2024 Emmy Predictions: Best Drama Actor
Preparing to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Drama Actor? Be sure to take a look through our photo gallery highlighting the likeliest potential nominees. In the absence of reigning champ Kieran Culkin (“Succession”), whose show ended last May, possible category newcomer Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”) has emerged as the clear frontrunner.
None of the six actors who competed for this prize last year – including “Succession” stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong – are involved in the current race. Rounding out that group were Bob Odenkirk of the long-concluded “Better Call Saul” and ongoing series leads Jeff Bridges (“The Old Man”) and Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”). Naturally, this opens the door for dozens of potential first-time contenders.
The only 2024 hopeful who has previously been recognized in this category is Timothy Olyphant, who received a 2011 bid for the role he currently plays on “Justified: City Primeval,” a continuation of “Justified.” The list of candidates also includes outside winners Donald Glover (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”; formerly of “Atlanta”) and Paul Giamatti (“Billions”; “John Adams”).
Actors like Oldman and Giamatti who are looking to land their first nominations for multi-season series include Tom Hiddleston (“Loki”), Morgan Spector (“The Gilded Age”), and Dominic West (“The Crown”).
Those seeking recognition for new programs include Colin Farrell (“Sugar”), Nathan Fielder (“The Curse”), and Walton Goggins (“Fallout”).
Frontrunners
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Dominic West, “The Crown”
Colin Farrell, “Sugar”
Donald Glover, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
Tom Hiddleston, “Loki”
Morgan Spector, “The Gilded Age”
Nathan Fielder, “The Curse”
Ben Mendelsohn, “The New Look”
Strong Contenders
Idris Elba, “Hijack”
Walton Goggins, “Fallout”
Timothy Olyphant, “Justified: City Primeval”
Jamie Dornan, “The Tourist”
LaKeith Stanfield, “The Changeling”
Paul Giamatti, “Billions”
Omar Sy, “Lupin”
John C. Reilly, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”
Possible Contenders
Ncuti Gatwa, “Doctor Who”
Sam Heughan, “Outlander”
Giancarlo Esposito, “Parish”
Andrew Lincoln, “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live”
Ramon Rodriguez, “Will Trent”
Norman Reedus, “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon”
Gordon Cormier, “Avatar: The Last Airbender”
Peter Capaldi, “Criminal Record”
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