Critics' Choice Television Award / Best Actor in a Comedy Series

The Critics' Choice Television Award in the category Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Original name: Best Actor in a Comedy Series ) is one of the awards , held annually in the United States by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association , a federation awarded by television critics. It is aimed at actors who an outstanding performance in a leading role in a comedy - TV series have provided. The category was launched in 2011. The winners will be determined in a secret vote by the association's television critics.

History and records

Since it was first awarded, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association has awarded a total of eight awards in the Best Actor in a Comedy Series category to five different actors. The first to win was Jim Parsons , who was honored in 2011 for his role as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory . The last winner so far was Bill Hader , who was honored in 2020 for his role as Barry Berkman / Barry Block in Barry . The number of nominations has been six since it was first awarded and six since 2019.

The oldest winner and oldest nominated actor at 71 years of age was the American Jeffrey Tambor ( Transparent ). The youngest winner at the age of 33 in 2017 was the American Donald Glover ( Altanta ), the youngest nominated actor at 32 years each in 2014 was the Canadian Thomas Middleditch ( Silicon Valley ) and in 2016 the American Aziz Ansari ( Master of None ).

The following is a list of records of the most frequent nominees and winners in the Best Actor in a Comedy Series category . The winners and nominees in the other series or actor categories are not counted.

statistics	Actor / Series	number	Years
Top Awards (Actor)	Jim Parsons	2	2011, 2014
	Louis CK	2	2012, 2013
	Jeffrey Tambor	2	2015, 2016 (Jan.)
	Bill Hader	2	2019, 2020
Most frequent nominations (actors) (* = victory)	Louis CK	4th	2011, 2012 , 2013 , 2014
	Jim Parsons	4th	2011 , 2012, 2013, 2014
	Anthony Anderson	4th	2015, 2016 (Jan.), 2016 (Dec.), 2018
Most frequent nominations without a win (actor)	Anthony Anderson	4th	2015, 2016 (Jan.), 2016 (Dec.), 2018
Most frequent awards (series)	The Big Bang Theory	2	2011, 2014
	Louie	2	2012, 2013
	Transparent	2	2015, 2016 (Jan.)
	Barry	2	2019, 2020
Most frequent nomination (series) (* = victory)	The Big Bang Theory	5	2011 , 2012, 2013, 2014 , 2015

Winners and nominees

The television series 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 series titles are identical. The winners are highlighted in bold type first.

Critics' Choice Television Award / Best Actor in a Comedy Series

History and records

Winners and nominees

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