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
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Film
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1961
|
John Daly / Bob Newhart
|
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1962
|
Richard Chamberlain
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Dr. Kildare
|
1963
|
Mickey Rooney
|
Mickey
|
1964
|
Gene Barry
|
Burke's Law
|
1965
|
David Janssen
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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
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