Tony Award du meilleur acteur dans une pièce

Le Tony Award du meilleur acteur dans une pièce (Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play) est un prix récompensant les meilleurs acteurs dans de nouvelles pièces ou des reprises jouées à Broadway, New York. Le prix existe depuis 1947 et, comme les autres Tony Awards, il est remis lors d'une cérémonie ayant lieu mi-juin, chaque année.

Prix et nominations

Années 1940

• 1947 : José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac et Fredric March – Years Ago
  • Pas de nominés

• 1948 : Henry Fonda – Mister Roberts, Paul Kelly – Command Decision et Basil Rathbone – The Heiress
  • Pas de nominés

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• 1949 : Rex Harrison – Anne of the Thousand Days
  • Pas de nominés

Années 1950

1950 : Sidney Blackmer – Come Back, Little Sheba Pas de nominés 1951 : Claude Rains – Darkness at Noon Pas de nominés 1952 : José Ferrer – The Shrike Pas de nominés 1953 : Tom Ewell – The Seven Year Itch Pas de nominés 1954 : David Wayne – The Teahouse of the August Moon Pas de nominés 1955 : Alfred Lunt – Quadrille Pas de nominés 1956 : Paul Muni – Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond Ben Gazzara – A Hatful of Rain Boris Karloff – The Lark Michael Redgrave – Tiger at the Gates Edward G. Robinson – Middle of the Night

1957 : Fredric March – Long Day's Journey into Night dans le rôle de James Tyrone Sr. Maurice Evans – The Apple Cart Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Reluctant Debutante Eric Portman – Separate Tables Ralph Richardson – The Waltz of the Toreadors Cyril Ritchard – Visit to a Small Planet 1958 : Ralph Bellamy – Sunrise at Campobello (pièce) dans le rôle de Franklin Delano Roosevelt Richard Burton – Time Remembered Hugh Griffith – Look Homeward, Angel Laurence Olivier – The Entertainer Anthony Perkins – Look Homeward, Angel Peter Ustinov – Romanoff and Juliet Emlyn Williams – A Boy Growing Up 1959 : Jason Robards, Jr. – The Disenchanted dans le rôle de Manley Halliday Cedric Hardwicke – A Majority of One Alfred Lunt – The Visit Christopher Plummer – J.B. Cyril Ritchard – The Pleasure of His Company Robert Stephens – Epitaph for George Dillon

Années 1960

1960: Melvyn Douglas – The Best Man dans le rôle de William Russell Lee Tracy – The Best Man Jason Robards – Toys in the Attic Sidney Poitier – A Raisin in the Sun George C. Scott – The Andersonville Trial 1961: Zero Mostel – Rhinocéros dans le rôle de John Hume Cronyn – Big Fish, Little Fish Sam Levene – The Devil's Advocate Anthony Quinn – Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu 1962: Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons dans le rôle de Sir Thomas More Fredric March – Gideon John Mills – Ross Donald Pleasence – The Caretaker 1963: Arthur Hill – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? dans le rôle de George Charles Boyer – Lord Pengo Paul Ford – Never Too Late Bert Lahr – The Beauty Part 1964: Alec Guinness – Dylan dans le rôle de Dylan Thomas Richard Burton – Hamlet Albert Finney – Luther Jason Robards – After the Fall

1965: Walter Matthau – Drôle de couple (The Odd Couple) dans le rôle de Oscar Madison John Gielgud – Tiny Alice Donald Pleasence – Poor Bitos Jason Robards – Hughie 1966: Hal Holbrook – Mark Twain Tonight dans le rôle de Mark Twain Roland Culver – Ivanov Donal Donnelly – Philadelphia, Here I Come! Patrick Bedford – Philadelphia, Here I Come! Nicol Williamson – Inadmissible Evidence 1967: Paul Rogers – The Homecoming dans le rôle de Max Hume Cronyn – A Delicate Balance Donald Madden – Black Comedy Donald Moffat – Right You Are (If You Think You Are) Donald Moffat – The Wild Duck 1968: Martin Balsam – You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running dans divers rôles Albert Finney – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Milo O'Shea – Staircase Alan Webb – I Never Sang for My Father 1969: James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope dans le rôle de Jack Jefferson Art Carney – Lovers Alec McCowen – Hadrian the Seventh Donald Pleasence – The Man in the Glass Booth

Années 1970

1970: Fritz Weaver – Child's Play as Jerome Malley James Coco – The Last of the Red Hot Lovers as Barney Cashman Frank Grimes – Borstal Boy as Young Behan Stacy Keach – Indians as Buffalo Bill 1971: Brian Bedford – The School for Wives as Arnolphe John Gielgud – Home as Harry Alec McCowen – The Philanthropist as Philip Ralph Richardson – Home as Jack 1972: Cliff Gorman – Lenny as Lenny Bruce Tom Aldredge – Sticks and Bones as Ozzie Donald Pleasence – Wise Child as Mrs. Artminster Jason Robards – The Country Girl as Frank Elgin 1973: Alan Bates – Butley as Ben Butley Jack Albertson – The Sunshine Boys as Willie Clark Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Jockey Club Stakes as Marquis of Candover Paul Sorvino – That Championship Season as Phil Romano 1974: Michael Moriarty – Find Your Way Home as Julian Weston Zero Mostel – Ulysses in Nighttown as Leopold Bloom Jason Robards – A Moon for the Misbegotten as James Tyrone, Jr. George C. Scott – Uncle Vanya as Mikhail lvovich Astrov Nicol Williamson – Uncle Vanya as Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky

1975 : John Kani and Winston Ntshona – Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island as Various Characters Jim Dale – Scapino! as Scapino Peter Firth – Equus as Alan Strang Henry Fonda – Clarence Darrow as Clarence Darrow Ben Gazzara – Hughie and Duet as "Erie" Smith John Wood – Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes 1976 : John Wood – Travesties as Henry Carr Moses Gunn – The Poison Tree as Benjamin Hurspool George C. Scott – Mort d'un commis voyageur as Willy Loman Donald Sinden – Habeas Corpus as Arthur Wicksteed 1977: Al Pacino – The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel as Pavlo Hummel Tom Courtenay – Otherwise Engaged as Simon Ben Gazzara – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George Ralph Richardson – No Man's Land as Hirst 1978: Barnard Hughes – Da as Da Hume Cronyn – The Gin Game as Weller Martin Frank Langella – Dracula as Dracula Jason Robards – A Touch of the Poet as Cornelius Melody 1979: Tom Conti – Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Ken Harrison Philip Anglim – The Elephant Man as John Merrick Jack Lemmon – Tribute as Scottie Templeton Alec McCowen – St. Mark's Gospel as Mark

Années 1980

1980: John Rubinstein – Children of a Lesser God as James Leeds Charles Brown – Home as Cephus Miles Gerald Hiken – Strider as Strider Judd Hirsch – Talley's Folly as Matt Friedman 1981: Ian McKellen – Amadeus as Antonio Salieri Tim Curry – Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Roy Dotrice – A Life as Drumm Jack Weston – The Floating Light Bulb as Jerry Wexler 1982: Roger Rees – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Nicholas Nickleby Tom Courtenay – The Dresser as Norman Milo O'Shea – Mass Appeal as Father Tim Farley Christopher Plummer – Othello as Iago 1983 : Harvey Fierstein – Torch Song Trilogy as Arnold Beckoff Jeffrey DeMunn – K2 as Taylor Edward Herrmann – Plenty as Raymond Brock Tony Lo Bianco – A View from the Bridge as Eddie 1984 : Jeremy Irons – The Real Thing as Henry Calvin Levels – Open Admissions as Calvin Jefferson Rex Harrison – La Maison des cœurs brisés (Heartbreak House) as Captain Shotover Ian McKellen – Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare as Performer

1985: Derek Jacobi – Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick Jim Dale – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Bri Jonathan Hogan – As Is as Rich John Lithgow – Requiem for a Heavyweight as Harlan « Mountain » McClintock 1986 : Judd Hirsch – I'm Not Rappaport as Nat Hume Cronyn – The Petition as General Sir Edmund Milne Ed Harris – Precious Sons as Fred Jack Lemmon – Long Day's Journey into Night as James Tyrone 1987 : James Earl Jones – Fences as Troy Maxson Philip Bosco – You Never Can Tell as Waiter Richard Kiley – All My Sons as Joe Keller Alan Rickman – Les Liaisons Dangereuses as Le Vicomte de Valmont 1988 : Ron Silver – Speed-the-Plow as Charlie Fox Derek Jacobi – Breaking the Code as Alan Turing John Lithgow – M. Butterfly as Rene Gallimard Robert Prosky – A Walk in the Woods (en) as Andrey Botvinnik 1989 : Philip Bosco – Lend Me a Tenor as Saunders Mikhail Baryshnikov – Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa Victor Garber – Lend Me a Tenor as Max Bill Irwin – Largely New York as The Post-Modern Hoofer

Années 1990

1990: Robert Morse – Tru as Truman Capote Charles S. Dutton – The Piano Lesson as Boy Willie Dustin Hoffman – The Merchant of Venice as Shylock Tom Hulce – A Few Good Men as LTJG Daniel A. Kaffee 1991: Nigel Hawthorne – Shadowlands as C.S. Lewis Peter Frechette – Our Country's Good as 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Clark Tom McGowan – La Bête as Valere Courtney B. Vance – Six Degrees of Separation as Paul 1992: Judd Hirsch – Conversations with My Father as Eddie Alan Alda – Jake's Women as Jake Alec Baldwin – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski Brian Bedford – Two Shakespearean Actors as William Charles Macready 1993: Ron Leibman – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches as Roy Cohn, et al. K. Todd Freeman – The Song of Jacob Zulu as Jacob Zulu Liam Neeson – Anna Christie as Mat Burke Stephen Rea – Someone Who'll Watch Over Me as Edward 1994: Stephen Spinella – Angels in America: Perestroika as Prior Walter Brian Bedford – Timon of Athens as Timon Christopher Plummer – No Man's Land as Spooner Sam Waterston – Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln

1995: Ralph Fiennes – Hamlet as Hamlet Brian Bedford – The Molière Comedies as Sganarelle Roger Rees – Indiscretions as George Joe Sears – A Tuna Christmas as Various Characters 1996: George Grizzard – A Delicate Balance as Tobias Philip Bosco – Moon Over Buffalo as George Hay George C. Scott – Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond Martin Shaw – An Ideal Husband as Lord Goring 1997: Christopher Plummer – Barrymore as John Barrymore Brian Bedford – London Assurance as Sir Harcourt Courtly Michael Gambon – Skylight as Tom Sergeant Antony Sher – Stanley as Stanley 1998: Anthony LaPaglia – A View from the Bridge as Eddie Richard Briers – The Chairs as Old Man John Leguizamo – Freak as himself, various Alfred Molina – 'Art' as Yvan 1999: Brian Dennehy – Mort d'un commis voyageur as Willy Loman Brian F. O'Byrne – The Lonesome West as Valene Connor Corin Redgrave – Not About Nightingales as Bert "Boss" Whalen Kevin Spacey – The Iceman Cometh as Theodore Hickman

Années 2000

2000: Stephen Dillane – The Real Thing as Henry Gabriel Byrne – A Moon for the Misbegotten as James Tyrone, Sr. Philip Seymour Hoffman – True West as Austin (Alternated with Lee) John C. Reilly – True West as Lee (Alternated with Austin) David Suchet – Amadeus as Antonio Salieri 2001: Richard Easton – The Invention of Love as A. E. Housman, aged 77 Seán Campion – Stones in His Pockets as Jake Quinn Conleth Hill – Stones in His Pockets as Charlie Conlon Brian Stokes Mitchell – King Hedley II as King Gary Sinise – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle P. McMurphy 2002: Alan Bates – Fortune's Fool as Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin Billy Crudup – The Elephant Man as John Merrick Liam Neeson – The Crucible as John Proctor Alan Rickman – Private Lives as Elyot Chase Jeffrey Wright – Topdog/Underdog as Lincoln 2003: Brian Dennehy – Long Day's Journey into Night as James Tyrone Sr. Brian Bedford – Tartuffe as Orgon Eddie Izzard – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Bri Paul Newman – Our Town as Stage Manager Stanley Tucci – Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune as Johnny 2004: Jefferson Mays – I Am My Own Wife as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, et al. Simon Russell Beale – Jumpers as George Kevin Kline – Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) as Sir John Falstaff Frank Langella – Match as Tobi Christopher Plummer – King Lear as King Lear

2005: Bill Irwin – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George Philip Bosco – Twelve Angry Men as Juror #3 Billy Crudup – The Pillowman as Katurian James Earl Jones – On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer, Jr. Brían F. O'Byrne – Doubt as Father Flynn 2006: Richard Griffiths – The History Boys as Hector Ralph Fiennes – Faith Healer as Frank Željko Ivanek – The Caine Mutiny Court Martial as Lt. Com. Phillip Francis Queeg Oliver Platt – Shining City as John David Wilmot – The Lieutenant of Inishmore as Padraic 2007: Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon Boyd Gaines – Journey's End as Lieut. Osborne Brían F. O'Byrne – The Coast of Utopia as Alexander Herzen Christopher Plummer – Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond Liev Schreiber – Talk Radio as Barry Champlain 2008: Mark Rylance – Boeing Boeing as Robert Ben Daniels – Les Liaisons Dangereuses as Le Vicomte de Valmont Laurence Fishburne – Thurgood as Thurgood Marshall Rufus Sewell – Rock 'n' Roll as Jan Patrick Stewart – Macbeth as Macbeth 2009: Geoffrey Rush – Exit the King as King Berenger Jeff Daniels – God of Carnage as Alan Raúl Esparza – Speed-the-Plow as Charlie Fox James Gandolfini – God of Carnage as Michael Thomas Sadoski – reasons to be pretty as Greg

Années 2010

2010 : Denzel Washington – Fences dans le rôle de Troy Maxson Jude Law – Hamlet dans le rôle d'Hamlet Alfred Molina – Red dans le rôle de Mark Rothko Liev Schreiber – Vu du pont dans le rôle d'Eddie Christopher Walken – A Behanding in Spokane dans le rôle de Carmichael 2011 : Mark Rylance - Jerusalem dans le rôle de Johnny "Rooster" Byron Brian Bedford – L'Importance d'être Constant dans le rôle de Lady Bracknell Bobby Cannavale – The Motherfucker with the Hat dans le rôle de Jackie Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart dans le rôle de Ned Weeks Al Pacino – Le Marchand de Venise dans le rôle de Shylock 2012 : James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors dans le rôle de Francis Henshall James Earl Jones – The Best Man dans le rôle du président Art Hockstader Frank Langella – Man and Boy dans le rôle de Gregor Antonescu John Lithgow – The Columnist dans le rôle de Joseph Alsop Philip Seymour Hoffman – Mort d'un commis voyageur dans le rôle de Willy Loman 2013 : Tracy Letts – Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf ? dans le rôle de George Tom Hanks – Lucky Guy dans le rôle de Mike McAlary Nathan Lane – The Nance dans le rôle de Chauncey David Hyde Pierce – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike dans le rôle de Vanya Tom Sturridge – Orphans dans le rôle de Phillip 2014 : Bryan Cranston – All the Way dans le rôle de Lyndon B. Johnson Samuel Barnett – La Nuit des rois dans le rôle de Viola Chris O'Dowd – Of Mice and Men dans le rôle de Lennie Small Mark Rylance – Richard III dans le rôle de Richard III Tony Shalhoub – Act One dans le rôle de Moss Hart / Barnett Hart / George S. Kaufman

2015 : Alex Sharp – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (en) dans le rôle de Christopher Boone Steven Boyer – Hand to God dans le rôle de Jason/Tyrone Bradley Cooper – The Elephant Man dans le rôle de John Merrick Ben Miles – Wolf Hall Parts One & Two dans le rôle de Thomas Cromwell Bill Nighy – Skylight dans le rôle de Tom Sergeant 2016 : Frank Langella – Le Père dans le rôle d'Andre Gabriel Byrne – Le Long Voyage vers la nuit dans le rôle de James Tyrone Jeff Daniels – Blackbird dans le rôle de Ray Tim Pigott-Smith – King Charles III dans le rôle de Charles Mark Strong – Vu du pont dans le rôle d'Eddie Carbone 2017 : Kevin Kline – Joyeux Chagrins dans le rôle de Garry Essendine Denis Arndt – Heisenberg dans le rôle de Alex Priest Chris Cooper – A Doll's House, Part 2 dans le rôle de Torvald Helmer Corey Hawkins – Six Degrees of Separation dans le rôle de Paul Jefferson Mays – Oslo dans le rôle de Terje Roed-Larsen 2018 : Andrew Garfield – Angels in America dans le rôle de Prior Walter Tom Hollander – Travesties dans le rôle de Henry Carr Jamie Parker – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dans le rôle de Harry Potter Mark Rylance – Farinelli and the King dans le rôle de Philippe V Denzel Washington – Le marchand de glace est passé (The Iceman Cometh) dans le rôle de Theodore « Hickey » Hickman 2019 : Bryan Cranston – Network dans le rôle de Howard Beale Paddy Considine – The Ferryman dans le rôle de Quinn Carney Jeff Daniels – To Kill a Mockingbird dans le rôle d'Atticus Finch Adam Driver – Burn This dans le rôle de Pale Jeremy Pope – Choir Boy dans le rôle de Pharus Jonathan Young