Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been announced since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been announced since 1956.

In the lists below, the winner is displayed first, the non-winning nominees second.

1948 Paul Hartman. Angel in the Wings
1949 Ray Bolger. Where's Charley
1950 Ezio Pinza. South Pacific
1951 Robert Alda. Guys and Dolls
1952 Phil Silvers. Top Banana
1953 Thomas Mitchell. Hazel Flagg
1954 Alfred Drake. Kismet
1955 Walter Slezak. Fanny
1956 Ray Walston. Damn Yankees
- Stephen Douglass. Damn Yankees
- William Johnson. Pipe Dream
1957 Rex Harrison. My Fair Lady
- Fernando Lamas. Happy Hunting
- Robert Weede. The Most Happy Fella
1958 Robert Preston. The Music Man
- Ricardo Montalban. Jamaica
- Eddie Foy, Jr. Rumple
- Tony Randall. Oh, Captain
1959 Richard Kiley. Redhead
- Larry Blyden. Flower Drum Song
1960 Jackie Gleason. Take Me Along
- Robert Morse. Take Me Along
- Walter Pidgeon. Take Me Along
- Andy Griffith. Destry Rides Again
1961 Richard Burton. Camelot
- Phil Silvers. Do Re Mi
- Maurice Evans. Tenderloin
1962 Robert Morse. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Ray Bolger. All American
- Alfred Drake. Kean
- Richard Kiley. No Strings
1963 Zero Mostel. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Sid Caesar. Little Me
- Anthony Newley. Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
- Clive Revill. Oliver
1964 Bert Lahr. Foxy
- Sydney Chaplin. Funny Girl
- Bob Fosse. Pal Joey
- Steve Lawrence. What Makes Sammy Run
1965 Zero Mostel. Fiddler on the Roof
- Sammy Davis, Jr. Golden Boy
- Cyril Ritchard. The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd
- Tommy Steele. Half a Sixpence
1966 Richard Kiley. Man of La Mancha
- Jack Cassidy. It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman
- John Cullum. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
- Harry Secombe. Pickwick
1967 Robert Preston. I Do! I Do
- Alan Alda. The Apple Tree
- Jack Gilford. Cabaret
- Norman Wisdom. Walking Happy
1968 Robert Goulet. The Happy Time
- Robert Hooks. Hallelujah, Baby
- Anthony Roberts. How Now, Dow Jones
- David Wayne. The Happy Time
1969 Jerry Orbach. Promises, Promises
- Herschel Bernardi. Zorba
- Jack Cassidy. Maggie Flynn
- Joel Grey. George M
1970 Cleavon Little. Purlie
- Len Cariou. Applause
- Robert Weede. Cry for Us All
1971 Hal Linden. The Rothschilds
- David Burns. Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentleman
- Larry Kert. Company
- Bobby Van. No, No Nanette
1972 Phil Silvers. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Clifton Davis. Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Barry Bostwick. Grease
- Ra�l Juli�. Two Gentleman of Verona
1973 Ben Vereen. Pippin
- Len Cariou. A Little Night Music
- Robert Morse. Sugar
- Brock Peters. Lost in the Stars
1974 Christopher Plummer. Cyrano
- Alfred Drake. Gigi
- Joe Morton. Raisin
- Lewis J. Stadlen. Candide
1975 John Cullum. Shenandoah
- Joel Grey. Goodtime Charley
- Ra�l Juli�. Where's Charley
- Eddie Mekka. The Lieutenant
- Robert Preston. Mack and Mabel
1976 George Rose. My Fair Lady
- Mako. Pacific Overtures
- Jerry Orbach. Chicago
- Ian Richardson. My Fair Lady
1977 Barry Bostwick. The Robber Bridegroom
- Robert Guillaume. Guys and Dolls
- Ra�l Juli�. Threepenny Opera
- Reid Shelton. Annie
1978 John Cullum. On the Twentieth Century
- Eddie Bracken. Hello, Dolly
- Barry Nelson. The Act
- Gilbert Price. Timbuktu
1979 Len Cariou. Sweeney Todd
- Vincent Gardenia. Ballroom
- Joel Grey. The Grand Tour
- Robert Klein. They're Playing Our Song
1980 Jim Dale. Barnum
- Gregory Hines. Comin' Uptown
- Mickey Rooney. Sugar Babies
- Giorgio Tozzi. The Most Happy Fella
1981 Kevin Kline. The Pirates of Penzance
- Gregory Hines. Sophisticated Ladies
- George Rose. The Pirates of Penzance
- Martin Vidnovic. Brigadoon
1982 Ben Harney. Dreamgirls
- Herschel Bernardi. Fiddler on the Roof
- Victor Garber. Little Me
- Ra�l Juli�. Nine
1983 Tommy Tune. My One and Only
- Al Green. Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
- George Hearn. A Doll's Life
- Michael V. Smartt. Porgy and Bess
1984 George Hearn. La Cage aux Folles
- Gene Barry. La Cage aux Folles
- Ron Moody. Oliver
- Mandy Patinkin. Sunday in the Park with George
1986 George Rose. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Don Correia. Singin' in the Rain
- Cleavant Derricks. Big Deal
- Maurice Hines. Uptown�It's Hot
1987 Robert Lindsay. Me and My Girl
- Roderick Cook. Oh Coward
- Terrence Mann. Les Mis�rables
- Colm Wilkinson. Les Mis�rables
1988 Michael Crawford. Phantom of the Opera
- Scott Bakula. Romance/Romance
- David Carroll. Chess
- Howard McGillin. Anything Goes
1989 Jason Alexander. Jerome Robbins' Broadway
- Gabriel Barre. Starmites
- Brian Lane Green. Starmites
- Robert La Fosse. Jerome Robbins' Broadway
1990 James Naughton. City of Angels
- David Carroll. Grand Hotel, The Musical
- Gregg Edelman. City of Angels
- Bob Gunton. Sweeney Todd
1991 Jonathan Pryce. Miss Saigon
- Keith Carradine. The Will Rogers Follies
- Paul Hipp. Buddy
- Topol. Fiddler on the Roof
1992 Gregory Hines. Jelly's Last Jam
- Harry Groener. Crazy for You
- Nathan Lane. Guys and Dolls
- Michael Rupert. Falsettos
1993 Brent Carver. Kiss of the Spider Woman--The Musical
- Tim Curry. My Favorite Year
- Con O'Neill. Blood Brothers
- Martin Short. The Goodbye Girl
1994 Boyd Gaines. She Loves Me
- Victor Garber. Damn Yankees
- Terrence Mann. Beauty and the Beast
- Jere Shea. Passion
1995 Matthew Broderick. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Alan Campbell. Sunset Boulevard
- Mark Jacoby. Show Boat
- John McMartin. Show Boat
1996 Nathan Lane. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Savion Glover. Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
- Adam Pascal. Rent
- Lou Diamond Phillips. The King and I
1997 James Naughton. Chicago
- Robert Cuccioli. Jekyll and Hyde
- Jim Dale. Candide
- Daniel McDonald. Steel Pier
1998 Alan Cumming. Cabaret
- Peter Friedman. Ragtime
- Brian Stokes Mitchell. Ragtime
- Douglas Sills. The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999 Martin Short. Little Me
- Brent Carver. Parade
- Adam Cooper. Swan Lake
- Tom Wopat. Annie Get Your Gun
2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell. Kiss Me, Kate
- Craig Bierko. The Music Man
- George Hearn. Putting It Together
- Mandy Patinkin. The Wild Party
- Christopher Walken. James Joyce's The Dead
2001 Nathan Lane. The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical
- Matthew Broderick. The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical
- Kevin Chamberlin. Seussical
- Tom Hewitt. The Rocky Horror Show
- Patrick Wilson. The Full Monty
2002 John Lithgow. Sweet Smell of Success
- Gavin Creel. Thoroughly Modern Millie
- John McMartin. Into the Woods
- Patrick Wilson. Oklahoma
- John Cullum. Urinetown The Musical
2003 Harvey Fierstein. Hairspray
- Malcolm Gets. Amour
- Brian Stokes Mitchell. Man of La Mancha
- John Selya. Movin' Out