Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | |
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![]() The 2022 recipient: Brett Goldstein | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1954 |
Currently held by | Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso (2022) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actors in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances often included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy | ||||
1970 (22nd) | ||||
Michael Constantine | Principal Seymour Kaufman | Room 222 | ABC | |
Werner Klemperer | Col. Wilhelm Klink | Hogan's Heroes | CBS | |
Charles Nelson Reilly | Claymore Gregg | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | ABC | |
1971 (23rd) | ||||
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Michael Constantine | Principal Seymour Kaufman | Room 222 | ABC | |
Gale Gordon | Harrison "Uncle Harry" Carter | Here's Lucy | CBS | |
1972 (24th) | ||||
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | ||
1973 (25th) | ||||
Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Gary Burghoff | Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | ||
Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | ||
McLean Stevenson | Lt. Col. Henry Blake | M*A*S*H | ||
Best Supporting Actor in Comedy | ||||
1974 (26th) | ||||
Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | CBS | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Gary Burghoff | Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | ||
Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | ||
McLean Stevenson | Lt. Col. Henry Blake | M*A*S*H | ||
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | ||||
1975 (27th) | ||||
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Gary Burghoff | Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | ||
Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | ||
McLean Stevenson | Lt. Col. Henry Blake | M*A*S*H | ||
1976 (28th) | ||||
Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Gary Burghoff | Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | ||
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | |||
Abe Vigoda | Sgt. Philip K. Fish | Barney Miller | ABC | |
1977 (29th) | ||||
Gary Burghoff | Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
Ed Asner | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | |
Ted Knight | Ted Baxter | |||
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | ||
Abe Vigoda | Sgt. Philip K. Fish | Barney Miller | ABC | |
1978 (30th) | ||||
Rob Reiner | Michael Stivic | All in the Family | CBS | |
Tom Bosley | Howard Cunningham | Happy Days | ABC | |
Gary Burghoff | Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | |||
Vic Tayback | Mel Sharples | Alice | ||
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series | ||||
1979 (31st) | ||||
Robert Guillaume | Benson DuBois | Soap | ABC | |
Gary Burghoff | Corp. "Radar" O'Reilly | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
Danny DeVito | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC | |
Max Gail | Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz | Barney Miller | ||
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | ||||
1980 (32nd) | ||||
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
Mike Farrell | Cap. BJ Hunnicutt | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
Max Gail | Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz | Barney Miller | ABC | |
Howard Hesseman | Dr. Johnny Fever | WKRP in Cincinnati | CBS | |
Steve Landesberg | Arthur P. Deitrich | Barney Miller | ABC | |
1981 (33rd) | ||||
Danny DeVito | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC | |
Howard Hesseman | Dr. Johnny Fever | WKRP in Cincinnati | CBS | |
Steve Landesberg | Arthur P. Deitrich | Barney Miller | ABC | |
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
David Ogden Stiers | Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III | |||
1982 (34th) | ||||
Christopher Lloyd | Reverend Jim Ignatowski | Taxi | ABC | |
Danny DeVito | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ABC | |
Ron Glass | Det. Ron Harris | Barney Miller | ||
Steve Landesberg | Arthur P. Deitrich | |||
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
David Ogden Stiers | Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III | |||
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series | ||||
1983 (35th) | ||||
Christopher Lloyd | Reverend Jim Ignatowski | Taxi | NBC | |
Nicholas Colasanto | Coach Ernie Pantusso | Cheers | NBC | |
Danny DeVito | Louie De Palma | Taxi | ||
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman Potter | M*A*S*H | CBS | |
Eddie Murphy | Various characters | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | ||||
1984 (36th) | ||||
Pat Harrington Jr. | Dwayne Schneider | One Day at a Time | CBS | |
René Auberjonois | Clayton Endicott III | Benson | ABC | |
Nicholas Colasanto | Coach Ernie Pantusso | Cheers | NBC | |
Tom Poston | George Utley | Newhart | CBS | |
George Wendt | Norm Peterson | Cheers | NBC | |
1985 (37th) | ||||
John Larroquette | Dan Fielding | Night Court | NBC | |
Nicholas Colasanto (posthumously) | Coach Ernie Pantusso | Cheers | NBC | |
Michael J. Fox | Alex P. Keaton | Family Ties | ||
John Ratzenberger | Cliff Clavin | Cheers | ||
George Wendt | Norm Peterson | |||
1986 (38th) | ||||
John Larroquette | Dan Fielding | Night Court | NBC | |
Tom Poston | George Utley | Newhart | CBS | |
John Ratzenberger | Cliff Clavin | Cheers | NBC | |
Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Theo Huxtable | The Cosby Show | ||
George Wendt | Norm Peterson | Cheers | ||
1987 (39th) | ||||
John Larroquette | Dan Fielding | Night Court | NBC | |
Woody Harrelson | Woody Boyd | Cheers | NBC | |
Tom Poston | George Utley | Newhart | CBS | |
Peter Scolari | Michael Harris | |||
George Wendt | Norm Peterson | Cheers | NBC | |
1988 (40th) | ||||
John Larroquette | Dan Fielding | Night Court | NBC | |
Kelsey Grammer | Frasier Crane | Cheers | NBC | |
Woody Harrelson | Woody Boyd | |||
Peter Scolari | Michael Harris | Newhart | CBS | |
George Wendt | Norm Peterson | Cheers | NBC | |
1989 (41st) | ||||
Woody Harrelson | Woody Boyd | Cheers | NBC | |
Joe Regalbuto | Frank Fontana | Murphy Brown | CBS | |
Peter Scolari | Michael Harris | Newhart | ||
Meshach Taylor | Anthony Bouvier | Designing Women | ||
George Wendt | Norm Peterson | Cheers | NBC |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
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1990 (42nd) | |||||
Alex Rocco | Al Floss | The Famous Teddy Z | "Pilot" + "Teddy Sells the House" + "Agent of the Year" | CBS | |
Woody Harrelson | Woody Boyd | Cheers | "Woody or Won’t He" + "Fifty-Fifty Carla" + "Lover Boyd" | NBC | |
Kelsey Grammer | Frasier Crane | "The Stork Brings a Crane" + "Severe Crane Damage" + "The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec" | |||
Charles Kimbrough | Jim Dial | Murphy Brown | "Anchors Away" + "Roasted" + "On the Road Again" | CBS | |
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "If Coach Falls in the Woods" + "Coaches Conference" + "Homewreckers" | ABC | |
1991 (43rd) | |||||
Jonathan Winters | Gunny Davis | Davis Rules | "Rules of the Game" + "Mission: Improbable" | CBS | |
Woody Harrelson | Woody Boyd | Cheers | "Veggie Boyd" + "Woody Interrupts" | NBC | |
Charles Durning | Harlan Eldridge | Evening Shade | "The Baby Show" + "Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?" | CBS | |
Michael Jeter | Herman Stiles | "Sex Education" + "Chip off the Old Brick" | |||
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "A Father and Son Reunion" + "Cabin Fever" | ABC | |
1992 (44th) | |||||
Michael Jeter | Herman Stiles | Evening Shade | "Herman in Charge" + "Hasta La Vista, Baby" | CBS | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Tape" + "The Note" | NBC | |
Charles Durning | Harlan Eldridge | Evening Shade | "Three Naked Men (Parts 1 & 2) | CBS | |
Harvey Fierstein § | Mark Newberger | Cheers | "Rebecca’s Lover…Not" | NBC | |
Jay Thomas § | Jerry Gold | Murphy Brown | "Uh-Oh (Parts 2 & 3)" | CBS | |
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "Last of the Red-Hot Luthers" + "I Think I Can’t, I Think I Can’t" | ABC | |
1993 (45th) | |||||
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | Seinfeld | "The Junior Mint" + "The Watch" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Contest" + "The Outing" | NBC | |
Michael Jeter | Herman Stiles | Evening Shade | "Harlan Deals a Meal" + "The Really Odd Couple" | CBS | |
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank’s Contract" + "Guest Host" | HBO | |
Rip Torn | Artie | "The New Producer" + "The Spider Episode" | |||
1994 (46th) | |||||
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | Seinfeld | "The Sniffing Accountant" + "The Opposite" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Opposite" + "The Hamptons" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "A Midwinter Night’s Dream" + "Author, Author" | ||
Rip Torn | Artie | The Larry Sanders Show | "Larry’s Birthday" + "The List" | HBO | |
Jerry Van Dyke | Luther Van Dam | Coach | "Coach for a Day (Part 2)" + "Piece o’ Cake" | ABC | |
1995 (47th) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Flour Child" + "An Affair to Forget" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Race" + "The Gymnast" | NBC | |
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | "The Jimmy" + "The Fusilli Jerry" | |||
David Schwimmer | Ross Geller | Friends | "The One with the Blackout" + "The One with the Sonogram at the End" | ||
Rip Torn | Artie | The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur’s Crisis" + "Like No Business, I Know" | HBO | |
1996 (48th) | |||||
Rip Torn | Artie | The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur After Hours" + "The P.A." | HBO | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Pool Guy" + "The Invitations" | NBC | |
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | "The Pool Guy" + "The Wait-Out" | |||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "The Last Time I Saw Maris" + "Moon Dance" | ||
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank’s New Assistant" + "Nothing Personal" | HBO | |
1997 (49th) | |||||
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer | Seinfeld | "The Chicken Roaster" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Comeback" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Mixed Doubles" + "Daphne Hates Sherry" | ||
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | — | HBO | |
Rip Torn | Artie | — | |||
1998 (50th) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "The Maris Counselor" + "First Date" | NBC | |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza | Seinfeld | "The Strike" | NBC | |
Phil Hartman | Bill McNeal | NewsRadio | — | ||
Jeffrey Tambor | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | — | HBO | |
Rip Torn | Artie | — | |||
1999 (51st) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Three Valentines" | NBC | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Driving Frank" + "Ping Pong" | CBS | |
Peter MacNicol | John Cage | Ally McBeal | — | FOX | |
John Mahoney | Martin Crane | Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Our Parents, Ourselves" | NBC | |
David Spade | Dennis Finch | Just Shoot Me! | "Slow Donnie" + "Two Girls for Every Boy" |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
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2000 (52nd) | |||||
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Homo for the Holidays" + "Acting Out" | NBC | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Prodigal Son" + "Debra Makes Something Good" | CBS | |
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | "Someone’s Cranky" + "Confronting the Attacker" | |||
Peter MacNicol | John Cage | Ally McBeal | — | Fox | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Rivals" + "A Tsar is Born" | NBC | |
2001 (53rd) | |||||
Peter MacNicol | John Cage | Ally McBeal | "In Search of Barry White" + "Reasons to Believe" | Fox | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Frank Paints the House" + "Wallpaper" | CBS | |
Robert Downey Jr. | Larry Paul | Ally McBeal | "Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts" + "The Obstacle Course" | Fox | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Gypsies, Tramp and Weed" + "Grace 0, Jack 2000" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Daphne Returns" + "Hooping Cranes" | ||
2002 (54th) | |||||
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Raybert" + "Lucky Suit" | CBS | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Frank Goes Downstairs" + "The Kicker" | CBS | |
Bryan Cranston | Hal | Malcolm in the Middle | "Poker" + "Monkey" | Fox | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "A Chorus Line" + "Went to a Garden Potty" | NBC | |
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "Room Full of Heroes" + "Deathtrap" | ||
2003 (55th) | |||||
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Just a Formality" + "Robert’s Wedding" | CBS | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Grandpa Steals" + "Meeting the Parents" | CBS | |
Bryan Cranston | Hal | Malcolm in the Middle | "Malcolm Holds His Tongue" + "Daycare" | Fox | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Bacon & Eggs" + "Sex, Losers, and Videotape" | NBC | |
John Mahoney | Martin Crane | Frasier | "The Devil and Dr. Phil" + "Fathers and Sons" | ||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | "Roe to Perdition" + "Fraternal Schwins" | |||
2004 (56th) | |||||
David Hyde Pierce | Niles Crane | Frasier | "No Sex Please We’re Skittish" + "Goodnight, Seattle" | NBC | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Jazz Records" + "The Mentor" | CBS | |
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | "The Model" + "Golf for It" | |||
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Me & Mr. Jones" + "I Never Cheered for my Father" | NBC | |
Jeffrey Tambor | George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth | Arrested Development | "Visiting Ours" + "Not Without My Daughter" | Fox | |
2005 (57th) | |||||
Brad Garrett | Robert Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "A Job for Robert" + "Pat’s Secret" | CBS | |
Peter Boyle | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Boys Therapy" + "Tasteless Frank" | CBS | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Queens for a Day" + "It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World" | NBC | |
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "The Review" + "Busey and the Beach" | HBO | |
Jeffrey Tambor | George Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth | Arrested Development | "Burning Love" + "Righteous Brothers" | Fox | |
2006 (58th) | |||||
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "The Bat Mitzvah" + "Exodus" | HBO | |
Will Arnett | Gob Bluth | Arrested Development | "Making a Stand" + "S.O.B.s" | Fox | |
Bryan Cranston | Hal | Malcolm in the Middle | "Hal Grieves" + "College Recruiters" | ||
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Ergo, the Booty Call" + "Weekend in Bangkok" | CBS | |
Sean Hayes | Jack McFarland | Will & Grace | "Alive and Schticking" + "I Love L. Gay" | NBC | |
2007 (59th) | |||||
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "Manic Monday" | HBO | |
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head" | CBS | |
Kevin Dillon | Johnny "Drama" Chase | Entourage | "The Resurrection" | HBO | |
Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | "Showdown" | CBS | |
Rainn Wilson | Dwight Schrute | The Office | "The Coup" | NBC | |
2008 (60th) | |||||
Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold | Entourage | "The Day Fuckers" | HBO | |
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Meander to Your Dander" | CBS | |
Kevin Dillon | Johnny "Drama" Chase | Entourage | "The Dream Team" | HBO | |
Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | "The Goat" | CBS | |
Rainn Wilson | Dwight Schrute | The Office | "Money" | NBC | |
2009 (61st) | |||||
Jon Cryer | Alan Harper | Two and a Half Men | "Sir Lancelot’s Litterbox" | CBS | |
Kevin Dillon | Johnny "Drama" Chase | Entourage | "Tree Trippers" | HBO | |
Neil Patrick Harris | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | "Benefits" | CBS | |
Jack McBrayer | Kenneth Parcell | 30 Rock | "The Bubble" | NBC | |
Tracy Morgan | Tracy Jordan | "The Funcooker" | |||
Rainn Wilson | Dwight Schrute | The Office | "Heavy Competition" |
Superlative | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | |
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Actor with most awards | Don Knotts (5) | |
Actor with most nominations | David Hyde Pierce (11) | |
Actor with most nominations without ever winning |
Jason Alexander, Peter Boyle (7) | |
Television program with most wins | The Andy Griffith Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (5) | |
Television program with most nominations | M*A*S*H (21) |
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