Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor

Winners and Nominations

Winners noted in bold.

1974

• John Beradino (Steve Hardy, General Hospital)
• Macdonald Carey (Tom Horton, Days of our Lives)
• Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin, General Hospital)

1975

• John Beradino (Steve Hardy, General Hospital)
• Macdonald Carey (Tom Horton, Days of our Lives)
• Bill Hayes (Doug Williams, Days of our Lives)

1976

• John Beradino (Steve Hardy, General Hospital)
• Macdonald Carey (Tom Horton, Days of our Lives)
• Larry Haines (Stu Bergman, Search for Tomorrow)
• Bill Hayes (Doug Williams, Days of our Lives)
• Michael Nouri (Steve Kaslo, Search for Tomorrow)
• Shepperd Strudwick (Victor Lord, One Life to Live)

1977

• Val Dufour (John Wyatt, Search for Tomorrow)
• Farley Granger (Will Vernon, One Life to Live)
• Larry Haines (Stu Bergman, Search for Tomorrow)
• Lawrence Keith (Nick Davis, All My Children)
• James Pritchett (Matt Powers, The Doctors)

1978

• Matthew Cowles (Billy Clyde Tuggle, All My Children)
• Lawrence Keith (Nick Davis, All My Children
• Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, Ryan's Hope)
• James Pritchett (Matt Powers, The Doctors)
• Andrew Robinson (Frank Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
• Michael Storm (Larry Wolek, One Life to Live)

1979

• Jed Allan (Don Craig, Days of our Lives)
• Nicholas Benedict (Phil Brent, All My Children)
• John Clarke (Mickey Horton, Days of our Lives)
• Joel Crothers (Miles Cavanaugh, The Edge of Night)
• Al Freeman Jr. (Ed Hall, One Life to Live)
• Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, Ryan's Hope)

1980

• John Gabriel (Seneca Beaulac, Ryan's Hope)
• Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, Ryan's Hope)
• Franc Luz (John Bennett, The Doctors)
• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• William Mooney (Paul Martin, All My Children)
• Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World)

1981

• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• Henderson Forsythe (David Stewart, As the World Turns)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World)

1982

• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine, General Hospital)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• Richard Shoberg (Tom Cudahy, All My Children)

1983

• Peter Bergman (Cliff Warner, All My Children)
• Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine, General Hospital)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)

1984

• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• Joel Crothers (Miles Cavanaugh, The Edge of Night)
• Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine, General Hospital)
• Terry Lester (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Larkin Malloy (Schuyler Whitney, The Edge of Night)
• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)

1985

• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Terry Lester (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard, All My Children)

1986

• Scott Bryce (Craig Montgomery, As the World Turns)
• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Nicolas Coster (Lionel Lockridge, Santa Barbara)
• Terry Lester (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)

1987

• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• Scott Bryce (Craig Montgomery, As the World Turns)
• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• Terry Lester (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)

1988

• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Robert Gentry (Ross Chandler, All My Children)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)
• Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson, Days of our Lives)

1989

• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)
• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World)

1990

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)
• Stephen Schnetzer (Cass Winthrop, Another World)

1991

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restles)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Nicolas Coster (Lionel Lockridge, Santa Barbara)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)
• James Reynolds (Henry Marshall, Generations)

1992

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Nicolas Coster (Lionel Lockridge, Santa Barbara)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)
• Michael Zaslow (Roger Thorpe, Guiding Light)

1993

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Mark Derwin (A.C. Mallet, Guiding Light)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)
• Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)

1994

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Charles Keating (Carl Hutchins, Another World)
• Peter Simon (Ed Bauer, Guiding Light)
• Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)
• Michael Zaslow (Roger Thorpe, Guiding Light)

1995

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Justin Deas (Buzz Cooper, Guiding Light)
• Brad Maule (Tony Jones, General Hospital)
• Michael Zaslow (Roger Thorpe, Guiding Light)

1996

• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Charles Keating (Carl Hutchins, Another World)

1997

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Justin Deas (Buzz Cooper, Guiding Light)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)

1998

• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, The Young and the Restless)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin, General Hospital)

1999

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)

2000

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)

2001

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Tom Eplin (Jake McKinnon, As the World Turns)
• Jon Hensley (Holden Snyder, As the World Turns)
• John McCook (Eric Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)

2002

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Hunt Block (Craig Montgomery, As the World Turns)
• Vincent Irizarry (David Hayward, All My Children)
• Robert Newman (Joshua Lewis, Guiding Light)
• Jack Scalia (Chris Stamp, All My Children)

2003

• Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light)
• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, The Young and the Restless)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus Aitoro, Guiding Light)
• Thorsten Kaye (Ian Thornhart, Port Charles)

2004

• Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light)
• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Roger Howarth (Paul Ryan, As the World Turns)
• Thorsten Kaye (Ian Thornhart, Port Charles)

2005

• Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light)
• Steve Burton (Jason Morgan, General Hospital)
• Roger Howarth (Paul Ryan, As the World Turns)
• Michael E. Knight (Tad Martin, All My Children)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Jack Wagner (Dominick Marone, The Bold and the Beautiful)

2006

• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater, All My Children)
• Robert Newman (Joshua Lewis, Guiding Light)
• Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding, Guiding Light)

2007

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus Aitoro, Guiding Light)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Michael Park (Jack Snyder, As the World Turns)

2008

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Thaao Penghlis (Tony/Andre DiMera, Days of our Lives)

2009

• Daniel Cosgrove (Bill Lewis, Guiding Light)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater, All My Children)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Peter Reckell (Bo Brady, Days of our Lives)

2010

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, The Young and the Restless)
• Jon Lindstrom (Craig Montgomery, As the World Turns)
• Michael Park (Jack Snyder, As the World Turns)
• James Scott (E.J. DiMera, Days of our Lives)

2011

• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake Martin, All My Children)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Michael Park (Jack Snyder, As the World Turns)
• James Scott (E.J. DiMera, Days of our Lives)

2012

• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• John McCook (Eric Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard, All My Children)
• Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)

2013

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, The Young and the Restless)
• Michael Muhney (Adam Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, General Hospital)

2014

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, The Young and the Restless)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Billy Miller (Billy Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, General Hospital)

2015

• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Billy Miller (Billy Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, General Hospital)

2016

• Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine, General Hospital)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Justin Hartley (Adam Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
• Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters, The Young and the Restless)

2017

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Scott Clifton (Liam Spencer, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera, Days of our Lives)
• Vincent Irizarry (Deimos Kiriakis, Days of our Lives)
• Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters, The Young and the Restless)

2018

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Michael Easton (Dr. Hamilton Finn, General Hospital)
• John McCook (Eric Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Billy Miller (Drew Cain/Jason Morgan, General Hospital)
• James Reynolds (Abe Carver, Days of our Lives)

2019

• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Peter Berman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Tyler Christopher (Stefan DiMera, Days of our Lives)
• Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera, Days of our Lives)
• Jon Lindstrom (Ryan Chamberlain/Dr. Kevin Collins, General Hospital)

2020

• Steve Burton (Jason Morgan, General Hospital)
• Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Jon Lindstrom (Ryan/Kevin Collins, General Hospital)
• Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera, Days of our Lives)
• Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, General Hospital)

2021

• Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
• Steve Burton (Jason Morgan, General Hospital)
• Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis, Days of our Lives)
• Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, General Hospital)

2022

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Eric Martsolf (Brady Black, Days of our Lives)
• John McCook (Eric Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• James Reynolds (Abe Carver, Days of our Lives)
• Jason Thompson (Billy Abbott, The Young and the Restless)

Breakdown

By Series

• All My Children - 39 Nominations / 6 Wins
• Another World - 6 Nominations / 3 Win
• As the World Turns - 20 Nominations / 4 Wins
• The Bold and the Beautiful - 7 Nominations / 2 Wins
• Days of our Lives - 21 Nominations / 3 Wins
• The Doctors - 3 Nominations / 1 Win
• The Edge of Night - 3 Nominations / 0 Wins
• General Hospital - 42 Nominations / 12 Wins MOST WINS
• Generations - 1 Nomination / 0 Wins
• Guiding Light - 16 Nominations / 3 Wins
• One Life to Live - 11 Nominations / 2 Wins
• Port Charles - 3 Nominations / 0 Wins
• Ryan's Hope - 5 Nominations / 0 Wins
• Santa Barbara - 10 Nominations / 1 Win
• Search for Tomorrow - 4 Nominations / 2 Wins
• The Young and the Restless - 54 Nominations / 10 Wins MOST NOMINATIONS

Nominations By Actor (more than 5)

• Peter Bergman - 23
• David Canary - 16
• Anthony Geary - 16
• Maurice Benard - 8
• Eric Braeden - 8
• Larry Bryggman - 8
• Christian Le Blanc - 8
• A Martinez - 7
• James Mitchell - 7
• Robert S. Woods - 7
• Thorsten Kaye - 6
• Jason Thompson - 5

Wins by Actor (multiple)

• Anthony Geary - 8 
• David Canary - 5
• Maurice Benard - 3
• Peter Bergman - 3
• Christian Le Blanc - 3
• Larry Bryggman - 2
• Macdonald Carey - 2
• Justin Deas - 2
• Michael Park - 2
• Douglass Watson - 2

Youngest Winner: Darnell Williams - 30 years old in 1985

Oldest Winner: John McCook - 78 in 2022