The Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in a television movie or limited series.
In this category four actors have received two awards each: Paul Giamatti (John Adams, Too Big to Fail), Al Pacino (Angels in America, You Don't Know Jack), Gary Sinise (Truman, George Wallace), and Mark Ruffalo (The Normal Heart, I Know This Much Is True).
Winners and nominees
1990s Year Actress Work Role(s) 1994 (1st) Raúl Juliá (posthumous) The Burning Season Chico Mendes James Garner The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. Jim Rockford John Malkovich Heart of Darkness Colonel Kurtz Gary Sinise The Stand Stu Redman Forest Whitaker The Enemy Within Colonel MacKenzie "Mac" Casey 1995 (2nd) Gary Sinise Truman Harry S. Truman Alec Baldwin A Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski Laurence Fishburne The Tuskegee Airmen Hannibal Lee James Garner The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise Jim Rockford Tommy Lee Jones The Good Old Boys Hewey Calloway 1996 (3rd) Alan Rickman Rasputin Grigori Rasputin Armand Assante Gotti John Gotti Beau Bridges Hidden in America Bill Januson Robert Duvall The Man Who Captured Eichmann Adolf Eichmann Ed Harris Riders of the Purple Sage Jim Lassiter 1997 (4th) Gary Sinise George Wallace George Wallace Jack Lemmon 12 Angry Men Juror #8 Sidney Poitier Mandela and de Klerk Nelson Mandela Ving Rhames Don King: Only in America Don King George C. Scott 12 Angry Men Juror #3 1998 (5th) Christopher Reeve Rear Window Jason Kemp Charles S. Dutton Blind Faith Charles Williams James Garner Legalese Norman Keane Ben Kingsley The Tale of Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Ray Liotta The Rat Pack Frank Sinatra Stanley Tucci Winchell Walter Winchell 1999 (6th) Jack Lemmon Tuesdays with Morrie Morris "Morrie" Schwartz Hank Azaria Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Peter Fonda The Passion of Ayn Rand Frank O'Connor George C. Scott (posthumous) Inherit the Wind Matthew Harrison Brady Patrick Stewart A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge
2000s Year Actress Work Role(s) 2000 (7th) Brian Dennehy Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Alec Baldwin Nuremberg Justice Robert H. Jackson Brian Cox Hermann Göring Danny Glover Freedom Song Will Walker John Lithgow Don Quixote Don Quixote James Woods Dirty Pictures Dennis Barrie 2001 (8th) Ben Kingsley Anne Frank: The Whole Story Otto Frank Alan Alda Club Land Willie Walters Richard Dreyfuss The Day Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig James Franco James Dean James Dean Gregory Hines Bojangles Bill "Bojangles" Robinson 2002 (9th) William H. Macy Door to Door Bill Porter Albert Finney The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill Brad Garrett Gleason Jackie Gleason Sean Hayes Martin and Lewis Jerry Lewis John Turturro Monday Night Mayhem Howard Cosell 2003 (10th) Al Pacino Angels in America Roy Cohn Justin Kirk Angels in America Prior Walter / Man in Park Jeffrey Wright Mr. Lies / Belize / Homeless Man / The Angel Europa Paul Newman Our Town Stage Manager Forest Whitaker Deacons for Defense Marcus Clay 2004 (11th) Geoffrey Rush The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Jamie Foxx Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Stan "Tookie" Williams William H. Macy The Wool Cap Charlie Gigot Barry Pepper 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story Dale Earnhardt Jon Voight The Five People You Meet in Heaven Eddie 2005 (12th) Paul Newman Empire Falls Max Roby Kenneth Branagh Warm Springs Franklin D. Roosevelt Ted Danson Knights of the South Bronx David MacEnulty Ed Harris Empire Falls Miles Roby Christopher Plummer Our Fathers Cardinal Bernard Law 2006 (13th) Jeremy Irons Elizabeth I Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester Thomas Haden Church Broken Trail Tom Harte Robert Duvall Prentice Ritter William H. Macy Nightmares & Dreamscapes Det. Clyde Umney / Sam Landry Matthew Perry The Ron Clark Story Ron Clark 2007 (14th) Kevin Kline As You Like It Jacques Michael Keaton The Company James Jesus Angleton Oliver Platt The Bronx Is Burning George Steinbrenner Sam Shepard Ruffian Frank Whiteley John Turturro The Bronx Is Burning Billy Martin 2008 (15th) Paul Giamatti John Adams John Adams Tom Wilkinson John Adams Benjamin Franklin Ralph Fiennes Bernard and Doris Bernard Lafferty Kevin Spacey Recount Ron Klain Kiefer Sutherland 24: Redemption Jack Bauer 2009 (16th) Kevin Bacon Taking Chance Michael Strobl Cuba Gooding Jr. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson Jeremy Irons Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz Kevin Kline Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Tom Wilkinson A Number Salter
2010s Year Actress Work Role(s) 2010 (17th) Al Pacino You Don't Know Jack Dr. Jack Kevorkian John Goodman You Don't Know Jack Neal Nicol Dennis Quaid The Special Relationship Bill Clinton Édgar Ramírez Carlos Ilich Ramírez Sánchez / Carlos the Jackal Patrick Stewart Macbeth Macbeth 2011 (18th) Paul Giamatti Too Big to Fail Ben Bernanke Laurence Fishburne Thurgood Thurgood Marshall Greg Kinnear The Kennedys John F. Kennedy Guy Pearce Mildred Pierce Monty Beragon James Woods Too Big to Fail Richard S. Fuld Jr. 2012 (19th) Kevin Costner Hatfields & McCoys Devil Anse Hatfield Woody Harrelson Game Change Steve Schmidt Ed Harris John McCain Clive Owen Hemingway & Gellhorn Ernest Hemingway Bill Paxton Hatfields & McCoys Randolph McCoy 2013 (20th) Michael Douglas Behind the Candelabra Liberace Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra Scott Thorson Jeremy Irons The Hollow Crown King Henry IV Rob Lowe Killing Kennedy John F. Kennedy Al Pacino Phil Spector Phil Spector 2014 (21st) Mark Ruffalo The Normal Heart Ned Weeks Adrien Brody Houdini Harry Houdini Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock: His Last Vow Sherlock Holmes Richard Jenkins Olive Kitteridge Henry Kitteridge Billy Bob Thornton Fargo Lorne Malvo 2015 (22nd) Idris Elba Luther John Luther Ben Kingsley Tut Ay, the Grand Vizier Ray Liotta Texas Rising Lorca / Tom Mitchell Bill Murray A Very Murray Christmas Himself Mark Rylance Wolf Hall Thomas Cromwell 2016 (23rd) Bryan Cranston All the Way Lyndon B. Johnson Riz Ahmed The Night Of Nasir "Naz" Khan Sterling K. Brown The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Christopher Darden John Turturro The Night Of John Stone Courtney B. Vance The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Johnnie Cochran 2017 (24th) Alexander Skarsgård Big Little Lies Perry Wright Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock: The Lying Detective Sherlock Holmes Jeff Daniels Godless Frank Griffen Robert De Niro The Wizard of Lies Bernie Madoff Geoffrey Rush Genius Albert Einstein 2018 (25th) Darren Criss The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Andrew Cunanan Antonio Banderas Genius: Picasso Pablo Picasso Hugh Grant A Very English Scandal Jeremy Thorpe Anthony Hopkins King Lear King Lear Bill Pullman The Sinner Detective Harry Ambrose 2019 (26th) Sam Rockwell Fosse/Verdon Bob Fosse Mahershala Ali True Detective Wayne Hays Russell Crowe The Loudest Voice Roger Ailes Jared Harris Chernobyl Valery Legasov Jharrel Jerome When They See Us Korey Wise
2020s Year Actress Work Role(s) 2020 (27th) Mark Ruffalo I Know This Much Is True Dominick and Thomas Birdsey Bill Camp The Queen's Gambit William Shaibel Daveed Diggs Hamilton Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson Hugh Grant The Undoing Jonathan Fraser Ethan Hawke The Good Lord Bird John Brown 2021 (28th) Michael Keaton Dopesick Dr. Samuel Finnix Murray Bartlett The White Lotus Armond Oscar Isaac Scenes from a Marriage Jonathan Levy Ewan McGregor Halston Halston Evan Peters Mare of Easttown Colin Zabel 2022 (29th) Sam Elliott 1883 Shea Brennan Steve Carell The Patient Alan Strauss Taron Egerton Black Bird James "Jimmy" Keane Paul Walter Hauser Lawrence "Larry" Hall Evan Peters Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Jeffrey Dahmer 2023 (30th) Steven Yeun Beef Danny Cho Matt Bomer Fellow Travelers Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller Jon Hamm Fargo Roy Tillman David Oyelowo Lawmen: Bass Reeves Bass Reeves Tony Shalhoub Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie Adrian Monk 2024 (31st) Colin Farrell The Penguin Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin Javier Bardem Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story José Menendez Richard Gadd Baby Reindeer Donny Dunn Kevin Kline Disclaimer Stephen Brigstocke Andrew Scott Ripley Tom Ripley 2025 (32nd) Owen Cooper Adolescence Jamie Miller Jason Bateman Black Rabbit Vince Friedken Stephen Graham Adolescence Eddie Miller Charlie Hunnam Monster: The Ed Gein Story Ed Gein Matthew Rhys The Beast in Me Nile Jarvis
Actors with multiple awards
2 wins Paul Giamatti Al Pacino Gary Sinise Mark Ruffalo
Actors with multiple nominations
3 nominations James Garner Ed Harris Jeremy Irons Ben Kingsley Kevin Kline William H. Macy Al Pacino Gary Sinise John Turturro
2 nominations Alec Baldwin Benedict Cumberbatch Robert Duvall Laurence Fishburne Paul Giamatti Hugh Grant Michael Keaton Jack Lemmon Ray Liotta Paul Newman Evan Peters Mark Ruffalo Geoffrey Rush George C. Scott Patrick Stewart Forest Whitaker Tom Wilkinson James Woods
Programs with multiple nominations
3 nominations American Crime Story (FX) Angels in America (HBO)
2 nominations 12 Angry Men (Showtime) Adolescence (Netflix) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Black Bird (Apple TV+) Broken Trail (AMC) The Bronx Is Burning (ESPN) Empire Falls (HBO) Fargo (FX) Game Change (HBO) Genius (National Geographic) Hatfields & McCoys (History) John Adams (HBO) Monster (Netflix) The Night Of (HBO) Nuremberg (TNT) The Rockford Files (NBC) Sherlock (PBS) Too Big to Fail (HBO) Tuesdays with Morrie (ABC) You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
See also Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
External links SAG Awards official site