Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been announced since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been announced since 1956.
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1940s
- 1948' Paul Hartman in Angel in the Wings'' as Horace/Mr. Blodgett/George/Dr. Hutchinson, W.T./The Stranger
- 1949 ' Ray Bolger in Where's Charley?'' as Charley Wykeham
1950s
- 1950' Ezio Pinza in South Pacific'' as Emile De Beque
- 1951' Robert Alda in Guys and Dolls'' as Sky Masterson
- 1952' Phil Silvers in Top Banana'' as Jerry Biffle
- 1953' Thomas Mitchell in Hazel Flagg'' as Dr. Downer
- 1955' Walter Slezak in Fanny'' as Panisse
- 1956' Ray Walston in Damn Yankees'' as Mr. Applegate
- *Stephen Douglass of Damn Yankees
- *William Johnson of Pipe Dream
- 1957' Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady'' as Henry Higgins
- *Fernando Lamas of Happy Hunting
- *Robert Weede of The Most Happy Fella
- 1958' Robert Preston in The Music Man'' as Harold Hill
- *Ricardo Montalban of Jamaica
- *Eddie Foy, Jr. of Rumple
- *Tony Randall of Oh, Captain!
- 1959' Richard Kiley in Redhead'' as Tom Baxter
- *Larry Blyden of Flower Drum Song
1960s
- 1960' Jackie Gleason in Take Me Along'' as Sid Davis
- *Robert Morse of Take Me Along
- *Walter Pidgeon of Take Me Along
- *'Andy Griffith of Destry Rides Again
- 1962' Robert Morse in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' as J. Pierrepont Finch
- *Ray Bolger of All-American
- *Alfred Drake of Kean
- *Richard Kiley of No Strings
- 1963' Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as Pseudolus
- *Sid Caesar of Little Me
- *Anthony Newley of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
- *Clive Revill of Oliver!
- 1964' Bert Lahr in Foxy'' as Foxy
- *Sydney Chaplin of Funny Girl
- *Bob Fosse of Pal Joey
- *Steve Lawrence of What Makes Sammy Run
- 1965' Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof'' as Tevye
- *Sammy Davis, Jr. of Golden Boy
- *Cyril Ritchard of The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd
- *Tommy Steele of Half a Sixpence
- 1966' Richard Kiley in Man of La Mancha'' as Don Quixote/Cervantes
- *Jack Cassidy of It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman
- *John Cullum of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
- *Harry Secombe of Pickwick
- 1968' Robert Goulet in The Happy Time'' as Jacques Bonnard]
- *Robert Hooks of Hallelujah, Baby!
- *Anthony Roberts of How Now, Dow Jones
- *David Wayne of The Happy Time
- 1969' Jerry Orbach in Promises, Promises'' as Chuck Baxter
- *Herschel Bernardi of Zorba
- *Jack Cassidy of Maggie Flynn
- *Joel Grey of George M!
1970s
- 1970' Cleavon Little in Purlie'' as Purlie
- *Len Cariou of Applause
- *Robert Weede of Cry for Us All
- 1971' Hal Linden in The Rothschilds'' as Mayer Rothschild
- *David Burns of Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentleman
- *Larry Kert of Company
- *Bobby Van of No, No Nanette
- 1972' Phil Silvers in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as Pseudolus
- *Clifton Davis of Two Gentlemen of Verona
- *Barry Bostwick of Grease
- *Raúl Juliá of Two Gentleman of Verona
- 1973' Ben Vereen in Pippin'' as The Leading Player
- *Len Cariou of A Little Night Music
- *Robert Morse of Sugar
- *Brock Peters of Lost in the Stars
- 1974' Christopher Plummer in Cyrano'' as Cyrano de Bergerac
- *Alfred Drake of Gigi
- *Joe Morton of Raisin
- *Lewis J. Stadlen of Candide
- 1975' John Cullum in Shenandoah'' as Charlie Anderson
- *Joel Grey of Goodtime Charley
- *Raúl Juliá of Where's Charley?
- *Eddie Mekka of The Lieutenant
- *Robert Preston of Mack and Mabel
- 1976' George Rose in My Fair Lady'' as Alfred P. Doolittle
- *Makoto Iwamatsu of Pacific Overtures
- *Jerry Orbach of Chicago
- *Ian Richardson of My Fair Lady
- 1977' Barry Bostwick in The Robber Bridegroom'' as Jamie Lockhart
- *Robert Guillaume of Guys and Dolls
- *Raúl Juliá of Threepenny Opera
- *Reid Shelton of Annie
- 1978' John Cullum in On the Twentieth Century'' as Oscar Jaffee
- *Eddie Bracken of Hello, Dolly!
- *Barry Nelson of The Act
- *Gilbert Price of Timbuktu!
- 1979' Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd'' as Sweeney Todd
- *Vincent Gardenia of Ballroom
- *Joel Grey of The Grand Tour
- *Robert Klein of They're Playing Our Song
1980s
- 1980' Jim Dale in Barnum'' as Phineas Taylor Barnum
- *Gregory Hines of Comin' Uptown
- *Mickey Rooney of Sugar Babies
- *Giorgio Tozzi of The Most Happy Fella
- 1981' Kevin Kline in The Pirates of Penzance'' as The Pirate King
- *Gregory Hines of Sophisticated Ladies
- *George Rose of The Pirates of Penzance
- *Martin Vidnovic of Brigadoon
- 1982' Ben Harney in Dreamgirls'' as Curtis Taylor Jr.
- *Herschel Bernardi of Fiddler on the Roof
- *Victor Garber of Little Me
- *Raúl Juliá of Nine
- 1983' Tommy Tune in My One and Only'' as Captain Billy Buck Chandler
- *Al Green of Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
- *George Hearn of A Doll's Life
- *''Michael V. Smartt of Porgy and Bess
- 1984' George Hearn in La Cage aux Folles'' as Albin
- *''Gene Barry of La Cage aux Folles
- *Ron Moody of Oliver!
- *Mandy Patinkin of Sunday in the Park with George
- 1985' Ron Richardson of Big River'' as Jim
- *René Auberjonois of Big River
- *Daniel H. Jenkins of Big River
- *Kurt Knudson of Take Me Along
- 1987' Robert Lindsay in Me and My Girl'' as Bill Snibson
- *Roderick Cook of Oh Coward!
- *Terrence Mann of Les Misérables
- *Colm Wilkinson of Les Misérables
- 1988' Michael Crawford in Phantom of the Opera'' as The Phantom
- *Scott Bakula of Romance/Romance
- *David Carroll of Chess
- *Howard McGillin of Anything Goes
- 1989' Jason Alexander in Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' as Cigar/Emcee/Floy/Pa/Pseudolus/Tevye/The Settler
- *Gabriel Barre of Starmites
- *Brian Lane Green of Starmites
- *Robert La Fosse of Jerome Robbins' Broadway
1990s
- '1990 James Naughton in City of Angels'' as Stone
- *David Carroll of Grand Hotel, The Musical
- *Gregg Edelman of City of Angels
- *Bob Gunton of Sweeney Todd
- '1991 Jonathan Pryce in Miss Saigon'' as The Engineer
- *Keith Carradine of The Will Rogers Follies
- *Paul Hipp of Buddy
- *Topol of Fiddler on the Roof
- '1992 Gregory Hines in Jelly's Last Jam'' as Jelly Roll Morton
- *Harry Groener of Crazy for You
- *Nathan Lane of Guys and Dolls
- *Michael Rupert of Falsettos
- '1993 Brent Carver in Kiss of the Spider Woman--The Musical'' as Molina
- *Tim Curry of My Favorite Year
- *Con O'Neill of Blood Brothers
- *Martin Short of The Goodbye Girl
- '1994 Boyd Gaines in She Loves Me'' as Georg Nowack
- *Victor Garber of Damn Yankees
- *Terrence Mann of Beauty and the Beast
- *Jere Shea of Passion
- '1995 Matthew Broderick in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' as J. Pierrepont Finch
- *Alan Campbell of Sunset Boulevard
- *Mark Jacoby of Show Boat
- *John McMartin of Show Boat
- '1996 Nathan Lane in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as Pseudolus
- *Savion Glover of Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
- *Adam Pascal of Rent
- *Lou Diamond Phillips of The King and I
- '1997 James Naughton in Chicago'' as Billy Flynn
- *Robert Cuccioli of Jekyll and Hyde
- *Jim Dale of Candide
- *Daniel McDonald of Steel Pier
- '1998 Alan Cumming in Cabaret'' as The Master of Ceremonies
- *Peter Friedman of Ragtime
- *Brian Stokes Mitchell of Ragtime
- *Douglas Sills of The Scarlet Pimpernel
- '1999 Martin Short in Little Me'' as Noble Eggleston/Amos Pinchley/Benny Buchsbaum/Val du Val/Fred Poitrine/Otto Schnitzler/Prince Cherney/The Drunk
- *Brent Carver of Parade
- *Adam Cooper of Swan Lake
- *Tom Wopat of Annie Get Your Gun
2000s
- '2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell in Kiss Me, Kate'' as Fred Graham/Petruchio
- *Craig Bierko of The Music Man
- *George Hearn of Putting It Together
- *Mandy Patinkin of The Wild Party
- *Christopher Walken of The Dead
- '2001 Nathan Lane in The Producers'' as Max Bialystock
- *Matthew Broderick of The Producers
- *Kevin Chamberlin of Seussical
- *Tom Hewitt of The Rocky Horror Show
- *Patrick Wilson of The Full Monty
- '2002 John Lithgow in Sweet Smell of Success'' as J.J. Hunsecker
- *Gavin Creel of Thoroughly Modern Millie
- *John McMartin of Into the Woods
- *Patrick Wilson of Oklahoma!
- *John Cullum of Urinetown The Musical
- '2003 Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray'' as Edna Turnblad
- *Antonio Banderas of Nine, The Musical
- *Malcolm Gets of Amour
- *Brian Stokes Mitchell of Man of La Mancha
- *John Selya of Movin' Out
- '2004 Hugh Jackman in The Boy from Oz'' as Peter Allen
- *Hunter Foster of Little Shop of Horrors
- *Alfred Molina of Fiddler on the Roof
- *Euan Morton of Taboo
- *John Tartaglia of Avenue Q
- '2005 Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' as Freddy Benson
- *Hank Azaria of Spamalot
- *Gary Beach of La Cage aux Folles
- *''Tim Curry of Spamalot
- *''John Lithgow of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- '2006 John Lloyd Young in Jersey Boys'' as Frankie Valli
- *Michael Cerveris of Sweeney Todd''
- *Harry Connick, Jr. of The Pajama Game''
- *Stephen Lynch of The Wedding Singer''
- *Bob Martin of The Drowsy Chaperone''
Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Leading Actor in a Musical
- John Cullum (2)
- Richard Kiley (2)
- Nathan Lane (2)
- Zero Mostel (2)
- Robert Preston (2)
- Phil Silvers (2)
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