachlan
 Twin Peaks as Dale Cooper
1991
 Scott Bakula
 Quantum Leap as Sam Beckett
1992
 Sam Waterston
 I'll Fly Away as Forrest Bedford
1993
 David Caruso
 NYPD Blue as John Kelly
1994
 Dennis Franz
 NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz
1995
 Jimmy Smits
 NYPD Blue as Bobby Simone
1996
 David Duchovny
 The X-Files as Fox Mulder
1997
 Anthony Edwards
 ER as Mark Greene
1998
 Dylan McDermott
 The Practice as Bobby Donnell
1999
 James Gandolfini
 The Sopranos as Tony Soprano
2000
 Martin Sheen
 The West Wing as Josiah Bartlet
2001
 Kiefer Sutherland
 24 as Jack Bauer
2002
 Michael Chiklis
 The Shield as Vic Mackey
2003
 Anthony LaPaglia
 Without a Trace as Jack Malone
2004
 Ian McShane
 Deadwood as Al Swearengen
2005
 Hugh Laurie
 House as Gregory House
2006
 Hugh Laurie
 House as Gregory House
2007
 Jon Hamm
 Mad Men as Don Draper
2008
 Gabriel Byrne
 In Treatment as Paul Weston
2009
 Michael C. Hall
 Dexter as Dexter Morgan