Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1953 |
Currently held by |
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (2016) |
Official website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The award is presented to the best performance by a lead actor in a television comedy series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actors in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below: