2024 Emmy Predictions: Best Comedy Actor
Are you ready to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Comedy Actor? Before you do, be sure to scroll through our photo gallery showcasing the men who are most likely to earn slots in the 76th annual lineup. Naturally, “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White is widely expected to achieve a second consecutive victory and thereby maintain his perfect Emmys record.
White would be the fourth actor in 10 years to earn this specific award for both of his show’s first two seasons, following Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent,” 2015-2016), Bill Hader (“Barry,” 2018-2019), and Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso,” 2021-2022).
The only other 2023 comedy actor nominee in the running again this year is Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”). His costar and 2022 opponent, Steve Martin, is looking to make a comeback, as are six-time contender Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) and Jon Cryer, who won in 2012 for “Two and a Half Men” and now headlines “Extended Family.”
Also in the hunt are quadruple victors Kelsey Grammer (“Frasier”) and John Larroquette (“Night Court”), whose respective shows were revived in 2023 after 19 and 30 years. Larroquette scored all four of his “Night Court” wins as a supporting actor but does have experience in this category as a 1994 nominee for the NBC show that bore his name.
This year’s likeliest category newcomers are Theo James (“The Gentlemen”), Jharrel Jerome (“I’m a Virgo”), and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (“Reservation Dogs”).
Frontrunners
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Theo James, “The Gentlemen”
Jharrel Jerome, “I’m a Virgo”
Kelsey Grammer, “Frasier”
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, “Reservation Dogs”
Strong Contenders
Kayvan Novak, “What We Do in the Shadows”
Matt Berry, “What We Do in the Shadows”
John Goodman, “The Righteous Gemstones”
Rhys Darby, “Our Flag Means Death”
Justin Chien, “The Brothers Sun”
Utkarsh Ambudkar, “Ghosts”
David Tennant, “Good Omens”
John Larroquette, “Night Court”
Possible Contenders
Seth Rogen, “Platonic”
Max Burkholder, “Ted”
Sam Richardson, “The Afterparty”
Joel McHale, “Animal Control”
Chris O’Dowd, “The Big Door Prize”
Martin Freeman, “Breeders”
Jon Cryer, “Extended Family”
Michael Sheen, “Good Omens”
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