The following is a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Actor on Television (formerly Best Genre TV Actor). The award is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the work of actors in

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in 2022, the award is known as Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series and features a sister category: Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Streaming Television Series. (NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year.) The winners are listed in bold.

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominations

;8 nominations * Richard Dean Anderson * Michael C. Hall ;7 nominations * Andrew Lincoln ;6 nominations * Ben Browder * Bryan Cranston * Matthew Fox * Sam Heughan * Noah Wyle ;5 nominations * David Boreanaz * Grant Gustin * Tom Welling ;4 nominations * David Duchovny * Timothy Hutton ;3 nominations * Scott Bakula * Bruce Campbell * Mads Mikkelsen * Edward James Olmos ;2 nominations * Kevin Bacon * Jason Behr * Nicholas Brendon * Eric Close * Mike Colter * Charlie Cox * Matt Dallas * Hugh Dancy * Lance Henriksen * Freddie Highmore * Seth MacFarlane * Julian McMahon * Stephen Moyer * Bob Odenkirk * Patrick Stewart

Multiple wins

;3 awards * David Boreanaz (2 consecutive) ;2 awards * Ben Browder * Bryan Cranston (consecutive) * Matthew Fox * Andrew Lincoln

External links

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