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Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama

Satellite Award

The Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama is one of the annual awards given by the International Press Academy.

Check all the winners of Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama presented under Satellite Award since 1997 .


Bryan Cranston

Honored for : Breaking Bad

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jon Hamm Mad Men
Aden Young Rectify
Michael Sheen Masters of Sex
Derek Jacobi Last Tango in Halifax
Jeff Daniels The Newsroom
Kevin Spacey House of Cards
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad
Freddie Highmore Bates Motel

Damian Lewis

Honored for : Homeland

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Timothy Olyphant Justified
Jonny Lee Miller Elementary
Damian Lewis Homeland
Jon Hamm Mad Men
Jeff Daniels The Newsroom
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad

Timothy Olyphant

Honored for : Justified

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights
Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire
Role: Enoch \"Nucky\" Thompson
Timothy Olyphant Justified
William H. Macy Shameless
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad
Role: Walter White
Wendell Pierce Treme

Bryan Cranston

Honored for : Breaking Bad

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights
Josh Charles The Good Wife
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall Dexter
Jon Hamm Mad Men
Stephen Moyer True Blood

Bryan Cranston

Honored for : Breaking Bad

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jon Hamm Mad Men
Nathan Fillion Castle
Gabriel Byrne In Treatment
Bill Paxton Big Love
Lucian Msamati The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad

Bryan Cranston

Honored for : Breaking Bad

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad
Jason Isaacs Brotherhood
Michael C. Hall Dexter
David Tennant Doctor Who
Gabriel Byrne In Treatment
Jon Hamm Mad Men

Michael C. Hall

Honored for : Dexter

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael C. Hall Dexter
Bill Paxton Big Love
Hugh Laurie House
Denis Leary Rescue Me
Eddie Izzard The Riches
James Woods Shark

Hugh Laurie

Honored for : House

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hugh Laurie House
Bill Paxton Big Love
Michael C. Hall Dexter
Denis Leary Rescue Me
Matthew Perry Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Bradley Whitford Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Matthew Fox

Honored for : Lost

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Vincent D'Onofrio Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Treat Williams Everwood
Anthony LaPaglia Without a Trace
James Spader Boston Legal
Matthew Fox Lost
Hugh Laurie House
Ian McShane Deadwood
Jake Weber Medium
Dylan Walsh Nip/Tuck
Denis Leary Rescue Me

Hugh Laurie

Honored for : House

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Vincent D'Onofrio Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Treat Williams Everwood
Anthony LaPaglia Without a Trace
James Spader Boston Legal
Matthew Fox Lost
Hugh Laurie House
Ian McShane Deadwood
Jake Weber Medium
Dylan Walsh Nip/Tuck
Denis Leary Rescue Me

Michael Chiklis

Honored for : The Shield

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Boreanaz Angel
Julian McMahon Nip/Tuck
Anthony LaPaglia Without a Trace
Michael Chiklis The Shield
David Paymer Line of Fire
Nick Stahl Carnivàle

Kiefer Sutherland

Honored for : 24

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Sheen The West Wing
Chi McBride Boston Public
Michael Chiklis The Shield
Peter Krause Six Feet Under
Kiefer Sutherland 24

Kiefer Sutherland

Honored for : 24

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kiefer Sutherland 24
William Petersen CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Craig T. Nelson The District
James Gandolfini The Sopranos
Martin Sheen The West Wing

Timothy Daly

Honored for : The Fugitive

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Timothy Daly The Fugitive
Dennis Haysbert Now and Again
James Gandolfini The Sopranos
Nicky Katt Boston Public
Martin Sheen The West Wing

Martin Sheen

Honored for : The West Wing

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sam Waterston Law & Order
Martin Sheen The West Wing
Dylan McDermott The Practice
Eamonn Walker Oz
James Gandolfini The Sopranos

Ernie Hudson

Honored for : Oz

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jimmy Smits NYPD Blue
Ernie Hudson Oz
Michael T. Weiss The Pretender
Dylan McDermott The Practice
George Clooney ER

Jimmy Smits

Honored for : NYPD Blue

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Duchovny The X-Files
Sam Waterston Law & Order
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue
Michael T. Weiss The Pretender
Jimmy Smits NYPD Blue

David Duchovny

Honored for : The X-Files

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Duchovny The X-Files
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue
Anthony Edwards ER
Héctor Elizondo Chicago Hope
Andre Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street