Critics' Choice Television Award / Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini-Series

The Critics' Choice Television Award in the category Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries (Original name: Best Actor in a Movie / Miniseries ) is one of the awards , held annually in the United States by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association , an association of television critics , be awarded. It is aimed at actors who have excelled in a leading role in a television movie or mini-series . The category was launched in 2012. The winners will be determined in a secret vote by the association's television critics.

History and records

Since the second award, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association has awarded a total of seven awards in the Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries category to seven different actors. The first to win was Benedict Cumberbatch , who was honored in 2012 for his role as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock . The last winner so far was Ewan McGregor , who was honored in 2018 for his roles as Emmit and Ray Stussy in Fargo .

The following is a list of records of the most frequent nominees and winners for the Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries category . The winners and nominees in the other actor categories are not counted.

statistics	Actor / Series	number	Years
Most frequent nominations (actors) (* = victory)	Benedict Cumberbatch	4th	2012 *, 2013, 2014, 2016 (Dec.)
Most frequent nominations without a win (actor)	Dominic West	2	2012, 2013
Most frequent awards (series)	Fargo	2	2014, 2018
Most frequent nominations (series) (* = victory)	Fargo	4th	2014 (2 ×) , 2016, 2018

Winners and nominees

The television films and miniseries listed below are given with their German broadcast title (if they can be determined), followed by the foreign-language original title in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and foreign-language film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted in bold type first.