The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play.
Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play | |
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Description | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play |
Location | United States New York City |
Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
Currently held by | Brandon Uranowitz for Leopoldstadt (2023) |
Website | www |
Originally called the Tony Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic), the award was first presented to Arthur Kennedy at the 3rd Tony Awards for his portrayal of Biff Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public; the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". Its most recent recipient is Brandon Uranowitz for his performance in Leopoldstadt.
Frank Langella holds the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of two; he is the only person to win the award more than once. Richard Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross, Phil Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Mason Marzac in Take Me Out are the only characters to take the award multiple times, all winning twice. A supporting actor in each of Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy plays (Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound) has taken the Tony, whereas featured actors in both parts of Tony Kushner's Angels in America series have also won the award.
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Project | Ref. |
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1949 (3rd) | ||||
Arthur Kennedy | Death of a Salesman | Biff Loman |
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Project | Ref. |
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2020 (74th) | ||||
David Alan Grier | A Soldier's Play | Sergeant Vernon C. Waters | ||
Ato Blankson-Wood | Slave Play | Gary | ||
James Cusati-Moyer | Dustin | |||
John Benjamin Hickey | The Inheritance | Henry Wilcox | ||
Paul Hilton | Walter Poole/Morgan | |||
2022 (75th) | ||||
Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Take Me Out | Mason Marzac | ||
Alfie Allen | Hangmen | Mooney | ||
Chuck Cooper | Trouble in Mind | Sheldon Forrester | ||
Ron Cephas Jones | Clyde's | Montrellous | ||
Michael Oberholtzer | Take Me Out | Shane Mungitt | ||
Jesse Williams | Darren Lemming | |||
2023 (76th) | ||||
Brandon Uranowitz | Leopoldstadt | Ludwig Jakobovicz / Nathan Fischbein | ||
Jordan E. Cooper | Ain't No Mo' | Peaches | ||
Samuel L. Jackson | August Wilson's The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | ||
Arian Moayed | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | ||
David Zayas | Cost of Living | Eddie |
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