Tony Award For Best Performance By A Featured Actor In A Musical

WINNERS AND NOMINEES

In the following list, the winner is displayed first; the non-winning nominees, where known, are second. Prior to 1956, records of nominees were not kept.

1940S

'''1947 David Wayne , '' Finian's Rainbow ''

1950S

'''1950 Myron McCormick , '' South Pacific ''

'''1951 Russell Nype , '' Call Me Madam ''

'''1952 Yul Brynner , '' The King And I ''

'''1953 Hiram Sherman , '' Two's Company ''

'''1954 Harry Belafonte , '' John Murray Anderson's Almanac ''

'''1955 Cyril Ritchard , '' Peter Pan ''

'''1956 Russ Brown , '' Damn Yankees ''

--- Mike Kellin , '' Pipe Dream ''

--- Will Mahoney , '' Finian's Rainbow ''

--- Scott Merrill , '' The Threepenny Opera ''

'''1957 Sydney Chaplin , '' Bells Are Ringing ''

--- Robert Coote , '' My Fair Lady ''

--- Stanley Holloway , '' My Fair Lady ''

'''1958 David Burns , '' The Music Man ''

--- Ossie Davis , '' Jamaica ''

--- Cameron Prud'homme , '' New Girl In Town ''

--- Iggie Wolfington , '' The Music Man ''

'''1959 Russell Nype , '' Goldilocks ''

--- Leonard Stone , '' Redhead ''

1960S

'''1960 Tom Bosley , '' Fiorello! ''

--- Theodore Bikel , '' The Sound Of Music ''

--- Kurt Kasznar , '' The Sound Of Music ''

--- Howard Da Silva , '' Fiorello! ''

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'''1961 Dick Van Dyke , '' Bye, Bye Birdie ''

--- Clive Revill , '' Irma La Douce ''

--- Dick Gautier , '' Bye, Bye Birdie ''

--- Ron Husmann , '' Tenderloin

'''1962 Charles Nelson Reilly , '' How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying ''

--- Orson Bean , '' Subways Are For Sleeping ''

--- Severn Darden , '' From The Second City ''

--- Pierre Olaf , '' Carnival ''

'''1963 David Burns , '' A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum ''

--- Jack Gilford , '' A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum ''

--- David Jones , '' Oliver! ''

--- Swen Sweson , '' Little Me ''

'''1964 Jack Cassidy , '' She Loves Me ''

--- Will Geer , '' 110 In The Shade ''

--- Danny Meehan , '' Funny Girl ''

--- Charles Nelson Reilly , '' Hello, Dolly! ''

'''1965 Victor Spinetti , '' Oh, What A Lovely War ''

--- Jack Cassidy , '' Fade Out - Fade In ''

---'' James Grout , '' Half A Sixpence ''

---'' Jerry Orbach , '' Guys And Dolls ''

'''1966 Frankie Michaels , '' Mame ''

--- Roy Castle , '' Pickwick ''

--- John McMartin , '' Sweet Charity ''

--- Michael O'Sullivan , '' Superman ''

'''1967 Joel Grey , '' Cabaret ''

--- Leon Bibb , '' A Hand Is On The Gate ''

--- Gordon Dilworth , '' A Hand Is On The Gate ''

--- Edward Winter , '' Cabaret ''

'''1968 Hiram Sherman , '' How Now, Dow Jones ''

--- Scott Jacoby , '' Golden Rainbow ''

--- Nikos Kourkoulos , '' Ilya Darling ''

--- Mike Rupert , '' The Happy Time ''

'''1969 Ronald Holgate , '' 1776 ''

--- A, Larry Haine , '' Promises, Promises ''

--- Edward Winter , '' Promises, Promises ''

1970S

'''1970 Rene Auberjonois , '' Coco ''

--- Brandon Maggart , '' Applause ''

--- George Rose , '' Coco ''

'''1971 Keene Curtis , '' The Rothschilds ''

--- Charles Kimbrough , '' Company ''

--- Walter Willison , '' Two By Two ''

'''1972 Larry Blyden , '' A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum ''

--- Timothy Myers , '' Grease ''

--- Gene Nelson , '' Follies ''

--- Ben Vereen , '' Jesus Christ Superstar ''

'''1973 George S, Irving , '' Irene ''

--- Laurence Guittard , '' A Little Night Music ''

--- Avon Long , '' Don't Play Us Cheap ''

--- Gilbert Price , '' Lost In The Stars ''

'''1974 Tommy Tune , '' Seesaw ''

--- Mark Baker , '' Candide ''

--- Ralph Carter , '' Raisin ''

'''1975 Ted Ross , '' The Wiz ''

--- Tom Aldredge , '' Where's Charley? ''

--- John Bottoms , '' Dance With Me ''

--- Douglas Henning , '' The Magic Show ''

--- Gilbert Price , '' The Night That Made America Famous ''

--- Richard B, Shull , '' Goodtime Charley ''

'''1976 Sammy Williams , '' A Chorus Line ''

--- Robert LuPone , '' A Chorus Line ''

--- Charles Repole , '' Very Good Eddie ''

--- Isao Sato , '' Pacific Overtures ''

'''1977 Lenny Baker , '' I Love My Wife ''

--- David Kernan , '' Side By Side By Sondheim ''

--- Larry Marshall , '' Porgy And Bess ''

--- Ned Sherrin , '' Side By Side By Sondheim ''

'''1978 Kevin Kline , '' On The Twentieth Century ''

--- Steven Boockvor , '' Working ''

--- Wayne Cliento , '' Dancin' ''

--- Rex Everhart , '' Working ''

'''1979 Henderson Forsythe , '' The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas ''

--- Richard Cox , '' Platinum ''

--- Gregory Hines , '' Eubie! ''

--- Ronald Holgate , '' The Grand Tour ''

1980S

'''1980 Mandy Patinkin , '' Evita ''

--- David Garrison , '' A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine ''

--- Harry Groener , '' Oklahoma! ''

--- Bob Gunton , '' Evita ''

'''1981 Hinton Battle , '' Sophisticated Ladies ''

--- Tony Azito , '' The Pirates Of Penzance ''

--- Lee Roy Reams , '' 42nd Street ''

--- Paxton Whitehead , '' Camelot ''

'''1982 Cleavant Derricks , '' Dreamgirls ''

--- Obba Babatunde , '' Dreamgirls ''

--- David Alan Grier , '' The First ''

--- Bill Hutton , '' Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''

'''1983 Charles Honi Coles , '' My One And Only ''

--- Harry Groener , '' Cats ''

--- Stephen Hanan , '' Cats ''

--- Lara Teeter , '' On Your Toes ''

'''1984 Hinton Battle , '' The Tap Dance Kid ''

--- Stephen Geoffreys , '' The Human Comedy ''

--- Todd Graff , '' Baby ''

--- Samuel E, Wright , '' The Tap Dance Kid ''

'''1985 Ron Richardson , '' Big River ''

--- Rene Auberjonois , '' Big River ''

--- Daniel H, Jenkins , '' Big River ''

--- Kurt Knudson , '' Take Me Along ''

'''1986 Michael Rupert , '' Sweet Charity ''

--- Christopher D'Amboise , '' Song & Dance ''

--- John Herrera , '' The Mystery Of Edwin Drood ''

--- Howard McGillin , '' The Mystery Of Edwin Drood ''

'''1987 Michael Maguire , '' Les Misérables ''

--- George S, Irving , '' Me And My Girl ''

--- Timothy Jerome , '' Me And My Girl ''

--- Robert Torti , '' Starlight Express ''

'''1988 Bill McCutcheon , '' Anything Goes ''

--- Anthony Heald , '' Anything Goes ''

--- Werner Klemperer , '' Cabaret ''

--- Robert Westenberg , '' Into The Woods ''

'''1989 Scott Wise , '' Jerome Robbins' Broadway ''

--- Bunny Briggs , '' Black And Blue ''

--- Savion Glover , '' Black And Blue ''

--- Scott Wentworth , '' Welcome To The Club ''

1990S

'''1990 Michael Jeter , '' Grand Hotel ''

--- Rene Auberjonois , '' City Of Angels ''

--- Kevin Colson , '' Aspects Of Love ''

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'''1991 Hinton Battle , '' Miss Saigon ''

--- Bruce Adler , '' Those Were The Days ''

--- Gregg Burge , '' Oh, Kay! ''

---' Willy Falk , '' Miss Saigon ''

'''1992 Scott Waara , '' The Most Happy Fella ''

--- Bruce Adler , '' Crazy For You ''

--- Keith David , '' Jelly's Last Jam ''

--- Jonathan Kaplan , '' Falsettos ''

'''1993 Anthony Crivello , '' Kiss Of The Spider Woman ''

--- Michael Cerveris , '' The Who's Tommy ''

--- Gregg Edelman , '' Anna Karenina ''

--- Paul Kandel , '' The Who's Tommy ''

'''1994 Jarrod Emick , '' Damn Yankees ''

--- Tom Aldredge , '' Passion ''

--- Gary Beach , '' Beauty And The Beast ''

--- Jonathan Freeman , '' She Loves Me ''

'''1995 George Hearn , '' Sunset Boulevard ''

--- Michel Bell , '' Show Boat ''

--- Joel Blum , '' Show Boat ''

--- Victor Trent Cook , '' Smokey Joe's Cafe ''

'''1996 Wilson Jermaine Heredia , '' Rent ''

--- Lewis J, Stadlen , '' A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum ''

--- Brett Tabisel , '' Big ''

--- Scott Wise , '' State Fair ''

'''1997 Chuck Cooper , '' The Life ''

--- Joel Blum , '' Steel Pier ''

--- Andre De Shields , '' Play On! ''

--- Sam Harris , '' The Life ''

'''1998 Ron Rifkin , '' Cabaret ''

--- Gregg Edelman , '' 1776 ''

--- John McMartin , '' High Society ''

--- Samuel E, Wright , '' The Lion King ''

'''1999 Roger Bart , '' You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown ''

--- Desmond Richardson , '' Fosse ''

--- Ron Taylor , '' It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues ''

--- Scott Wise , '' Fosse ''

2000S

'''2000 Boyd Gaines , '' Contact ''

--- Michael Berresse , '' Kiss Me, Kate ''

--- Stephen Spinella , '' James Joyce's The Dead ''

--- Lee Wilkof , '' Kiss Me, Kate ''

--- Michael Mulheren , '' Kiss Me, Kate ''

'''2001 Gary Beach , '' The Producers ''

--- Roger Bart , '' The Producers ''

--- John Ellison Conlee , '' The Full Monty ''

--- André De Shields , '' The Full Monty ''

--- Brad Oscar , '' The Producers ''

'''2002 Shuler Hensley , '' Oklahoma! ''

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--- Gregg Edelman , '' Into The Woods ''

--- Marc Kudisch , '' Thoroughly Modern Millie ''

--- Norbert Leo Butz , '' Thou Shalt Not ''

'''2003 Dick Latessa , '' Hairspray ''

--- Michael Cavanaugh , '' Movin' Out ''

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--- Corey Reynolds , '' Hairspray ''

--- Keith Roberts , '' Movin' Out ''

'''2004 Michael Cerveris , '' Assassins ''

--- John Cariani , '' Fiddler On The Roof ''

--- Raul Esparza , '' Taboo ''

--- Michael McElroy , '' Big River ''

--- Denis O'Hare , '' Assassins ''

'''2005 Dan Fogler , '' The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ''

--- Marc Kudisch , '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''

--- Michael McGrath , '' Monty Python's Spamalot ''

--- Matthew Morrison , '' The Light In The Piazza ''

--- Christopher Sieber , '' Monty Python's Spamalot ''

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