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Emmy Awards

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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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References

Wikipedia (2024) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie#Performers_with_multiple_wins (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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