El Primetime Emmy al millor actor en sèrie dramàtica (en anglès Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) és el Premi Emmy que s'atorga anualment a la millor actuació masculina en una sèrie dramàtica de televisió.
Guanyadors i nominats A partir del 1960 el guanyador de cada any es mostra sobre fons groc:
Dècada del 1950 Any Actor Programa Personatge 1955-1956 Robert Young Father Knows Best Jim Anderson 1956-1957 Robert Young Father Knows Best Jim Anderson 1957-1958 No hi va haver premi 1958-1959 Raymond Burr Perry Mason Perry Mason
Dècada del 1960 Any Actor Programa Personatge Cadena 1959-1960 Robert Stack The Untouchables Eliot Ness ABC Raymond Burr Perry Mason Perry MasonCBS Richard Boone Have Gun–Will Travel Paladin 1960-1961 Raymond Burr Perry Mason Perry Mason CBS Jackie Cooper Hennesey Chick HenneseyCBS Robert Stack The Untouchables Eliot Ness 1961-1962 E. G. Marshall The Defenders Lawrence Preston CBS Vince Edwards Ben Casey Ben Casey ABC Jackie Cooper Hennesey Chick Hennesey CBS Paul Burke Naked City Adam Flint ABC George Maharis Route 66 Buz Murdock CBS 1962-1963 E.G. Marshall The Defenders Lawrence Preston CBS Vic Morrow Combat! Sergent Sanders ABC Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show Rob PetrieCBS Ernest Borgnine McHale's Navy Tinent Capità Quinton McHale Paul Burke Naked City Det. Adam Flint ABC 1963-1964 No hi va haver premi 1964-1965 No hi va haver premi 1965-1966 Bill Cosby I Spy Alexander Scott NBC David Janssen The Fugitive Dr. Richard Kimble ABC Robert Culp I Spy Kelly RobinsonNBC David McCallum The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Illya Kuryakin Richard Crenna Slattery's People James Slattery CBS 1966-1967 Bill Cosby I Spy Alexander Scott NBC David Janssen The Fugitive Dr. Richard Kimble ABC Robert Culp I Spy Kelly Robinson NBC Martin Landau Mission: Impossible Rollin Hand CBS Ben Gazzara Run for Your Life Paul Bryan NBC 1967-1968 Bill Cosby I Spy Alexander Scott NBC Robert Culp I Spy Kelly RobinsonNBC Raymond Burr Ironside Robert T. Ironside Martin Landau Mission: Impossible Rollin Hand CBS Ben Gazzara Run for Your Life Paul Bryan NBC 1968-1969 Carl Betz Judd, for the Defense Clinton Judd ABC Raymond Burr Ironside Robert T. Ironside NBC Peter GravesMission: Impossible Jim PhelpsCBS Martin Landau Rollin Hand Ross Martin The Wild Wild West Artemus Gordon
Dècada del 1970 Any Actor Programa Personatge Cadena 1969-1970 Robert Young Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. Marcus Welby ABC Raymond Burr Ironside Robert T. Ironside NBC Robert Wagner It Takes a Thief Al Mundy ABC Mike Connors Mannix Joe Mannix CBS 1970-1971 Hal Holbrook The Bold Ones: The Senator Hays Stowe NBC Raymond Burr Ironside Robert T. Ironside NBC Mike Connors Mannix Joe Mannix CBS Robert Young Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. Marcus Welby ABC 1971-1972 Peter Falk Columbo Tinent Columbo NBC Raymond Burr Ironside Robert T. Ironside NBC Mike Connors Mannix Joe Mannix CBS Robert Young Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. Marcus Welby ABC Keith Michell The Six Wives of Henry VIII Enric VIII d'Anglaterra CBS 1972-1973 Richard Thomas The Waltons John-Boy Walton CBS William Conrad Cannon Frank Cannon CBS David Carradine Kung Fu Kwai Chang Caine ABC Mike Connors Mannix Joe Mannix CBS Peter Falk Columbo Tinent Columbo NBC 1973-1974 Telly Savalas Kojak Tinent Theo Kojak CBS William Conrad Cannon Frank Cannon CBS Karl Malden The Streets of San Francisco Tinent Mike Stone ABC Richard Thomas The Waltons John-Boy Walton CBS 1974-1975 Robert Blake Baretta Det. Tony Baretta ABC Telly Savalas Kojak Theo Kojak CBS Barry Newman Petrocelli Anthony J. Petrocelli NBC Karl Malden The Streets of San Francisco Tinent Mike Stone ABC 1975-1976 Peter Falk Columbo Tinent Columbo NBC James Garner The Rockford Files Jim Rockford NBC Karl Malden The Streets of San Francisco Tinent Mike Stone ABC 1976-1977 James Garner The Rockford Files Jim Rockford NBC Robert Blake Baretta Det. Tony Baretta ABC Peter Falk Columbo Tinent ColumboNBC Jack Klugman Quincy, M.E. Dr. R. Quincy, M.E. Karl Malden The Streets of San Francisco Tinent Mike Stone ABC 1977-1978 Edward Asner Lou Grant Lou Grant CBS Peter Falk Columbo Tinent ColumboNBC Jack Klugman Quincy, M.E. Dr. R. Quincy, M.E. James Garner The Rockford Files Jim Rockford Ralph Waite The Waltons John Walton, Sr. CBS 1978-1979 Ron Leibman Kaz Kazinsky CBS Edward Asner Lou Grant Lou Grant CBS Jack Klugman Quincy, M.E. Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.NBC James Garner The Rockford Files Jim Rockford
Dècada del 1980 Any Actor Programa Personatge Cadena 1979-1980 Edward Asner Lou Grant Lou Grant CBS James Garner The Rockford Files Jim Rockford NBC Larry Hagman Dallas J. R. Ewing CBS Jack Klugman Quincy, M.E. R. Quincy NBC 1980-1981 Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues Frank Furillo NBC Edward Asner Lou Grant Lou GrantCBS Jim Davis Dallas Jock Ewing Louis Gossett, Jr. Palmerstown, U.S.A. Bessie's Father Larry Hagman Dallas J. R. Ewing Pernell Roberts Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John McIntyre 1981-1982 Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues Frank Furillo NBC Edward Asner Lou Grant Lou Grant CBS John Forsythe Dynasty Blake Carrington ABC James Garner Bret Maverick Bret Maverick NBC Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. Thomas Magnum CBS 1982-1983 Ed Flanders St. Elsewhere Donald Westphall NBC William Daniels St. Elsewhere Mark Craig NBC John Forsythe Dynasty Blake Carrington ABC Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. Thomas Magnum CBS Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues Frank Furillo NBC 1983-1984 Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. Thomas Magnum CBS William Daniels St. Elsewhere Mark Craig NBC John Forsythe Dynasty Blake Carrington ABC Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues Frank Furillo NBC 1984-1985 William Daniels St. Elsewhere Mark Craig NBC Ed Flanders St. Elsewhere Donald WestphallNBC Don Johnson Miami Vice Sonny Crockett Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. Thomas Magnum CBS Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues Frank Furillo NBC 1985-1986 William Daniels St. Elsewhere Mark Craig NBC Ed Flanders St. Elsewhere Donald Westphall NBC Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. Thomas Magnum CBS Bruce Willis Moonlighting David Addison ABC Edward Woodward L'equalitzador Robert McCall CBS 1986-1987 Bruce Willis Moonlighting David Addison ABC Corbin Bernsen L.A. Law Arnie BeckerNBC William Daniels St. Elsewhere Mark Craig Ed Flanders St. Elsewhere Donald Westphall NBC Edward Woodward L'equalitzador Robert McCall CBS 1987-1988 Richard Kiley A Year in the Life Joe Gardner NBC Corbin Bernsen L.A. Law Arnie Becker NBC Ron Perlman La Bella i la Bèstia (Beauty and the Beast) Vincent CBS Michael Tucker L.A. Law Stuart Markowitz NBC Edward Woodward L'equalitzador Robert McCall CBS 1988-1989 Carroll O'Connor In the Heat of the Night Bill Gillespie NBC Ron Perlman La Bella i la Bèstia (Beauty and the Beast) Vincent CBS Michael Tucker L.A. Law Stuart Markowitz NBC Ken Wahl Wiseguy Vinnie TerranovaCBS Edward Woodward L'equalitzador Robert McCall
Dècada del 1990 Any Actor Programa Personatge Cadena 1989-1990 Peter Falk Columbo Columbo ABC Scott Bakula Quantum Leap Sam BeckettNBC Robert Loggia Mancuso, F.B.I. Nick Mancuso Kyle MacLachlan Twin Peaks Dale Cooper ABC Edward Woodward L'equalitzador Robert McCall CBS 1990-1991 James Earl Jones Gabriel's Fire Gabriel Bird ABC Scott Bakula Quantum Leap Sam Beckett NBC Peter Falk Columbo ColumboABC Kyle MacLachlan Twin Peaks Dale Cooper Michael Moriarty Law & Order Benjamin Stone NBC 1991-1992 Christopher Lloyd | Road to Avonlea| Alistair Dimple| Disney Channel|- | Scott Bakula | Quantum Leap | Sam Beckett | NBC |- | Kirk Douglas | Tales from the Crypt | General Kalthrob | HBO |- | Michael Moriarty | Law & Order | Benjamin Stone | NBC |- | Rob Morrow | Northern Exposure | Joel Fleischman | CBS |- | Harrison Page | Quantum Leap | Reverend Walters | rowspan=2|NBC |- | Sam Waterston | I'll Fly Away | Forrest Bedford |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1992-1993|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Tom Skerritt| Picket Fences| Jimmy Brock| CBS|- | Scott Bakula | Quantum Leap | Sam Beckett | rowspan=2|NBC |- | Michael Moriarty | Law & Order | Benjamin Stone |- | Rob Morrow | Northern Exposure | Joel Fleischman | CBS |- | Sam Waterston | I'll Fly Away | Forrest Bedford | NBC |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1993-1994|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Dennis Franz| NYPD Blue| Andy Sipowicz| ABC|- | David Caruso | NYPD Blue | John Kelly | rowspan=2|ABC |- | Peter Falk | Columbo | Columbo |- | Michael Moriarty | Law & Order | Benjamin Stone | NBC |- | Tom Skerritt | Picket Fences | Jimmy Brock | CBS |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1994-1995|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Mandy Patinkin| Chicago Hope| Jeffrey Geiger| CBS|- | George Clooney | rowspan=2|ER | Doug Ross | rowspan=2|NBC |- | Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene |- | Dennis Franz | rowspan=2|NYPD Blue | Andy Sipowicz | rowspan=2|ABC |- | Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1995-1996|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Dennis Franz| NYPD Blue| Andy Sipowicz| ABC|- | Andre Braugher | Homicide: Life on the Street | Frank Pembleton | NBC |- | George Clooney | rowspan=2|ER | Doug Ross | rowspan=2|NBC |- | Anthony Edwards | Mark Greene |- | Jimmy Smits | NYPD Blue | Bobby Simone | ABC |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1996-1997|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Dennis Franz| NYPD Blue| Andy Sipowicz| ABC|- | David Duchovny | The X-Files | Fox Mulder | Fox |- | Anthony Edwards | ER | Mark Greene | NBC |- | Jimmy Smits | NYPD Blue | Bobby Simone | ABC |- | Sam Waterston | Law & Order | Jack McCoy | NBC |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1997-1998|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Andre Braugher| Homicide: Life on the Street| Frank Pembleton| NBC|- | David Duchovny | The X-Files | Fox Mulder | Fox |- | Anthony Edwards | ER | Mark Greene | NBC |- | Dennis Franz | rowspan=2|NYPD Blue | Andy Sipowicz | rowspan=2|ABC |- | Jimmy Smits | Bobby Simone |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1998-1999|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Dennis Franz| NYPD Blue| Andy Sipowicz| ABC|- | James Gandolfini | The Sopranos | Tony Soprano | HBO |- | Dylan McDermott | The Practice | Bobby Donnell | rowspan=2|ABC'|- | Jimmy Smits | NYPD Blue| Bobby Simone |- | Sam Waterston | Law & Order'' Jack McCoy NBC
Dècada del 2000