Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series

This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Award winners

;1950s
*1959: Dennis Weaver – "Gunsmoke"

;1960s
*1960: "no award"
*1961: Roddy McDowall – "Not Without Honor"
*1962: "no award"
*1963: "no award"
*1964: Albert Paulsen – "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre"
*1965: "no award"
*1966: James Daly – "Hallmark Hall of Fame"
*1967: Eli Wallach – "The Poppy Is Also a Flower"
*1968: Milburn Stone – "Gunsmoke"
*1969: "no award"

;1970s
*1970: James Brolin – "Marcus Welby, M.D."
*1971: David Burns – "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Mr. Solomon"
*1972: Jack Warden – "Brian's Song"
*1973: Scott Jacoby – "That Certain Summer"
*1974: Michael Moriarty – "The Glass Menagerie"
*1975: Will Geer – "The Waltons"
*1976: Anthony Zerbe – "Harry O"
*1977: Gary Frank – "Family"
*1978: Robert Vaughn – "Washington Behind Closed Doors"
*1979: Stuart Margolin – "The Rockford Files"

;1980s
*1980: Stuart Margolin – "The Rockford Files"
*1981: Michael Conrad – "Hill Street Blues"
*1982: Michael Conrad – "Hill Street Blues"
*1983: James Coco – "St. Elsewhere"
*1984: Bruce Weitz – "Hill Street Blues"
*1985: Edward James Olmos – "Miami Vice"
*1986: John Karlen – "Cagney & Lacey"
*1987: John Hillerman – "Magnum, P.I."
*1988: Larry Drake – "L.A. Law"
*1989: Larry Drake – "L.A. Law"

;1990
*1990: Jimmy Smits – "L.A. Law"
*1991: Timothy Busfield – "thirtysomething"
*1992: Richard A. Dysart – "L.A. Law"
*1993: Chad Lowe – "Life Goes On"
*1994: Fyvush Finkel – "Picket Fences"
*1995: Ray Walston – "Picket Fences"
*1996: Ray Walston – "Picket Fences"
*1997: Hector Elizondo – "Chicago Hope"
*1998: Gordon Clapp – "NYPD Blue"
*1999: Michael Badalucco – "The Practice"

2000

;2000

* Michael Badalucco in "The Practice"
* Dominic Chianese in "The Sopranos"
* Steve Harris in "The Practice"
*Richard Schiff in "The West Wing"
* John Spencer in "The West Wing"

;2001

* Dominic Chianese in "The Sopranos"
* Michael Imperioli in "The Sopranos"
* Richard Schiff in "The West Wing"
* John Spencer in "The West Wing"
*Bradley Whitford in "The West Wing"

;2002

* Victor Garber in "Alias"
* Dulé Hill in "The West Wing"
* Freddy Rodriguez in "Six Feet Under"
* Richard Schiff in "The West Wing"
*John Spencer in "The West Wing"
* Bradley Whitford in "The West Wing"

;2003

* Victor Garber in "Alias"
* Michael Imperioli in "The Sopranos"
*Joe Pantoliano in "The Sopranos"
* John Spencer in "The West Wing"
* Bradley Whitford in "The West Wing"

;2004

* Steve Buscemi in "The Sopranos"
* Brad Dourif in "Deadwood"
* Victor Garber in "Alias"
*Michael Imperioli in "The Sopranos"
* John Spencer in "The West Wing"

;2005

* Alan Alda in "The West Wing"
* Naveen Andrews in "Lost"
* Terry O'Quinn in "Lost"
* Oliver Platt in "Huff"
*William Shatner in "Boston Legal"

;2006

*Alan Alda in "The West Wing"
* Michael Imperioli in "The Sopranos"
* Gregory Itzin in "24"
* Oliver Platt in "Huff"
* William Shatner in "Boston Legal"

;2007

* Michael Emerson in "Lost"
* Michael Imperioli in "The Sopranos"
* T.R. Knight in "Grey's Anatomy"
*Terry O'Quinn in "Lost"
* Masi Oka in "Heroes"
* William Shatner in "Boston Legal"

;2008
* Ted Danson in "Damages"
* Michael Emerson in "Lost"
* Zeljko Ivanek in "Damages"
* William Shatner in "Boston Legal"
* John Slattery in "Mad Men"