Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

For the Primetime Emmy Awards, see Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Country	United States
Presented by	NATAS ATAS
First awarded	1974
Currently held by	Thorsten Kaye, The Bold and the Beautiful (2024)
Most awards	Anthony Geary, (8)
Most nominations	Peter Bergman, (23)
Website	theemmys.tv/daytime/

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the daytime drama industry.

The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974 with Macdonald Carey receiving the award for his portrayal of Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives.^[1] The award has undergone several name changes, originally honoring actors in leading and supporting roles. Following the introduction of a new category in 1979, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the award's name was altered to Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series before changing once again, to its current title, years later.^[1][2] The awards ceremony was not aired on television in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for lack of integrity.^[3][4] In 1985, another category was introduced, Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, one criterion for this category was altered, requiring all actors to be age 26 or younger.^[5]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actors. General Hospital has the most awarded actors in this category with a total of twelve wins. In 1979, Al Freeman, Jr. became the first African-American to have garnered the award, winning for his role as Ed Hall on One Life to Live. In 2008, Anthony Geary became the actor with the most wins in the category when he won for a sixth time, surpassing David Canary's previous record. Geary went on to win again in 2012 and 2015, thus far winning on eight occasions. Peter Bergman has been nominated on 23 occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2024 ceremony, Thorsten Kaye is the most recent winner in this category for his portrayal of Ridge Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

Macdonald Carey won two from three nominations for his role as Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives.

John Beradino was nominated three times for his role as Steve Hardy on General Hospital.

Val Dufour won in 1977 for his role as John Wyatt on Search for Tomorrow.

Al Freeman, Jr. won in 1979 for his role as Ed Hall on One Life to Live.

Douglass Watson received two consecutive wins for his role as Mac Cory in 1980 and 1981 on Another World.

Nicolas Coster was nominated three times for his role as Lionel Lockridge on Santa Barbara.

David Canary was nominated 16 times and won five times for his work on All My Children.

Stuart Damon was nominated three times for his role as Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital.

Eric Braeden was nominated eight times, winning once in 1998 for his role as Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless.

Jon Hensley was nominated in 2001 for his role as Holden Snyder on As the World Turns.

John McCook has been nominated four times (2001, 2012, 2018, 2022) for his role as Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Robert Newman has been nominated twice for his role as Joshua Lewis on Guiding Light.

Jack Wagner was nominated in 2005 for his role as Nick Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Christian LeBlanc won three (2005, 2007, and 2009) from seven nominations for his role as Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless.

Ron Raines was nominated in 2006 for his role as Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light.

Thaao Penghlis received two nominations (2008 and 2020) for his work on Days of Our Lives.

Jon Lindstrom was nominated once for his role as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns (2011) and twice for playing dual roles on General Hospital, in 2019 and 2020.

James Scott received two consecutive nominations (2010 and 2011) for his role as EJ DiMera on Days of Our Lives..

Billy Miller won in 2014 for his role as Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless.

Michael Muhney earned a nomination in 2014, for his role as Adam Newman on The Young and the Restless.

Justin Hartley, as the third actor, who played Adam Newman, received a nomination in 2016 for the role on The Young and the Restless.

Kristoff St. John received two consecutive nominations (2016 and 2017) for his role as Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless.

Scott Clifton won in 2017 for his role as Liam Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful.

James Reynolds won in 2018 for his role as on Days of Our Lives.

1970s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1974 (1st)	Macdonald Carey ‡	Days of Our Lives	Tom Horton	NBC	[1]
	John Beradino	General Hospital	Steve Hardy	ABC	[6]
	Peter Hansen		Lee Baldwin
1975 (2nd)	Macdonald Carey ‡	Days of Our Lives	Tom Horton	NBC	[1]
	John Beradino	General Hospital	Steve Hardy	ABC	[7]
	Bill Hayes	Days of Our Lives	Doug Williams	NBC
1976 (3rd)	Larry Haines ‡	Search for Tomorrow	Stu Bergman	CBS	[1]
	John Beradino	General Hospital	Steve Hardy	ABC	[8]
	Macdonald Carey	Days of Our Lives	Tom Horton	NBC
	Bill Hayes		Doug Williams
	Michael Nouri	Search for Tomorrow	Steve Kaslo	CBS
	Shepperd Strudwick	One Life to Live	Victor Lord	ABC
1977 (4th)	Val Dufour ‡	Search for Tomorrow	John Wyatt	CBS	[1]
	Farley Granger	One Life to Live	Will Vernon	ABC	[9]
	Larry Haines	Search for Tomorrow	Stu Bergman	CBS
	Larry Keith	All My Children	Nick Davis	ABC
	James Pritchett	The Doctors	Matt Powers	NBC
1978 (5th)	James Pritchett ‡	The Doctors	Matt Powers	NBC	[1]
	Matthew Cowles	All My Children	Billy Clyde Tuggle	ABC	[10]
	Larry Keith		Nick Davis
	Michael Levin	Ryan's Hope	Jack Fenelli
	Andrew Robinson		Frank Ryan
	Michael Storm	One Life to Live	Larry Wolek
1979 (6th)	Al Freeman Jr. ‡	One Life to Live	Ed Hall	ABC	[11]
	Jed Allan	Days of Our Lives	Don Craig	NBC	[12]
	Nicholas Benedict	All My Children	Phil Brent	ABC
	John Clarke	Days of Our Lives	Mickey Horton	NBC
	Joel Crothers	The Edge of Night	Miles Cavanaugh	ABC
	Michael Levin	Ryan's Hope	Jack Fenelli

1980s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1980 (7th)	Douglass Watson ‡	Another World	Mac Cory	NBC	[13]
	John Gabriel	Ryan's Hope	Seneca Beaulac	ABC	[14]
	Michael Levin		Jack Fenelli
	Franc Luz	The Doctors	John Bennett	NBC
	James Mitchell	All My Children	Palmer Cortlandt	ABC
	William Mooney		Paul Martin
1981 (8th)	Douglass Watson ‡	Another World	Mac Cory	NBC	[15]
	Larry Bryggman	As the World Turns	John Dixon	CBS	[16]
	Henderson Forsythe		David Stewart
	Anthony Geary	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC
	James Mitchell	All My Children	Palmer Cortlandt
1982 (9th)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[17]
	Larry Bryggman	As the World Turns	John Dixon	CBS	[18]
	Stuart Damon	General Hospital	Alan Quartermaine	ABC
	James Mitchell	All My Children	Palmer Cortlandt
	Richard Shoberg		Tom Cudahy
1983 (10th)	Robert S. Woods ‡	One Life to Live	Bo Buchanan	ABC	[19]
	Peter Bergman	All My Children	Cliff Warner	ABC	[20]
	Stuart Damon	General Hospital	Alan Quartermaine
	Anthony Geary		Luke Spencer
	James Mitchell	All My Children	Palmer Cortlandt
1984 (11th)	Larry Bryggman ‡	As the World Turns	John Dixon	CBS	[21]
	Joel Crothers	The Edge of Night	Miles Cavanaugh	ABC	[22]
	Stuart Damon	General Hospital	Alan Quartermaine
	Terry Lester	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS
	Larkin Malloy	The Edge of Night	Schuyler Whitney	ABC
	James Mitchell	All My Children	Palmer Cortlandt
1985 (12th)	Darnell Williams ‡	All My Children	Jesse Hubbard	ABC	[23]
	Larry Bryggman	As the World Turns	John Dixon	CBS	[24]
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Terry Lester	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS
	James Mitchell	All My Children	Palmer Cortlandt	ABC
1986 (13th)	David Canary ‡	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC	[25]
	Scott Bryce	As the World Turns	Craig Montgomery	CBS	[26]
	Larry Bryggman		John Dixon
	Nicolas Coster	Santa Barbara	Lionel Lockridge	NBC
	Terry Lester	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS
	Robert S. Woods	One Life to Live	Bo Buchanan	ABC
1987 (14th)	Larry Bryggman ‡	As the World Turns	John Dixon	CBS	[27]
	Eric Braeden	The Young and the Restless	Victor Newman	CBS	[28]
	Scott Bryce	As the World Turns	Craig Montgomery
	Terry Lester	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott
	A Martinez	Santa Barbara	Cruz Castillo	NBC
1988 (15th)	David Canary ‡	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC	[29]
	Larry Bryggman	As the World Turns	John Dixon	CBS	[30]
	Robert Gentry	All My Children	Ross Chandler	ABC
	A Martinez	Santa Barbara	Cruz Castillo	NBC
	Stephen Nichols	Days of Our Lives	Steve "Patch" Johnson
1989 (16th)	David Canary ‡	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC	[31]
	Larry Bryggman	As the World Turns	John Dixon	CBS	[32]
	A Martinez	Santa Barbara	Cruz Castillo	NBC
	James Mitchell	All My Children	Palmer Cortlandt	ABC
	Douglass Watson	Another World	Mac Cory	NBC

1990s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1990 (17th)	A Martinez ‡	Santa Barbara	Cruz Castillo	NBC	[33]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[34]
	Eric Braeden		Victor Newman
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Stephen Schnetzer	Another World	Cass Winthrop	NBC
1991 (18th)	Peter Bergman ‡	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[35]
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC	[36]
	Nicolas Coster	Santa Barbara	Lionel Lockridge	NBC
	A Martinez		Cruz Castillo
	James Reynolds	Generations	Henry Marshall
1992 (19th)	Peter Bergman ‡	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[37]
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC	[38]
	Nicolas Coster	Santa Barbara	Lionel Lockridge	NBC
	A Martinez		Cruz Castillo
	Michael Zaslow	Guiding Light	Roger Thorpe	CBS
1993 (20th)	David Canary ‡	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC	[39]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[40]
	Mark Derwin	Guiding Light	A.C. Mallet
	A Martinez	Santa Barbara	Cruz Castillo	NBC
	Robert S. Woods	One Life to Live	Bo Buchanan	ABC
	Michael Zaslow	Guiding Light	Roger Thorpe	CBS
1994 (21st)	Michael Zaslow ‡	Guiding Light	Roger Thorpe	CBS	[41]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[42]
	Charles Keating	Another World	Carl Hutchins	NBC
	Peter Simon	Guiding Light	Ed Bauer	CBS
	Robert S. Woods	One Life to Live	Bo Buchanan	ABC
1995 (22nd)	Justin Deas ‡	Guiding Light	Buzz Cooper	CBS	[43]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[44]
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Brad Maule	General Hospital	Tony Jones
	Michael Zaslow	Guiding Light	Roger Thorpe	CBS
1996 (23rd)	Charles Keating ‡	Another World	Carl Hutchins	NBC	[45]
	Maurice Benard	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[46]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS
	Eric Braeden		Victor Newman
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
1997 (24th)	Justin Deas ‡	Guiding Light	Buzz Cooper	CBS	[47]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[48]
	Eric Braeden		Victor Newman
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Anthony Geary	General Hospital	Luke Spencer
1998 (25th)	Eric Braeden ‡	The Young and the Restless	Victor Newman	CBS	[49]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[50]
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Anthony Geary	General Hospital	Luke Spencer
	Kin Shriner	Port Charles	Scott Baldwin
1999 (26th)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[51]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[52]
	Eric Braeden		Victor Newman
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Robert S. Woods	One Life to Live	Bo Buchanan

2000s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2000 (27th)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[53]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[54]
	Eric Braeden		Victor Newman
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Robert S. Woods	One Life to Live	Bo Buchanan
2001 (28th)	David Canary ‡	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC	[55]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[56]
	Tom Eplin	As the World Turns	Jake McKinnon
	Jon Hensley		Holden Snyder
	John McCook	The Bold and the Beautiful	Eric Forrester
2002 (29th)	Peter Bergman ‡	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[57]
	Hunt Block	As the World Turns	Craig Montgomery	CBS	[58]
	Vincent Irizarry	All My Children	David Hayward	ABC
	Robert Newman	Guiding Light	Josh Lewis	CBS
	Jack Scalia	All My Children	Chris Stamp	ABC
2003 (30th)	Maurice Benard ‡	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[59]
	Grant Aleksander	Guiding Light	Phillip Spaulding	CBS	[60]
	Doug Davidson	The Young and the Restless	Paul Williams
	Anthony Geary	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC
	Ricky Paull Goldin	Guiding Light	Gus Aitoro	CBS
	Thorsten Kaye	Port Charles	Ian Thornhart	ABC
2004 (31st)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[61]
	Grant Aleksander	Guiding Light	Phillip Spaulding	CBS	[62]
	Maurice Benard	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC
	Eric Braeden	The Young and the Restless	Victor Newman	CBS
	Roger Howarth	As the World Turns	Paul Ryan
	Thorsten Kaye	Port Charles	Ian Thornhart	ABC
2005 (32nd)	Christian LeBlanc ‡	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS	[63]
	Grant Aleksander	Guiding Light	Phillip Spaulding	CBS	[64]
	Steve Burton	General Hospital	Jason Morgan	ABC
	Roger Howarth	As the World Turns	Paul Ryan	CBS
	Michael E. Knight	All My Children	Tad Martin	ABC
	Jack Wagner	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nick Marone	CBS
2006 (33rd)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[65]
	Maurice Benard	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[66]
	Thorsten Kaye	All My Children	Zach Slater
	Robert Newman	Guiding Light	Josh Lewis	CBS
	Ron Raines		Alan Spaulding
2007 (34th)	Christian LeBlanc ‡	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS	[67]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[68]
	Anthony Geary	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC
	Ricky Paull Goldin	Guiding Light	Gus Aitoro	CBS
	Michael Park	As the World Turns	Jack Snyder
2008 (35th)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[69]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[70]
	David Canary	All My Children	Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler	ABC
	Christian LeBlanc	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS
	Thaao Penghlis	Days of Our Lives	Tony DiMera/Andre DiMera	NBC
2009 (36th)	Christian LeBlanc ‡	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS	[71]
	Daniel Cosgrove	Guiding Light	Bill Lewis	CBS	[72]
	Anthony Geary	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC
	Thorsten Kaye	All My Children	Zach Slater
	Peter Reckell	Days of Our Lives	Bo Brady	NBC

2010s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2010 (37th)	Michael Park ‡	As the World Turns	Jack Snyder	CBS	[73]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[74]
	Doug Davidson		Paul Williams
	Jon Lindstrom	As the World Turns	Craig Montgomery
	James Scott	Days of Our Lives	EJ DiMera	NBC
2011 (38th)	Michael Park ‡	As the World Turns	Jack Snyder	CBS	[75]
	Maurice Benard	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[76]
	Ricky Paull Goldin	All My Children	Jake Martin
	Christian LeBlanc	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS
	James Scott	Days of Our Lives	EJ DiMera	NBC
2012 (39th)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[77]
	Maurice Benard	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[78]
	John McCook	The Bold and the Beautiful	Eric Forrester	CBS
	Darnell Williams	All My Children	Jesse Hubbard	ABC
	Robert S. Woods	One Life to Live	Bo Buchanan
2013 (40th)	Doug Davidson ‡	The Young and the Restless	Paul Williams	CBS	[79]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[80]
	Michael Muhney		Adam Newman
	Jason Thompson	General Hospital	Dr. Patrick Drake	ABC
2014 (41st)	Billy Miller ‡	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott	CBS	[81]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[82]
	Doug Davidson		Paul Williams
	Christian LeBlanc		Michael Baldwin
	Jason Thompson	General Hospital	Dr. Patrick Drake	ABC
2015 (42nd)	Anthony Geary ‡	General Hospital	Luke Spencer	ABC	[83]
	Christian LeBlanc	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS	[84]
	Billy Miller		Billy Abbott
	Jason Thompson	General Hospital	Dr. Patrick Drake	ABC
2016 (43rd)	Tyler Christopher ‡	General Hospital	Nikolas Cassadine	ABC	[85]
	Anthony Geary	General Hospital	Luke Spencer/Tim Spencer	ABC	[86]
	Justin Hartley	The Young and the Restless	Adam Newman	CBS
	Christian LeBlanc		Michael Baldwin
	Kristoff St. John		Neil Winters
2017 (44th)	Scott Clifton ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	Liam Spencer	CBS	[87]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[88]
	Billy Flynn	Days of Our Lives	Chad DiMera	NBC
	Vincent Irizarry		Deimos Kiriakis
	Kristoff St. John	The Young and the Restless	Neil Winters	CBS
2018 (45th)
	James Reynolds ‡	Days of Our Lives	Abe Carver	NBC	[89]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[90]
	Michael Easton	General Hospital	Dr. Hamilton Finn	ABC
	John McCook	The Bold and the Beautiful	Eric Forrester	CBS
	Billy Miller	General Hospital	Jason Morgan/Andrew Cain	ABC
2019 (46th)
	Maurice Benard ‡	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[91]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[92]
	Tyler Christopher	Days of Our Lives	Stefan DiMera	NBC
	Billy Flynn		Chad DiMera
	Jon Lindstrom	General Hospital	Dr. Kevin Collins/Ryan Chamberlain	ABC

2020s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2020 (47th)
	Jason Thompson ‡	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott	CBS	[93]
	Steve Burton	General Hospital	Jason Morgan	ABC	[94]
	Thorsten Kaye	The Bold and the Beautiful	Ridge Forrester	CBS
	Jon Lindstrom	General Hospital	Dr. Kevin Collins/Ryan Chamberlain	ABC
	Thaao Penghlis	Days of Our Lives	Tony DiMera	NBC
2021 (48th)	Maurice Benard ‡	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[95]
	Steve Burton	General Hospital	Jason Morgan	ABC	[96]
	Thorsten Kaye	The Bold and the Beautiful	Ridge Forrester	CBS
	Wally Kurth	Days of Our Lives	Justin Kiriakis	NBC
	Dominic Zamprogna	General Hospital	Dante Falconeri	ABC
2022 (49th)
	John McCook ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	Eric Forrester	CBS	[97]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS	[98]
	Eric Martsolf	Days of Our Lives	Brady Black	NBC
	James Reynolds	Days of Our Lives	Abe Carver	NBC
	Jason Thompson	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott	CBS
2023 (50th)
	Thorsten Kaye ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	Ridge Forrester	CBS	[99]
	Maurice Benard	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC	[100]
	Peter Bergman	The Young and the Restless	Jack Abbott	CBS
	Billy Flynn	Days of Our Lives	Chad DiMera	NBC/Peacock
	Jason Thompson	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott	CBS
2024 (51st)
	Thorsten Kaye ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	Ridge Forrester	CBS	[101]
	Eric Braeden	The Young and the Restless	Victor Newman	CBS	[102]
	Scott Clifton	The Bold and the Beautiful	Liam Spencer	CBS
	Eric Martsolf	Days of Our Lives	Brady Black	Peacock
	John McCook	The Bold and the Beautiful	Eric Forrester	CBS

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more wins in this category: Wins Actor 8 Anthony Geary 5 David Canary 3 Peter Bergman Maurice Benard Christian LeBlanc 2 Larry Bryggman Macdonald Carey Justin Deas Thorsten Kaye Michael Park Douglass Watson

Anthony Geary has the most wins in this category, with a total of eight, for his role as Luke Spencer on General Hospital. The following individuals received two or more nominations in this category: Nominations Actor 24 Peter Bergman 16 David Canary Anthony Geary 9 Maurice Benard 8 Eric Braeden Larry Bryggman 7 A Martinez Thorsten Kaye James Mitchell Robert S. Woods Christian LeBlanc 6 Jason Thompson 4 Doug Davidson Terry Lester Michael Zaslow John McCook 3 Grant Aleksander Steve Burton John Beradino Macdonald Carey Nicolas Coster Stuart Damon Billy Flynn Ricky Paull Goldin Michael Levin Jon Lindstrom Michael Park James Reynolds Douglass Watson 2 Scott Bryce Joel Crothers Tyler Christopher Justin Deas Bill Hayes Roger Howarth Vincent Irizarry Charles Keating Larry Keith Billy Miller Robert Newman Thaao Penghlis James Pritchett James Scott Kristoff St. John Darnell Williams

Series with most awards

Wins	Program
12	General Hospital
10	The Young and the Restless
6	All My Children
4	As the World Turns
3	Another World
	Days of our Lives
	Guiding Light
	The Bold and the Beautiful
2	One Life to Live
	Search for Tomorrow
1	The Doctors
	Santa Barbara

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• "IMDb: Daytime Emmy Awards". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29.