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Emmy Awards
Most Nominated Individual
This list features the individuals that have earned the most nominations Emmy Award history.
RANK | ACTOR | NOMINATIONS | WINS |
1 | David Letterman | 50 | 5 |
2 | Stephen Colbert | 45 | 10 |
3 | Tina Fey | 45 | 9 |
4 | Seth Meyers | 38 | 1 |
5 | Alan Alda | 34 | 6 |
6 | Larry David | 29 | 2 |
7 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 26 | 11 |
8 | Lily Tomlin | 25 | 6 |
9 | Seth MacFarlane | 24 | 5 |
10 | Heidi Klum | 23 | 1 |
11 | Cloris Leachman | 22 | 8 |
12 | Betty White | 21 | 5 |
13 | Debbie Allen | 21 | 5 |
14 | Chris Rock | 20 | 4 |
15 | Carl Reiner | 18 | 11 |
16 | Michael J. Fox | 18 | 5 |
17 | Ted Danson | 18 | 2 |
18 | Angela Lansbury | 18 | 0 |
19 | Alfre Woodard | 17 | 4 |
20 | Ed Asner | 17 | 7 |
21 | Kelsey Grammer | 17 | 5 |
References
Culpepper, C. (2023) ‘The 21 most Emmy-nominated actors of all time’. MovieWeb, 29 July. Available at: https://movieweb.com/most-emmy-nominated-actors/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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