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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

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First awarded
  
1952

Country
  
United States of America

Official website
  
emmys.com

Category of
  
Primetime Emmy Award

Awarded for
  
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Currently held by
  
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016)

Presented by
  
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie

Winners & Nominees
  
Courtney B VanceThe People v O J Simpson: American Crime Story - Season 1, Courtney B Vance, Winner, Benedict CumberbatchSherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nominee, Bryan CranstonAll the Way, Bryan Cranston, Nominee, Idris ElbaLuther, Idris Elba, Nominee, Cuba Gooding JrThe People v O J Simpson: American Crime Story - Season 1, Cuba Gooding Jr, Nominee, Tom HiddlestonThe Night Manager, Tom Hiddleston, Nominee, Richard JenkinsOlive Kitteridge, Richard Jenkins, Winner, Timothy HuttonAmerican Crime, Timothy Hutton, Nominee, Ricky GervaisDerek, Ricky Gervais, Nominee, David OyelowoNightingale, David Oyelowo, Nominee, Adrien BrodyHoudini, Adrien Brody, Nominee, Mark RylanceWolf Hall, Mark Rylance, Nominee, Benedict CumberbatchSherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, Winner, Mark RuffaloThe Normal Heart, Mark Ruffalo, Nominee, Idris ElbaLuther, Idris Elba, Nominee, Martin FreemanFargo, Martin Freeman, Nominee, Chiwetel EjioforDancing on the Edge, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nominee, Billy Bob ThorntonFargo, Billy Bob Thornton, Nominee, Michael DouglasBehind the Candelabra, Michael Douglas, Winner, Benedict CumberbatchParade's End, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nominee, Matt DamonBehind the Candelabra, Matt Damon, Nominee, Toby JonesThe Girl, Toby Jones, Nominee, Al PacinoPhil Spector, Al Pacino, Nominee, Kevin CostnerHatfields & McCoys, Kevin Costner, Winner, Bill PaxtonHatfields & McCoys, Bill Paxton, Nominee, Benedict CumberbatchSherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nominee, Woody HarrelsonGame Change, Woody Harrelson, Nominee, Idris ElbaLuther, Idris Elba, Nominee, Clive OwenHemingway & Gellhorn, Clive Owen, Nominee

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.

Contents

1950s

  • 1952: Thomas Mitchell
  • 1953: no award
  • 1954: Robert Cummings – Twelve Angry Men
  • 1955: Lloyd Nolan – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
  • 1956: Jack Palance – Requiem for a Heavyweight
  • 1957: Peter Ustinov – The Life of Samuel Johnson
  • 1958: no award
  • 1959: Fred Astaire – An Evening with Fred Astaire

    • 1960s

  • 1960: Laurence Olivier – The Moon and Sixpence
  • 1961: Maurice Evans – Macbeth
  • 1962: Peter Falk – The Price of Tomatoes
  • 1963: Trevor Howard – The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
  • 1964: Jack Klugman – The Blacklist
  • 1965: Alfred Lunt – The Magnificent Yankee
  • 1966: Cliff Robertson – The Game
  • 1967: Peter Ustinov – Barefoot in Athens
  • 1968: Melvyn Douglas – Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
  • 1969: Paul Scofield – Male of the Species

    • 1970s

  • 1970: Peter Ustinov – A Storm in Summer
  • 1971: George C. Scott – The Price
  • 1972: Keith Michell – The Six Wives of Henry VIII
  • 1973: Laurence Olivier – Long Day's Journey into Night
  • 1973: Anthony Murphy – Tom Brown's Schooldays
  • 1974: Hal Holbrook – Pueblo
  • 1974: William Holden – The Blue Knight
  • 1975: Laurence Olivier – Love Among the Ruins
  • 1975: Peter Falk – Columbo
  • 1976 – TV Movie: Anthony Hopkins – The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
  • William Devane – Fear on Trial
  • Edward Herrmann – Eleanor and Franklin
  • Jack Lemmon – The Entertainer
  • Jason Robards – A Moon for the Misbegotten
  • 1976 – Limited Series: Hal Holbrook – Sandburg's Lincoln
  • George Grizzard – The Adams Chronicles
  • Nick Nolte – Rich Man, Poor Man
  • Peter Strauss – Rich Man, Poor Man
  • 1977 – TV Movie: Ed Flanders – Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
  • Peter Boyle – Tail Gunner Joe
  • Peter Finch – Raid on Entebbe
  • Edward Herrmann – Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
  • George C. Scott – Beauty and the Beast
  • 1977 – Limited Series: Christopher Plummer – The Moneychangers
  • Stanley Baker – How Green Was My Valley
  • Richard Jordan – Captains and the Kings
  • Steven Keats – Seventh Avenue
  • 1978 – TV Movie: Fred Astaire – A Family Upside Down
  • Alan Alda – Kill Me If You Can
  • Hal Holbrook – Our Town
  • Martin Sheen – Taxi!!! (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
  • James Stacy – Just a Little Inconvenience
  • 1978 – Limited Series: Michael Moriarty – Holocaust
  • Hal Holbrook – The Awakening Land
  • Jason Robards – Washington: Behind Closed Doors
  • Fritz Weaver – Holocaust
  • Paul Winfield – King
  • 1979: Peter Strauss – The Jericho Mile
  • Ned Beatty – Friendly Fire
  • Louis Gossett Jr. – Backstairs at the White House
  • Kurt Russell – Elvis

    • References

    Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Wikipedia
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