Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in Dramatic Television.

Winners and nominees

1990s

*1994: Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**Hector Elizondo, "Chicago Hope"
**Mandy Patinkin, "Chicago Hope"
**Tom Skerritt, "Picket Fences"
**Patrick Stewart, ""

*1995: Anthony Edwards, "ER"
**George Clooney, "ER"
**Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**Jimmy Smits, "NYPD Blue"
**David Duchovny, "The X Files"

*1996: Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**George Clooney, "ER"
**Anthony Edwards, "ER"
**Jimmy Smits, "NYPD Blue"
**David Duchovny, "The X Files"

*1997: Anthony Edwards, "ER"
**Sam Waterston, "Law & Order"
**Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**Jimmy Smits, "NYPD Blue"
**David Duchovny, "The X Files"

*1998: Sam Waterston, "Law & Order"
**Anthony Edwards, ER"
**Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**Jimmy Smits, "NYPD Blue"
**David Duchovny, "The X Files"

*1999: James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"
**Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**Jimmy Smits, "NYPD Blue"
**Martin Sheen, "The West Wing"
**David Duchovny, "The X Files"

2000s

*2000: Martin Sheen, "The West Wing"
**Anthony Edwards, "ER"
**Timothy Daly "The Fugitive"
**Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"

*2001: Martin Sheen, "The West Wing"
**Richard Dreyfuss, "The Education of Max Bickford"
**Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue"
**Peter Krause, "Six Feet Under"
**James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"

*2002: James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"
**Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
**Treat Williams, "Everwood"
**Michael Chiklis, "The Shield"
**Martin Sheen, "The West Wing"

*2003: Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
**Treat Williams, "Everwood"
**Peter Krause, "Six Feet Under"
**Martin Sheen, "The West Wing"
**Anthony LaPaglia, "Without a Trace"

*2004: Jerry Orbach, "Law & Order" (posthumous)
**Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
**Hank Azaria, "Huff"
**James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"
**Anthony LaPaglia, "Without a Trace"

*2005: Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
**Ian McShane, "Deadwood"
**Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy"
**Hugh Laurie, "House"
**Alan Alda, "The West Wing"

*2006: Hugh Laurie, "House"
**Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
**James Spader, "Boston Legal"
**Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
**James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"

*"'2007: James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"
**Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
**Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
**Hugh Laurie, "House"
**James Spader, "Boston Legal"