Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play was first awarded at the 1974-1975 Drama Desk Awards and has been awarded every year since. Before the 21st Drama Desk Awards, acting awards were given without making distinctions between roles in straight dramas as opposed to musicals, nor were there separate categories for actors and actresses.

Award winners and nominations

1970s

1975: Anthony Hopkins – Equus Roy Dotrice – Brief Lives Peter Firth – Equus Charles Grodin – Same Time, Next Year John Kani – Sizwe Banzi Is Dead / The Island Alec McCowen – The Misanthrope Richard Monette – Hosanna Tony Musante – P.S. Your Cat is Dead Winston Ntshona – The Island Donald Sinden – London Assurance 1976: John Wood – Travesties Peter Evans – Streamers Ben Gazzara – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Richard Kiley – The Heiress Frank Quinn – Lampost Reunion Louis Zorich – They Knew What They Wanted 1977: Al Pacino – The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel Martin Balsam – Cold Storage Richard Chamberlain – The Night of the Iguana Tom Courtney – Otherwise Engaged

1977: (continued) Robert Duvall – American Buffalo Fred Gwynne – A Texas Trilogy John Heard – G.R. Point Jonathan Pryce – The Comedians 1978: Barnard Hughes – Da Hume Cronyn – The Gin Game Judd Hirsch – Chapter Two James Earl Jones – Paul Robeson Frank Langella – Dracula Brian Murray – Da 1979: Philip Anglim – The Elephant Man Tom Aldredge – On Golden Pond Richard Chamberlain – Fathers and Sons Tom Conti – Whose Life Is It Anyway? Donal Donnelly – Faith Healer Judd Hirsch – Talley's Folly Jack Lemmon – Tribute

1980s

1980: John Rubinstein – Children of a Lesser God F. Murray Abraham – Teibele and Her Demon Philip Bosco – Major Barbara Charles Brown – Home Gerald Hiken – Strider Judd Hirsch – Talley's Folly 1981: Ian McKellen – Amadeus Tim Curry – Amadeus John Heard – A Chekhov Sketchbook Derek Jacobi – The Suicide Milo O'Shea – Mass Appeal Remak Ramsay – The Winslow Boy 1982: Christopher Plummer – Othello Bob Gunton – How I Got That Story Zakes Mokae – Master Harold Paul Rogers – The Dresser Robert Stattel – King Lear 1983: Harvey Fierstein – Torch Song Trilogy Matthew Broderick – Torch Song Trilogy Jeff Daniels – Johnny Got His Gun John Malkovich – True West Remak Ramsay – Quartermaine's Terms John Rubinstein – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial James Russo – Extremities 1984: Dustin Hoffman – Death of a Salesman Rex Harrison – Heartbreak House Jeremy Irons – The Real Thing David McCallum – The Philanthropist Donald Moffat – Play Memory Al Pacino – American Buffalo

1985: John Lithgow – Requiem for a Heavyweight Jim Dale – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Anthony Heald – Digby Anthony Heald – The Foreigner Jonathan Hogan – As Is Derek Jacobi – Cyrano de Bergerac Derek Jacobi – Much Ado About Nothing Patrick McGoohan – Pack of Lies Jonathan Pryce – Accidental Death of an Anarchist 1986: Ed Harris – Precious Sons Jeff Daniels – Lemon Sky Kevin Kline – Hamlet Jack Lemmon – Long Day's Journey Into Night John Mahoney – House of Blue Leaves Roshan Seth – Map of the World 1987: James Earl Jones – Fences Don Bloomfield – Lily Dale Morgan Freeman – Driving Miss Daisy Victor Garber – You Never Can Tell Ian McKellen – Wild Honey Alan Rickman – Les Liaisons dangereuses 1988: Ron Silver – Speed-the-Plow Derek Jacobi – Breaking the Code Delroy Lindo – Joe Turner's Come and Gone John Lithgow – M. Butterfly John Malkovich – Burn This Joe Mantegna – Speed-the-Plow 1989: Philip Bosco – Lend Me a Tenor Mikhail Baryshnikov – Metamorphosis Niall Buggy – Aristocrats Peter Friedman – The Heidi Chronicles John Kavanagh – Juno and the Paycock Stephen McHattie – Ghetto Paul Provenza – Only Kidding

1990s

1990: Nathan Lane – The Lisbon Traviata Alec Baldwin – Prelude to a Kiss Charles S. Dutton – The Piano Lesson Gary Sinise – The Grapes of Wrath Colin Stinton – Some Americans Abroad 1991: Ron Rifkin – The Substance of Fire Kevin Kline – Hamlet Tom McGowan – La Bête Sab Shimono – The Wash 1992: Brian Bedford – Two Shakespearean Actors F. Murray Abraham – A Life in the Theatre Dennis Boutsikaris – Sight Unseen James McDaniel – Before It Hits Home Brian Murray – A Small Family Business 1993: Ron Leibman – Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes John Cameron Mitchell – The Destiny of Me Denis O'Hare – Hauptmann Everett Quinton – Brother Truckers Ron Rifkin – Three Hotels 1994: Brian Bedford – Timon of Athens Stacy Keach – The Kentucky Circle Christopher Plummer – No Man's Land Stephen Spinella – Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes Sam Waterston – Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1995: Ralph Fiennes – Hamlet Tom Aldredge – Incommunicado Philip Bosco – The Heiress Philip Goodwin – Henry VI Rob Leibman – The Merchant of Venice Roger Rees – Indiscretions

1996: Frank Langella – The Father Gerry Bamman – Nixon's Nixon George Grizzard – A Delicate Balance Mark Nelson – Picasso at the Lapin Agile Rocco Sisto – Quills Patrick Stewart – The Tempest 1997: David Morse – How I Learned to Drive and Christopher Plummer – Barrymore Michael Gambon – Skylight Frank Langella – Present Laughter Donal McLann – The Steward of Christendom Daniel Massey – Taking Sides 1998: Anthony LaPaglia – A View from the Bridge Jason Bowcutt – Never the Sinner Richard Briers – The Chairs Brian Cox – St. Nicholas John Slattery – Three Days of Rain Eli Wallach – Visiting Mr. Green 1999: Brian Dennehy – Death of a Salesman Scott Glenn – Killer Joe Finbar Lynch – Not About Nightingales Corin Redgrave – Not About Nightingales Patrick Stewart – The Ride Down Mt. Morgan Toby Stephens – Ring Round the Moon

2000s

2000: Stephen Dillane – The Real Thing Gabriel Byrne – A Moon for the Misbegotten Kevin Chamberlin – Dirty Blonde Philip Seymour Hoffman – True West Derek Jacobi – Uncle Vanya Paul Sparks – Coyote on a Fence 2001: Richard Easton – The Invention of Love Alan Bates – The Unexpected Man Ralph Fiennes – Richard II Brian Stokes Mitchell – King Hedley II John Ortiz – Jesus Hopped the A Train Liev Schreiber – Betrayal 2002: Alan Bates – Fortune's Fool Liam Neeson – The Crucible Bill Pullman – The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia? Alan Rickman – Private Lives Dallas Roberts – Nocturne Jeffrey Wright – Topdog/Underdog 2003: Eddie Izzard – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Simon Russell Beale – Uncle Vanya Norbert Leo Butz – Buicks Jim Dale – Comedians Brian Dennehy – Long Day's Journey into Night Daniel Sunjata – Take Me Out 2004: Kevin Kline – Henry IV John Michael Higgins – Big Bill Frank Langella – Match Brían F. O'Byrne – Frozen Christopher Plummer – King Lear Paul Sparks – Blackbird

2005: Brían F. O'Byrne – Doubt: A Parable John Cullum – Sin (A Cardinal Deposed) Jeremy Piven – Fat Pig John Turturro – Souls of Naples Adam Arkin – Brooklyn Boy Bill Irwin – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2006: Richard Griffiths – The History Boys Vince Gatton – Candy & Dorothy John Glover – The Paris Letter Nathan Lane – Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams Brían F. O'Byrne – Shining City Željko Ivanek – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 2007: Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon Philip Seymour Hoffman – Jack Goes Boating Paul Sparks – Essential Self-Defense Kevin Spacey – A Moon for the Misbegotten Christopher Plummer – Inherit the Wind Liev Schreiber – Talk Radio Brían F. O'Byrne – The Coast of Utopia: Voyage 2008: Mark Rylance – Boeing-Boeing Bill Champion – Intimate Exchanges Kevin Kline – Cyrano de Bergerac Bill Pullman – Peter and Jerry Tobias Segal – From Up Here Rufus Sewell – Rock ’n’ Roll

Reference

• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0152906.html
• http://dramadesk.com/
• http://www.ibdb.com/

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