Critics' Choice Awards, Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

2026

Michael Shannon / Death by Lightning

Michael Chernus / Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy

Stephen Graham / Adolescence

Brian Tyree Henry / Dope Thief

Matthew Rhys / The Beast in Me

2025

Colin Farrell / The Penguin

Kevin Kline / Disclaimer

Ewan McGregor / A Gentleman in Moscow

Richard Gadd / Baby Reindeer

Andrew Scott / RIPLEY

Tom Hollander / Feud

2024

Steven Yeun / BEEF

2023

Ben Whishaw / This Is Going To Hurt

Sebastian Stan / Pam and Tommy

Daniel Radcliffe / Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Ben Foster / The Survivor

Andrew Garfield / Under the Banner of Heaven

Samuel L. Jackson / The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

2022

Hamish Linklater / Midnight Mass

Michael Keaton / Dopesick

William Jackson Harper / Love Life

Joshua Jackson / Dr. Death

2021

Paul Mescal / Normal People

Chris Rock / Fargo

Mark Ruffalo / I Know This Much Is True

Morgan Spector / The Plot Against America

John Boyega / Small Axe

2020

Noah Wyle / The Red Line

Jharrel Jerome / When They See Us

2019

Antonio Banderas / Genius (2017)

2018

Bill Pullman / The Sinner

2016

Patrick Wilson / Fargo

Oscar Isaac / Show Me a Hero

The Night Manager

2015

Richard Jenkins / Olive Kitteridge

Mark Rylance / Wolf Hall

2014

Martin Freeman / Fargo

2013

Toby Jones / The Girl

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