TONY AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

The 'Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical' is awarded to the actor who is voted the best non-starring actor in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. This award was introduced in 1947 and not awarded again until 1950; prior to 1976, it was known as "Best Performance by a Featured or Supporting Actor in a Musical."

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Winners and Nominees

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for 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 in ''Finian's Rainbow'' as "Og"

1950s

★ '1950 Myron McCormick in ''South Pacific'' as "Luther Billis"

★ '1951 Russell Nype in ''Call Me Madam'' as "Kenneth Gibson"

★ '1952 Yul Brynner in ''The King and I'' as "The King of Siam"

★ '1953 Hiram Sherman in ''Two's Company'' as "Introducer of 'Opening - Theatre is a Lady'" / "Singer of 'A Man's Home'" / "Reggie" / "Singer and Dancer of 'Roll Along, Sadie'" / "Performer of 'Street Scenes'" / "Peter ("Going to the Studio")" / "Peter"

★ '1954 Harry Belafonte in ''John Murray Anderson's Almanac'' as "Performer"

★ '1955 Cyril Ritchard in ''Peter Pan'' as "Captain Hook" / "Mr. Darling"

★ '1956 Russ Brown in ''Damn Yankees'' as "Van Buren"

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★ Mike Kellin in ''Pipe Dream'' as "Hazel"

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★ Will Mahoney in ''Finian's Rainbow'' as "Finian McLonergan"

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★ Scott Merrill in ''The Threepenny Opera'' as "Macheath"

★ '1957 Sydney Chaplin in ''Bells Are Ringing'' as "Jeff Moss"

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★ Robert Coote in ''My Fair Lady'' as "Colonel Pickering"

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★ Stanley Holloway in ''My Fair Lady'' as "Alfred P. Doolittle"

★ '1958 David Burns in ''The Music Man'' as "Mayor Shinn"

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★ Ossie Davis in ''Jamaica'' as "Cicero"

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★ Cameron Prud'homme in ''New Girl In Town'' as "Chris"

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★ Iggie Wolfington in ''The Music Man'' as "Marcellus Washburn"

★ '1959 Russell Nype in ''Goldilocks'' as "George Randolph Brown"

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★ Leonard Stone in ''Redhead'' as "George Poppett"

1960s

★ '1960 Tom Bosley in ''Fiorello!'' as "Fiorello LaGuardia"

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★ Theodore Bikel in ''The Sound of Music'' as "Captain Georg von Trapp"

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★ Kurt Kasznar in ''The Sound of Music'' as "Max Detweiler"

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★ Howard Da Silva in ''Fiorello!'' as "Ben Marino"

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★ Jack Klugman in '' as "Herbie"

★ '1961 Dick Van Dyke in ''Bye Bye Birdie'' as "Albert Peterson"

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★ Clive Revill in ''Irma La Douce'' as "Bob-Le-Hotu"

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★ Dick Gautier in ''Bye Bye Birdie'' as "Conrad Birdie"

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★ Ron Husmann in ''Tenderloin'' as "Tommy"

★ '1962 Charles Nelson Reilly in ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' as "Bud Frump"

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★ Orson Bean in ''Subways Are for Sleeping'' as "Charlie Smith"

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★ Severn Darde in ''From the Second City'' as "Performer"

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★ Pierre Olaf in ''Carnival'' as "Jacquot"

★ '1963 David Burns in ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as "Senex"

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★ Jack Gilford in ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as "Hysterium"

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★ David Jones in ''Oliver!'' as "The Artful Dodger"

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★ Swen Swenson in ''Little Me'' as "George Musgrove"

★ '1964 Jack Cassidy in ''She Loves Me'' as "Steven Kodaly"

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★ Will Geer in ''110 in the Shade'' as "H. C. Curry"

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★ Danny Meehan in ''Funny Girl'' as "Eddie Ryan"

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★ Charles Nelson Reilly, ''Hello, Dolly!'' as "Cornelius Hackl"

★ '1965 Victor Spinetti in ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' as "Drill Sergeant" / "General Lanrezac" / "Master of Ceremonies"

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★ Jack Cassidy in ''Fade Out - Fade In'' as "Byron Prong"

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★ James Grout in ''Half a Sixpence'' as "Chitterlow"

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★ Jerry Orbach in ''Guys and Dolls'' as "Sky Masterson"

★ '1966 Frankie Michaels in ''Mame'' as "Patrick Dennis"

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★ Roy Castle in ''Pickwick'' as "Sam Weller"

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★ John McMartin in ''Sweet Charity'' as "Oscar"

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★ Michael O'Sullivan in ''Superman'' as "Dr. Abner Sedgwick"

★ '1967 Joel Grey in ''Cabaret'' as "The Master of Ceremonies"

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★ Leon Bibb in ''A Hand is on the Gate'' as "Performer"

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★ Gordon Dilworth in ''Walking Happy'' as "Tubby Wadlow"

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★ Edward Winter in ''Cabaret'' as "Ernst Ludwig"

★ '1968 Hiram Sherman in ''How Now, Dow Jones'' as "Wingate"

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★ Scott Jacoby in ''Golden Rainbow'' as "Ally"

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★ Nikos Kourkoulos in ''Ilya Darling'' as "Tonio"

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★ Michael Rupert in ''The Happy Time'' as "Bibi Bonnard"

★ '1969 Ronald Holgate in ''1776'' as "Richard Henry Lee"

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★ William Daniels in ''1776'' as John Adams (did not accept nomination)

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★ A. Larry Haine in ''Promises, Promises'' as "Dr. Dreyfuss"

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★ Edward Winter in ''Promises, Promises'' as "J.D. Sheldrake "

1970s

★ '1970 Rene Auberjonois in ''Coco'' as "Sebastian Baye"

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★ Brandon Maggart in ''Applause'' as "Buzz Richards"

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★ George Rose in ''Coco'' as "Louis Greff"

★ '1971 Keene Curtis in ''The Rothschilds'' as "Herries" / "Joseph Fouche" / "Prince Metternich" / "Prince William of Hesse"

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★ Charles Kimbrough in ''Company'' as "Harry"

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★ Walter Willison in ''Two by Two'' as "Japheth"

★ '1972 Larry Blyden in ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as "Hysterium"

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★ Timothy Meyers in ''Grease'' as "Kenickie"

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★ Gene Nelson in ''Follies'' as "Buddy Plummer"

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★ Ben Vereen in ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' as "Judas Iscariot"

★ '1973 George S. Irving in ''Irene'' as "Madame Lucy"

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★ Laurence Guittard in ''A Little Night Music'' as "Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm"

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★ Avon Long in ''Don't Play Us Cheap'' as "David"

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★ Gilbert Price in ''Lost in the Stars'' as "Absalom Kumalo"

★ '1974 Tommy Tune in ''Seesaw'' as "David"

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★ Mark Baker in ''Candide'' as "Candide"

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★ Ralph Carter in ''Raisin'' as "Travis Younger"

★ '1975 Ted Ross in ''The Wiz'' as "The Lion"

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★ Tom Aldredge in ''Where's Charley?'' as "Mr. Spettigue"

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★ John Bottoms in ''Dance With Me'' as "Jimmy Dick II]"

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★ Doug Henning in ''The Magic Show'' as "Doug"

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★ Gilbert Price in ''The Night That Made America Famous'' as ""

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★ Richard B. Shull in ''Goodtime Charley'' as "Minguet"

★ '1976 Sammy Williams in ''A Chorus Line'' as "Paul"

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★ Robert LuPone in ''A Chorus Line'' as "Zach"

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★ Charles Repole in ''Very Good Eddie'' as "Mr. Eddie Kettle"

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★ Isao Sato in ''Pacific Overtures'' as "Kayama"

★ '1977 Lenny Baker in ''I Love My Wife'' as "Alvin"

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★ David Kernan in ''Side by Side by Sondheim'' as "Performer"

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★ Larry Marshall in ''Porgy and Bess'' as "Sportin' Life"

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★ Ned Sherrin in ''Side by Side by Sondheim'' as "Performer"

★ '1978 Kevin Kline in ''On the Twentieth Century'' as "Bruce Granit"

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★ Steven Boockvor in ''Working'' as "John Fortune" / "Marco Camerone"

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★ Wayne Cilento in ''Dancin''' as "Singer"

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★ Rex Everhart in ''Working'' as "Booker Page" / "Herb Rosen"

★ '1979 Henderson Forsythe in ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' as "Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd"

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★ Richard Cox in ''Platinum'' as "Dan Danger"

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★ Gregory Hines in ''Eubie!'' as "Performer"

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★ Ronald Holgate in ''The Grand Tour'' as "Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky"

1980s

★ '1980 Mandy Patinkin in ''Evita'' as "Che"

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★ David Garrison in ''A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine'' as "'A Day in Hollywood' Ensemble" / "Serge B. Samovar"

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★ Harry Groener in ''Oklahoma!'' as "Will Parker"

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★ Bob Gunton in ''Evita'' as "Juan Perón"

★ '1981 Hinton Battle in ''Sophisticated Ladies'' as "Performer"

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★ Tony Azito in ''The Pirates of Penzance'' as "The Sergeant of Police"

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★ Lee Roy Reams in ''42nd Street'' as "Billy Lawlor"

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★ Paxton Whitehead in ''Camelot'' as "King Pellinore"

★ '1982 Cleavant Derricks in ''Dreamgirls'' as "James 'Thunder' Early"

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★ Obba Babatunde in ''Dreamgirls'' as "C.C. White"

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★ David Alan Grier in ''The First'' as "Jackie Robinson"

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★ Bill Hutton in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' as "Joseph"

★ '1983 Charles "Honi" Coles in ''My One and Only'' as "Mr. Magix"

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★ Harry Groener in ''Cats'' as "Munkustrap"

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★ Stephen Hanan in ''Cats'' as "Bustopher Jones" / "Asparagus" /
"Growltiger"

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★ Lara Teeter in ''On Your Toes'' as "Hoofer" / "Junior"

★ '1984 Hinton Battle in ''The Tap Dance Kid'' as "Dipsey"

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★ Stephen Geoffreys in ''The Human Comedy'' as "Homer Macauley"

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★ Todd Graff in ''Baby'' as "Danny Hooper"

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★ Samuel E, Wright in ''The Tap Dance Kid'' as "William"

★ '1985 Ron Richardson in ''Big River'' as "Jim"

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★ ''René Auberjonois in Big River'' as "The Duke"

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★ ''Daniel H. Jenkins in Big River'' as "Huckleberry Finn"

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★ ''Kurt Knudson in Take Me Along'' as "Sid Davis"

★ '1986 Michael Rupert in ''Sweet Charity'' as "Oscar"

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★ Christopher d'Amboise in ''Song & Dance'' as "Joe"

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★ John Herrera in ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' as "Neville Landless" / "Mr. Victor Grinstead"

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★ Howard McGillin in ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' as "John Jasper" / "Mr. Clive Paget"

★ '1987 Michael Maguire in ''Les Misérables'' as "Enjolras"

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★ George S. Irving in ''Me and My Girl'' as "Sir John Tremayne"

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★ Timothy Jerome in ''Me and My Girl'' as "Herbert Parchester"

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★ Robert Torti in ''Starlight Express'' as "Greaseball"

★ '1988 Bill McCutcheon in ''Anything Goes'' as "Moonface Martin"

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★ Anthony Heald in ''Anything Goes'' as "Lord Evelyn Oakleigh"

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★ Werner Klemperer in ''Cabaret'' as "Herr Schultz"

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★ Robert Westenberg in ''Into the Woods'' as "Wolf" / "Cinderella's Prince"

★ '1989 Scott Wise in ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' as "First Protean" / "Chip" / "Papa Crook" / "Riff"

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★ Bunny Briggs in ''Black and Blue'' as "Hoofer"

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★ Savion Glover in ''Black and Blue'' as "Younger Generation"

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★ Scott Wentworth in ''Welcome to the Club'' as "Aaron Bates"

1990s

★ '1990 Michael Jeter in ''Grand Hotel'' as "Otto Kringelein"

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★ Rene Auberjonois in ''City of Angels'' as "Buddy Fidler" / "Irwin S. Irving"

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★ Kevin Colson in ''Aspects of Love'' as "George Dillingham"

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★ Jonathan Hadary in '' as "Herbie"

★ '1991 Hinton Battle in ''Miss Saigon'' as "John"

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★ Bruce Adler in ''Those Were The Days'' as "Performer"

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★ Gregg Burge in ''Oh, Kay!'' as "Billy Lyles"

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★ 'Willy Falk in ''Miss Saigon'' as "Chris"

★ '1992 Scott Waara in ''The Most Happy Fella'' as "Herman"

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★ Bruce Adler in ''Crazy for You'' as "Bela Zangler"

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★ Keith David in ''Jelly's Last Jam'' as "Chimney Man"

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★ Jonathan Kaplan in ''Falsettos'' as "Jason"

★ '1993 Anthony Crivello in ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' as "Valentin"

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★ Michael Cerveris in ''The Who's Tommy'' as "Tommy Walker"

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★ Gregg Edelman in ''Anna Karenina'' as "Constantine Levin"

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★ Paul Kandel in ''The Who's Tommy'' as "Uncle Ernie"

★ '1994 Jarrod Emick in ''Damn Yankees'' as Joe Hardy

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★ Tom Aldredge in ''Passion'' as "Doctor Tambourri"

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★ Gary Beach in ''Beauty and the Beast'' as "Lumiere"

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★ Jonathan Freeman in ''She Loves Me'' as "Head Waiter"

★ '1995 George Hearn in ''Sunset Boulevard'' as "Max von Mayerling"

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★ Michel Bell in ''Show Boat'' as "Joe"

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★ Joel Blum in ''Show Boat'' as "Frank"

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★ Victor Trent Cook in ''Smokey Joe's Cafe'' as "Performer"

★ '1996 Wilson Jermaine Heredia in ''Rent'' as "Angel Dumott Schunard"

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★ Brett Tabisel in ''Big'' as "Billy"

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★ Scott Wise in ''State Fair'' as "Pat Gilbert"

★ '1997 Chuck Cooper in ''The Life'' as "Memphis"

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★ Joel Blum in ''Steel Pier'' as "Buddy Becker" / "Couple #17"

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★ Andre De Shields in ''Play On!'' as "Jester"

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★ Sam Harris in ''The Life'' as "Jojo"

★ '1998 Ron Rifkin in ''Cabaret'' as "Herr Schultz"

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★ Gregg Edelman in ''1776'' as "Edward Rutledge"

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★ John McMartin in ''High Society'' as "Uncle Willie"

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★ Samuel E. Wright in ''The Lion King'' as "Mufasa"

★ '1999 Roger Bart in ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' as "Snoopy"

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★ Desmond Richardson in ''Fosse'' as "Performer"

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★ Ron Taylor in ''It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues'' as "Performer"

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★ Scott Wise in ''Fosse'' as "Performer"

2000s

★ '2000 Boyd Gaines in ''Contact'' as "Michael Wiley"

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★ Michael Berresse in ''Kiss Me, Kate'' as "Bill Calhoun" / "Lucentio"

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★ Stephen Spinella in ''James Joyce's The Dead'' as "Freddy Malins"

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★ Lee Wilkof in ''Kiss Me, Kate'' as "First Man"

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★ Michael Mulheren in ''Kiss Me, Kate'' as "Second Man"

★ '2001 Gary Beach in ''The Producers'' as "Roger DeBris"

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★ Roger Bart in ''The Producers'' as "Carmen Ghia"

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★ John Ellison Conlee in ''The Full Monty'' as "Dave Bukatinsky"

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★ André De Shields in ''The Full Monty'' as "Noah 'Horse' T. Simmons"

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★ Brad Oscar in ''The Producers'' as "Franz Liedkind"

★ '2002 Shuler Hensley in ''Oklahoma!'' as "Jud Fry"

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★ Brian d'Arcy James in '' as "Sidney"

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★ Gregg Edelman in ''Into The Woods'' as "Cinderella's Prince" / "Wolf"

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★ Marc Kudisch in ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' as "Mr. Trevor Graydon"

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★ Norbert Leo Butz in ''Thou Shalt Not'' as "Camille Raquin"

★ '2003 Dick Latessa in ''Hairspray'' as "Wilbur Turnblad"

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★ Michael Cavanaugh in ''Movin' Out'' as "Lead Vocals"

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★ John Dossett in '' as "Herbie"

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★ Corey Reynolds in ''Hairspray'' as "Seaweed J. Stubbs"

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★ Keith Roberts in ''Movin' Out'' as "Tony"

★ '2004 Michael Cerveris in ''Assassins'' as "John Wilkes Booth"

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★ John Cariani in ''Fiddler on the Roof'' as "Motel"

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★ Raúl Esparza in ''Taboo'' as "Phillip Sallon"

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★ Michael McElroy in ''Big River'' as "Jim"

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★ Denis O'Hare in ''Assassins'' as "Charles Guiteau"

★ '2005 Dan Fogler in ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' as "William Barfee"

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★ Marc Kudisch in ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' as "Baron Bomburst"

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★ Michael McGrath in ''Monty Python's Spamalot'' as "Mayor" / "Patsy" / "Guard 2"

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★ Matthew Morrison in ''The Light In The Piazza'' as "Fabrizio Naccarelli"

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★ Christopher Sieber in ''Monty Python's Spamalot'' as "Sir Dennis Galahad" / "The Black Knight" / "Prince Herbert's Father"

★ '2006 Christian Hoff in ''Jersey Boys'' as "Tommy DeVito"

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★ Danny Burstein in ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' as "Aldopho"

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★ Jim Dale in ''The Threepenny Opera'' as "Mr. Peachum"

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★ Brandon Victor Dixon in ''The Color Purple'' as "Harpo"

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★ Manoel Felciano in ''Sweeney Todd'' as "Tobias Ragg"

★ '2007 John Gallagher Jr. in ''Spring Awakening'' as "Moritz"

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★ Brooks Ashmanskas in '' as "Comedy All Star"

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★ Christian Borle in '' as "Emmett Forrest"

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★ John Cullum in ''110 in the Shade'' as "H.C. Curry"

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★ David Pittu in ''LoveMusik'' as "Bertolt Brecht"

Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Featured Actor in a Musical

★ Hinton Battle (3)

★ David Burns (2)

★ Russell Nype (2)

★ Hiram Sherman (2)