Who Won Lead Actor In A Musical Tony Awards?
From Paul Hartman ("Angel In the Wings") in 1948 to Jonathan Groff in "Merrily We Roll Along" in 2024, the Tony Awards have awarded excellence in Broadway theater throughout the years. Multiple winners of the Tony for Leading Actor in a Musical have included Nathan Lane, James Naughton, John Cullum, George Rose, Phil Silvers and Robert Preston.
| 2024 (77th) |
Jonathan Groff Merrily We Roll Along Other Nominees: Brody Grant (The Outsiders); Dorian Harewood (The Notebook); Brian d'Arcy James (Days of Wine and Roses); Eddie Redmayne (Cabaret) |
| 2023 (76th) |
J. Harrison Ghee Some Like It Hot Other Nominees: Christian Borle (Some Like It Hot); Josh Groban (Sweeney Todd); Brian d'Arcy James (Into The Woods); Ben Platt (Parade); Colton Ryan (New York, New York) |
| 2022 (75th) |
Myles Frost MJ Other Nominees: Billy Crystal (Mr. Saturday Night); Hugh Jackman (The Music Man); Rob McClure (Mrs. Doubtfire); Jaquel Spivey (A Strange Loop) |
| 2021 (74th) |
Aaron Tveit Moulin Rouge Other Nominees: No other nominees |
| 2019 (73rd) |
Santino Fontana Tootsie Other Nominees: Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom); Derrick Baskin (Ain’t Too Proud); Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice); Damon Daunno (Oklahoma!) |
| Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tony Shalhoub | (The Band's Visit) |  |
| 2017 | Ben Platt | (Dear Evan Hansen) |  |
| 2016 | Leslie Odom, Jr. | (Hamilton) |  |
| 2015 | Michael Cerveris | (Fun Home) |  |
| 2014 | Neil Patrick Harris | (Hedwig And The Angry Inch) |  |
| 2013 | Billy Porter | (Kinky Boots) |  |
| 2012 | Steve Kazee | (Once) |  |
| 2011 | Norbert Leo Butz | (Catch Me If You Can) |  |
| 2010 | Douglas Hodge | (La Cage aux Folles) |  |
| 2009 | David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik & Kiril Kulish | (Billy Elliot The Musical) |  |
| 2008 | Paulo Szot | (South Pacific) |  |
| 2007 | David Hyde Pierce | (Curtains) |  |
| 2006 | John Lloyd Young | (Jersey Boys) |  |
| 2005 | Norbert Leo Butz | (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) |  |
| 2004 | Hugh Jackman | (The Boy From Oz) |  |
| 2003 | Harvey Fierstein | (Hairspray) |  |
| 2002 | John Lithgow | (Sweet Smell Of Success) |  |
| 2001 | Nathan Lane | (The Producers) |  |
| 2000 | Brian Stokes Mitchell | (Kiss Me, Kate) |  |
| 1999 | Martin Short | (Little Me) |  |
| 1998 | Alan Cumming | (Cabaret) |  |
| 1997 | James Naughton | (Chicago) |  |
| 1996 | Nathan Lane | (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) |  |
| 1995 | Matthew Broderick | (How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying) |  |
| 1994 | Boyd Gaines | (She Loves Me) |  |
| 1993 | Brent Carver | (Kiss Of The Spider Woman) |  |
| 1992 | Gregory Hines | (Jelly's Last Jam) |  |
| 1991 | Jonathan Pryce | (Miss Saigon) |  |
| 1990 | James Naughton | (City Of Angels) |  |
| 1989 | Jason Alexander | (Jerome Robbins' Broadway) |  |
| 1988 | Michael Crawford | (The Phantom Of The Opera) |  |
| 1987 | Robert Lindsay | (Me And My Girl) |  |
| 1986 | George Rose | (The Mystery Of Edwin Drood) |  |
| 1985 | No Award | ||
| 1984 | George Hearn | (La Cage aux Folles) |  |
| 1983 | Tommy Tune | (My One And Only) |  |
| 1982 | Ben Harney | (Dreamgirls) |  |
| 1981 | Kevin Kline | (The Pirates Of Penzance) |  |
| 1980 | Jim Dale | (Barnum) |  |
| 1979 | Len Cariou | (Sweeney Todd) |  |
| 1978 | John Cullum | (On The Twentieth Century) |  |
| 1977 | Barry Bostwick | (The Robber Bridegroom) |  |
| 1976 | George Rose | (My Fair Lady) |  |
| 1975 | John Cullum | (Shenandoah) |  |
| 1974 | Christopher Plummer | (Cyrano) |  |
| 1973 | Ben Vereen | (Pippin) |  |
| 1972 | Phil Silvers | (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) |  |
| 1971 | Hal Linden | (The Rothschilds) |  |
| 1970 | Cleavon Little | (Purlie) |  |
| 1969 | Jerry Orbach | (Promises, Promises) |  |
| 1968 | Robert Goulet | (The Happy Time) |  |
| 1967 | Robert Preston | (I Do! I Do!) |  |
| 1966 | Richard Kiley | (Man of La Mancha) |  |
| 1965 | Zero Mostel | (Fiddler On The Roof) |  |
| 1964 | Bert Lahr | (Foxy) |  |
| 1963 | Zero Mostel | (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) |  |
| 1962 | Robert Morse | (How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying) |  |
| 1961 | Richard Burton | (Camelot) |  |
| 1960 | Jackie Gleason | (Take Me Along) |  |
| 1959 | Richard Kiley | (Redhead) |  |
| 1958 | Robert Preston | (The Music Man) |  |
| 1957 | Rex Harrison | (My Fair Lady) |  |
| 1956 | Ray Walston | (Damn Yankees) |  |
| 1955 | Walter Slezak | (Fanny) |  |
| 1954 | Alfred Drake | (Kismet) |  |
| 1953 | Thomas Mitchell | (Hazel Flagg) |  |
| 1952 | Phil Silvers | (Top Banana) |  |
| 1951 | Robert Alda | (Guys And Dolls) |  |
| 1950 | Ezio Pinza | (South Pacific) |  |
| 1949 | Ray Bolger | (Where's Charley?) |  |
| 1948 | Paul Hartman | (Angel In The Wings) |  |