Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in an American comedy series.

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Label	Occurrences
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series canonical	43
Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	3
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Monk	2
Bill Cosby won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for his role	1
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	1
Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	1
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (to Michael J. Fox)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for "Ed"	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Episodes	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Friends	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Transparent	1
PrimetimeEmmyNominationForRobinWilliams	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T56205 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Context triple: [Emmy Award, hasSubaward, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in a dramatic TV series.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is a major American television honor presented annually to recognize the best overall comedy series of the year.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a leading actress in a dramatic TV series.
D. Emmy Award
The Emmy Award is a prestigious American television accolade recognizing excellence in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment, news, and documentary programming.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series is a prestigious television accolade presented annually to recognize the best overall drama series in American primetime TV.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Target entity description: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in an American comedy series.

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in a dramatic TV series.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is a major American television honor presented annually to recognize the best overall comedy series of the year.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a leading actress in a dramatic TV series.
D. Emmy Award
The Emmy Award is a prestigious American television accolade recognizing excellence in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment, news, and documentary programming.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series is a prestigious television accolade presented annually to recognize the best overall drama series in American primetime TV.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

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instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
administeredBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
awardedFor	outstanding performance by a male lead actor in a comedy series ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleRoleType	lead actor ⓘ
eligibleWork	American television comedy series ⓘ
firstAwarded	1954 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	male ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ
hasAudience	television industry ⓘ
hasAwardType	performance award ⓘ
hasBroadcast	televised awards ceremony ⓘ
hasCategoryType	acting category ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasStatueName	Emmy ⓘ
inception	1954 ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Los Angeles ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
notableWinner	Alec Baldwin ⓘ Bill Hader ⓘ Carroll O’Connor ⓘ Don Adams ⓘ Donald Glover ⓘ linked to: Childish Gambino Jason Sudeikis ⓘ Jim Parsons ⓘ John Lithgow ⓘ John Ritter ⓘ Kelsey Grammer ⓘ Lucille Ball’s co‑star Dick Van Dyke ⓘ Michael J. Fox ⓘ Ted Danson ⓘ Tony Shalhoub ⓘ
organizer	Television Academy ⓘ linked to: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ
requires	submission of episodes for consideration ⓘ
scope	primetime television ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	previous U.S. television season ⓘ
typicalCeremonyMonth	September ⓘ

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Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emmy Award → hasSubaward → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series → alsoKnownAs → Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series → hasSubcategoryRelation → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Craig T. Nelson → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Ray Romano → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Nicholas Hoult → awardNomination → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

The Kominsky Method → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Lee Pace → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

I Spy (1965 TV series) → leadActorAward → Bill Cosby won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for his role ⓘ

subject linked to: I Spy

linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jim Parsons → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Bill Hader → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Tony Shalhoub → awardReceivedForWork → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Monk ⓘ

subject linked to: Monk

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Alec Baldwin → notableAwardFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock ⓘ

linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Don Adams → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series ⓘ

linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jason Sudeikis → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Carroll O’Connor → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

John Ritter → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Kelsey Grammer → notableAward → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Ted Danson → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Tony Shalhoub → awardReceivedForWork → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Monk ⓘ

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Tim Reid → notableAward → Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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Jeffrey Tambor → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Jeffrey Tambor → awardReceivedForWork → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Transparent ⓘ

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Barry → award → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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Judd Hirsch → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

3rd Rock from the Sun → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Kenan Thompson → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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Garry Shandling → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Bernie Mac → notableAward → Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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Richard Mulligan → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Thomas Middleditch → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Zach Braff → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Donald Glover → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Primetime Emmy Awards for acting → hasCategory → Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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Family Ties → notableAward → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Everybody Loves Raymond → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Raymond Albert Romano → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Matt LeBlanc → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Matt LeBlanc → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Friends ⓘ

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Matt LeBlanc → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Episodes ⓘ

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Matthew Perry → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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Alexander Rae Baldwin III → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Jason Sudeikis → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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Alex P. Keaton → notableAwardForPortrayal → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (to Michael J. Fox) ⓘ

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Burt Reynolds → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox → awardRecognitionForActor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ

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