Primetime Emmy Award za najboljeg glavnog glumca u dramskoj seriji
Primetime Emmy Award za najboljeg glavnog glumca u dramskoj seriji je nagrada Emmy koja se dodeljuje najboljim glavnim glumcima dramskim serijama, emitovanim u udarnom terminu.
Dobitnici ovih nagrada su:
- 1956: Robert Young - Father Knows Best
- 1957: Robert Young - Father Knows Best
- 1958: nije uručena
- 1959: Raymond Burr - Perry Mason
- 1960: Robert Stack - The Untouchables
- 1961: Raymond Burr - Perry Mason
- 1962: E. G. Marshall - The Defenders
- 1963: E. G. Marshall - The Defenders
- 1964: nije uručena
- 1965: nije uručena
- 1966: Bill Cosby - I Spy
- 1967: Bill Cosby - I Spy
- 1968: Bill Cosby - I Spy
- 1969: Carl Betz - Judd for the Defense
- 1970: Robert Young - Marcus Welby M.D.
- 1971: Hal Holbrook - The Bold Ones: The Senator
- 1972: Peter Falk - Columbo
- 1973: Richard Thomas - The Waltons
- 1974: Telly Savalas - Kojak
- 1975: Robert Blake - Baretta
- 1976: Peter Falk - Columbo
- 1977: James Garner - The Rockford Files
- 1978: Edward Asner - Lou Grant
- 1979: Ron Leibman - Kaz
- 1980: Edward Asner - Lou Grant
- 1981: Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues
- 1982: Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues
- 1983: Ed Flanders - St. Elsewhere
- 1984: Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I.
- 1985: William Daniels - St. Elsewhere
- 1986: William Daniels - St. Elsewhere
- 1987: Bruce Willis - Moonlighting
- 1988: Richard Kiley - A Year in the Life
- 1989: Carroll O'Connor - In the Heat of the Night
- 1990: Peter Falk - Columbo
- 1991: James Earl Jones - Gabriel's Fire
- 1992: Christopher Lloyd - Road to Avonlea
- 1993: Tom Skerritt - Picket Fences
- 1994: Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
- 1995: Mandy Patinkin - Chicago Hope
- 1996: Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
- 1997: Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
- 1998: Andre Braugher - Homicide: Life on the Street
- 1999: Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
- 2000: James Gandolfini - The Sopranos
- 2001: James Gandolfini - The Sopranos
- 2002: Michael Chiklis - The Shield
- 2003: James Gandolfini - The Sopranos
- 2004: James Spader - The Practice
- 2005: James Spader - Boston Legal (Isti lik kao u seriji The Practice)
- 2006: Kiefer Sutherland - 24
- 2007: James Spader - Boston Legal
- 2008: Brian Cranston - Breaking Bad