Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) (US) to recognize the work done by television actors. It was introduced in 2011 when the event was first initiated. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Role
2011[1]	Jim Parsons	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Sheldon Cooper
	Alec Baldwin	30 Rock	Jack Donaghy
	Steve Carell	The Office	Michael Scott
	Louis C.K.	Louie	Louie
	Charlie Day	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Charlie Kelly
	Joel McHale	Community	Jeff Winger
2012[2]	Louis C.K.	Louie	Louie
	Don Cheadle	House of Lies	Marty Kaan
	Larry David	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Himself
	Garret Dillahunt	Raising Hope	Burt Chance
	Joel McHale	Community	Jeff Winger
	Jim Parsons	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Sheldon Cooper
2013[3]	Louis C.K.	Louie	Louie
	Don Cheadle	House of Lies	Marty Kaan
	Jake Johnson	New Girl	Nick Miller
	Jim Parsons	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Sheldon Cooper
	Adam Scott	Parks and Recreation	Ben Wyatt
	Jeremy Sisto	Suburgatory	George Altman
2014	Jim Parsons	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Sheldon Cooper
	Louis C.K.	Louie	Louie
	Chris Messina	The Mindy Project	Dr. Danny Castellano
	Thomas Middleditch	Silicon Valley	Richard Hendriks
	Adam Scott	Parks and Recreation	Ben Wyatt
	Robin Williams	The Crazy Ones	Simon Roberts
2015	Jeffrey Tambor	Transparent	Maura Pfefferman
	Anthony Anderson	black-ish	Andre 'Dre' Johnson, Sr.
	Will Forte	The Last Man on Earth	Phil Miller (1)
	Johnny Galecki	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Leonard Hofstadter
	Chris Messina	The Mindy Project	Dr. Danny Castellano
	Thomas Middleditch	Silicon Valley	Richard Hendriks
2016	Jeffrey Tambor	Transparent	Maura Pfefferman
	Anthony Anderson	black-ish	Andre 'Dre' Johnson, Sr.
	Aziz Ansari	Master of None	Dev Shah
	Will Forte	The Last Man on Earth	Phil Miller
	Randall Park	Fresh Off the Boat	Eddie Huang
	Fred Savage	The Grinder	Stewart Sanderson
2017	Anthony Anderson	black-ish	Andre 'Dre' Johnson, Sr.
	Will Forte	The Last Man on Earth	Phil Miller
	Donald Glover	Atlanta	Earnest 'Earn' Marks
	Bill Hader	Documentary Now!	Various Characters
	Patrick Stewart	Blunt Talk	Walter Blunt
	Jeffrey Tambor	Transparent	Maura Pfefferman

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Louis C.K.
• Jim Parsons
• Jeffrey Tambor

Multiple nominations

4 nominations

• Louis C.K.
• Jim Parsons

3 nominations

• Anthony Anderson
• Will Forte
• Jeffrey Tambor

2 nominations

• Don Cheadle
• Joel McHale
• Chris Messina
• Thomas Middleditch
• Adam Scott

See also

• TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

References

1. Sanger, Craig (19 June 2011). "Critics' Choice Television Awards". The Washington Times. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
2. Block, Alex Ben (5 June 2012). "'Community' Leads Critics' Choice Television Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
3. "Critics' Choice Television Awards". Critics' Choice Awards. May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2013.