Tony Awards
From Paul Hartman ("Angel In the Wings") in 1948 to Paulo Szot ("South Pacific") in 2008, the Tony Awards have awarded excellence in Broadway theatre throughout the years.
Multiple winners of the Tony for Leading Actor in a Musical have included Nathan Lane, James Naughton, John Cullum, George Rose, and Robert Preston.
Who Won Lead Actor in a Musical Tony Awards?
| 2008 Paulo Szot ("South Pacific") |    |
| Other Nominees: Daniel Evans (Sunday In the Park With George); Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights); Stew (Passing Strange); Tom Wopat (A Catered Affair) | |
| 2007 David Hyde Pierce ("Curtains") | |
| Other Nominees: Michael Cerveris (LoveMusik); Raul Esparza (Company); Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening); Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins) | |
| 2006 John Lloyd Young ("Jersey Boys") |  |
| Other Nominees: Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd); Harry Connick Jr (The Pajama Game); Stephen Lynch (The Wedding Singer); Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone) | |
| 2005 Norbert Leo Butz ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") | |
| Other Nominees: Hank Azaria (Monty Python's Spamalot); Gary Beach (La Cage aux Folles); Tim Curry (Monty Python's Spamalot); John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) | |
| 2004 Hugh Jackman ("The Boy From Oz") | |
| Other Nominees: Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors); Alfred Molina (Fiddler on the Roof); Euan Morton (Taboo); John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) | |
| 2003 Harvey Fierstein ("Hairspray") | |
| Other Nominees: Antonio Banderas (Nine); Malcom Gets (Amour); Brian Stokes Mitchell (Man of La Mancha); John Selya (Movin' Out) | |
| 2002 John Lithgow ("Sweet Smell of Success") | |
| Other Nominees: Gavin Creel (Thoroughly Modern Millie); John McMartin (Into the Woods); Patrick Wilson (Oklahoma!); John Cullum (Urinetown) | |
| 2001 Nathan Lane ("The Producers") | |
| Other Nominees: Matthew Broderick (The Producers); Kevin Chamberlain (Seussical); Tom Hewitt (The Rocky Horror Show); Patrick Wilson (The Full Monty) | |
| 2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell ("Kiss Me Kate") | |
| Other Nominees: Craig Bierko (The Music Man); George Hearn (Putting It Together); Mandy Patinkin (The Wild Party); Christopher Walken (James Joyce's the Dead) | |
| 1999 Martin Short ("Little Me") | |
| Other Nominees: Brent Carver (Parade); Adam Cooper (Swan Lake); Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun) | |
| 1998 Alan Cumming ("Cabaret") | |
| Other Nominees: Peter Friedman (Ragtime); Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime); Douglas Sills (The Scarlett Pimpernel) | |
| 1997 James Naughton ("Chicago") |  |
| Other Nominees: Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll and Hyde); Jim Dale (Candide); Daniel McDonald (Steel Pier) | |
| 1996 Nathan Lane ("A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum") |  |
| Other Nominees: Savion Glover (Bring In 'da Noise/Bring In 'da Funk); Adam Pascal (Rent); Lou Diamond Phillips (The King and I) | |
| 1995 Matthew Broderick ("How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying") | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Campbell (Sunset Boulevard); Mark Jacoby (Show Boat); John McMartin (Show Boat) | |
| 1994 Boyd Gaines ("She Loves Me") | |
| Other Nominees: Victor Garber (Damn Yankees); Terrence Mann (Beauty and the Beast); Jere Shea (Passion) | |
| 1993 Brent Carver ("Kiss of the Spider Woman") | |
| Other Nominees: Tim Curry (My Favorite Year); Con O'Neill (Blood Brothers); Martin Short (The Goodbye Girl) | |
| 1992 Gregory Hines ("Jelly's Last Jam") | |
| Other Nominees: Harry Groener (Crazy for You); Nathan Lane (Guys and Dolls); Michael Rupert (Falsettos) | |
| 1991 Jonathan Pryce ("Miss Saigon") | |
| Other Nominees: The Will Rogers Follies (Keith Carradine); Paul Hipp (Buddy); Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) | |
| 1990 James Naughton ("City of Angels") | |
| Other Nominees: David Carroll (Grand Hotel); Gregg Edelman (City of Angels); Bob Gunton (Sweeney Todd) | |
| 1989 Jason Alexander ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway") | |
| Other Nominees: Gabriel Barre (Starmites); Brian Lane Green (Starmites); Robert La Fosse (Jerome Robbins' Broadway) | |
| 1988 Michael Crawford ("Phantom of the Opera") | |
| Other Nominees: Scott Bakula (Romance/Romance); David Caroll (Chess); Howard McGillin (Anything Goes) | |
| 1987 Robert Lindsay ("Me and My Girl") | |
| Other Nominees: Roderick Cook (Oh Coward); Terrence Mann (Le Miserables); Colm Wilkinson (Les Miserables) | |
| 1986 George Rose ("The Mystery of Edwin Drood") | |
| Other Nominees: Don Correia (Singin' In the Rain); Cleavant Derricks (Big Deal); Maurice Hines (Uptown…It's Hot!) | |
| 1984 George Hearn ("La Cage aux Folles") | |
| Other Nominees: Gene Barry (La Cage aux Folles); Ron Moody (Oliver!); Mandy Patinkin (Sunday In the Park with George) | |
| 1983 Tommy Tune ("My One and Only") | |
| Other Nominees: Al Green (Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God); George Hearn (A Doll's Life); Michael V Smartt (Porgy and Bess) | |
| 1982 Ben Harney ("Dreamgirls") | |
| Other Nominees: Herschel Bernardi (Fiddler on the Roof); Victor Garber (Little Me); Raul Julia (Nine) | |
| 1981 Kevin Kline ("The Pirates of Penzance") | |
| Other Nominees: Gregory Hines (Sophisticated Ladies); George Rose (The Pirates of Penzance); Martin Vidnovic (Brigadoon) | |
| 1980 Jim Dale ("Barnum") | |
| Other Nominees: Gregory Hines (Comin' Uptown); Mickey Rooney (Sugar Babies); Giorgio Tozzi (The Most Happy Fella) | |
| 1979 Len Cariou ("Sweeney Todd") |  |
| Other Nominees: Vincent Gardenia (Ballroom); Joel Grey (The Grand Tour); Robert Klein (They're Playing Our Song) | |
| 1978 John Cullum ("On The Twentieth Century") | |
| Other Nominees: Eddie Bracken (Hello Dolly); Barry Nelson (The Act); Gilbert Price (Timbuktu) | |
| 1977 Barry Bostwick ("The Robber Bridegroom") | |
| Other Nominees: Robert Guillaume (Guys and Dolls); Raul Julia (Threepenny Opera); Reid Shelton (Annie) | |
| 1976 George Rose ("My Fair Lady") | |
| Other Nominees: Mako (Pacific Overture); Jerry Orbach (Chicago); Ian Richardson (My Fair Lady) | |
| 1975 John Cullum ("Shenandoah") | |
| Other Nominees: Joel Grey (Goodtime Charley); Raul Julia (Where's Charley?); Eddie Mekka (The Lieutenant); Robert Preston (Mack and Mabel) | |
| 1974 Christopher Plummer ("Cyrano") | |
| Other Nominees: Alfred Drake (Gigi); Joe Morton (Raisin); Lewis J Stadlen (Candide) | |
| 1973 Ben Vereen ("Pippin") | |
| Other Nominees: Len Carlou (A Little Night Music); Robert Morse (Sugar); Brock Peters (Lost in the Stars) | |
| 1972 Phil Silvers ("A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum") | |
| Other Nominees: Clifton Davis (Two Gentlemen of Verona); Barry Bostwick (Grease); Raul Julia (Two Gentlemen of Verona) | |
| 1971 Hal Linden ("The Rothschilds") | |
| Other Nominees: David Burns (Lovely Ladies Kind Gentlemen); Larry Kert (Company); Bobby Van (No No Nanette) | |
| 1970 Cleavon Little ("Purlie") | |
| Other Nominees: Len Carlou (Applause); Robert Weede (Cry for Us All) | |
| 1969 Jerry Orbach ("Promises Promises") | |
| Other Nominees: Herschel Bernardi (Zorba); Jack Cassidy (Maggie Flynn); Joel Grey (George M!) | |
| 1968 Robert Goulet ("The Happy Time") | |
| Other Nominees: Robert Hooks (Hallelujah Baby); Anthony Roberts (How Now Dow Jones); David Wayne (The Happy Time) | |
| 1967 Robert Preston ("I Do! I Do!") | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Alda (The Apple Tree); Jack Gilford (Cabaret); Norman Wisdom (Walking Happy) | |
| 1966 Richard Kiley ("Man of La Mancha") | |
| Other Nominees: Jack Cassidy (Superman); John Cullum (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever); Harry Secombe (Pickwick) | |
| 1965 Zero Mostel ("Fiddler On the Roof") | |
| Other Nominees: Sammy Davis (Golden Boy); Cyril Richard (The Roar of the Greasepaint); Tommy Steele (Half a Sixpence) | |
| 1964 Bert Lahr ("Foxy") | |
| Other Nominees: Sydney Chaplin (Funny Girl); Bob Fosse (Pal Joey); Steve Lawrence (What Makes Sammy Run) | |
| 1963 Zero Mostel ("A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum") |  |
| Other Nominees: Sid Caesar (Little Me); Anthony Newley (Stop the World I Want To Get Off); Clive Revill (Oliver!) | |
| 1962 Robert Morse ("How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying") | |
| Other Nominees: Ray Bolger (All American); Alfred Drake (Kean); Richard Kiley (No Strings) | |
| 1961 Richard Burton ("Camelot") | |
| Other Nominees: Phil Silvers (Do Re Mi); Maurice Evans (Tenderloin) | |
| 1960 Jackie Gleason ("Take Me Along") | |
| Other Nominees: Robert Morse (Take Me Along); Walter Pidgeon (Take Me Along); Andy Griffith (Destry Rides Again) | |
| 1959 Richard Kiley ("Redhead") | |
| Other Nominees: Larry Blyden (Flower Drum Song) | |
| 1958 Robert Preston ("The Music Man") | |
| Other Nominees: Ricardo Montalban (Jamaica); Eddie Foy Jr (Rumple); Tony Randall (Oh Captain) | |
| 1957 Rex Harrison ("My Fair Lady") | |
| Other Nominees: Fernando Lamas (Happy Hunting); Robert Weede (The Most Happy Fella) | |
| 1956 Ray Walston ("Damn Yankees") | |
| Other Nominees: Stephen Douglass (Damn Yankees); William Johnson (Pipe Dream) | |
| 1955 Walter Slezak ("Fanny") | |
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| 1954 Alfred Drake ("Kismet") | |
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| 1953 Thomas Mitchell ("Hazel Flagg") | |
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| 1952 Phil Silvers ("Top Banana") | |
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| 1951 Robert Alda ("Guys and Dolls") | |
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| 1950 Ezio Pinza ("South Pacific") | |
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| 1949 Ray Bolger ("Where's Charley?") | |
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| 1948 Paul Hartman ("Angel In The Wings") | |
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