Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
| Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | |
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 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
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| First awarded | 1974 |
| Currently held by |
Tyler Christopher, General Hospital (2016) |
| Most awards | Anthony Geary, (8) |
| Most nominations | Peter Bergman, (19) |
| Official website | emmyonline.org/daytime |
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the daytime drama industry.
The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974 with Macdonald Carey receiving the award for his portrayal of Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives. The award has undergone several name changes, originally honoring actors in leading and supporting roles. Following the introduction of a new category in 1979, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the award's name was altered to Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series before changing once again, to its current title, years later. The awards ceremony was not aired on television in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for lack of integrity. In 1985, another category was introduced, Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, one criterion for this category was altered, requiring all actors to be aged 26 or above.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 24 actors. General Hospital has the most awarded actors in this category with a total of eleven wins. In 2008, Anthony Geary became the actor with the most wins in the category when he won for a sixth time, surpassing David Canary's previous record. Geary went on to win again in 2012 and 2015, thus far winning on eight occasions. Peter Bergman has been nominated on 19 occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2016 ceremony, Tyler Christopher is the most recent winner in this category for his portrayal of Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital.
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