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Every Golden Globes Best Supporting Actor on Television winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 26 different winners.

Best Supporting Actor on Television was previously known as Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

At the 2023 ceremony alone it covered series only, because supporting performances in limited series, anthology series and television films were judged in a separate award that was folded back in from 2024.

It took over from Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Television Film.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Peter Fonda'00
Robert Downey Jr.'01
Stanley Tucci'02
Donald Sutherland'03
Jeffrey Wright'04
William Shatner'05
Paul Newman'06
Jeremy Irons'07
Jeremy Piven'08
Tom Wilkinson'09
John Lithgow'10
Chris Colfer'11
Peter Dinklage'12
Ed Harris'13
Jon Voight'14
Matt Bomer'15
Christian Slater'16
Hugh Laurie'17
Alexander Skarsgård'18
Ben Whishaw'19
Stellan Skarsgård'20
John Boyega'21
O Yeong-su'22
Tyler James Williams'23
Matthew Macfadyen'24
Tadanobu Asano'25
Wins by network / distributor
  1. HBO1350%
  2. Showtime312%
  3. 20th Century28%
  4. ABC28%
  5. Amazon28%
  6. AMC14%
  7. Other312%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

  • Sean Hayes6 noms
  • Bradley Whitford3 noms
  • Eric Stonestreet3 noms
  • Henry Winkler3 noms
  • Kieran Culkin3 noms
  • Alan Arkin2 noms

Most losses

  • Sean Hayes6L · 0W
  • Jeremy Piven5L · 1W
  • Bradley Whitford3L · 0W
  • Donald Sutherland3L · 1W
  • Eric Stonestreet3L · 0W
  • Henry Winkler3L · 0W

The full list

YearWinnerNetwork / Distributor
2025Tadanobu Asano (Shōgun)
beat 5 others
  • Javier Bardem (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
  • Harrison Ford (Shrinking)
  • Jack Lowden (Slow Horses)
  • Diego Luna (La Máquina)
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
FX
2024Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
beat 5 others
  • Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
  • James Marsden (Jury Duty)
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
  • Alan Ruck (Succession)
  • Alexander Skarsgård (Succession)
HBO
2023Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
beat 4 others
  • John Lithgow (The Old Man)
  • Jonathan Pryce (The Crown)
  • John Turturro (Severance)
  • Henry Winkler (Barry)
ABC
2022O Yeong-su (Squid Game)
beat 4 others
  • Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
  • Kieran Culkin (Succession)
  • Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)
  • Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
Netflix
2021John Boyega (Small Axe)
beat 4 others
  • Brendan Gleeson (The Comey Rule)
  • Daniel Levy (Schitt's Creek)
  • Jim Parsons (Hollywood)
  • Donald Sutherland (The Undoing)
Amazon Prime Video
2020Stellan Skarsgård (Chernobyl)
beat 4 others
  • Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
  • Kieran Culkin (Succession)
  • Andrew Scott (Fleabag)
  • Henry Winkler (Barry)
HBO
2019Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal)
beat 4 others
  • Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
  • Kieran Culkin (Succession)
  • Édgar Ramírez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
  • Henry Winkler (Barry)
Amazon Prime Video
2018Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies)
beat 4 others
  • David Harbour (Stranger Things)
  • Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and Joan)
  • Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
  • David Thewlis (Fargo)
HBO
2017Hugh Laurie (The Night Manager)
beat 4 others
  • Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
  • John Lithgow (The Crown)
  • Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
  • John Travolta (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
AMC
2016Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
beat 4 others
  • Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
  • Damian Lewis (Wolf Hall)
  • Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
  • Tobias Menzies (Outlander)
USA Network
2015Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart)
beat 4 others
  • Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
  • Colin Hanks (Fargo)
  • Bill Murray (Olive Kitteridge)
  • Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)
HBO
2014Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)
beat 4 others
  • Josh Charles (The Good Wife)
  • Rob Lowe (Behind the Candelabra)
  • Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
  • Corey Stoll (House of Cards)
Showtime
2013Ed Harris (Game Change)
beat 4 others
  • Max Greenfield (New Girl)
  • Danny Huston (Magic City)
  • Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
  • Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
HBO
2012Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
beat 4 others
  • Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)
  • Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)
  • Tim Robbins (Cinema Verite)
  • Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
HBO
2011Chris Colfer (Glee)
beat 4 others
  • Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0)
  • Chris Noth (The Good Wife)
  • Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
  • David Strathairn (Temple Grandin)
Fox
2010John Lithgow (Dexter)
beat 4 others
  • Michael Emerson (Lost)
  • Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
  • William Hurt (Damages)
  • Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Showtime
2009Tom Wilkinson (John Adams)
beat 4 others
  • Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
  • Denis Leary (Recount)
  • Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
  • Blair Underwood (In Treatment)
HBO
2008Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
beat 5 others
  • Ted Danson (Damages)
  • Kevin Dillon (Entourage)
  • Andy Serkis (Longford)
  • William Shatner (Boston Legal)
  • Donald Sutherland (Dirty Sexy Money)
HBO
2007Jeremy Irons (Elizabeth I)
beat 4 others
  • Thomas Haden Church (Broken Trail)
  • Justin Kirk (Weeds)
  • Masi Oka (Heroes)
  • Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
HBO
2006Paul Newman (Empire Falls)
beat 4 others
  • Naveen Andrews (Lost)
  • Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
  • Randy Quaid (Elvis)
  • Donald Sutherland (Commander in Chief)
HBO
2005William Shatner (Boston Legal)
beat 4 others
  • Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
  • Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos)
  • Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
  • Oliver Platt (Huff)
ABC
2004Jeffrey Wright (Angels in America)
beat 4 others
  • Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
  • Lee Pace (Soldier's Girl)
  • Ben Shenkman (Angels in America)
  • Patrick Wilson (Angels in America)
HBO
2003Donald Sutherland (Path to War)
beat 8 others
  • Alec Baldwin (Path to War)
  • Jim Broadbent (The Gathering Storm)
  • Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle)
  • Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
  • Dennis Haysbert (24)
  • Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos)
  • John Spencer (The West Wing)
  • Bradley Whitford (The West Wing)
HBO
2002Stanley Tucci (Conspiracy)
beat 4 others
  • John Corbett (Sex and the City)
  • Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
  • Ron Livingston (Band of Brothers)
  • Bradley Whitford (The West Wing)
HBO
2001Robert Downey Jr. (Ally McBeal)
beat 5 others
  • Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
  • John Mahoney (Frasier)
  • David Hyde Pierce (Frasier)
  • Christopher Plummer (American Tragedy)
  • Bradley Whitford (The West Wing)
Fox
2000Peter Fonda (The Passion of Ayn Rand)
beat 5 others
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)
  • Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
  • Chris Noth (Sex and the City)
  • Peter O'Toole (Joan of Arc)
  • David Spade (Just Shoot Me!)
Showtime

More Golden Globes categories

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