Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. The award has been presented since 1947. It is the equivalent to the "Best Supporting Actor" award at the Academy Awards.

Awards and nominations

1940s

• 1947: David Wayne – Finian's Rainbow as Og
  • No nominees

1950s

• 1950: Myron McCormick – South Pacific as Luther Billis
  • No nominees

• 1951: Russell Nype – Call Me Madam as Kenneth Gibson
  • No nominees

• 1952: Yul Brynner – The King and I as The King of Siam
  • No nominees

• 1953: Hiram Sherman – Two's Company as various characters
  • No nominees

• 1954: Harry Belafonte – John Murray Anderson's Almanac as various characters
  • No nominees

• 1955: Cyril Ritchard – Peter Pan as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling
  • No nominees

• 1956: Russ Brown – Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren
  • Mike Kellin – Pipe Dream as Hazel
  • Will Mahoney – Finian's Rainbow as Finian McLonergan
  • Scott Merrill – The Threepenny Opera as Macheath

• 1957: Sydney Chaplin – Bells Are Ringing as Jeff Moss
  • Robert Coote – My Fair Lady as Colonel Pickering
  • Stanley Holloway – My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle

• 1958: David Burns – The Music Man as Mayor Shinn
  • Ossie Davis – Jamaica as Cicero
  • Cameron Prud'Homme – New Girl in Town as Chris
  • Iggie Wolfington – The Music Man as Marcellus Washburn

• 1959: Russell Nype – Goldilocks as George Randolph Brown
  • Leonard Stone – Redhead as George Poppett

1960s

• 1960: Tom Bosley – Fiorello! as Fiorello La Guardia
  • Theodore Bikel – The Sound of Music as Captain Georg von Trapp
  • Kurt Kasznar – The Sound of Music as Max Detweiler
  • Howard Da Silva – Fiorello! as Ben Marino
  • Jack Klugman – Gypsy as Herbie

• 1961: Dick Van Dyke – Bye Bye Birdie as Albert Peterson
  • Clive Revill – Irma La Douce as Bob-Le-Hotu
  • Dick Gautier – Bye Bye Birdie as Conrad Birdie
  • Ron Husmann – Tenderloin as Tommy

• 1962: Charles Nelson Reilly – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Bud Frump
  • Orson Bean – Subways Are For Sleeping as Charlie Smith
  • Severn Darden – From the Second City as Performer
  • Pierre Olaf – Carnival as Jacquot

• 1963: David Burns – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Senex
  • Jack Gilford – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Hysterium
  • David Jones – Oliver! as The Artful Dodger
  • Swen Swenson – Little Me as George Musgrove

• 1964: Jack Cassidy – She Loves Me as Stephen Kodaly
  • Will Geer – 110 in the Shade as H. C. Curry
  • Danny Meehan – Funny Girl as Eddie Ryan
  • Charles Nelson Reilly – Hello, Dolly! as Cornelius Hackl

• 1965: Victor Spinetti – Oh! What a Lovely War as Various Characters
  • Jack Cassidy – Fade Out – Fade In as Bryon Prong
  • James Grout – Half a Sixpence as Chitterlow
  • Jerry Orbach – Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson

• 1966: Frankie Michaels – Mame as Patrick Dennis
  • Roy Castle – Pickwick as Sam Weller
  • John McMartin – Sweet Charity as Oscar
  • Michael O'Sullivan – It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman as Dr. Abner Sedgwick

• 1967: Joel Grey – Cabaret as the Master of Ceremonies
  • Leon Bibb – A Hand is on the Gate as Performer
  • Gordon Dilworth – Walking Happy as Tubby Wadlow
  • Edward Winter – Cabaret as Ernst Ludwig

• 1968: Hiram Sherman – How Now, Dow Jones as Wingate
  • Scott Jacoby – Golden Rainbow as Ally
  • Nikos Kourkoulos – Illya Darling as Tonio
  • Michael Rupert – The Happy Time as Bibi Bonnard

• 1969: Ronald Holgate – 1776 as Richard Henry Lee
  • William Daniels – 1776 (Refused the nomination) as John Adams
  • Larry Haines – Promises, Promises as Dr. Dreyfuss
  • Edward Winter – Promises, Promises as J.D. Sheldrake

1970s

• 1970: René Auberjonois – Coco as Sebastian Baye
  • Brandon Maggart – Applause as Buzz Richards
  • George Rose – Coco as Louis Greff

• 1971: Keene Curtis – The Rothschilds as Various Characters
  • Charles Kimbrough – Company as Harry
  • Walter Willison – Two by Two as Japheth

• 1972: Larry Blyden – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Hysterium
  • Timothy Meyers – Grease as Kenickie
  • Gene Nelson – Follies as Buddy Plummer
  • Ben Vereen – Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot

• 1973: George S. Irving – Irene as Madame Lucy
  • Laurence Guittard – A Little Night Music as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm
  • Avon Long – Don't Play Us Cheap as David
  • Gilbert Price – Lost in the Stars as Absalom Kumalo

• 1974: Tommy Tune – Seesaw as David
  • Mark Baker – Candide as Candide
  • Ralph Carter – Raisin as Travis Younger

• 1975: Ted Ross – The Wiz as the Cowardly Lion
  • Tom Aldredge – Where's Charley? as Mr. Spettigue
  • John Bottoms – Dance with Me as Jimmy Dick II
  • Doug Henning – The Magic Show as Doug
  • Gilbert Price – The Night That Made America Famous as Performer
  • Richard B. Shull – Goodtime Charley as Minguet

• 1976: Sammy Williams – A Chorus Line as Paul
  • Robert LuPone – A Chorus Line as Zach
  • Charles Repole – Very Good Eddie as Mr. Eddie Kettle
  • Isao Sato – Pacific Overtures as Kayama

• 1977: Lenny Baker – I Love My Wife as Alvin
  • David Kernan – Side by Side by Sondheim as Performer
  • Larry Marshall – Porgy and Bess as Sportin' Life
  • Ned Sherrin – Side by Side by Sondheim as Performer

• 1978: Kevin Kline – On the Twentieth Century as Bruce Granit
  • Steven Boockvor – Working as John Fortune/Marco Camerone
  • Wayne Cilento – Dancin' as Performer
  • Rex Everhart – Working as Herb Rosen/Booker Page

• 1979: Henderson Forsythe – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
  • Richard Cox – Platinum as Dan Danger
  • Gregory Hines – Eubie! as Performer
  • Ronald Holgate – The Grand Tour as Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky

1980s

• 1980: Mandy Patinkin – Evita as Che
  • David Garrison – A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine as Serge B. Samovar
  • Harry Groener – Oklahoma! as Will Parker
  • Bob Gunton – Evita as Perón

• 1981: Hinton Battle – Sophisticated Ladies as various characters
  • Tony Azito – The Pirates of Penzance as Sergeant of Police
  • Lee Roy Reams – 42nd Street as Billy Lawlor
  • Paxton Whitehead – Camelot as King Pellinore

• 1982: Cleavant Derricks – Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early
  • Obba Babatundé – Dreamgirls as C.C. White
  • David Alan Grier – The First as Jackie Robinson
  • Bill Hutton – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph

• 1983: Charles "Honi" Coles – My One and Only as Mr. Magix
  • Harry Groener – Cats as Munkustrap
  • Stephen Hanan – Cats as Bustopher Jones / Asparagus / Growltiger
  • Lara Teeter – On Your Toes as Junior

• 1984: Hinton Battle – The Tap Dance Kid as Dipsey
  • Stephen Geoffreys – The Human Comedy as Homer
  • Todd Graff – Baby as Danny
  • Samuel E. Wright – The Tap Dance Kid as William

• 1985: Ron Richardson – Big River as Jim
  • René Auberjonois – Big River as The Duke
  • Daniel H. Jenkins – Big River as Huckleberry Finn
  • Kurt Knudson – Take Me Along as Sid Davis

• 1986: Michael Rupert – Sweet Charity as Oscar
  • Christopher d'Amboise – Song and Dance as Joe
  • John Herrera – The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Neville Landless / Mr. Victor Grinstead
  • Howard McGillin – The Mystery of Edwin Drood as John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget

• 1987: Michael Maguire – Les Misérables as Enjolras
  • George S. Irving – Me and My Girl as Sir John Tremayne
  • Timothy Jerome – Me and My Girl as Herbert Parchester
  • Robert Torti – Starlight Express as Greaseball

• 1988: Bill McCutcheon – Anything Goes as Moonface Martin
  • Anthony Heald – Anything Goes as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh
  • Werner Klemperer – Cabaret as Herr Schultz
  • Robert Westenberg – Into the Woods as Prince Charming / The Wolf

• 1989: Scott Wise – Jerome Robbins' Broadway as various characters
  • Bunny Briggs – Black and Blue as Hoofer
  • Savion Glover – Black and Blue as Younger Generation
  • Scott Wentworth – Welcome to the Club as Aaron Bates

1990s

• 1990: Michael Jeter – Grand Hotel as Otto Kringelein
  • René Auberjonois – City of Angels as Irwin S. Irving
  • Kevin Colson – Aspects of Love as George Dillingham
  • Jonathan Hadary – Gypsy as Herbie

• 1991: Hinton Battle – Miss Saigon as John
  • Bruce Adler – Those Were the Days as various characters
  • Gregg Burge – Oh, Kay! as Billy Lyes
  • Willy Falk – Miss Saigon as Chris

• 1992: Scott Waara – The Most Happy Fella as Herman
  • Bruce Adler – Crazy for You as Bela Zangler
  • Keith David – Jelly's Last Jam as Chimney Man
  • Jonathan Kaplan – Falsettos as Jason

• 1993: Anthony Crivello – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentin
  • Michael Cerveris – Tommy as Tommy
  • Gregg Edelman – Anna Karenina as Constantin Levin
  • Paul Kandel – Tommy as Uncle Ernie

• 1994: Jarrod Emick – Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy
  • Tom Aldredge – Passion as Dr. Tambourri
  • Gary Beach – Beauty and the Beast as Lumiere
  • Jonathan Freeman – She Loves Me as Headwaiter

• 1995: George Hearn – Sunset Boulevard as Max Von Mayerling
  • Michel Bell – Show Boat as Joe
  • Joel Blum – Show Boat as Frank
  • Victor Trent Cook – Smokey Joe's Cafe as various characters

• 1996: Wilson Jermaine Heredia – Rent as Angel Dumott Schunard
  • Lewis J. Stadlen - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Senex
  • Brett Tabisel – Big as Billy
  • Scott Wise – State Fair as Pat Gilbert

• 1997: Chuck Cooper – The Life as Memphis
  • Joel Blum – Steel Pier as Buddy Becker
  • André DeShields – Play On! as Jester
  • Sam Harris – The Life as Jojo

• 1998: Ron Rifkin – Cabaret as Herr Schultz
  • Gregg Edelman – 1776 as Edward Rutledge
  • John McMartin – High Society as Uncle Willie
  • Samuel E. Wright – The Lion King as Mufasa

• 1999: Roger Bart – You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as Snoopy
  • Desmond Richardson – Fosse as various characters
  • Ron Taylor – It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues as various characters
  • Scott Wise – Fosse as various characters

2000s

• 2000: Boyd Gaines – Contact as Michael Wiley
  • Michael Berresse – Kiss Me, Kate as Bill Calhoun/ Lucentio
  • Stephen Spinella – James Joyce's The Dead as Freddy Malins
  • Lee Wilkof – Kiss Me, Kate as First Man
  • Michael Mulheren – Kiss Me, Kate as Second Man

• 2001: Gary Beach – The Producers as Roger DeBris
  • Roger Bart – The Producers as Carmen Ghia
  • John Ellison Conlee – The Fully Monty as Dave Bukatinsky
  • André DeShields – The Full Monty as Noah "Horse" T. Simmons
  • Brad Oscar – The Producers as Franz Liebkind

• 2002: Shuler Hensley – Oklahoma! as Jud Fry
  • Brian d'Arcy James – Sweet Smell of Success as Sidney Falco
  • Gregg Edelman – Into the Woods as The Wolf/ Cinderella's Prince
  • Marc Kudisch – Thoroughly Modern Millie as Trevor Graydon
  • Norbert Leo Butz – Thou Shalt Not as Camille Raquin

• 2003: Dick Latessa – Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad
  • Michael Cavanaugh – Movin' Out as Piano Man
  • John Dossett – Gypsy as Herbie
  • Corey Reynolds – Hairspray as Seaweed J. Stubbs
  • Keith Roberts – Movin' Out as Tony

• 2004: Michael Cerveris – Assassins as John Wilkes Booth
  • John Cariani – Fiddler on the Roof as Motel Kamzoil
  • Raúl Esparza – Taboo as Philip Salon
  • Michael McElroy – Big River as Jim
  • Denis O'Hare – Assassins as Charles Guiteau

• 2005: Dan Fogler – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as William Barfée
  • Marc Kudisch – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst
  • Michael McGrath – Monty Python's Spamalot as Patsy
  • Matthew Morrison – The Light in the Piazza as Fabrizio Nacarelli
  • Christopher Sieber – Monty Python's Spamalot as Sir Galahad

• 2006: Christian Hoff – Jersey Boys as Tommy DeVito
  • Danny Burstein – The Drowsy Chaperone as Aldolpho
  • Jim Dale – The Threepenny Opera as Mr. Peachum
  • Brandon Victor Dixon – The Color Purple as Harpo
  • Manoel Felciano – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Tobias Ragg

• 2007: John Gallagher Jr. – Spring Awakening as Moritz Stiefel
  • Brooks Ashmanskas – Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me as various characters
  • Christian Borle – Legally Blonde: The Musical as Emmett Forrest
  • John Cullum – 110 in the Shade as H.C. Curry
  • David Pittu – LoveMusik as Bertolt Brecht

• 2008: Boyd Gaines – Gypsy as Herbie
  • Daniel Breaker – Passing Strange as Youth
  • Danny Burstein – South Pacific as Luther Billis
  • Robin de Jesús – In the Heights as Sonny
  • Christopher Fitzgerald – Young Frankenstein as Igor

• 2009: Gregory Jbara – Billy Elliot the Musical as Dad
  • David Bologna – Billy Elliot the Musical as Michael Caffrey
  • Marc Kudisch – 9 to 5 as Franklin Hart Jr.
  • Christopher Sieber – Shrek the Musical as Lord Farquaad
  • Will Swenson – Hair as Berger

2010s

• 2010: Levi Kreis – Million Dollar Quartet as Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Kevin Chamberlin – The Addams Family as Uncle Fester
  • Robin de Jesús – La Cage aux Folles as Jacob
  • Christopher Fitzgerald – Finian's Rainbow as Og
  • Bobby Steggert – Ragtime as Younger Brother

• 2011: John Larroquette – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as J.B. Biggley
  • Colman Domingo – The Scottsboro Boys as Mr. Bones
  • Adam Godley – Anything Goes as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh
  • Forrest McClendon – The Scottsboro Boys as Mr. Tambo
  • Rory O'Malley – The Book of Mormon as Elder McKinley/Moroni

• 2012: Michael McGrath – Nice Work If You Can Get It as Cookie McGee
  • Phillip Boykin – Porgy and Bess as Crown
  • Michael Cerveris – Evita as Juan Perón
  • David Alan Grier – Porgy and Bess as Sporting Life
  • Josh Young – Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas

Multiple Winners

3 Wins

• Hinton Battle

2 Wins

• David Burns
• Boyd Gaines
• Russell Nype
• Hiram Sherman

Multiple Nominees

3 Nominations

• René Auberjonois
• Hinton Battle
• Michael Cerveris
• Gregg Edelman
• Marc Kudisch
• Scott Wise

2 Nominations

• Bruce Adler
• Tom Aldredge
• Roger Bart
• Gary Beach
• Joel Blum
• David Burns
• Danny Burstein
• Jack Cassidy
• Robin de Jesús
• Christopher Fitzgerald
• Boyd Gaines
• David Alan Grier
• Harry Groener
• Ronald Holgate
• George S. Irving
• Michael McGrath
• John McMartin
• Russell Nype
• Gilbert Price
• Charles Nelson Reilly
• Michael Rupert
• Hiram Sherman
• André DeShields
• Christopher Sieber
• Edward Winter
• Samuel E. Wright

Statistics

• There have been no ties in the history of this category.
• The role of Herbie, in Gypsy, holds the record for most nominations in this category, with four:
  • 1960 – Jack Klugman
  • 1990 – Jonathan Hadary
  • 2003 – John Dossett
  • 2008 – Boyd Gaines
• Hinton Battle remains the most successful performer in the history of this category with a perfect score of three wins in three nominations. Scott Wise and René Auberjonois have also attained three nominations each, but have only been victorious once. Gregg Edelman and Marc Kudisch also received three nominations, and neither have ever won and they are this category's greatest "losers". Ironically, both were nominated and lost to Shuler Hensley in 2002.
• There has never been a consecutive winner in this category. There have been, though, some consecutive nominations. Jack Cassidy was consecutively nominated in 1964 and 1965, while Bruce Adler achieved the same honor in 1991 and 1992. Cassidy won in 1964, for his portrayal of Steve Kodaly, in She Loves Me.
• The record for the longest span between wins is held by Hiram Sherman, whose wins for Two's Company, in 1953, and How Now, Dow Jones, in 1968, are set apart by 15 years.
• The record for the longest span between nominations is held by John McMartin, whose nominations for Sweet Charity, in 1966, and High Society, in 1998, are set apart by 32 years. McMartin has never won a Tony Award in this category.
• The oldest winner in this category is Dick Latessa who was 73 when he won for Hairspray in 2003. The youngest winner is Frankie Michaels who won for Mame in 1966 at age 10.

External links

• Tony Awards Official site