Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
| Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | |
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 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Age 25 or Younger |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | |
| First awarded | 1985 |
| Currently held by |
Bryan Craig, General Hospital (2015) |
| Most awards |
Jonathan Jackson, (3) Chandler Massey, (3) |
| Most nominations | Jonathan Jackson, (6) |
| Official website | emmyonline.org/daytime |
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger 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 to honor a young actor below the age of 25, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.
At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Brian Bloom was the first winner of this award for his portrayal of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns. The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity. The award category was originally called Outstanding Young Man or Outstanding Juvenile Male in a Drama Series, and began using its current title in 1991. Years before this category was introduced, networks declined to broadcast the show during a time of voting integrity rumors and waning interest. Confusion rose around the criteria of the new category due to the varying ages of the nominees. Within the first set of nominees, Bloom became the youngest actor nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award at the time at age 15, while the other actors nominated in the category were over 25. The criteria were later altered, requiring that the actor be aged 25 or below.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 25 actors. Guiding Light has the most recipients of this award, with a total of seven wins. Chandler Massey and Jonathan Jackson are the actors with the most awards, with a total of three each. In 2000, Jackson also became the actor to have received the most nominations, surpassing Bryan Buffington's previous record of five. Scott Clifton, Bryton James, David Lago and Joshua Morrow have also received five nominations each. As of the 2016 ceremony, Bryan Craig is the most recent winner in this category for his portrayal of Morgan Corinthos, on General Hospital.
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