This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. These awards, like the guest acting awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
In January 2024, the Television Academy announced several rule changes for the 76th Emmy Awards, including adjustments to the short form categories. Due to a decline in submissions over the past five years, the Academy combined the separate awards for Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series into a single, gender-neutral category: Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. This consolidation aimed to streamline the awards process and better reflect the current state of short form content.
Winners and nominations
2010s Year Actor Program Role Network 2016(68th) Rob Corddry Childrens Hospital Dr. Blake Downs Adult Swim Rob Huebel Childrens Hospital Dr. Owen MaestroAdult Swim Jack McBrayer Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Ollie Oscar NunezThe Crossroads of History JackHistory Lou Diamond Phillips Chieftain 2017(69th) Kim Estes Dicks Amanda Vimeo Ty Burrell Boondoggle Ty ABCd/ABC.com John Michael Higgins Tween Fest Todd CrawfordGo90 Jason Ritter Tales of Titans Greg Ben Schwartz The Earliest Show Josh Bath Funny or Die Alan Tudyk Con Man Wray Nerely Comic-Con HQ 2018(70th) James Corden James Corden's Next James Corden James Corden CBS on Snapchat Alexis Denisof I Love Bekka & Lucy Glenn Stage13.com Melvin Jackson Jr. This Eddie Murphy Role Is Mine, Not Yours Melvin Jackson Jr./Eddie MurphyYouTube DeStorm Power Caught: The Series DeStorm Power Miles Tagtmeyer Broken Liam Vimeo 2019(71st) Chris O'Dowd State of the Union Tom Sundance Ed Begley Jr. Ctrl Alt Delete Dr. Rosenblatt Vimeo Jimmy Fallon Beto Breaks the Internet Beto O'Rourke NBC Ryan O'ConnellIn 2019, Jonathan Banks was nominated for the AMC series Better Call Saul Employee Training: Madrigal Electromotive Security. The nomination was rescinded after it was determined that several episodes were shorter than two minutes, violating the TV Academy's rule that six episodes air during the eligibility period with a runtime of at least two minutes. Sixth place finisher Ryan O'Connell became the fifth nominee. Special Ryan Hayes Netflix Patton Oswalt An Emmy for Megan Patton AnEmmyForMegan.com
2020s Year Actor Program Role Network 2020(72nd) Laurence Fishburne #FreeRayshawn Lt. Steven Poincy Quibi Mamoudou Athie Oh Jerome, No (Cake) Jerome FX Corey Hawkins Survive PaulQuibi Stephan James #FreeRayshawn Rayshawn Morris Christoph Waltz Most Dangerous Game Miles Sellars 2021(73rd) J. B. Smoove Mapleworth Murders Chief Billy Bills Quibi Brendan Scannell Bonding Pete Devon Netflix Kevin Hart Die Hart Kevin HartQuibi John Lutz Mapleworth Murders Gilbert Pewntz John Travolta Die Hart Ron Wilcox 2022(74th) Tim Robinson I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Various Characters Netflix Anthony A. Anderson Anacostia Sean Williams-Grey YouTube Bill Burr Immoral Compass Rick Roku Brendan Gleeson State of the Union Scott Sundance TV Ikechukwu Ufomadu Words With Ike (Cake) Ikechukwu Ufomadu FX 2023(75th) Tim Robinson I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Various Characters Netflix Kevin HartDie Hart 2: Die Harter Kevin HartThe Roku Channel Ben Schwartz Andre
Multiple wins 2 wins Tim Robinson (consecutive)
Multiple nominations 2 nominations
Kevin Hart Tim Robinson Ben Schwartz
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