Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
The 2023 recipient: Guy Pearce
Awarded forBest Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Press Academy
First award1996
Currently held byGuy Pearce – A Spy Among Friends (2023)

Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film is one of the categories of the annual Satellite Awards in film and television.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Actress Series Role Network
1996 Alan Rickman Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny Grigori Rasputin HBO
Beau Bridges Hidden in America Bill Januson Showtime
Ted Danson Gulliver's Travels Lemuel Gulliver NBC
Eric Roberts In Cold Blood Perry Smith CBS
James Woods The Summer of Ben Tyler Temple Rayburn
1997 Gary Sinise George Wallace George C. Wallace TNT
Armand Assante The Odyssey Odysseus NBC
Gabriel Byrne Weapons of Mass Distraction Lionel Powers HBO
Ving Rhames Don King: Only in America Don King
Sidney Poitier Mandela and de Klerk Nelson Mandela Showtime
1998 Delroy Lindo Glory & Honor Mathew Henson TNT
Cary Elwes The Pentagon Wars Lt. Colonel James Burton HBO
Laurence Fishburne Always Outnumbered Socrates Fortlow
Kevin Pollak From the Earth to the Moon Joseph Francis Shea
Patrick Stewart Moby Dick Captain Ahab USA Network
1999 William H. Macy A Slight Case of Murder Terry Thorpe TNT
Beau Bridges P. T. Barnum P. T. Barnum A&E
Don Cheadle A Lesson Before Dying Grant Wiggins HBO
Brent Spiner Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Earl Mills
Delroy Lindo Strange Justice Clarence Thomas Showtime

2000s

Year Actress Series Role Network
2000 James Woods Dirty Pictures Dennis Barrie Showtime
Andy García For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Arturo Sandoval HBO
Bob Hoskins Noriega: God's Favorite Manuel Noriega Showtime
Louis Gossett Jr. The Color of Love: Jacey's Story Lou Hastings CBS
Matthew Modine Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon
2001 Richard Dreyfuss The Day Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig Showtime
Ben Kingsley Anne Frank: The Whole Story Otto Frank ABC
William Hurt Varian's War Varian Fry Showtime
Damian Lewis Band of Brothers Major Richard "Dick" Winters HBO
Jeffrey Wright Boycott Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2002 William H. Macy Door to Door Bill Porter TNT
Ted Danson Living with the Dead James Van Praagh CBS
Albert Finney The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill HBO
Harry J. Lennix Keep the Faith, Baby Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Showtime
Patrick Stewart King of Texas John Lear TNT
2003 James Woods Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story Rudy Giuliani USA Network
Robert Carlyle Hitler: The Rise of Evil Adolf Hitler CBS
Troy Garity Soldier's Girl Barry Winchell Showtime
Lee Pace Scottie / Calpernia Addams
Al Pacino Angels in America Roy Cohn HBO
Tom Wilkinson Normal Roy Applewood
2004 Jamie Foxx Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Stan "Tookie" Williams FX
Keith Carradine Deadwood Wild Bill Hickok HBO
Mos Def Something the Lord Made Vivien Thomas
Alan Rickman Dr. Alfred Blalock
Geoffrey Rush The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Peter Sellers
2005 Jonathan Rhys Meyers Elvis Elvis Presley CBS
Ted Danson Our Fathers Mitchell Garabedian Showtime
Christian Campbell Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Jimmy Harper
Rupert Everett Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Sherlock Holmes BBC One
Kenneth Branagh Warm Springs Franklin D. Roosevelt HBO
Ed Harris Empire Falls Miles Roby
2006 Bill Nighy Gideon's Daughter Gideon Warner BBC America
Andre Braugher Thief Nick Atwater FX
Hugh Dancy Elizabeth I Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex HBO
Ben Kingsley Mrs. Harris Herman Tarnower
Charles Dance Bleak House Mr. Tulkinghorn BBC One
2007 David Oyelowo Five Days Matt Wellings HBO
Robert Lindsay The Trial of Tony Blair Tony Blair More4
Jim Broadbent Longford Frank Pakenham, Earl of Longford HBO
Aidan Quinn Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Henry L. Dawes
Tom Selleck Jesse Stone: Sea Change Jesse Stone CBS
Toby Stephens Jane Eyre Edward Fairfax Rochester BBC One
2008 Paul Giamatti John Adams John Adams HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch The Last Enemy Stephen Ezard BBC One
Ralph Fiennes Bernard and Doris Bernard Lafferty HBO
Kevin Spacey Recount Ron Klain
Tom Wilkinson James Baker
Stellan Skarsgård God on Trial Baumgarten PBS
2009 Brendan Gleeson Into the Storm Winston Churchill HBO
Kenneth Branagh Wallander Kurt Wallander BBC One
Kevin Bacon Taking Chance Michael Strobl HBO
William Hurt Endgame Will Esterhuyse Channel 4
Jeremy Irons Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz Lifetime
Ian McKellen The Prisoner Number Two / Curtis AMC

2010s

Year Actress Series Role Network
2010 Al Pacino You Don't Know Jack Dr. Jack Kevorkian HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock Holmes PBS
Idris Elba Luther Det. John Luther BBC One
Ian McShane The Pillars of the Earth Waleran Bigod Starz
Barry Pepper When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story Bill Wilson CBS
Dennis Quaid The Special Relationship Bill Clinton HBO
David Suchet Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot ITV
2011 Jason Isaacs Case Histories Jackson Brodie BBC One
Hugh Bonneville Downton Abbey Robert Crawly, Earl of Grantham PBS
Idris Elba Luther Det. John Luther BBC One
Laurence Fishburne Thurgood Thurgood Marshall HBO
William Hurt Too Big to Fail Henry Paulson
Bill Nighy Page Eight Johnny Worricker BBC Two
2012 Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock Holmes PBS
Woody Harrelson Game Change Steve Schmidt HBO
Clive Owen Hemingway & Gellhorn Ernest Hemingway
Kenneth Branagh Wallander Kurt Wallander BBC One
Idris Elba Luther Det. John Luther
Kevin Costner Hatfields & McCoys Devil Anse Hatfield HISTORY
2013 Michael Douglas Behind the Candelabra Liberace HBO
Peter Mullan Top of the Lake Matt Mitcham BBC Two
Chiwetel Ejiofor Dancing on the Edge Louis Lester
Matthew Goode Stanley Mitchell
Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra Scott Thorson HBO
Al Pacino Phil Spector Phil Spector
Benedict Cumberbatch Parade's End Christopher Tietjens
Dominic West Burton & Taylor Richard Burton BBC Four
2014 Mark Ruffalo The Normal Heart Ned Weeks HBO
Dominic Cooper Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond Ian Fleming BBC America
Richard Jenkins Olive Kitteridge Henry Kitteridge HBO
Stephen Rea The Honourable Woman Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle SundanceTV
David Suchet Agatha Christie's Poirot Hercule Poirot ITV
Kiefer Sutherland 24: Live Another Day Jack Bauer Fox
2015 Mark Rylance Wolf Hall Thomas Cromwell BBC Two
Martin Clunes Arthur & George Arthur Conan Doyle ITV
Michael Gambon The Casual Vacancy Howard Mollison HBO
Oscar Isaac Show Me a Hero Nick Wasicsko
David Oyelowo Nightingale Peter Snowden
Damian Lewis Wolf Hall Henry VIII of England BBC Two
Ben Mendelsohn Bloodline Danny Rayburn Netflix
2016 Bryan Cranston All the Way Lyndon B. Johnson HBO
Cuba Gooding Jr. The People v. O.J. Simpson O. J. Simpson FX
Courtney B. Vance Johnnie Cochran
Wendell Pierce Confirmation Clarence Thomas HBO
Tom Hiddleston The Night Manager Jonathan Pine AMC
Anthony Hopkins The Dresser Sir BBC Two
2017
[1][2]		 Robert De Niro The Wizard of Lies Bernie Madoff HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Sherlock Holmes PBS
Jude Law The Young Pope Pope Pius XIII HBO
Ewan McGregor Fargo Emmit and Ray Stussy FX
Tim Pigott-Smith King Charles III King Charles III BBC Two
2018
[3]		 Darren Criss The Assassination of Gianni Versace Andrew Cunanan FX
Daniel Brühl The Alienist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler TNT
Benedict Cumberbatch Patrick Melrose Patrick Melrose Showtime
Jeff Daniels The Looming Tower John O'Neill Hulu
Hugh Grant A Very English Scandal Jeremy Thorpe BBC One
Jared Harris The Terror Captain Francis Crozier AMC
2019
[4]		 Jared Harris Chernobyl Valery Legasov HBO
Russell Crowe The Loudest Voice Roger Ailes Showtime
Jharrel Jerome When They See Us Korey Wise Netflix
Aaron Paul El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Jesse Pinkman
Chris Pine I Am the Night Jay Singletary TNT
Sam Rockwell Fosse/Verdon Bob Fosse FX

2020s

Year Actress Series Role Network
2020
[5][6]		 Ethan Hawke The Good Lord Bird John Brown Showtime
John Boyega Small Axe Leroy Logan BBC One/Prime Video
Bryan Cranston Your Honor Michael Desiato Showtime
Hugh Grant The Undoing Jonathan Fraser HBO
Hugh Jackman Bad Education Frank Tassone
Chris Rock Fargo Loy Cannon FX
Mark Ruffalo I Know This Much Is True Dominick and Thomas Birdsey HBO
2021 Ewan McGregor Halston Halston Netflix
Colin Farrell The North Water Henry Drax AMC+
Stephen Graham Help Tony Channel 4
Michael Keaton Dopesick Dr. Samuel Finnix Hulu
Clive Owen Impeachment: American Crime Story President Bill Clinton FX
Andrew Scott Oslo Terje Rød-Larsen HBO
2022 Evan Peters Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Jeffrey Dahmer Netflix
Jon Bernthal We Own This City Sergeant Wayne Jenkins HBO
Jeff Bridges The Old Man Dan Chase / Henry Dixon / Johnny Kohler FX
Andrew Garfield Under the Banner of Heaven Detective Jeb Pyre FX on Hulu
Jared Leto WeCrashed Adam Neumann Apple TV+
Sean Penn Gaslit John N. Mitchell Starz
2023
[7][8]		 Guy Pearce A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby MGM+
Matt Bomer Fellow Travelers Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller Showtime
Jon Hamm Fargo Sheriff Roy Tillman FX
Damian Lewis A Spy Among Friends Nicholas Elliott MGM+
Bill Pullman Murdaugh Murders: The Movie Alex Murdaugh Lifetime
Steven Yeun Beef Danny Cho Netflix


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