Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

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First awarded 1954 Country United States of America Currently held by Rami Malek		Official website emmys.com Instituted 1954 Category of Primetime Emmy Award
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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, prior to the category's creation.

§ – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation.

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