This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series . In early Emmy ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre, or even gender, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Emmys 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.
Winners and nominees
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Year
Actor
Program
Role
Episode(s) submitted to voters
Network
1999 –2000
(52nd)
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
“Homo for the Holidays” + “Acting Out”
NBC
Peter Boyle
Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Barone
“Prodigal Son” + “Debra Makes Something Good”
CBS
Brad Garrett
Robert Barone
“Someone’s Cranky” + “Confronting the Attacker”
Peter MacNicol
Ally McBeal
John Cage
N/A
Fox
David Hyde Pierce
Frasier
Dr. Niles Crane
“Rivals” + “A Tsar is Born”
NBC
2000 –2001
(53rd)
Peter MacNicol
Ally McBeal
John Cage
“Reasons to Believe” +
“In Search of Barry White”
Fox
Peter Boyle
Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Barone
“The Wallpaper” +
“Frank Paints the House”
CBS
Robert Downey, Jr.
Ally McBeal
Larry Paul
“Sex, Lies, and Second Thoughts” + “The Obstacle Course”
Fox
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
“Grace 0, Jack 2000” + “Gypsies, Tramps, and Weed ”
NBC
David Hyde Pierce
Frasier
Dr. Niles Crane
“Hooping Cranes” +
“Daphne Returns”
2001 –2002
(54th)
Brad Garrett
Everybody Loves Raymond
Robert Barone
“Lucky Suit” + “Raybert”
CBS
Peter Boyle
Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Barone
“Frank Goes Downstairs” + “The Kicker”
CBS
Bryan Cranston
Malcolm in the Middle
Hal
“Poker” + “Money”
Fox
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
“A Chorus Lie ” +
“Went to a Garden Potty”
NBC
David Hyde Pierce
Frasier
Dr. Niles Crane
“Room Full of Heroes” + “Deathtrap”
2002 –2003
(55th)
Brad Garrett
Everybody Loves Raymond
Robert Barone
“Just a Formality” + “Robert’s Wedding”
CBS
Peter Boyle
Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Barone
“Grandpa Steals” +
“Meeting the Parents”
CBS
Bryan Cranston
Malcolm in the Middle
Hal
“Malcolm Holds His Tongue” + “Day Care”
Fox
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
“Bacon & Eggs” + “The Needle and the Omelets Done”
NBC
John Mahoney
Frasier
Martin Crane
“The Devil and Dr. Phil” + “Fathers and Sons”
David Hyde Pierce
Dr. Niles Crane
“Fraternal Schwinns” +
“Roe to Perdition”
2003 –2004
(56th)
David Hyde Pierce
Frasier
Dr. Niles Crane
“No Sex Please, We’re Skittish” + “Goodnight, Seattle ” (Part 2)
NBC
Peter Boyle
Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Barone
“Jazz Records” +
“The Mentor”
CBS
Brad Garrett
Robert Barone
“The Model” + “Golf for It”
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
“Me and Mr. Jones” +
“I Never Cheered
for My Father”
NBC
Jeffrey Tambor
Arrested Development
George and Oscar Bluth
“Visiting Ours” +
“Not Without My Daughter”
Fox
2004 –2005
(57th)
Brad Garrett
Everybody Loves Raymond
Robert Barone
“A Job for Robert” +
“Pat’s Secret”
CBS
Peter Boyle
Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Barone
“Boys’ Therapy” +
“Tasteless Frank”
CBS
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
“Queens for a Day” + “It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World”
NBC
Jeremy Piven
Entourage
Ari Gold
“The Review” +
“Busey and the Beach”
HBO
Jeffrey Tambor
Arrested Development
George and Oscar Bluth
“Burning Love” +
“The Righteous Brothers”
Fox
2005 –2006
(58th)
Jeremy Piven
Entourage
Ari Gold
“The Bat Mitzvah” + “Exodus”
HBO
Will Arnett
Arrested Development
George “Gob” Bluth II
“Making a Stand” + “S.O.B.s”
Fox
Bryan Cranston
Malcolm in the Middle
Hal
“College Recruits” +
“Hal Grieves”
Jon Cryer
Two and a Half Men
Dr. Alan Harper
“Weekend in Bangkok with Two Olympic Gymnasts” + “Ergo, the Booty Call”
CBS
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Jack McFarland
“Alive and Schticking ” +
“I Love L. Gay”
NBC
2006 –2007
(59th)
Jeremy Piven
Entourage
Ari Gold
“Manic Monday”
HBO
Jon Cryer
Two and a Half Men
Dr. Alan Harper
“Repeated Blows to
His Unformed Head”
CBS
Kevin Dillon
Entourage
Johnny “Drama” Chase
“The Resurrection”
HBO
Neil Patrick Harris
How I Met Your Mother
Barney Stinson
“Showdown ”
CBS
Rainn Wilson
The Office
Dwight Schrute
“The Coup ”
NBC
2007 –2008
(60th)
Jeremy Piven
Entourage
Ari Gold
“The Day Fuckers”
HBO
Jon Cryer
Two and a Half Men
Dr. Alan Harper
“Meander to Your Dander”
CBS
Kevin Dillon
Entourage
Johnny “Drama” Chase
“The Dream Team”
HBO
Neil Patrick Harris
How I Met Your Mother
Barney Stinson
“The Goat ”
CBS
Rainn Wilson
The Office
Dwight Schrute
“Money ”
NBC
2008 –2009
(61st)
Jon Cryer
Two and a Half Men
Dr. Alan Harper
“Sir Lancelot’s Litter Box”
CBS
Kevin Dillon
Entourage
Johnny “Drama” Chase
“Tree Trippers”
HBO
Neil Patrick Harris
How I Met Your Mother
Barney Stinson
“Benefits ”
CBS
Jack McBrayer
30 Rock
Kenneth Parcell
“The Bubble ”
NBC
Tracy Morgan
Tracy Jordan
“The Funcooker ”
Rainn Wilson
The Office
Dwight Schrute
“Heavy Competition ”
2010s
Multiple wins
5 wins
4 wins
3 wins
2 wins
Multiple nominations
11 nominations
9 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h i j Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories
See also
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
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