Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television

The following is a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Actor on Television (formerly Best Genre TV Actor).

The award is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the work of actors in science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction on television.

As of the 47th Saturn Awards in 2022, the award is known as Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series and features a sister category: Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Streaming Television Series.

(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year.)

The winners are listed in bold.

Winners and nominees

• Saturn award gallery
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1990s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
1996 (23rd) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Kyle Chandler	Early Edition	CBS	Gary Hobson
	Avery Brooks	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Syndicated	Captain Sisko
	Eric Close	Dark Skies	NBC	John Loengard
	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox	Fox Mulder
	Lance Henriksen	Millennium		Frank Black
	Paul McGann	Doctor Who		The Doctor
1997 (24th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Steven Weber	The Shining	ABC	John "Jack" Torrance
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Nicholas Brendon	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Xander Harris
	John Corbett	The Visitor	Fox	Adam MacArthur
	David Duchovny	The X-Files		Fox Mulder
	Michael T. Weiss	The Pretender	NBC	Jarod
1998 (25th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Bruce Boxleitner	Babylon 5	TNT	President John Sheridan
	Nicholas Brendon	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Xander Harris
	David Duchovny	The X-Files	Fox	Fox Mulder
	Lance Henriksen	Millennium		Frank Black
	Jonathan LaPaglia	Seven Days	UPN	Lt. Frank Parker
1999 (26th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Jason Behr	Roswell	The WB	Max Evans
	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Eric Close	Now and Again	CBS	Michael Wiseman
	Patrick Stewart	A Christmas Carol	TNT	Ebenezer Scrooge

2000s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
2000 (27th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Robert Patrick	The X-Files	Fox	John Doggett
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Jason Behr	Roswell	The WB	Max Evans
	David Boreanaz	Angel		Angel
	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Kevin Sorbo	Andromeda	Syndicated	Captain Dylan Hunt
2001 (28th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Scott Bakula	Enterprise	UPN	Captain Jonathan Archer
	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Robert Patrick	The X-Files	Fox	John Doggett
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2002 (29th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Scott Bakula	Enterprise	UPN	Captain Jonathan Archer
	Ben Browder	Farscape	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Anthony Michael Hall	The Dead Zone	USA Network	Johnny Smith
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2003 (30th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	David Boreanaz	Angel	The WB	Angel
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Colonel Jack O'Neill
	Scott Bakula	Star Trek: Enterprise	UPN	Captain Jonathan Archer
	Michael Shanks	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Dr. Daniel Jackson
	Michael Vartan	Alias	ABC	Michael Vaughn
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2004 (31st) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Ben Browder	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Sci-Fi	John Crichton
	Richard Dean Anderson	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Brigadier General Jack O'Neill
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Julian McMahon	Nip/Tuck	FX	Dr. Christian Troy
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
	Noah Wyle	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	TNT	Flynn Carsen
2005 (32nd) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Ben Browder	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
	William Fichtner	Invasion	ABC	Sheriff Tom Underlay
	Julian McMahon	Nip/Tuck	FX	Dr. Christian Troy
	Wentworth Miller	Prison Break	Fox	Michael Scofield
	Tom Welling	Smallville	The WB	Clark Kent
2006 (33rd) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Matt Dallas	Kyle XY	ABC Family	Kyle Trager
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Edward James Olmos	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Admiral William Adama
	Kiefer Sutherland	24	Fox	Jack Bauer
	Noah Wyle	The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines	TNT	Flynn Carsen
2007 (34th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Matt Dallas	Kyle XY	ABC Family	Kyle Trager
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Kevin McKidd	Journeyman	NBC	Dan Vasser
	Edward James Olmos	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Admiral William Adama
	Lee Pace	Pushing Daisies	ABC	Ned
2008 (35th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Edward James Olmos	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Admiral William Adama
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Noah Wyle	The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice		Flynn Carsen
2009 (36th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Josh Holloway	Lost	ABC	James "Sawyer" Ford
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Zachary Levi	Chuck	NBC	Chuck Bartowski
	Stephen Moyer	True Blood	HBO	Bill Compton
	David Tennant	Doctor Who	BBC America	The Doctor

2010s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
2010 (37th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Stephen Moyer	True Blood	HBO	Bill Compton
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Matthew Fox	Lost	ABC	Jack Shephard
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
2011 (38th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Sean Bean	Game of Thrones	HBO	Eddard "Ned" Stark
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Dylan McDermott	American Horror Story	FX	Ben Harmon
	Noah Wyle	Falling Skies	TNT	Tom Mason
2012 (39th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Kevin Bacon	The Following	Fox	Ryan Hardy
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Billy Burke	Revolution	NBC	Miles Matheson
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter	Showtime	Dexter Morgan
	Timothy Hutton	Leverage	TNT	Nathan Ford
	Joshua Jackson	Fringe	Fox	Peter Bishop
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
2013 (40th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Mads Mikkelsen	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
	Kevin Bacon	The Following	Fox	Ryan Hardy
	Bryan Cranston	Breaking Bad	AMC	Walter White
	Hugh Dancy	Hannibal	NBC	Will Graham
	Freddie Highmore	Bates Motel	A&E	Norman Bates
	James Spader	The Blacklist	NBC	Raymond "Red" Reddington
	Noah Wyle	Falling Skies	TNT	Tom Mason
2014 (41st) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Hugh Dancy	Hannibal	NBC	Will Graham
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Tobias Menzies	Outlander	Starz	Frank Randall / Jack Randall
	Mads Mikkelsen	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
	Noah Wyle	Falling Skies	TNT	Tom Mason
2015 (42nd) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Bruce Campbell	Ash vs Evil Dead	Starz	Ash Williams
	Charlie Cox	Daredevil	Netflix	Daredevil
	Matt Dillon	Wayward Pines	Fox	Ethan Burke
	David Duchovny	The X-Files		Fox Mulder
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Mads Mikkelsen	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
2016 (43rd) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Bruce Campbell	Ash vs Evil Dead	Starz	Ash Williams
	Mike Colter	Luke Cage	Netflix	Luke Cage
	Charlie Cox	Daredevil		Matt Murdock / Daredevil
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	James "Jamie" Fraser
	Freddie Highmore	Bates Motel	A&E	Norman Bates
2017 (44th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Kyle MacLachlan	Twin Peaks: The Return	Showtime	Dale Cooper
	Jon Bernthal	The Punisher	Netflix	Frank Castle / Punisher
	Bruce Campbell	Ash vs Evil Dead	Starz	Ash Williams
	Sam Heughan	Outlander		Jamie Fraser
	Jason Isaacs	Star Trek: Discovery	CBS All Access	Captain Gabriel Lorca
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Seth MacFarlane	The Orville	Fox	Ed Mercer
	Ricky Whittle	American Gods	Starz	Shadow Moon
2018/2019 (45th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jon Snow
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Seth MacFarlane	The Orville	Fox	Ed Mercer
	Bill Pullman	The Sinner	USA Network	Harry Ambrose
	Jeffrey Wright	Westworld	HBO	Bernard Lowe
2019/2020 (46th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Patrick Stewart	Star Trek: Picard	CBS All Access	Jean-Luc Picard
	Henry Cavill	The Witcher	Netflix	Geralt of Rivia
	Mike Colter	Evil	CBS	David Acosta
	Grant Gustin	The Flash	The CW	Barry Allen / Flash
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Jonathan Majors	Lovecraft Country	HBO	Atticus "Tic" Freeman
	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	AMC	Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman

2020s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
2021/2022 (50th) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Network/Cable
	Bob Odenkirk	Better Call Saul	AMC	Saul Goodman
	Colman Domingo	Fear the Walking Dead	AMC	Victor Strand
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Showtime	Faraday
	Michael C. Hall	Dexter: New Blood		Dexter Morgan
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Tyler Hoechlin	Superman & Lois	The CW	Clark Kent/Superman
	Harold Perrineau	From	Epix	Boyd Stevens
	Streaming
	Oscar Isaac	Moon Knight	Disney+	Marc Spector/Moon Knight
	Tom Hiddleston	Loki	Disney+	Loki
	Anthony Mackie	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier		Sam Wilson/Falcon
	Ewan McGregor	Obi-Wan Kenobi		Obi-Wan Kenobi
	Anson Mount	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Christopher Pike
	Adam Scott	Severance	Apple TV+	Mark Scout
	Antony Starr	The Boys	Amazon Prime Video	Homelander
2022/2023 (51st) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Patrick Stewart	Star Trek: Picard	Paramount+	Jean-Luc Picard
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Tyler Hoechlin	Superman & Lois	The CW	Clark Kent/Superman
	Diego Luna	Andor	Disney+	Cassian Andor
	Anson Mount	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Christopher Pike
	Pedro Pascal	The Last of Us	HBO	Joel Miller
	Harold Perrineau	From	MGM+	Boyd Stevens
2023/2024 (52nd) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Colin Farrell	The Penguin	Max	Oswald "Oz" Cobb/The Penguin
	Walton Goggins	Fallout	Amazon Prime Video	The Ghoul/Cooper Howard
	Jon Hamm	Fargo	FX	Sheriff Roy Tillman
	Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live	AMC	Rick Grimes
	Harold Perrineau	From	MGM+	Boyd Stevens
	Norman Reedus	The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon	AMC	Daryl Dixon
	Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell	Monarch: Legacy of Monsters	Apple TV+	Lee Shaw

Multiple nominations

8 nominations

• Richard Dean Anderson
• Michael C. Hall

7 nominations

• Matthew Fox
• Andrew Lincoln

6 nominations

• Ben Browder
• Bryan Cranston
• Sam Heughan
• Noah Wyle

5 nominations

• David Boreanaz
• Grant Gustin
• Tom Welling

4 nominations

• David Duchovny
• Timothy Hutton

3 nominations

• Scott Bakula
• Bruce Campbell
• Mads Mikkelsen
• Edward James Olmos

2 nominations

• Kevin Bacon
• Jason Behr
• Nicholas Brendon
• Eric Close
• Mike Colter
• Charlie Cox
• Matt Dallas
• Hugh Dancy
• Lance Henriksen
• Freddie Highmore
• Seth MacFarlane
• Julian McMahon
• Stephen Moyer
• Bob Odenkirk
• Patrick Stewart

Multiple wins

3 wins

• David Boreanaz (2 consecutive)

2 wins

• Ben Browder
• Bryan Cranston (consecutive)
• Matthew Fox
• Andrew Lincoln
• Patrick Stewart

See also

• Saturn Award for Best Actor in Streaming Presentation

External links

• Official Site
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