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:
^Kirkley, Donald (April 21, 1968). "Operation Frenzy Before the Tony Awards". The Baltimore Sun. p. T2. Retrieved December 24, 2011. (subscription required)
^"2023 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. May 2, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 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 Play2023 Recipient Sean Hayes Good Night OscarAwarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayLocationNew York CityPresented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway LeagueCurrently held bySean Hayes for Good Night Oscar 2023 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 See also 10 References 11 External linksWinners and nominees edit indicates the winner nbsp Jose Ferrer won twice for Cyrano de Bergerac 1947 and The Shrike 1952 nbsp Fredric March won twice Years Ago 1947 and in Long Day s Journey into Night 1957 nbsp Henry Fonda won for Mister Roberts 1948 nbsp Sidney Blackmer won for Come Back Little Sheba in 1950 nbsp Paul Muni won for Inherit the Wind 1956 nbsp Ralph Bellamy won for Sunrise at Campobello 1958 nbsp Jason Robards won for The Disenchanted 1959 nbsp Melvyn Douglas won for The Best Man 1960 nbsp Zero Mostel won for Rhinoceros 1961 nbsp Paul Scofield won for A Man for All Seasons 1963 nbsp Alec Guinness won for Dylan 1964 nbsp Walter Matthau won for The Odd Couple 1965 nbsp Martin Balsam won for You Know I Can t Hear You When the Water s Running 1968 nbsp James Earl Jones won for The Great White Hope 1969 and for Fences 1987 nbsp Alan Bates won twice for Butley 1973 and Fortune s Fool 2002 nbsp Al Pacino won for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel 1977 nbsp Ian McKellen won for Amadeus 1981 nbsp Harvey Fierstein won for Torch Song Trilogy 1983 nbsp Jeremy Irons won for The Real Thing 1984 nbsp Derek Jacobi won for Much Ado About Nothing 1985 nbsp Judd Hirsch won twice for I m Not Rappaport 1986 and Conversations with My Father 1992 nbsp Robert Morse won Tru 1990 nbsp Ralph Fiennes for Hamlet 1995 nbsp Christopher Plummer won for Barrymore 1997 nbsp Brian Dennehy won twice for Death of a Salesman 1999 and Long Days Journey into Night 2003 nbsp Jefferson Mays won for I Am My Own Wife in 2004 nbsp Bill Irwin won for Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2005 nbsp Richard Griffiths won for The History Boys in 2006 nbsp Frank Langella won twice for his roles in Frost Nixon 2007 and The Father 2016 nbsp Mark Rylance won for Boeing Boeing 2008 and Jerusalem 2011 nbsp Geoffrey Rush won for Exit the King in 2009 nbsp Denzel Washington won for Fences 2010 nbsp James Corden won for One Man Two Guvnors 2012 nbsp Tracy Letts won for Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2013 nbsp Bryan Cranston has won the award twice for All the Way 2014 and Network 2019 nbsp Kevin Kline won for Present Laughter in 2017 nbsp Andrew Garfield won for Angels in America in 2018 nbsp Simon Russell Beale won for The Lehman Trilogy 2021 nbsp Sean Hayes won for Good Night Oscar 2023 1940s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 1947 1st Jose Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano De Bergerac Fredric March Years Ago Clinton Jones 1948 2nd Henry Fonda Mister Roberts Lt Roberts Paul Kelly Command Decision Brigadier General K C Dennis Basil Rathbone The Heiress Dr Austin Sloper 1949 3rd Rex Harrison Anne of the Thousand Days Henry VIII 1950s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 1950 4th Sidney Blackmer Come Back Little Sheba Doc 1951 5th Claude Rains Darkness at Noon Rubashov 1952 6th Jose Ferrer The Shrike Jim Downs 1953 7th Tom Ewell The Seven Year Itch Richard Sherman 1954 8th David Wayne The Teahouse of the August Moon Sakini 1955 9th Alfred Lunt Quadrille Diensen 1956 10th Paul Muni Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond 2 Ben Gazzara A Hatful of Rain Johnny Pope Boris Karloff The Lark Pierre Cauchon Michael Redgrave Tiger at the Gates Hector Edward G Robinson Middle of the Night The Manufacturer 1957 11th Fredric March Long Day s Journey into Night James Tyrone Sr 3 Maurice Evans The Apple Cart King Magnus Wilfrid Hyde White The Reluctant Debutante Jimmy Broadbent Eric Portman Separate Tables Mr Malcolm Major Pollock Ralph Richardson The Waltz of the Toreadors General St Pe Cyril Ritchard Visit to a Small Planet Kreton 1958 12th Ralph Bellamy Sunrise at Campobello Franklin D Roosevelt 4 Richard Burton Time Remembered Prince Albert Hugh Griffith Look Homeward Angel W O Gant Laurence Olivier The Entertainer Archie Rice Anthony Perkins Look Homeward Angel Eugene Gant Peter Ustinov Romanoff and Juliet The General Emlyn Williams A Boy Growing Up Himself 1959 13th Jason Robards The Disenchanted Manley Halliday 5 Cedric Hardwicke A Majority of One Koichi Asano Alfred Lunt The Visit Anton Schill Christopher Plummer J B Nickles Cyril Ritchard The Pleasure of His Company Biddeford Poole Robert Stephens Epitaph for George Dillon George Dillon 1960s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 1960 14th Melvyn Douglas The Best Man William Russell 6 Sidney Poitier A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee Younger Jason Robards Toys in the Attic Julian Berniers George C Scott The Andersonville Trial Lt Col N P Chipman Lee Tracy The Best Man Arthur Hockstader 1961 15th Zero Mostel Rhinoceros John 7 Hume Cronyn Big Fish Little Fish Jimmie Luton Anthony Quinn Becket Henry II Sam Levene The Devil s Advocate Dr Aldo Meyer 1962 16th Paul Scofield A Man for All Seasons Sir Thomas More 8 Fredric March Gideon Angel John Mills Ross Aircraftman Ross Donald Pleasence The Caretaker Davies 1963 17th Arthur Hill Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf George 9 Charles Boyer Lord Pengo Lord Pengo Paul Ford Never Too Late Harry Lambert Bert Lahr The Beauty Part Various Characters 1964 18th Alec Guinness Dylan Dylan Thomas 10 Richard Burton Hamlet Hamlet Albert Finney Luther Martin Luther Jason Robards After the Fall Quentin 1965 19th Walter Matthau The Odd Couple Oscar Madison 11 John Gielgud Tiny Alice Julian Donald Pleasence Poor Bitos Bitos Robespieere Jason Robards Hughie Erie Smith 1966 20th Hal Holbrook Mark Twain Tonight Mark Twain 12 Patrick Bedford amp Donal Donnelly Philadelphia Here I Come Gareth O Donnell Roland Culver Ivanov Pavel Lebedev Nicol Williamson Inadmissible Evidence Bill Maitland 1967 21st Paul Rogers The Homecoming Max 13 Hume Cronyn A Delicate Balance Tobias Donald Madden Black Comedy Harold Gorringe Donald Moffat Right You Are If You Think You Are Laudisi The Wild Duck Hjalmar Ekdal 1968 22nd Martin Balsam You Know I Can t Hear You When the Water s Running Various Characters 14 Albert Finney A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Bri Milo O Shea Staircase Harry C Leeds Alan Webb I Never Sang for My Father Tom Garrison 1969 23rd James Earl Jones The Great White Hope Jack Jefferson 15 Art Carney Lovers Andy Tracey Alec McCowen Hadrian the Seventh Fr William Rolfe Donald Pleasence The Man in the Glass Booth Arthur Goldman 1970s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 1970 24th Fritz Weaver Child s Play Jerome Malley 16 James Coco Last of the Red Hot Lovers Barney Cashman Frank Grimes Borstal Boy Young Behan Stacy Keach Indians Buffalo Bill 1971 25th Brian Bedford The School for Wives Arnolphe 17 John Gielgud Home Harry Alec McCowen The Philanthropist Philip Ralph Richardson Home Jack 1972 26th Cliff Gorman Lenny Lenny Bruce 18 Tom Aldredge Sticks and Bones Ozzie Donald Pleasence Wise Child Mrs Artminster Jason Robards The Country Girl Frank Elgin 1973 27th Alan Bates Butley Ben Butley 19 Jack Albertson The Sunshine Boys Willie Clark Wilfrid Hyde White The Jockey Club Stakes Marquis of Candover Paul Sorvino That Championship Season Phil Romano 1974 28th Michael Moriarty Find Your Way Home Julian Weston 20 Zero Mostel Ulysses in Nighttown Leopold Bloom Jason Robards A Moon for the Misbegotten James Tyrone Jr George C Scott Uncle Vanya Mikhail lvovich Astrov Nicol Williamson Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky 1975 29th John Kani amp Winston Ntshona Sizwe Banzi Is Dead The Island Various Characters 21 Jim Dale Scapino Scapino Peter Firth Equus Alan Strang Henry Fonda Clarence Darrow Clarence Darrow Ben Gazzara Hughie and Duet Erie Smith John Wood Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes 1976 30th John Wood Travesties Henry Carr 22 Moses Gunn The Poison Tree Benjamin Hurspool George C Scott Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Donald Sinden Habeas Corpus Arthur Wicksteed 1977 31st Al Pacino The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel Pavlo Hummel 23 Tom Courtenay Otherwise Engaged Simon Ben Gazzara Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf George Ralph Richardson No Man s Land Hirst 1978 32nd Barnard Hughes Da Da 24 Hume Cronyn The Gin Game Weller Martin Frank Langella Dracula Dracula Jason Robards A Touch of the Poet Cornelius Melody 1979 33rd Tom Conti Whose Life Is It Anyway Ken Harrison 25 Philip Anglim The Elephant Man John Merrick Jack Lemmon Tribute Scottie Templeton Alec McCowen St Mark s Gospel Mark 1980s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 1980 34th John Rubinstein Children of a Lesser God James Leeds 26 Charles Brown Home Cephus Miles Gerald Hiken Strider Strider Judd Hirsch Talley s Folly Matt Friedman 1981 35th Ian McKellen Amadeus Antonio Salieri 27 Tim Curry Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Roy Dotrice A Life Drumm Jack Weston The Floating Light Bulb Jerry Wexler 1982 36th Roger Rees The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Nicholas Nickleby 28 Tom Courtenay The Dresser Norman Milo O Shea Mass Appeal Father Tim Farley Christopher Plummer Othello Iago 1983 37th Harvey Fierstein Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff 29 Jeffrey DeMunn K2 Taylor Edward Herrmann Plenty Raymond Brock Tony Lo Bianco A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone 1984 38th Jeremy Irons The Real Thing Henry 30 Rex Harrison Heartbreak House Captain Shotover Calvin Levels Open Admissions Calvin Jefferson Ian McKellen Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare Himself 1985 39th Derek Jacobi Much Ado About Nothing Benedick 31 Jim Dale A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Bri Jonathan Hogan As Is Rich John Lithgow Requiem for a Heavyweight Harlan Mountain McClintock 1986 40th Judd Hirsch I m Not Rappaport Nat 32 Hume Cronyn The Petition General Sir Edmund Milne Ed Harris Precious Sons Fred Jack Lemmon Long Day s Journey into Night James Tyrone Sr 1987 41st James Earl Jones Fences Troy Maxson 33 Philip Bosco You Never Can Tell Waiter Richard Kiley All My Sons Joe Keller Alan Rickman Les Liaisons Dangereuses Le Vicomte de Valmont 1988 42nd Ron Silver Speed the Plow Charlie Fox 34 Derek Jacobi Breaking the Code Alan Turing John Lithgow M Butterfly Rene Gallimard Robert Prosky A Walk in the Woods Andrey Botvinnik 1989 43rd Philip Bosco Lend Me a Tenor Saunders 35 Mikhail Baryshnikov Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa Victor Garber Lend Me a Tenor Max Bill Irwin Largely New York The Post Modern Hoofer 1990s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 1990 44th Robert Morse Tru Truman Capote 36 Charles S Dutton The Piano Lesson Boy Willie Dustin Hoffman The Merchant of Venice Shylock Tom Hulce A Few Good Men Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee USN JAG Corps 1991 45th Nigel Hawthorne Shadowlands C S Lewis 37 Peter Frechette Our Country s Good 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Clark Tom McGowan La Bete Valere Courtney B Vance Six Degrees of Separation Paul 1992 46th Judd Hirsch Conversations with My Father Eddie 38 Alan Alda Jake s Women Jake Alec Baldwin A Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski Brian Bedford Two Shakespearean Actors William Charles Macready 1993 47th Ron Leibman Angels in America Millennium Approaches Roy Cohn et al 39 K Todd Freeman The Song of Jacob Zulu Jacob Zulu Liam Neeson Anna Christie Mat Burke Stephen Rea Someone Who ll Watch Over Me Edward 1994 48th Stephen Spinella Angels in America Perestroika Prior Walter 40 Brian Bedford Timon of Athens Timon Christopher Plummer No Man s Land Spooner Sam Waterston Abe Lincoln in Illinois Abraham Lincoln 1995 49th Ralph Fiennes Hamlet Prince Hamlet 41 Brian Bedford The Moliere Comedies Sganarelle Roger Rees Indiscretions George Joe Sears A Tuna Christmas Various Characters 1996 50th George Grizzard A Delicate Balance Tobias 42 Philip Bosco Moon Over Buffalo George Hay George C Scott Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Martin Shaw An Ideal Husband Lord Goring 1997 51st Christopher Plummer Barrymore John Barrymore 43 Brian Bedford London Assurance Sir Harcourt Courtly Michael Gambon Skylight Tom Sergeant Antony Sher Stanley Stanley 1998 52nd Anthony LaPaglia A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone 44 Richard Briers The Chairs Old Man John Leguizamo Freak Himself Alfred Molina Art Yvan 1999 53rd Brian Dennehy Death of a Salesman Willy Loman 45 Brian F O Byrne The Lonesome West Valene Connor Corin Redgrave Not About Nightingales Bert Boss Whalen Kevin Spacey The Iceman Cometh Theodore Hickey Hickman 2000s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 2000 54th Stephen Dillane The Real Thing Henry 46 Gabriel Byrne A Moon for the Misbegotten James Tyrone Jr Philip Seymour Hoffman True West Austin Lee John C Reilly David Suchet Amadeus Antonio Salieri 2001 55th Richard Easton The Invention of Love A E Housman aged 77 47 Sean Campion Stones in His Pockets Jake Quinn Conleth Hill Charlie Conlon Gary Sinise One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest Randle P McMurphy Brian Stokes Mitchell King Hedley II King 2002 56th Alan Bates Fortune s Fool Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin 48 Billy Crudup The Elephant Man John Merrick Liam Neeson The Crucible John Proctor Alan Rickman Private Lives Elyot Chase Jeffrey Wright Topdog Underdog Lincoln 2003 57th Brian Dennehy Long Day s Journey into Night James Tyrone Sr 49 Brian Bedford Tartuffe Orgon Eddie Izzard A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Bri Paul Newman Our Town Stage Manager Stanley Tucci Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Johnny 2004 58th Jefferson Mays I Am My Own Wife Charlotte von Mahlsdorf et al 50 Simon Russell Beale Jumpers George Kevin Kline Henry IV Sir John Falstaff Frank Langella Match Tobi Christopher Plummer King Lear King Lear 2005 59th Bill Irwin Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf George 51 Philip Bosco Twelve Angry Men Juror 3 Billy Crudup The Pillowman Katurian James Earl Jones On Golden Pond Norman Thayer Jr Brian F O Byrne Doubt Father Flynn 2006 60th Richard Griffiths The History Boys Douglas Hector 52 Ralph Fiennes Faith Healer Francis Hardy Zeljko Ivanek The Caine Mutiny Court Martial Lt Com Phillip Francis Queeg Oliver Platt Shining City John David Wilmot The Lieutenant of Inishmore Padraic 2007 61st Frank Langella Frost Nixon Richard Nixon 53 Boyd Gaines Journey s End Lieut Osborne Brian F O Byrne The Coast of Utopia Alexander Herzen Christopher Plummer Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Liev Schreiber Talk Radio Barry Champlain 2008 62nd Mark Rylance Boeing Boeing Robert Lambert 54 Ben Daniels Les Liaisons Dangereuses Le Vicomte de Valmont Laurence Fishburne Thurgood Thurgood Marshall Rufus Sewell Rock n Roll Jan Patrick Stewart Macbeth Lord Macbeth 2009 63rd Geoffrey Rush Exit the King King Berenger 55 Jeff Daniels God of Carnage Alan Raul Esparza Speed the Plow Charlie Fox James Gandolfini God of Carnage Michael Thomas Sadoski reasons to be pretty Greg 2010s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 2010 64th Denzel Washington Fences Troy Maxson 56 Jude Law Hamlet Hamlet Alfred Molina Red Mark Rothko Liev Schreiber A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone Christopher Walken A Behanding in Spokane Carmichael 2011 65th Mark Rylance Jerusalem Johnny Rooster Byron 57 Brian Bedford The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell Bobby Cannavale The Motherfucker with the Hat Jackie Joe Mantello The Normal Heart Ned Weeks Al Pacino The Merchant of Venice Shylock 2012 66th James Corden One Man Two Guvnors Francis Henshall 58 James Earl Jones The Best Man President Art Hockstader Philip Seymour Hoffman Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Frank Langella Man and Boy Gregor Antonescu John Lithgow The Columnist Joseph Alsop 2013 67th Tracy Letts Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf George 59 Tom Hanks Lucky Guy Mike McAlary Nathan Lane The Nance Chauncey Miles David Hyde Pierce Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Vanya Tom Sturridge Orphans Phillip 2014 68th Bryan Cranston All the Way Lyndon B Johnson 60 Samuel Barnett Twelfth Night Viola Chris O Dowd Of Mice and Men Lennie Small Mark Rylance Richard III Richard III Tony Shalhoub Act One Moss Hart Barnett Hart George S Kaufman 2015 69th Alex Sharp The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Christopher Boone 61 Steven Boyer Hand to God Jason Tyrone Bradley Cooper The Elephant Man John Merrick Ben Miles Wolf Hall Parts One amp Two Thomas Cromwell Bill Nighy Skylight Tom Sergeant 2016 70th Frank Langella The Father Andre 62 Gabriel Byrne Long Day s Journey into Night James Tyrone Sr Jeff Daniels Blackbird Ray Brooks Tim Pigott Smith King Charles III King Charles III Mark Strong A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone 2017 71st Kevin Kline Present Laughter Garry Essendine 63 Denis Arndt Heisenberg Alex Priest Chris Cooper A Doll s House Part 2 Torvald Helmer Corey Hawkins Six Degrees of Separation Paul Jefferson Mays Oslo Terje Rod Larsen 2018 72nd Andrew Garfield Angels in America Prior Walter et al 64 Tom Hollander Travesties Henry Carr Jamie Parker Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Harry Potter Mark Rylance Farinelli and the King Philip V of Spain Denzel Washington The Iceman Cometh Theodore Hickey Hickman 2019 73rd Bryan Cranston Network Howard Beale 65 Paddy Considine The Ferryman Quinn Carney Jeff Daniels To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch Adam Driver Burn This Pale Jeremy Pope Choir Boy Pharus Jonathan Young 2020s edit Year Actor Role s Project Ref 2020 74th Andrew Burnap The Inheritance Toby Darling 66 Ian Barford Linda Vista Wheeler Jake Gyllenhaal Sea Wall A Life Abe Tom Hiddleston Betrayal Robert Tom Sturridge Sea Wall A Life Alex Blair Underwood A Soldier s Play Captain Richard Davenport 2022 75th Simon Russell Beale The Lehman Trilogy Henry Lehman 67 Adam Godley The Lehman Trilogy Mayer Lehman Adrian Lester Emanuel Lehman David Morse How I Learned to Drive Uncle Peck Sam Rockwell American Buffalo Teach Ruben Santiago Hudson Lackawanna Blues Various Characters David Threlfall Hangmen Harry Wade 2023 76th Sean Hayes Good Night Oscar Oscar Levant 68 Yahya Abdul Mateen II Topdog Underdog Booth Corey Hawkins Lincoln Stephen McKinley Henderson Between Riverside and Crazy Pops Wendell Pierce Death of a Salesman Willy LomanMultiple wins edit2 Wins Alan Bates Bryan Cranston Brian Dennehy Jose Ferrer Judd Hirsch James Earl Jones Frank Langella Fredric March Mark Rylance Multiple nominations edit 7 Nominations Brian Bedford Jason Robards 6 Nominations Christopher Plummer 5 Nominations Frank Langella 4 Nominations Philip Bosco Hume Cronyn James Earl Jones Donald Pleasence Mark Rylance George C Scott 3 Nominations Jeff Daniels Ben Gazzara Judd Hirsch John Lithgow Fredric March Alec McCowen Brian F O Byrne Ralph Richardson 2 Nominations Alan 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 Corey Hawkins 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 Wins George from Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2 Wins Henry from The Real Thing James Tyrone Sr from Long Day s Journey into Night Prior Walter from Angels in America Troy Maxson from Fences Multiple character nominations edit 4 Nominations Eddie Carbone from A View from the Bridge George from Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf James Tyrone Sr from Long Day s Journey into Night Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman 3 Nominations Bri from A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Hamlet from Hamlet Henry Drummond from Inherit the Wind John Merrick from The Elephant Man 2 Nominations Antonio 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 Lincoln from Topdog Underdog 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 boldface winner Look Homeward Angel Alizwa Mleni and Anthony Perkins The Best Man Melvyn Douglas 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 jointly Amadeus Ian McKellen and Tim Curry Lend Me A Tenor Philip Bosco 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 Adam Godley and Adrian Lester Topdog Underdog Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Corey Hawkins Multiple awards and nominations edit Actors who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories Awards Nominations Recipient 4 7 Frank Langella 5 Boyd Gaines 3 6 Nathan Lane 5 Mark Rylance 4 Kevin Kline Zero Mostel 3 Hinton Battle 2 7 Christopher Plummer 6 John Lithgow Michael Cerveris 5 Christian Borle George Hearn George Rose John Cullum Robert Morse 4 James Earl Jones Norbert Leo Butz Richard Kiley 3 Al Pacino David Burns David Wayne Fredric March Judd Hirsch Matthew Broderick Phil Silvers Rex Harrison Robert Preston Stephen Spinella Walter Matthau 2 Alan Bates Brian Dennehy Bryan Cranston Harvey Fierstein Hiram Sherman James Naughton Jonathan Pryce Jose Ferrer Russell Nype Tommy Tune 1 8 Jason Robards 7 Brian Bedford Danny Burstein 6 Philip Bosco 5 Brian F O Byrne Hume Cronyn Jim Dale 4 Billy Crudup Brian Stokes Mitchell Cyril Ritchard David Alan Grier Gregory Hines Jack Cassidy Joel Grey Rene Auberjonois Tony Shalhoub Brandon Uranowitz 3 Alfred Drake Andre De Shields Barry Bostwick Courtney B Vance David Hyde Pierce Gary Beach Gavin Creel George Grizzard Jefferson Mays Jerry Orbach John Wood Larry Blyden Len Cariou Liev Schreiber Mandy Patinkin Michael Rupert Richard Burton Robert Sean Leonard Scott Wise 2 Alfred Lunt Andrew Garfield Barnard Hughes Ben Vereen Ben Platt Bert Lahr Bertie Carvel Bill Irwin Brent Carver Charles Nelson Reilly Chuck Cooper Cleavant Derricks Cliff Gorman Denzel Washington Derek Jacobi Edward Herrmann Fritz Weaver George S Irving Henry Fonda Hugh Jackman Ian McKellen Jack Albertson Jeffrey Wright John Benjamin Hickey John Glover Kevin Spacey Laurence Fishburne Martin Short Michael Gough Michael McGrath Paul Rogers Ralph Fiennes Ray Bolger Reed Birney Roger Bart Roger Rees Roger Robinson Ron Holgate Roy Dotrice Ruben Santiago Hudson Santino Fontana Sean Hayes Simon Russell Beale Sydney Chaplin Zakes Mokae Nominations Recipient 5 George C Scott John McMartin Tom Aldredge 4 Brian d Arcy James Donald Pleasence Gregg Edelman Raul Esparza Raul Julia Victor Garber 3 Alan Alda Alec McCowen Alfred Molina Andy Karl Ben Gazzara Brian Murray Christopher Fitzgerald Gilbert Price Harry Groener Jeff Daniels Joseph Maher Joshua Henry Kevin Chamberlin Marc Kudisch Philip Seymour Hoffman Ralph Richardson Robin de Jesus Terrence Mann Tim Curry Zeljko Ivanek 2 Adam Godley Alan Rickman Albert Finney Alex Brightman Andrew Rannells Andy Griffith Anthony Heald Anthony Perkins Arian Moayed Biff McGuire Bob Gunton Bobby Cannavale Brad Oscar Brandon Victor Dixon Brooks Ashmanskas Bruce Adler Charles Brown Charles S Dutton Christopher Sieber Christopher Walken Clive Revill Conleth Hill Corey Hawkins David Carroll David Morse David Pittu David Threlfall Dick Anthony Williams Donald Moffat Edward Petherbridge Edward Winter Gabriel Byrne Gary Sinise Gavin Lee Herschel Bernardi Howard McGillin Jack Gilford Jack Lemmon Jeremy Pope Joe Mantello Joel Blum Josh Groban John Gielgud Jonathan Groff Jude Law K Todd Freeman Keith Carradine Larry Bryggman Larry Haines Lewis J Stadlen Liam Neeson Lin Manuel Miranda Maurice Evans Maurice Hines Milo O Shea Nicol Williamson Patrick Wilson Peter Frechette Rob McClure Robert Prosky Robert Weede Samuel Barnett Samuel E Wright Savion Glover Stark Sands Stephen McKinley Henderson Theodore Bikel Tom Courtenay Tom Sturridge Tom Wopat Tony Roberts Wilfrid Hyde White Trivia 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 See also edit nbsp Theatre portal Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play Laurence Olivier Award for 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