Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama

The following is a list of Teen Choice Award winners and nominees for the Choice TV Actor – Drama award, which was formerly known as the Choice TV Actor – Action/Drama award.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref.
1999	Joshua Jackson – Dawson's Creek	Scott Wolf – Party of Five Barry Watson – 7th Heaven David Boreanaz – Buffy the Vampire Slayer James Van Der Beek – Dawson's Creek Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 3rd Rock from the Sun Noah Wyle – ER Scott Foley – Felicity	^[1]

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Joshua Jackson – Dawson's Creek	Frankie Muniz – Malcolm in the Middle Jason Behr – Roswell David Boreanaz – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seth Green – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Topher Grace – That '70s Show Scott Speedman – Felicity Scott Foley – Felicity	^[2]
2001	Joshua Jackson – Dawson's Creek	Michael Weatherly – Dark Angel Barry Watson – 7th Heaven Frankie Muniz – Malcolm in the Middle Jason Behr – Roswell Ashton Kutcher – That '70s Show Eric McCormack – Will & Grace Topher Grace – That '70s Show	^[3]
2002	Barry Watson – 7th Heaven	Scott Foley – Felicity Joshua Jackson – Dawson's Creek James Marsters – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jared Padalecki – Gilmore Girls Scott Speedman – Felicity Tom Welling – Smallville Shane West – Once and Again	^[4]
2003	David Gallagher – 7th Heaven	Bill Bellamy – Fastlane Joshua Jackson – Dawson's Creek James Marsters – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Gregory Smith – Everwood Kiefer Sutherland – 24 Michael Vartan – Alias Tom Welling – Smallville	^[5]
2004	Adam Brody – The O.C.	Josh Duhamel – Las Vegas David Gallagher – 7th Heaven Ben McKenzie – The O.C. Chad Michael Murray – One Tree Hill Mekhi Phifer – ER Gregory Smith – Everwood Tom Welling – Smallville	^[6]
2005	Adam Brody – The O.C.	Matthew Fox – Lost Tyler Hoechlin – 7th Heaven Jesse McCartney – Summerland Ben McKenzie – The O.C. Chad Michael Murray – One Tree Hill Gregory Smith – Everwood Tom Welling – Smallville	^[7]^[8]
2006	Adam Brody – The O.C.	Patrick Dempsey – Grey's Anatomy Matthew Fox – Lost Chad Michael Murray – One Tree Hill Kiefer Sutherland – 24 Tom Welling – Smallville	^[citation needed]
2007	Hugh Laurie – House	Matthew Fox – Lost Wentworth Miller – Prison Break Jared Padalecki – Supernatural Milo Ventimiglia – Heroes	^[9]
2008	Chad Michael Murray – One Tree Hill	Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl Chace Crawford – Gossip Girl Patrick Dempsey – Grey's Anatomy Taylor Kitsch – Friday Night Lights	^[10]
2009	Chace Crawford – Gossip Girl	Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl Ken Baumann – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Joshua Jackson – Fringe Dustin Milligan – 90210	^[11]

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref.
2010	Chace Crawford – Gossip Girl	Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl Ken Baumann – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Daren Kagasoff – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Tristan Wilds – 90210	^[12]
2011	Chace Crawford – Gossip Girl	Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl David Boreanaz – Bones Daren Kagasoff – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Hugh Laurie – House	^[13]
2012	Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars	Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl David Boreanaz – Bones Kiefer Sutherland – Touch Ed Westwick – Gossip Girl	^[14]
2013	Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars	Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl Josh Bowman – Revenge Lucas Grabeel – Switched at Birth Nick Wechsler – Revenge	^[15]
2014	Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars	Keegan Allen – Pretty Little Liars Jake T. Austin – The Fosters Lucas Grabeel – Switched at Birth Avan Jogia – Twisted	^[16]
2015	Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars	Keegan Allen – Pretty Little Liars Jake T. Austin – The Fosters Nathan Fillon – Castle Terence Howard – Empire Jussie Smollett – Empire	^[17]
2016	Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars	Keegan Allen – Pretty Little Liars Tyler Blackburn – Pretty Little Liars Terence Howard – Empire Ben McKenzie – Gotham Jussie Smollett – Empire	^[18]
2017	Cole Sprouse – Riverdale	Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars Jussie Smollett – Empire Milo Ventimiglia – This Is Us Jesse Williams – Grey's Anatomy	^[19]
2018	Cole Sprouse – Riverdale	KJ Apa – Riverdale Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor Jussie Smollett – Empire Jesse Williams – Grey's Anatomy	^[20]
2019	Cole Sprouse – Riverdale	KJ Apa – Riverdale Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Justin Hartley – This Is Us Adam Huber – Dynasty Oliver Stark – 9-1-1	^[21]

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