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Emmy Awards
Most Limited Series Lead Actor Wins
This list features the actors that have won the most limited series lead actor awards at the Emmy Awards.
RANK | ACTOR | WINS | YEARS |
1 | Laurence Olivier | 4 | The Moon and Sixpence (1960) Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1973) Love Among the Ruins (1975) King Lear (1984) |
2 | Peter Ustinov | 3 | Omnibus (1958) Hallmark Hall of Fame (1967) A Storm in Summer (1970) |
3 | Peter Falk | 2 | The Dick Powell Theatre (1962) Columbo (1975) |
4 | Hal Holbrook | 2 | Pueblo (1974) Sandburg’s Lincoln (1976) |
5 | Fred Astaire | 2 | An Evening with Fred Astaire (1959) A Family Upside Down (1978) |
6 | Anthony Hopkins | 2 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) The Bunker (1981) |
7 | James Woods | 2 | Promise (1987) My Name Is Bill W. (1989) |
8 | Hume Cronyn | 2 | Age-Old Friends (1990) To Dance with the White Dog (1994) |
9 | Al Pacino | 2 | Angels in America (2004) You Don’t Know Jack (2010) |
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