Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television

The Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the work of actors in science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction on television.

Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
Awarded for	Best performance of the year by a male in a supporting role in a genre television series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First awarded	1999
Currently held by	Jonathan Frakes for Star Trek: Picard (2022/2023)
Website	www.saturnawards.org

Aaron Paul (right) has won the award three times, more than any other actor.

As of the 47th Saturn Awards in 2022, the award is known as Best Supporting Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series and features a sister category: Saturn Award for Best Supporting 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

Year	Actor	Television program	Network	Character
1999 (26th)	Dennis Haysbert	Now and Again	CBS	Dr. Theodore Morris
	Nicholas Brendon	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Xander Harris
	Colm Feore	Storm of the Century	ABC	Andre Linoge
	Jeremy London	Journey to the Center of the Earth	USA Network	Jonas Lytton
	James Marsters	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Spike
	Robert Picardo	Star Trek: Voyager	UPN	The Doctor

2000s

Year	Actor	Television program	Network	Character
2000 (27th)	James Marsters	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Spike
	Alexis Denisof	Angel	The WB	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
	Brendan Fehr	Roswell		Michael Guerin
	Anthony Head	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		Rupert Giles
	Michael Shanks	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Dr. Daniel Jackson
	Michael Weatherly	Dark Angel	Fox	Logan Cale
2001 (28th)	Michael Rosenbaum	Smallville	The WB	Lex Luthor
	Christopher Judge	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Teal'c
	James Marsters	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Spike
	Anthony Simcoe	Farscape	Sci-Fi	Ka D'Argo
	Connor Trinneer	Enterprise	UPN	Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
	Michael Weatherly	Dark Angel	Fox	Logan Cale
2002 (29th)	Victor Garber	Alias	ABC	Jack Bristow
	Alexis Denisof	Angel	The WB	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
	John Glover	Smallville		Lionel Luthor
	James Marsters	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	UPN	Spike
	Michael Rosenbaum	Smallville	The WB	Lex Luthor
	Connor Trinneer	Enterprise	UPN	Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
2003 (30th)	James Marsters	Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel	The WB & UPN	Spike
	Alexis Denisof	Angel	The WB	Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
	Victor Garber	Alias	ABC	Jack Bristow
	John Glover	Smallville	The WB	Lionel Luthor
	Michael Rosenbaum			Lex Luthor
	Nick Stahl	Carnivàle	HBO	Ben Hawkins
2004 (31st)	Terry O'Quinn	Lost	ABC	John Locke
	Kyle MacLachlan	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	TNT	Edward Wilde
	James Marsters	Angel	The WB	Spike
	Dominic Monaghan	Lost	ABC	Charlie Pace
	Michael Rosenbaum	Smallville	The WB	Lex Luthor
	Michael Shanks	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Dr. Daniel Jackson
2005 (32nd)	James Callis	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Dr. Gaius Baltar
	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Lost	ABC	Mr. Eko
	Jamie Bamber	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama
	Sam Neill	The Triangle		Eric Benirall
	Terry O'Quinn	Lost	ABC	John Locke
	Michael Rosenbaum	Smallville	The WB	Lex Luthor
2006 (33rd)	Masi Oka	Heroes	NBC	Hiro Nakamura
	James Callis	Battlestar Galactica	Sci-Fi	Dr. Gaius Baltar
	Michael Emerson	Lost	ABC	Henry Gale/Ben Linus
	Greg Grunberg	Heroes	NBC	Matt Parkman
	Josh Holloway	Lost	ABC	James "Sawyer" Ford
	James Remar	Dexter	Showtime	Harry Morgan
2007 (34th)	Michael Emerson	Lost	ABC	Benjamin Linus
	Greg Grunberg	Heroes	NBC	Matt Parkman
	Josh Holloway	Lost	ABC	James "Sawyer" Ford
	Erik King	Dexter	Showtime	Sgt. James Doakes
	Terry O'Quinn	Lost	ABC	John Locke
	Masi Oka	Heroes	NBC	Hiro Nakamura
2008 (35th)	Adrian Pasdar	Heroes	NBC	Nathan Petrelli
	Henry Ian Cusick	Lost	ABC	Desmond Hume
	Thomas Dekker	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Fox	John Connor
	Michael Emerson	Lost	ABC	Benjamin Linus
	Josh Holloway			James "Sawyer" Ford
	Milo Ventimiglia	Heroes	NBC	Peter Petrelli
2009 (36th)	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	AMC	Jesse Pinkman
	Jeremy Davies	Lost	ABC	Daniel Faraday
	Michael Emerson			Benjamin Linus
	Aldis Hodge	Leverage	TNT	Alec Hardison
	John Noble	Fringe	Fox	Dr. Walter Bishop
	Alexander Skarsgård	True Blood	HBO	Eric Northman

2010s

Year	Actor	Television program	Network	Character
2010 (37th)	John Noble	Fringe	Fox	Walter Bishop / Walternate
	Michael Emerson	Lost	ABC	Benjamin Linus
	Dean Norris	Breaking Bad	AMC	Hank Schrader
	Terry O'Quinn	Lost	ABC	John Locke / Man in Black
	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	AMC	Jesse Pinkman
	Lance Reddick	Fringe	Fox	Phillip Broyles
	Steven Yeun	The Walking Dead	AMC	Glenn Rhee
2011 (38th)	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	AMC	Jesse Pinkman
	Giancarlo Esposito	Breaking Bad	AMC	Gustavo "Gus" Fring
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jon Snow
	Joel Kinnaman	The Killing	AMC	Stephen Holder
	John Noble	Fringe	Fox	Walter Bishop / Walternate
	Bill Pullman	Torchwood: Miracle Day	Starz	Oswald Danes
	Norman Reedus	The Walking Dead	AMC	Daryl Dixon
2012 (39th)	Jonathan Banks	Breaking Bad	AMC	Mike Ehrmantraut
	Giancarlo Esposito	Revolution	NBC	Tom Neville
	Todd Lasance	Spartacus: War of the Damned	Starz	Julius Caesar
	Colm Meaney	Hell on Wheels	AMC	Thomas "Doc" Durant
	David Morrissey	The Walking Dead		The Governor
	John Noble	Fringe	Fox	Walter Bishop / Walternate
2013 (40th)	Aaron Paul	Breaking Bad	AMC	Jesse Pinkman
	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jaime Lannister
	Erik Knudsen	Continuum	Syfy	Alec Sadler
	David Lyons	Revolution	NBC	Sebastian "Bass" Monroe
	Dean Norris	Under the Dome	CBS	James "Big Jim" Rennie
	James Purefoy	The Following	Fox	Joe Carroll
2014 (41st)	Laurence Fishburne	Hannibal	NBC	Jack Crawford
	David Bradley	The Strain	FX	Abraham Setrakian
	Sam Heughan	Outlander	Starz	Jamie Fraser
	Erik Knudsen	Continuum	Syfy	Alec Sadler
	Norman Reedus	The Walking Dead	AMC	Daryl Dixon
	Richard Sammel	The Strain	FX	Thomas Eichorst
2015 (42nd)	Richard Armitage	Hannibal	NBC	Francis Dolarhyde
	Vincent D'Onofrio	Daredevil	Netflix	Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jon Snow
	Toby Jones	Wayward Pines	Fox	David Pilcher / Dr. Jenkins
	Erik Knudsen	Continuum	Syfy	Alec Sadler
	Lance Reddick	Bosch	Amazon	Irvin Irving
	David Tennant	Jessica Jones	Netflix	Kilgrave
	Patrick Wilson	Fargo	FX	Lou Solverson
2016 (43rd)	Ed Harris	Westworld	HBO	The Man in Black
	Linden Ashby	Teen Wolf	MTV	Sheriff Stilinski
	Mehcad Brooks	Supergirl	The CW	James Olsen
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jon Snow
	Lee Majors	Ash vs Evil Dead	Starz	Brock Williams
	Norman Reedus	The Walking Dead	AMC	Daryl Dixon
	Jeffrey Wright	Westworld	HBO	Bernard Lowe
2017 (44th)	Michael McKean	Better Call Saul	AMC	Chuck McGill
	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jaime Lannister
	Miguel Ferrer (posthumously)	Twin Peaks: The Return	Showtime	Albert Rosenfield
	Kit Harington	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jon Snow
	Doug Jones	Star Trek: Discovery	CBS All Access	Commander Saru
	Christian Kane	The Librarians	TNT	Jacob Stone
	Khary Payton	The Walking Dead	AMC	King Ezekiel
	Evan Peters	American Horror Story: Cult	FX	Kai Anderson, Andy Warhol, Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh, Jim Jones, Jesus, Charles Manson
2018/2019 (45th)	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	HBO	Tyrion Lannister
	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	AMC	Mike Ehrmantraut
	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Game of Thrones	HBO	Jaime Lannister
	David Harewood	Supergirl	The CW	J'onn J'onzz
	Ed Harris	Westworld	HBO	The Man in Black
	Lennie James	Fear the Walking Dead	AMC	Morgan Jones
	Khary Payton	The Walking Dead		King Ezekiel
2019/2020 (46th)	Doug Jones	Star Trek: Discovery	CBS All Access	Saru
	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	AMC	Mike Ehrmantraut
	Tony Dalton			Lalo Salamanca
	Michael Emerson	Evil	CBS	Dr. Leland Townsend
	Richard Rankin	Outlander	Starz	Roger Wakefield
	Norman Reedus	The Walking Dead	AMC	Daryl Dixon
	Luke Wilson	Stargirl	The CW	Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E.

2020s

Year	Actor	Television Program	Network	Character
2021/2022 (50th)
	Network/Cable
	Jonathan Banks	Better Call Saul	AMC	Mike Ehrmantraut
	Tony Dalton	Better Call Saul	AMC	Lalo Salamanca
	Patrick Fabian			Howard Hamlin
	Harvey Guillén	What We Do in the Shadows	FX	Guillermo de la Cruz
	Brandon Scott Jones	Ghosts	CBS	Captain Isaac Higgintoot
	Michael Mando	Better Call Saul	AMC	Nacho Varga
	Michael James Shaw	The Walking Dead	AMC	Michael Mercer
	Streaming
	Elliot Page	The Umbrella Academy	Netflix	Viktor Hargreeves
	Zach Cherry	Severance	Apple TV+	Dylan
	Ethan Hawke	Moon Knight	Disney+	Arthur Harrow
	Joel Kinnaman	For All Mankind	Apple TV+	Ed Baldwin
	Ethan Peck	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Spock
	Joseph Quinn	Stranger Things	Netflix	Eddie Munson
	John Turturro	Severance	Apple TV+	Irving
2022/2023 (51st)	Jonathan Frakes	Star Trek: Picard	Paramount+	Captain William Riker
	Harvey Guillén	What We Do in the Shadows	FX / Hulu	Guillermo de la Cruz
	Ernie Hudson	Quantum Leap	NBC	Herbert "Magic" Williams
	Ethan Peck	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Spock
	Matt Smith	House of the Dragon	HBO / Max	Prince Daemon Targaryen
	Ed Speleers	Star Trek: Picard	Paramount+	Jack Crusher
	Todd Stashwick			Captain Liam Shaw

Multiple nominations

6 nominations

• Michael Emerson
• James Marsters

5 nominations

• Michael Rosenbaum

4 nominations

• Jonathan Banks
• Kit Harington
• John Noble
• Terry O'Quinn
• Aaron Paul
• Norman Reedus

3 nominations

• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• Alexis Denisof
• Josh Holloway
• Erik Knudsen

2 nominations

• James Callis
• Tony Dalton
• Giancarlo Esposito
• Victor Garber
• John Glover
• Greg Grunberg
• Ed Harris
• Doug Jones
• Dean Norris
• Masi Oka
• Khary Payton
• Lance Reddick
• Michael Shanks
• Connor Trinneer
• Michael Weatherly

Multiple wins

3 wins

• Aaron Paul

2 wins

• Jonathan Banks
• James Marsters

See also

• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in Streaming Presentation

External links

• Official website
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