Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

American theatre award for Broadway actors

Tony Award for
Best Actor in a Musical

2025 Recipient: Darren Criss

Awarded for| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Location| New York City
Presented by| American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by| Darren Criss for Maybe Happy Ending (2025)
Website| TonyAwards.com

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.

Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[1]

The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actors—Musical. It was first presented to Paul Hartman at the 2nd Tony Awards for his portrayal of various characters in Angel in the Wings. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public;[2] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".[3]

Nine actors hold the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of two. John Cullum, Brian d'Arcy James and Raul Julia are tied with the most nominations, with a total of four. Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is the character to take the award the most times, winning three times. Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof is the most nominated character in this category, with five nominations.

## Winners and nominees

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indicates the winner

Ray Bolger won for Where's Charley? (1949) Phil Silvers won twice for Top Banana (1952) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972) Thomas Mitchell won for Hazel Flagg (1953) Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady (1957) Robert Preston won twice for The Music Man (1958) and I Do! I Do! (1967) Jackie Gleason won for Take Me Along (1960) Richard Burton won for Camelot (1961) Robert Morse won for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962) Zero Mostel won twice for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963) and Fiddler on the Roof (1965) Robert Goulet won for The Happy Time (1968) Jerry Orbach won for Promises, Promises (1969) Cleavon Little won for Purlie (1970) Christopher Plummer won for Cyrano (1974) Len Cariou won for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) Kevin Kline won for The Pirates of Penzance (1981) Tommy Tune won for My One and Only (1983) Jason Alexander won for Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989) Jonathan Pryce won for Miss Saigon (1991) Gregory Hines won for Jelly's Last Jam (1992) Matthew Broderick won for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1996) Nathan Lane won twice for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996) and The Producers (2001) Alan Cumming won for Cabaret (1998) Martin Short won for Little Me (1999) Brian Stokes Mitchell won for Kiss, Me Kate (2000) John Lithgow won for Sweet Smell of Success (2002) Harvey Fierstein won Hairspray (2003) Hugh Jackman won for The Boy from Oz (2004) Norbert Leo Butz won for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2004) and for Catch Me If You Can (2011) David Hyde Pierce won for Curtains (2007) Billy Porter won for Kinky Boots (2013) Neil Patrick Harris won for Hedwig and Angry Inch (2014) Leslie Odom Jr. won for Hamilton (2016) Ben Platt won for Dear Evan Hansen (2017) Tony Shalhoub won for The Band's Visit (2018) Aaron Tveit won for Moulin Rouge! (2020) J. Harrison Ghee won for Some Like it Hot (2023) Jonathan Groff won for Merrily We Roll Along (2024) Darren Criss won for Maybe Happy Ending (2025)

### 1940s

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1947
(1st) | Not awarded
1948
(2nd)
Paul Hartman | Angel in the Wings | Various Characters |
1949
(3rd)
Ray Bolger | Where's Charley? | Charley Wykeham |

### 1950s

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1950
(4th)
Ezio Pinza | South Pacific | Emile De Beque |
1951
(5th)
Robert Alda | Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson |
1952
(6th)
Phil Silvers | Top Banana | Jerry Biffle |
1953
(7th)
Thomas Mitchell | Hazel Flagg | Dr. Downer |
1954
(8th)
Alfred Drake | Kismet | Hajj |
1955
(9th)
Walter Slezak | Fanny | Panisse |
1956
(10th)
Ray Walston | Damn Yankees | Mr. Applegate | [4]
Stephen Douglass | Damn Yankees | Joe Hardy
William Johnson | Pipe Dream | Doc
1957
(11th)
Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins | [5]
Fernando Lamas | Happy Hunting | Duke of Granada
Robert Weede | The Most Happy Fella | Tony
1958
(12th)
Robert Preston | The Music Man | Harold Hill | [6]
Eddie Foy Jr. | Rumple | Rumple
Ricardo Montalbán | Jamaica | Koli
Tony Randall | Oh, Captain! | Captain Henry St. James
1959
(13th)
Richard Kiley | Redhead | Tom Baxter | [7]
Larry Blyden | Flower Drum Song | Sammy Fong

### 1960s

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1960
(14th)
Jackie Gleason | Take Me Along | Sid Davis | [8]
Andy Griffith | Destry Rides Again | Destry
Robert Morse | Take Me Along | Richard Miller
Anthony Perkins | Greenwillow | Gideon Briggs
Walter Pidgeon | Take Me Along | Nat Miller
1961
(15th)
Richard Burton | Camelot | Arthur | [9]
Maurice Evans | Tenderloin | Reverend Brock
Phil Silvers | Do Re Mi | Hubert Cram
1962
(16th)
Robert Morse | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | J. Pierrepont Finch | [10]
Ray Bolger | All-American | Professor Fodorski
Alfred Drake | Kean | Edmund Kean
Richard Kiley | No Strings | David Jordan
1963
(17th)
Zero Mostel | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus | [11]
Sid Caesar | Little Me | Various Characters
Anthony Newley | Stop the World – I Want to Get Off | Littlechap
Clive Revill | Oliver! | Fagin
1964
(18th)
Bert Lahr | Foxy | Foxy | [12]
Sydney Chaplin | Funny Girl | Nick Arnstein
Bob Fosse | Pal Joey | Joey Evans
Steve Lawrence | What Makes Sammy Run? | Sammy Glick
1965
(19th)
Zero Mostel | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye | [13]
Sammy Davis Jr. | Golden Boy | Joe Wellington
Cyril Ritchard | The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd | Sir
Tommy Steele | Half a Sixpence | Arthur Kipps
1966
(20th)
Richard Kiley | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote / Cervantes | [14]
Jack Cassidy | It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman | Max Mencken
John Cullum | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Dr. Mark Bruckner
Harry Secombe | Pickwick | Pickwick
1967
(21st)
Robert Preston | I Do! I Do! | Michael | [15]
Alan Alda | The Apple Tree | Various Characters
Jack Gilford | Cabaret | Herr Schultz
Norman Wisdom | Walking Happy | Will Mossop
1968
(22nd)
Robert Goulet | The Happy Time | Jacques Bonnard | [16]
Robert Hooks | Hallelujah, Baby! | Clem
Tony Roberts | How Now, Dow Jones | Charley
David Wayne | The Happy Time | Grandpere Bonnard
1969
(23rd)
Jerry Orbach | Promises, Promises | Chuck Baxter | [17]
Herschel Bernardi | Zorba | Zorba
Jack Cassidy | Maggie Flynn | The Clown
Joel Grey | George M! | George M. Cohan

### 1970s

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Year  | Actor  | Role(s)  | Project  | Ref.

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1970
(24th)
Cleavon Little | Purlie | Purlie | [18]
Len Cariou | Applause | Bill Sampson
Robert Weede | Cry for Us All | Edward Quinn
1971
(25th)
Hal Linden | The Rothschilds | Mayer Rothschild | [19]
David Burns | Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen | Col. Wainwright Purdy III
Larry Kert | Company | Bobby
Bobby Van | No, No, Nanette | Billy Early
1972
(26th)
Phil Silvers | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus | [20]
Barry Bostwick | Grease | Danny Zuko
Clifton Davis | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Valentine
Raul Julia | Proteus
1973
(27th)
Ben Vereen | Pippin | The Leading Player | [21]
Len Cariou | A Little Night Music | Frederick Egerman
Robert Morse | Sugar | Jerry
Brock Peters | Lost in the Stars | Stephen Kumalo
1974
(28th)
Christopher Plummer | Cyrano | Cyrano de Bergerac | [22]
Alfred Drake | Gigi | Honore Lachailles
Joe Morton | Raisin | Walter Lee Younger
Lewis J. Stadlen | Candide | Various Characters
1975
(29th)
John Cullum | Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson | [23]
Joel Grey | Goodtime Charley | Charley
Raul Julia | Where's Charley? | Charley Wykeham
Eddie Mekka | The Lieutenant | Lieutenant
Robert Preston | Mack & Mabel | Mack Sennett
1976
(30th)
George Rose | My Fair Lady | Alfred P. Doolittle | [24]
Mako | Pacific Overtures | Various Characters
Jerry Orbach | Chicago | Billy Flynn
Ian Richardson | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins
1977
(31st)
Barry Bostwick | The Robber Bridegroom | Jamie Lockhart | [25]
Robert Guillaume | Guys and Dolls | Nathan Detroit
Raul Julia | The Threepenny Opera | Macheath
Reid Shelton | Annie | Oliver Warbucks
1978
(32nd)
John Cullum | On the Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffee | [26]
Eddie Bracken | Hello, Dolly! | Horace Vandergelder
Barry Nelson | The Act | Dan Conners
Gilbert Price | Timbuktu! | The Mansa of Mali
1979
(33rd)
Len Cariou | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd | [27]
Vincent Gardenia | Ballroom | Alfred Rossi
Joel Grey | The Grand Tour | S. L. Jacobowsky
Robert Klein | They're Playing Our Song | Vernon Gersch

### 1980s

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1980
(34th)
Jim Dale | Barnum | P. T. Barnum | [28]
Gregory Hines | Comin' Uptown | Scrooge
Mickey Rooney | Sugar Babies | Mickey
Giorgio Tozzi | The Most Happy Fella | Tony
1981
(35th)
Kevin Kline | The Pirates of Penzance | The Pirate King | [29]
Gregory Hines | Sophisticated Ladies | Performer
George Rose | The Pirates of Penzance | Major-General
Martin Vidnovic | Brigadoon | Tommy Albright
1982
(36th)
Ben Harney | Dreamgirls | Curtis Taylor Jr. | [30]
Herschel Bernardi | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye
Victor Garber | Little Me | Various Characters
Raul Julia | Nine | Guido Contini
1983
(37th)
Tommy Tune | My One and Only | Captain Billy Buck Chandler | [31]
Al Green | Your Arms Too Short to Box with God | Performer
George Hearn | A Doll's Life | Various Characters
Michael V. Smartt  | Porgy and Bess | Porgy
1984
(38th)
George Hearn | La Cage aux Folles | Albin | [32]
Gene Barry | La Cage aux Folles | Georges
Ron Moody | Oliver! | Fagin
Mandy Patinkin | Sunday in the Park with George | Georges Seurat / George
1985
(39th) | Not awarded[note 1] | [33]
1986
(40th)
George Rose | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Mayor Thomas Sapsea / William Cartwright | [34]
Don Correia | Singin' in the Rain | Don Lockwood
Cleavant Derricks | Big Deal | Charley
Maurice Hines | Uptown... It's Hot! | Performer
1987
(41st)
Robert Lindsay | Me and My Girl | Bill Snibson | [35]
Roderick Cook | Oh, Coward! | Performer
Terrence Mann | Les Misérables | Javert
Colm Wilkinson | Jean Valjean
1988
(42nd)
Michael Crawford | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom of the Opera | [36]
Scott Bakula | Romance/Romance | Alfred Von Wilmers / Sam
David Carroll | Chess | Anatoly Sergievsky
Howard McGillin | Anything Goes | Billy Crocker
1989
(43rd)
Jason Alexander | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Various Characters | [37]
Gabriel Barre | Starmites | Trinkulus
Robert La Fosse | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Various Characters
Brian Lane Green | Starmites | Spacepunk

### 1990s

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1990
(44th)
James Naughton | City of Angels | Stone | [38]
David Carroll | Grand Hotel | Felix Von Gaigern
Gregg Edelman | City of Angels | Stine
Bob Gunton | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd
1991
(45th)
Jonathan Pryce | Miss Saigon | The Engineer | [39]
Keith Carradine | The Will Rogers Follies | Will Rogers
Paul Hipp | Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story | Buddy Holly
Topol | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye
1992
(46th)
Gregory Hines | Jelly's Last Jam | Jelly Roll Morton | [40]
Harry Groener | Crazy for You | Bobby Child
Nathan Lane | Guys and Dolls | Nathan Detroit
Michael Rupert | Falsettos | Marvin
1993
(47th)
Brent Carver | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Luis Molina | [41]
Tim Curry | My Favorite Year | Alan Swann
Con O'Neill | Blood Brothers | Mickey
Martin Short | The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield
1994
(48th)
Boyd Gaines | She Loves Me | Georg Nowack | [42]
Victor Garber | Damn Yankees | Mr. Applegate
Terrence Mann | Beauty and the Beast | The Beast
Jere Shea | Passion | Giorgio
1995
(49th)
Matthew Broderick | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | J. Pierrepont Finch | [43]
Alan Campbell | Sunset Boulevard | Joe Gillis
Mark Jacoby | Show Boat | Gaylord Ravenal
John McMartin | Cap'n Andy
1996
(50th)
Nathan Lane | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus | [44]
Savion Glover | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | 'da Beat / Lil' Dahlin'
Adam Pascal | Rent | Roger Davis
Lou Diamond Phillips | The King and I | The King of Siam
1997
(51st)
James Naughton | Chicago | Billy Flynn | [45]
Robert Cuccioli | Jekyll & Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
Jim Dale | Candide | Dr. Pangloss
Daniel McDonald | Steel Pier | Bill Kelly
1998
(52nd)
Alan Cumming | Cabaret | The Master of Ceremonies | [46]
Peter Friedman | Ragtime | Tateh
Douglas Sills | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Percy Blakeney
Brian Stokes Mitchell | Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr.
1999
(53rd)
Martin Short | Little Me | Various Characters | [47]
Brent Carver | Parade | Leo Frank
Adam Cooper | Swan Lake | The Swan
Tom Wopat | Annie Get Your Gun | Frank Butler

### 2000s

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2000
(54th)
Brian Stokes Mitchell | Kiss Me, Kate | Fred Graham / Petruchio | [48]
Craig Bierko | The Music Man | Harold Hill
George Hearn | Putting It Together | The Husband
Mandy Patinkin | The Wild Party | Burrs
Christopher Walken | The Dead | Gabriel Conroy
2001
(55th)
Nathan Lane | The Producers | Max Bialystock | [49]
Matthew Broderick | The Producers | Leo Bloom
Kevin Chamberlin | Seussical | Horton the Elephant
Tom Hewitt | The Rocky Horror Show | Dr. Frank N. Furter
Patrick Wilson | The Full Monty | Jerry Lukowski
2002
(56th)
John Lithgow | Sweet Smell of Success | J.J. Hunsecker | [50]
Gavin Creel | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Jimmy Smith
John Cullum | Urinetown | Caldwell B. Cladwell
John McMartin | Into the Woods | Narrator / Mysterious Man
Patrick Wilson | Oklahoma! | Curly McLain
2003
(57th)
Harvey Fierstein | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | [51]
Antonio Banderas | Nine | Guido Contini
Malcolm Gets | Amour | Dusoleil
John Selya | Movin' Out | Eddie
Brian Stokes Mitchell | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote / Cervantes
2004
(58th)
Hugh Jackman | The Boy from Oz | Peter Allen | [52]
Hunter Foster | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour
Alfred Molina | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye
Euan Morton | Taboo | George
John Tartaglia | Avenue Q | Princeton / Rod
2005
(59th)
Norbert Leo Butz | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Freddy Benson | [53]
Hank Azaria | Spamalot | Various Characters
Gary Beach | La Cage aux Folles | Albin
Tim Curry | Spamalot | King Arthur
John Lithgow | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Lawrence Jameson
2006
(60th)
John Lloyd Young | Jersey Boys | Frankie Valli | [54]
Michael Cerveris | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd
Harry Connick Jr. | The Pajama Game | Sid Sorokin
Stephen Lynch | The Wedding Singer | Robbie Hart
Bob Martin | The Drowsy Chaperone | Man in Chair
2007
(61st)
David Hyde Pierce | Curtains | Lieutenant Frank Cioffi | [55]
Michael Cerveris | LoveMusik | Kurt Weill
Raúl Esparza | Company | Robert
Jonathan Groff | Spring Awakening | Melchior Gabor
Gavin Lee | Mary Poppins | Bert
2008
(62nd)
Paulo Szot | South Pacific | Emile de Becque | [56]
Daniel Evans | Sunday in the Park with George | Georges Seurat / George
Lin-Manuel Miranda | In the Heights | Usnavi
Stew | Passing Strange | Narrator
Tom Wopat | A Catered Affair | Tom Hurley
2009
(63rd)
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish | Billy Elliot the Musical | Billy Elliot | [57]
Gavin Creel | Hair | Claude
Brian d'Arcy James | Shrek the Musical | Shrek
Constantine Maroulis | Rock of Ages | Drew
J. Robert Spencer | Next to Normal | Dan Goodman

### 2010s

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Year  | Actor  | Project(s)  | Role  | Ref.

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2010
(64th)
Douglas Hodge | La Cage aux Folles | Albin | [58]
Kelsey Grammer | La Cage aux Folles | Georges
Sean Hayes | Promises, Promises | Chuck Baxter
Chad Kimball | Memphis | Huey Calhoun
Sahr Ngaujah | Fela! | Fela Kuti
2011
(65th)
Norbert Leo Butz | Catch Me If You Can | Carl Hanratty | [59]
Josh Gad | The Book of Mormon | Elder Cunningham
Joshua Henry | The Scottsboro Boys | Haywood Patterson
Andrew Rannells | The Book of Mormon | Elder Price
Tony Sheldon | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Bernadette Bassenger
2012
(66th)
Steve Kazee | Once | Guy | [60]
Danny Burstein | Follies | Buddy Plummer
Jeremy Jordan | Newsies | Jack Kelly
Norm Lewis | Porgy and Bess | Porgy
Ron Raines | Follies | Ben Stone
2013
(67th)
Billy Porter | Kinky Boots | Lola / Simon | [61]
Bertie Carvel | Matilda the Musical | Miss Trunchbull
Santino Fontana | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Prince Topher
Rob McClure | Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin
Stark Sands | Kinky Boots | Charlie Price
2014
(68th)
Neil Patrick Harris | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Hedwig Schmidt | [62]
Ramin Karimloo | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean
Andy Karl | Rocky the Musical | Rocky Balboa
Jefferson Mays | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | The D'Ysquith Family
Bryce Pinkham | Monty Navarro
2015
(69th)
Michael Cerveris | Fun Home | Bruce Bechdel | [63]
Brian d'Arcy James | Something Rotten! | Nick Bottom
Robert Fairchild | An American in Paris | Jerry Mulligan
Ken Watanabe | The King and I | The King of Siam
Tony Yazbeck | On the Town | Gabey
2016
(70th)
Leslie Odom Jr. | Hamilton | Aaron Burr | [64]
Alex Brightman | School of Rock | Dewey Finn
Danny Burstein | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye
Zachary Levi | She Loves Me | Georg Nowack
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton
2017
(71st)
Ben Platt | Dear Evan Hansen | Evan Hansen | [65]
Christian Borle | Falsettos | Marvin
Josh Groban | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Pierre Bezukhov
Andy Karl | Groundhog Day | Phil Connors
David Hyde Pierce | Hello, Dolly! | Horace Vandergelder
2018
(72nd)
Tony Shalhoub | The Band's Visit | Tewfiq Zakaria | [66]
Harry Hadden-Paton | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins
Joshua Henry | Carousel | Billy Bigelow
Ethan Slater | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants
2019
(73rd)
Santino Fontana | Tootsie | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels | [67]
Brooks Ashmanskas | The Prom | Barry Glickman
Derrick Baskin | Ain’t Too Proud | Otis Williams
Alex Brightman | Beetlejuice | Beetlejuice
Damon Daunno | Oklahoma! | Curly McLain

### 2020s

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2020
(74th)
Aaron Tveit | Moulin Rouge! | Christian | [68]
2021 | No ceremony
2022
(75th)
Myles Frost | MJ | MJ | [69]
Billy Crystal | Mr. Saturday Night | Buddy Young, Jr.
Hugh Jackman | The Music Man | Harold Hill
Rob McClure | Mrs. Doubtfire | Daniel Hillard
Jaquel Spivey | A Strange Loop | Usher
2023
(76th)
J. Harrison Ghee | Some Like It Hot | Jerry/Daphne | [70]
Christian Borle | Some Like It Hot | Joe/Josephine
Josh Groban | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd
Brian d'Arcy James | Into the Woods | The Baker
Ben Platt | Parade | Leo Frank
Colton Ryan | New York, New York | Jimmy Doyle
2024
(77th)
Jonathan Groff | Merrily We Roll Along | Franklin Shepard | [71]
Brody Grant  | The Outsiders | Ponyboy Curtis
Dorian Harewood | The Notebook | Older Noah Calhoun
Brian d'Arcy James | Days of Wine and Roses | Joe Clay
Eddie Redmayne | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | Emcee
2025
(78th)
Darren Criss | Maybe Happy Ending | Oliver | [72]
Andrew Durand  | Dead Outlaw | Elmer McCurdy
Tom Francis | Sunset Boulevard | Joe Gillis
Jonathan Groff | Just in Time | Bobby Darin
James Monroe Iglehart | A Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong
Jeremy Jordan | Floyd Collins | Floyd Collins

## Notes

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1. ^ The category was not given due to an insufficient number of musicals during the season.

## Statistics

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### Most wins

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2 wins

* Norbert Leo Butz
* John Cullum
* Richard Kiley
* Nathan Lane
* Zero Mostel
* James Naughton
* Robert Preston
* George Rose
* Phil Silvers

### Most nominations

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4 nominations

* John Cullum
* Brian d'Arcy James
* Raul Julia

3 nominations

* Jonathan Groff
* Len Cariou
* Michael Cerveris
* Alfred Drake
* Joel Grey
* George Hearn
* Gregory Hines
* Richard Kiley
* Nathan Lane
* Brian Stokes Mitchell
* Robert Morse
* Robert Preston
* George Rose
* Phil Silvers

2 nominations

* Herschel Bernardi
* Ray Bolger
* Christian Borle
* Barry Bostwick
* Alex Brightman
* Matthew Broderick
* Danny Burstein
* Norbert Leo Butz
* David Carroll
* Brent Carver
* Jack Cassidy
* Kevin Chamberlin
* Gavin Creel
* Tim Curry
* Jim Dale
* Santino Fontana
* Victor Garber
* Josh Groban
* Joshua Henry
* Hugh Jackman
* Jeremy Jordan
* Andy Karl
* John Lithgow
* Terrence Mann
* Rob McClure
* John McMartin
* Lin-Manuel Miranda
* Zero Mostel
* James Naughton
* Jerry Orbach
* Mandy Patinkin
* David Hyde Pierce
* Ben Platt
* Martin Short
* Robert Weede
* Patrick Wilson
* Tom Wopat

### Character win total

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3 wins

* Pseudolus from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

2 wins

* Albin from La Cage aux Folles
* Emile de Becque from South Pacific
* J. Pierrepont Finch from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

### Character nomination total

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5 nominations

* Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof

4 nominations

* Sweeney Todd from Sweeney Todd

3 nominations

* Albin from La Cage aux Folles
* Noble Eggleston / Val du Val / Fred Poitrine from Little Me †
* Harold Hill from The Music Man
* Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady
* Pseudolus from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

2 nominations

* Billy Flynn from Chicago
* Bobby from Company
* Charley Wykeham from Where's Charley?
* Chuck Baxter from Promises, Promises
* Curly McLain from Oklahoma!
* Don Quixote / Cervantes from Man of La Mancha
* Dr. Pangloss from Candide
* Emile de Becque from South Pacific
* Fagin from Oliver!
* Georg Nowack from She Loves Me
* George from La Cage aux Folles
* Georges from Sunday in the Park with George
* Guido Contini from Nine
* Horace Vandergelder from Hello, Dolly!
* J. Pierrepont Finch from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Jean Valjean from Les Misérables
* Jerry/Daphne from Sugar and Some Like It Hot
* Joe Gillis from Sunset Boulevard
* Leo Frank from Parade
* Master of Ceremonies from Cabaret
* The King of Siam from The King and I
* Marvin from Falsettos
* Mr. Applegate from Damn Yankees
* Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls
* Amos Pinchley / Otto Schnitzler / Prince Cherney / Noble Junior from Little Me †
* Porgy from Porgy and Bess
* Tony from The Most Happy Fella

† – Most of the leading male characters in Little Me are played by the same actor, but the actual roles vary. In the original 1962 Broadway production and the 1998 revival, Sid Caesar and Martin Short (respectively) played Noble Eggleston, Amos Pinchley, Val du Val, Fred Poitrine, Otto Schnitzler, and Prince Cherney. Caesar also played Noble Junior. In the 1981 revival, the lead roles were split among James Coco and Victor Garber with Garber playing Noble Eggleston, Val du Val, Fred Poitrine, and Noble Junior.

### Productions with multiple nominations

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* Damn Yankees – Ray Walston and Stephen Douglass
* Take Me Along – Jackie Gleason, Robert Morse and Walter Pidgeon
* Two Gentlemen of Verona – Clifton Davis and Raul Julia
* My Fair Lady – George Rose and Ian Richardson
* The Pirates of Penzance – Kevin Kline and George Rose
* La Cage aux Folles – George Hearn and Gene Barry
* Les Misérables – Terrence Mann and Colm Wilkinson
* Jerome Robbins' Broadway – Jason Alexander and Robert La Fosse
* Starmites – Gabriel Barre and Brian Lane Green (Jerome Robbins' Broadway and Starmites were competing in the same year)
* City of Angels – James Naughton and Gregg Edelman
* Show Boat – Mark Jacoby and John McMartin
* Ragtime – Peter Friedman and Brian Stokes Mitchell
* The Producers – Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick
* Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Norbert Leo Butz and John Lithgow
* Monty Python's Spamalot – Hank Azaria and Tim Curry (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Monty Python's Spamalot were competing in the same year)
* Billy Elliot the Musical – David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish (joint winners)
* La Cage aux Folles – Douglas Hodge and Kelsey Grammer (the second time this show received two nominations)
* The Book of Mormon – Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells
* Follies – Danny Burstein and Ron Raines
* Kinky Boots – Billy Porter and Stark Sands
* A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham
* Hamilton – Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr.
* Some Like It Hot – Christian Borle and J. Harrison Ghee

### Multiple awards and nominations

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Actors who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
| Awards  | Nominations  | Recipient

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4  | 7  | Frank Langella
5  | Boyd Gaines
3  | 6  | Nathan Lane
5  | Mark Rylance
4  | Kevin Kline
Zero Mostel
3  | Hinton Battle
2  | 7  | Christopher Plummer
6  | John Lithgow
Michael Cerveris
5  | Christian Borle
George Hearn
George Rose
John Cullum
Robert Morse
4  | James Earl Jones
Norbert Leo Butz
Richard Kiley
3  | Al Pacino
David Burns
David Wayne
Fredric March
Judd Hirsch
Matthew Broderick
Phil Silvers
Rex Harrison
Robert Preston
Stephen Spinella
Walter Matthau
2  | Alan Bates
Brian Dennehy
Bryan Cranston
Harvey Fierstein
Hiram Sherman
James Naughton
Jonathan Pryce
José Ferrer
Russell Nype
Tommy Tune
1  | 8  | Danny Burstein
Jason Robards
7  | Brian Bedford
6  | Philip Bosco
5  | Brían F. O'Byrne
Hume Cronyn
Jim Dale
4  | Billy Crudup
Brandon Uranowitz
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Cyril Ritchard
David Alan Grier
Gregory Hines
Jack Cassidy
Joel Grey
Jonathan Groff
Liev Schreiber
René Auberjonois
Tony Shalhoub
3  | Alfred Drake
André De Shields
Barry Bostwick
Courtney B. Vance
David Hyde Pierce
Gary Beach
Gavin Creel
George Grizzard
Jefferson Mays
Jerry Orbach
John Wood
Larry Blyden
Len Cariou
Mandy Patinkin
Michael Rupert
Richard Burton
Robert Sean Leonard
Roger Bart
Scott Wise
2  | Alfred Lunt
Andrew Garfield
Barnard Hughes
Ben Vereen
Ben Platt
Bert Lahr
Bertie Carvel
Bill Irwin
Brent Carver
Charles Nelson Reilly
Chuck Cooper
Cleavant Derricks
Cliff Gorman
Denzel Washington
Derek Jacobi
Eddie Redmayne
Edward Herrmann
Fritz Weaver
Gabriel Ebert
George S. Irving
Henry Fonda
Hugh Jackman
Ian McKellen
Jack Albertson
James Monroe Iglehart
Jeffrey Wright
John Benjamin Hickey
John Glover
Kevin Spacey
Laurence Fishburne
Leslie Odom Jr.
Martin Short
Michael Gough
Michael McGrath
Paul Rogers
Ralph Fiennes
Ray Bolger
Reed Birney
Roger Rees
Roger Robinson
Ron Holgate
Roy Dotrice
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Santino Fontana
Sean Hayes
Simon Russell Beale
Sydney Chaplin
Zakes Mokae
| Nominations  | Recipient

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5  | Brian d'Arcy James
George C. Scott
John McMartin
Tom Aldredge
4  | Donald Pleasence
Gregg Edelman
Raúl Esparza
Raul Julia
Victor Garber
3  | Alan Alda
Alec McCowen
Alfred Molina
Andy Karl
Ben Gazzara
Brandon Victor Dixon
Brian Murray
Brooks Ashmanskas
Christopher Fitzgerald
Gilbert Price
Harry Groener
Jeff Daniels
Joseph Maher
Joshua Henry
Kevin Chamberlin
Marc Kudisch
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Ralph Richardson
Robin de Jesús
Terrence Mann
Tim Curry
Željko Ivanek
2  | Adam Godley
Alan Rickman
Albert Finney
Alex Brightman
Andrew Rannells
Andy Griffith
Anthony Heald
Anthony Perkins
Arian Moayed
Biff McGuire
Bob Gunton
Bobby Cannavale
Brad Oscar
Bruce Adler
Charles Brown
Charles S. Dutton
Christopher Sieber
Christopher Walken
Clive Revill
Conleth Hill
Corey Hawkins
David Carroll
David Morse
David Pittu
David Threlfall
Dick Anthony Williams
Donald Moffat
Edward Petherbridge
Edward Winter
Gabriel Byrne
Gary Sinise
Gavin Lee
Herschel Bernardi
Howard McGillin
Jack Gilford
Jack Lemmon
Jeremy Jordan
Jeremy Pope
Joe Mantello
Joel Blum
John Gielgud
Jon Michael Hill
Josh Groban
Jude Law
K. Todd Freeman
Keith Carradine
Larry Bryggman
Larry Haines
Lewis J. Stadlen
Liam Neeson
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Maurice Evans
Maurice Hines
Michael Stuhlbarg
Milo O'Shea
Nicol Williamson
Patrick Wilson
Peter Frechette
Rob McClure
Robert Prosky
Robert Weede
Samuel Barnett
Samuel E. Wright
Savion Glover
Stark Sands
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Theodore Bikel
Tom Courtenay
Tom Sturridge
Tom Wopat
Tony Roberts
Wilfrid Hyde-White

## Facts

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* The lead role of Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum has earned the Tony Award for the three different actors who have performed the character:
* 1963 – Zero Mostel
* 1972 – Phil Silvers
* 1996 – Nathan Lane
* In 1989, Jason Alexander won the award for portraying several characters in Jerome Robbins' Broadway, amongst them, the role of Pseudolus.
* Three other male roles have produced multiple Tony Award winners: J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying:
* 1962 – Robert Morse
* 1995 – Matthew Broderick
* Emile de Beque in South Pacific:
* 1950 – Ezio Pinza
* 2008 – Paulo Szot
* and Albin in La Cage Aux Folles:
* 1984 – George Hearn
* 2010 – Douglas Hodge
* Gary Beach, who played Albin in the 2005 revival, was nominated but lost the award to Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
* Two actors have won for their performances in My Fair Lady, each for a different character:
* 1957 – Rex Harrison, playing Henry Higgins
* 1976 – George Rose, playing Alfred P. Doolitle
* Ian Richardson and Harry Hadden-Paton, who played Henry Higgins in 1976 and 2018, respectively, were also nominated.
* The lead role with most nominations is Tevye, in Fiddler on the Roof. Five actors have been nominated for their portrayals, with one win:
* 1965 – Zero Mostel (winner)
* 1982 – Herschel Bernardi
* 1991 – Chaim Topol
* 2004 – Alfred Molina
* 2016 – Danny Burstein
* In 1989, Jason Alexander won the award for portraying several characters in Jerome Robbins' Broadway, amongst them, the role of Tevye.
* Take Me Along is the only production to receive three nominations for the award – Jackie Gleason (winner), Robert Morse and Walter Pidgeon.
* The lead role of Sweeney Todd from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has received 4 nominations, though only Len Cariou has won the award for playing the role, which he originated.
* Actors have won Tonys for both Best Actor in a Play and "Best Actor in a Musical" for playing Cyrano de Bergerac: Jose Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac and Christopher Plummer in Cyrano.
* Four roles have been nominated in this category that have also been classified in the category Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. George Rose won the 1976 Best Actor Award for playing Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady whereas Stanley Holloway and Norbert Leo Butz were nominated in the featured category for playing the part in 1956 and 2018, respectively. Similarly, Lou Diamond Phillips and Ken Watanabe were nominated for Best Actor for playing the King of Siam in The King and I in 1996 and 2015, respectively, while Yul Brynner won the Best Featured Actor Tony for the same role in 1951. Alan Cumming won and Eddie Redmayne was nominated in Best Actor for playing the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret in 1998 and 2024, respectively, while Joel Grey won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for the role in 1966. Also, Jack Gilford was nominated for Best Actor for playing Herr Schultz in Cabaret, a role for which four actors have subsequently been nominated for Best Featured Actor.
* Harvey Fierstein was the first actor to win the award for portraying a female character, for his 2003 performance as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. Neil Patrick Harris won in 2014 for his performance as Hedwig, a genderqueer woman in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
* There have never been consecutive victories, and only five actors have managed, over the decades, to score consecutive nominations: Gregory Hines (1980/1981), George Hearn (1983/1984), Patrick Wilson (2001/2002), Michael Cerveris (2006/2007), and Jonathan Groff (2024/2025).
* In 2009, David Álvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish were jointly nominated for the award for their performances in Billy Elliot the Musical as the titular character. They won the award, marking the first time three actors have received it.
* The oldest performer to win in this category is Bert Lahr who was 68 when he won for Foxy in 1964. The youngest winner is Trent Kowalik who won for Billy Elliot at age 14. He shared the award with David Álvarez and Kiril Kulish – both 15 at the time.
* The role of The Leading Player in Pippin holds the distinction of winning in both Best Leading Actor and Leading Actress categories. Ben Vereen won in 1972, while Patina Miller won in the leading actress category for the 2013 revival.
* Darren Criss became the first Asian American actor to win in this category for his performance as Oliver in Maybe Happy Ending in 2025.

## See also

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* Theatre portal

* Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
* Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
* Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
* Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
* Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
* Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
* Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
* List of Tony Award-nominated productions

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## External links

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* Official website
* Tony Award, Actor in A Musical, at Internet Broadway Database

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Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical

1948–1975|

* Paul Hartman (1948)
* Ray Bolger (1949)
* Ezio Pinza (1950)
* Robert Alda (1951)
* Phil Silvers (1952)
* Thomas Mitchell (1953)
* Alfred Drake (1954)
* Walter Slezak (1955)
* Ray Walston (1956)
* Rex Harrison (1957)
* Robert Preston (1958)
* Richard Kiley (1959)
* Jackie Gleason (1960)
* Richard Burton (1961)
* Robert Morse (1962)
* Zero Mostel (1963)
* Bert Lahr (1964)
* Zero Mostel (1965)
* Richard Kiley (1966)
* Robert Preston (1967)
* Robert Goulet (1968)
* Jerry Orbach (1969)
* Cleavon Little (1970)
* Hal Linden (1971)
* Phil Silvers (1972)
* Ben Vereen (1973)
* Christopher Plummer (1974)
* John Cullum (1975)

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* George Rose (1976)
* Barry Bostwick (1977)
* John Cullum (1978)
* Len Cariou (1979)
* Jim Dale (1980)
* Kevin Kline (1981)
* Ben Harney (1982)
* Tommy Tune (1983)
* George Hearn (1984)
* No Award (1985)
* George Rose (1986)
* Robert Lindsay (1987)
* Michael Crawford (1988)
* Jason Alexander (1989)
* James Naughton (1990)
* Jonathan Pryce (1991)
* Gregory Hines (1992)
* Brent Carver (1993)
* Boyd Gaines (1994)
* Matthew Broderick (1995)
* Nathan Lane (1996)
* James Naughton (1997)
* Alan Cumming (1998)
* Martin Short (1999)
* Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)

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* Nathan Lane (2001)
* John Lithgow (2002)
* Harvey Fierstein (2003)
* Hugh Jackman (2004)
* Norbert Leo Butz (2005)
* John Lloyd Young (2006)
* David Hyde Pierce (2007)
* Paulo Szot (2008)
* David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish (2009)
* Douglas Hodge (2010)
* Norbert Leo Butz (2011)
* Steve Kazee (2012)
* Billy Porter (2013)
* Neil Patrick Harris (2014)
* Michael Cerveris (2015)
* Leslie Odom Jr. (2016)
* Ben Platt (2017)
* Tony Shalhoub (2018)
* Santino Fontana (2019)
* Aaron Tveit (2020/21)
* Myles Frost (2022)
* J. Harrison Ghee (2023)
* Jonathan Groff (2024)
* Darren Criss (2025)

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* Revival
* Direction
* Leading Actor
* Leading Actress
* Featured Actor
* Featured Actress
* Book
* Choreography
* Costume Design
* Lighting Design
* Orchestrations
* Original Score
* Scenic Design
* Sound Design

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* Regional Theatre Tony Award
* Special Tony Award
* Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
* Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired|

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* Costume Design*
* Director*
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