The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[1] Despite the award first being presented in 1947, there were no nominees announced until 1956.
The lead role of George in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has earned the Tony Award for three different actors who have performed the character:
The youngest winner in this acting category is Alex Sharp (age 26). The oldest is Frank Langella (age 78).
References
^Kirkley, Donald (April 21, 1968). "Operation Frenzy Before the Tony Awards". The Baltimore Sun. p. T2. Retrieved December 24, 2011. (subscription required)
External links
Official Tony Awards website
January 19, 2023
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The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play The awards are named after Antoinette Perry an American actress who died in 1946 Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing to honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year 1 Despite the award first being presented in 1947 there were no nominees announced until 1956 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play2022 Recipient Simon Russell BealeAwarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayLocationNew York CityPresented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway LeagueCurrently held bySimon Russell Beale for The Lehman Trilogy 2022 WebsiteTonyAwards com Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 1940s 1 2 1950s 1 3 1960s 1 4 1970s 1 5 1980s 1 6 1990s 1 7 2000s 1 8 2010s 1 9 2020s 2 Multiple wins 3 Multiple nominations 4 Multiple character wins 5 Multiple character nominations 6 Productions with multiple nominations 7 Multiple awards and nominations 8 Trivia 9 References 10 External linksWinners and nominees Edit indicates the winner 1940s Edit Jose Ferrer in 1952 Year Actor Role Play1940s1947 1st Jose Ferrer Cyrano De Bergerac Cyrano de BergeracFredric March Clinton Jones Years Ago1948 2nd Henry Fonda Lt Roberts Mister RobertsPaul Kelly Brigadier General K C Dennis Command DecisionBasil Rathbone Dr Austin Sloper The Heiress1949 3rd Rex Harrison Henry VIII Anne of the Thousand Days1950s Edit Sidney Blackmer won for Come Back Little Sheba in 1950 Paul Muni won for Inherit the Wind 1956 Fredric March won for Long Day s Journey into Night in 1957 Jason Robards won for The Disenchanted 1959 Year Actor Role Play1950s1950 4th Sidney Blackmer Doc Come Back Little Sheba1951 5th Claude Rains Rubashov Darkness at Noon1952 6th Jose Ferrer Jim Downs The Shrike1953 7th Tom Ewell Richard Sherman The Seven Year Itch1954 8th David Wayne Sakini The Teahouse of the August Moon1955 9th Alfred Lunt Diensen Quadrille1956 10th Paul Muni Henry Drummond Inherit the WindBen Gazzara Johnny Pope A Hatful of RainBoris Karloff Pierre Cauchon The LarkMichael Redgrave Hector Tiger at the GatesEdward G Robinson The Manufacturer Middle of the Night1957 11th Fredric March James Tyrone Sr Long Day s Journey into NightMaurice Evans King Magnus The Apple CartWilfrid Hyde White Jimmy Broadbent The Reluctant DebutanteEric Portman Mr Malcolm Major Pollock Separate TablesRalph Richardson General St Pe The Waltz of the ToreadorsCyril Ritchard Kreton Visit to a Small Planet1958 12th Ralph Bellamy Franklin D Roosevelt Sunrise at CampobelloRichard Burton Prince Albert Time RememberedHugh Griffith W O Gant Look Homeward AngelLaurence Olivier Archie The EntertainerAnthony Perkins Eugene Gant Look Homeward AngelPeter Ustinov The General Romanoff and JulietEmlyn Williams Himself A Boy Growing Up1959 12th Jason Robards Manley Halliday The DisenchantedCedric Hardwicke Koichi Asano A Majority of OneAlfred Lunt Anton Schill The VisitChristopher Plummer Nickles J B Cyril Ritchard Biddeford Poole The Pleasure of His CompanyRobert Stephens George Dillon Epitaph for George Dillon1960s Edit Zero Mostel won for Rhinoceros 1961 Paul Scofield won for A Man for All Seasons 1963 Alec Guinness won for Dylan 1964 Walter Matthau won for The Odd Couple 1965 James Earl Jones won for The Great White Hope 1969 Year Actor Role Play1960s1960 14th Melvyn Douglas William Russell The Best ManSidney Poitier Walter Lee Younger A Raisin in the SunJason Robards Julian Berniers Toys in the AtticGeorge C Scott Lt Col N P Chipman The Andersonville TrialLee Tracy Arthur Hockstader The Best Man1961 15th Zero Mostel John RhinocerosHume Cronyn Jimmie Luton Big Fish Little FishAnthony Quinn Henry II BecketSam Levene Dr Aldo Meyer The Devil s Advocate1962 16th Paul Scofield Sir Thomas More A Man for All SeasonsFredric March Angel GideonJohn Mills Aircraftman Ross RossDonald Pleasence Davies The Caretaker1963 17th Arthur Hill George Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Charles Boyer Lord Pengo Lord PengoPaul Ford Harry Lambert Never Too LateBert Lahr Various Characters The Beauty Part1964 18th Alec Guinness Dylan Thomas DylanRichard Burton Hamlet HamletAlbert Finney Martin Luther LutherJason Robards Quentin After the Fall1965 19th Walter Matthau Oscar Madison The Odd CoupleJohn Gielgud Julian Tiny AliceDonald Pleasence Bitos Robespieere Poor BitosJason Robards Erie Smith Hughie1966 20th Hal Holbrook Mark Twain Mark Twain Tonight Patrick Bedford amp Donal Donnelly Gareth O Donnell Philadelphia Here I Come Roland Culver Pavel Lebedev IvanovNicol Williamson Bill Maitland Inadmissible Evidence1967 21st Paul Rogers Max The HomecomingHume Cronyn Tobias A Delicate BalanceDonald Madden Harold Gorringe Black ComedyDonald Moffat Laudisi Right You Are If You Think You Are Hjalmar Ekdal The Wild Duck1968 22nd Martin Balsam Various Characters You Know I Can t Hear You When the Water s RunningAlbert Finney Bri A Day in the Death of Joe EggMilo O Shea Harry C Leeds StaircaseAlan Webb Tom Garrison I Never Sang for My Father1969 23rd James Earl Jones Jack Jefferson The Great White HopeArt Carney Andy Tracey LoversAlec McCowen Fr William Rolfe Hadrian the SeventhDonald Pleasence Arthur Goldman The Man in the Glass Booth1970s Edit Alan Bates won for Butley 1973 Al Pacino won for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel 1977 Year Actor Role Play1970s197024th Tony AwardsFritz Weaver Jerome Malley Child s PlayJames Coco Barney Cashman The Last of the Red Hot LoversFrank Grimes Young Behan Borstal BoyStacy Keach Buffalo Bill Indians1971 25th Brian Bedford Arnolphe The School for WivesJohn Gielgud Harry HomeAlec McCowen Philip The PhilanthropistRalph Richardson Jack Home1972 26th Cliff Gorman Lenny Bruce LennyTom Aldredge Ozzie Sticks and BonesDonald Pleasence Mrs Artminster Wise ChildJason Robards Frank Elgin The Country Girl1973 27th Alan Bates Ben Butley ButleyJack Albertson Willie Clark The Sunshine BoysWilfrid Hyde White Marquis of Candover The Jockey Club StakesPaul Sorvino Phil Romano That Championship Season1974 28th Michael Moriarty Julian Weston Find Your Way HomeZero Mostel Leopold Bloom Ulysses in NighttownJason Robards James Tyrone Jr A Moon for the MisbegottenGeorge C Scott Mikhail lvovich Astrov Uncle VanyaNicol Williamson Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky1975 29th John Kani amp Winston Ntshona Various Characters Sizwe Banzi Is Dead The IslandJim Dale Scapino Scapino Peter Firth Alan Strang EquusHenry Fonda Clarence Darrow Clarence DarrowBen Gazzara Erie Smith Hughie and DuetJohn Wood Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes1976 30th John Wood Henry Carr TravestiesMoses Gunn Benjamin Hurspool The Poison TreeGeorge C Scott Willy Loman Death of a SalesmanDonald Sinden Arthur Wicksteed Habeas Corpus1977 31st Al Pacino Pavlo Hummel The Basic Training of Pavlo HummelTom Courtenay Simon Otherwise EngagedBen Gazzara George Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Ralph Richardson Hirst No Man s Land1978 32nd Barnard Hughes Da DaHume Cronyn Weller Martin The Gin GameFrank Langella Dracula DraculaJason Robards Cornelius Melody A Touch of the Poet1979 33rd Tom Conti Ken Harrison Whose Life Is It Anyway Philip Anglim John Merrick The Elephant ManJack Lemmon Scottie Templeton TributeAlec McCowen Mark St Mark s Gospel1980s Edit Ian McKellen won for Amadeus 1981 Jeremy Irons won for The Real Thing 1984 Derek Jacobi won for Much Ado About Nothing 1985 James Earl Jones won for Fences 1987 Year Actor Role Play1980s198034th Tony AwardsJohn Rubinstein James Leeds Children of a Lesser GodCharles Brown Cephus Miles HomeGerald Hiken Strider StriderJudd Hirsch Matt Friedman Talley s Folly1981Ian McKellen Antonio Salieri AmadeusTim Curry Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart AmadeusRoy Dotrice Drumm A LifeJack Weston Jerry Wexler The Floating Light Bulb1982Roger Rees Nicholas Nickleby The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyTom Courtenay Norman The DresserMilo O Shea Father Tim Farley Mass AppealChristopher Plummer Iago Othello1983Harvey Fierstein Arnold Beckoff Torch Song TrilogyJeffrey DeMunn Taylor K2Edward Herrmann Raymond Brock PlentyTony Lo Bianco Eddie A View from the Bridge1984Jeremy Irons Henry The Real ThingRex Harrison Captain Shotover Heartbreak HouseCalvin Levels Calvin Jefferson Open AdmissionsIan McKellen Himself Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare1985Derek Jacobi Benedick Much Ado About NothingJim Dale Bri A Day in the Death of Joe EggJonathan Hogan Rich As IsJohn Lithgow Harlan Mountain McClintock Requiem for a Heavyweight1986Judd Hirsch Nat I m Not RappaportHume Cronyn General Sir Edmund Milne The PetitionEd Harris Fred Precious SonsJack Lemmon James Tyrone Sr Long Day s Journey into Night1987James Earl Jones Troy Maxson FencesPhilip Bosco Waiter You Never Can TellRichard Kiley Joe Keller All My SonsAlan Rickman Le Vicomte de Valmont Les Liaisons Dangereuses1988Ron Silver Charlie Fox Speed the PlowDerek Jacobi Alan Turing Breaking the CodeJohn Lithgow Rene Gallimard M ButterflyRobert Prosky Andrey Botvinnik A Walk in the Woods1989Philip Bosco Saunders Lend Me a TenorMikhail Baryshnikov Gregor Samsa MetamorphosisVictor Garber Max Lend Me a TenorBill Irwin The Post Modern Hoofer Largely New York1990s Edit Robert Morse won Tru 1990 Ralph Fiennes for Hamlet 1995 Christopher Plummer won for Barrymore 1997 Brian Dennehy won twice for Death of a Salesman 1999 and Long Days Journey into Night 2003 Year Actor Role Play1990s199044th Tony AwardsRobert Morse Truman Capote TruCharles S Dutton Boy Willie The Piano LessonDustin Hoffman Shylock The Merchant of VeniceTom Hulce Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee USN JAG Corps A Few Good Men1991Nigel Hawthorne C S Lewis ShadowlandsPeter Frechette 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Clark Our Country s GoodTom McGowan Valere La BeteCourtney B Vance Paul Six Degrees of Separation1992Judd Hirsch Eddie Conversations with My FatherAlan Alda Jake Jake s WomenAlec Baldwin Stanley Kowalski A Streetcar Named DesireBrian Bedford William Charles Macready Two Shakespearean Actors1993Ron Leibman Roy Cohn et al Angels in America Millennium ApproachesK Todd Freeman Jacob Zulu The Song of Jacob ZuluLiam Neeson Mat Burke Anna ChristieStephen Rea Edward Someone Who ll Watch Over Me1994Stephen Spinella Prior Walter Angels in America PerestroikaBrian Bedford Timon Timon of AthensChristopher Plummer Spooner No Man s LandSam Waterston Abraham Lincoln Abe Lincoln in Illinois1995Ralph Fiennes Prince Hamlet HamletBrian Bedford Sganarelle The Moliere ComediesRoger Rees George IndiscretionsJoe Sears Various Characters A Tuna Christmas1996George Grizzard Tobias A Delicate BalancePhilip Bosco George Hay Moon Over BuffaloGeorge C Scott Henry Drummond Inherit the WindMartin Shaw Lord Goring An Ideal Husband1997Christopher Plummer John Barrymore BarrymoreBrian Bedford Sir Harcourt Courtly London AssuranceMichael Gambon Tom Sergeant SkylightAntony Sher Stanley Stanley1998Anthony LaPaglia Eddie Carbone A View from the BridgeRichard Briers Old Man The ChairsJohn Leguizamo Himself FreakAlfred Molina Yvan Art1999Brian Dennehy Willy Loman Death of a SalesmanBrian F O Byrne Valene Connor The Lonesome WestCorin Redgrave Bert Boss Whalen Not About NightingalesKevin Spacey Theodore Hickey Hickman The Iceman Cometh2000s Edit Jefferson Mays won for I Am My Own Wife in 2004 Richard Griffiths won for The History Boys in 2006 Frank Langella won for Frost Nixon in 2007 Mark Rylance won for Boeing Boeing 2008 and Jerusalem 2011 Geoffrey Rush won for Exit the King in 2009 Year Actor Role Play2000s200054th Tony AwardsStephen Dillane Henry The Real ThingGabriel Byrne James Tyrone Jr A Moon for the MisbegottenPhilip Seymour Hoffman Austin True WestJohn C Reilly LeeDavid Suchet Antonio Salieri Amadeus200155th Tony AwardsRichard Easton A E Housman aged 77 The Invention of LoveSean Campion Jake Quinn Stones in His PocketsConleth Hill Charlie ConlonGary Sinise Randle P McMurphy One Flew Over the Cuckoo s NestBrian Stokes Mitchell King King Hedley II200256th Tony AwardsAlan Bates Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin Fortune s FoolBilly Crudup John Merrick The Elephant ManLiam Neeson John Proctor The CrucibleAlan Rickman Elyot Chase Private LivesJeffrey Wright Lincoln Topdog Underdog200357th Tony AwardsBrian Dennehy James Tyrone Sr Long Day s Journey into NightBrian Bedford Orgon TartuffeEddie Izzard Bri A Day in the Death of Joe EggPaul Newman Stage Manager Our TownStanley Tucci Johnny Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune200458th Tony AwardsJefferson Mays Charlotte von Mahlsdorf et al I Am My Own WifeSimon Russell Beale George JumpersKevin Kline Sir John Falstaff Henry IVFrank Langella Tobi MatchChristopher Plummer King Lear King Lear200559th Tony AwardsBill Irwin George Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Philip Bosco Juror 3 Twelve Angry MenBilly Crudup Katurian The PillowmanJames Earl Jones Norman Thayer Jr On Golden PondBrian F O Byrne Father Flynn Doubt200660th Tony AwardsRichard Griffiths Douglas Hector The History BoysRalph Fiennes Francis Hardy Faith HealerZeljko Ivanek Lt Com Phillip Francis Queeg The Caine Mutiny Court MartialOliver Platt John Shining CityDavid Wilmot Padraic The Lieutenant of Inishmore200761st Tony AwardsFrank Langella Richard Nixon Frost NixonBoyd Gaines Lieut Osborne Journey s EndBrian F O Byrne Alexander Herzen The Coast of UtopiaChristopher Plummer Henry Drummond Inherit the WindLiev Schreiber Barry Champlain Talk Radio200862nd Tony AwardsMark Rylance Robert Lambert Boeing BoeingBen Daniels Le Vicomte de Valmont Les Liaisons DangereusesLaurence Fishburne Thurgood Marshall ThurgoodRufus Sewell Jan Rock n RollPatrick Stewart Lord Macbeth Macbeth200963rd Tony AwardsGeoffrey Rush King Berenger Exit the KingJeff Daniels Alan God of CarnageRaul Esparza Charlie Fox Speed the PlowJames Gandolfini Michael God of CarnageThomas Sadoski Greg reasons to be pretty2010s Edit Denzel Washington won for Fences 2010 James Corden won for One Man Two Guvnors 2012 Tracy Letts won for Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2013 Bryan Cranston has won the award twice for All the Way 2014 and Network 2019 Kevin Kline won for Present Laughter in 2017 Andrew Garfield won for Angels in America in 2018 Year Actor Role Play2010s201064th Tony AwardsDenzel Washington Troy Maxson FencesJude Law Hamlet HamletAlfred Molina Mark Rothko RedLiev Schreiber Eddie Carbone A View from the BridgeChristopher Walken Carmichael A Behanding in Spokane201165th Tony AwardsMark Rylance Johnny Rooster Byron JerusalemBrian Bedford Lady Bracknell The Importance of Being EarnestBobby Cannavale Jackie The Motherfucker with the HatJoe Mantello Ned Weeks The Normal HeartAl Pacino Shylock The Merchant of Venice201266th Tony AwardsJames Corden Francis Henshall One Man Two GuvnorsJames Earl Jones President Art Hockstader The Best ManPhilip Seymour Hoffman Willy Loman Death of a SalesmanFrank Langella Gregor Antonescu Man and BoyJohn Lithgow Joseph Alsop The Columnist201367th Tony AwardsTracy Letts George Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Tom Hanks Mike McAlary Lucky GuyNathan Lane Chauncey Miles The NanceDavid Hyde Pierce Vanya Vanya and Sonia and Masha and SpikeTom Sturridge Phillip Orphans201468th Tony AwardsBryan Cranston Lyndon B Johnson All the WaySamuel Barnett Viola Twelfth NightChris O Dowd Lennie Small Of Mice and MenMark Rylance Richard III Richard IIITony Shalhoub Moss Hart Barnett Hart George S Kaufman Act One201569th Tony AwardsAlex Sharp Christopher Boone The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night TimeSteven Boyer Jason Tyrone Hand to GodBradley Cooper John Merrick The Elephant ManBen Miles Thomas Cromwell Wolf Hall Parts One amp TwoBill Nighy Tom Sergeant Skylight201670th Tony AwardsFrank Langella Andre The FatherGabriel Byrne James Tyrone Sr Long Day s Journey into NightJeff Daniels Ray Brooks BlackbirdTim Pigott Smith King Charles III King Charles IIIMark Strong Eddie Carbone A View from the Bridge201771st Tony AwardsKevin Kline Garry Essendine Present LaughterDenis Arndt Alex Priest HeisenbergChris Cooper Torvald Helmer A Doll s House Part 2Corey Hawkins Paul Six Degrees of SeparationJefferson Mays Terje Rod Larsen Oslo201872nd Tony AwardsAndrew Garfield Prior Walter et al Angels in AmericaTom Hollander Henry Carr TravestiesJamie Parker Harry Potter Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildMark Rylance Philip V of Spain Farinelli and the KingDenzel Washington Theodore Hickey Hickman The Iceman Cometh201973rd Tony AwardsBryan Cranston Howard Beale NetworkPaddy Considine Quinn Carney The FerrymanJeff Daniels Atticus Finch To Kill a MockingbirdAdam Driver Pale Burn ThisJeremy Pope Pharus Jonathan Young Choir Boy2020s Edit Andrew Burnap won for The Inheritance in 2020 Year Actor Role Play2020s202074th Tony AwardsAndrew Burnap Toby Darling The InheritanceIan Barford Wheeler Linda VistaJake Gyllenhaal Abe Sea Wall A LifeTom Hiddleston Robert BetrayalTom Sturridge Alex Sea Wall A LifeBlair Underwood Captain Richard Davenport A Soldier s Play2021 Ceremony not held 202275th Tony AwardsSimon Russell Beale Henry Lehman The Lehman TrilogyAdam Godley Mayer Lehman The Lehman TrilogyAdrian Lester Emanuel LehmanDavid Morse Uncle Peck How I Learned to DriveSam Rockwell Teach American BuffaloRuben Santiago Hudson Various Lackawanna BluesDavid Threlfall Harry Wade HangmenMultiple wins Edit2 WinsAlan Bates Bryan Cranston Brian Dennehy Jose Ferrer Judd Hirsch James Earl Jones Frank Langella Fredric March Mark RylanceMultiple nominations Edit 7 NominationsBrian Bedford Jason Robards6 NominationsChristopher Plummer5 NominationsFrank Langella4 NominationsPhilip Bosco Hume Cronyn James Earl Jones Donald Pleasence Mark Rylance George C Scott3 NominationsJeff Daniels Ben Gazzara Judd Hirsch John Lithgow Fredric March Alec McCowen Brian F O Byrne Ralph Richardson 2 NominationsAlan Bates Richard Burton Gabriel Byrne Tom Courtenay Bryan Cranston Billy Crudup Jim Dale Brian Dennehy Jose Ferrer Ralph Fiennes Albert Finney Henry Fonda John Gielgud Rex Harrison Philip Seymour Hoffman Wilfrid Hyde White Bill Irwin Derek Jacobi Kevin Kline Alfred Lunt Jack Lemmon Jefferson Mays Ian McKellen Alfred Molina Zero Mostel Liam Neeson Milo O Shea Al Pacino Roger Rees Alan Rickman Cyril Ritchard Liev Schreiber Tom Sturridge Denzel Washington Nicol Williamson John Wood Multiple character wins Edit 3 WinsGeorge from Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2 WinsHenry from The Real Thing James Tyrone Sr from Long Day s Journey into Night Prior Walter from Angels in America Troy Maxson from FencesMultiple character nominations Edit 4 NominationsEddie Carbone from A View from the Bridge George from Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf James Tyrone Sr from Long Day s Journey into Night3 NominationsBri from A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Hamlet from Hamlet Henry Drummond from Inherit the Wind John Merrick from The Elephant Man Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman 2 NominationsAntonio Salieri from Amadeus Charlie Fox from Speed the Plow Henry from The Real Thing Henry Carr from Travesties James Tyrone Jr from A Moon for the Misbegotten Le Vicomte de Valmont from Les Liaisons Dangereuses Paul from Six Degrees of Separation President Ari Hockstader from The Best Man Prior Walter from Angels in America Shylock from The Merchant of Venice Theodore Hickey Hickman from The Iceman Cometh Tobias from A Delicate Balance Tom Sergeant from Skylight Troy Maxson from Fences Productions with multiple nominations Edit Look Homeward Angel Alizwa Mleni and Anthony Perkins The Best Man Melvyn Douglas winner and Lee Tracy Philadelphia Here I Come Patrick Bedford and Donal Donnelly jointly Home John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson Uncle Vanya George C Scott and Nicol Williamson Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island John Kani and Winston Ntshona joint winners Amadeus Ian McKellen winner and Tim Curry Lend Me A Tenor Philip Bosco winner and Victor Garber True West Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C Reilly Stones In His Pockets Sean Campion and Conleth Hill God of Carnage Jeff Daniels and James Gandolfini Sea Wall A Life Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge The Lehman Trilogy Simon Russell Beale winner Adam Godley and Adrian LesterMultiple awards and nominations Edit Actors who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories Awards Nominations Recipient4 7 Frank Langella5 Boyd Gaines3 6 Nathan Lane5 Mark Rylance4 Kevin KlineZero Mostel3 Hinton Battle2 7 Christopher Plummer6 John LithgowMichael Cerveris5 George HearnGeorge RoseJohn CullumRobert Morse4 Christian BorleJames Earl JonesNorbert Leo ButzRichard Kiley3 Al PacinoDavid BurnsDavid WayneFredric MarchJudd HirschMatthew BroderickPhil SilversRex HarrisonRobert PrestonStephen SpinellaWalter Matthau2 Alan BatesBrian DennehyBryan CranstonHarvey FiersteinHiram ShermanJames NaughtonJonathan PryceJose FerrerRussell NypeTommy Tune1 8 Jason Robards7 Brian BedfordDanny Burstein6 Philip Bosco5 Brian F O ByrneHume CronynJim Dale4 Billy CrudupBrian Stokes MitchellCyril RitchardDavid Alan GrierGregory HinesJack CassidyJoel GreyRene AuberjonoisTony Shalhoub3 Alfred DrakeAndre De ShieldsBarry BostwickCourtney B VanceDavid Hyde PierceGary BeachGavin CreelGeorge GrizzardJefferson MaysJerry OrbachJohn WoodLarry BlydenLen CariouLiev SchreiberMandy PatinkinMichael RupertRichard BurtonRobert Sean LeonardScott Wise2 Alfred LuntAndrew GarfieldBarnard HughesBen VereenBert LahrBertie CarvelBill IrwinBrent CarverCharles Nelson ReillyChuck CooperCleavant DerricksCliff GormanDenzel WashingtonDerek JacobiEdward HerrmannFritz WeaverGeorge S IrvingHenry FondaHugh JackmanIan McKellenJack AlbertsonJeffrey WrightJohn Benjamin HickeyJohn GloverKevin SpaceyLaurence FishburneMartin ShortMichael GoughMichael McGrathPaul RogersRalph FiennesRay BolgerReed BirneyRoger BartRoger ReesRoger RobinsonRon HolgateRoy DotriceRuben Santiago HudsonSantino FontanaSimon Russell BealeSydney ChaplinZakes Mokae Nominations Recipient5 George C ScottJohn McMartinTom Aldredge4 Donald PleasenceGregg EdelmanRaul EsparzaRaul JuliaVictor Garber3 Alan AldaAlec McCowenAlfred MolinaAndy KarlBen GazzaraBrandon UranowitzBrian d Arcy JamesBrian MurrayChristopher FitzgeraldGilbert PriceHarry GroenerJeff DanielsJoseph MaherJoshua HenryKevin ChamberlinMarc KudischPhilip Seymour HoffmanRalph RichardsonRobin de JesusTerrence MannTim CurryZeljko Ivanek2 Adam GodleyAlan RickmanAlbert FinneyAlex BrightmanAndrew RannellsAndy GriffithAnthony HealdAnthony PerkinsBiff McGuireBob GuntonBobby CannavaleBrad OscarBrandon Victor DixonBrooks AshmanskasBruce AdlerCharles BrownCharles S DuttonChristopher SieberChristopher WalkenClive RevillConleth HillDavid CarrollDavid MorseDavid PittuDavid ThrelfallDick Anthony WilliamsDonald MoffatEdward PetherbridgeEdward WinterGabriel ByrneGary SiniseGavin LeeHerschel BernardiHoward McGillinJack GilfordJack LemmonJeremy PopeJoe MantelloJoel BlumJohn GielgudJonathan GroffJude LawK Todd FreemanKeith CarradineLarry BryggmanLarry HainesLewis J StadlenLiam NeesonLin Manuel MirandaMaurice EvansMaurice HinesMilo O SheaNicol WilliamsonPatrick WilsonPeter FrechetteRob McClureRobert ProskyRobert WeedeSamuel BarnettSamuel E WrightSavion GloverStark SandsTheodore BikelTom CourtenayTom SturridgeTom WopatTony RobertsWilfrid Hyde WhiteTrivia Edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The lead role of George in Edward Albee s Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf has earned the Tony Award for three different actors who have performed the character 1963 Arthur Hill 2005 Bill Irwin 2013 Tracy Letts Other male roles have produced multiple Tony Award winners Henry in Tom Stoppard s The Real Thing 1984 Jeremy Irons 2000 Stephen Dillane James Tyrone Sr in Eugene O Neill s Long Day s Journey into Night 1957 Fredric March 2003 Brian Dennehy Troy Maxson in August Wilson s Fences 1987 James Earl Jones 2010 Denzel Washington Prior Walter in Tony Kushner s Angels in America 1994 Stephen Spinella 2018 Andrew Garfield Spinella won this category in 1994 for playing Prior Walter in Angels in America Perestroika one year after winning the award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the same character in Angels in America Millennium Approaches Actors have won Tony Awards for both Best Actor in a Play and Best Actor in a Musical for playing Cyrano de Bergerac Jose Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac and Christopher Plummer in Cyrano Donald Moffat was nominated for his performances in two different productions Right You Are If You Think You Are and The Wild Duck at the 21st Tony Awards The youngest winner in this acting category is Alex Sharp age 26 The oldest is Frank Langella age 78 References Edit Kirkley Donald April 21 1968 Operation Frenzy Before the Tony Awards The Baltimore Sun p T2 Retrieved December 24 2011 subscription required External links Edit Official Tony Awards website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play amp oldid 1120668093, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
