TELEVISION
Emmy Awards
Oldest Actors to Win
This list features the oldest actors to win an Emmy Award.
RANK | ACTOR | AGE | AWARD | YEAR |
1 | Dick Van Dyke | 98 | Days of Our Lives (2024) | Outstanding Guest Performance |
2 | Norman Lear | 98 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘The Facts of Life’ and ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ (2022) | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) |
3 | David Attenborough | 92 | Blue Planet II (2018) | Outstanding Narrator |
4 | Betty White | 88 | Saturday Night Live (2010) | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
5 | Beulah Bondi | 88 | The Waltons (1977) | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
6 | John Gielgud | 87 | Summer’s Lease (1991) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
7 | Bob Newhart | 84 | The Big Bang Theory (2013) | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
8 | Marion Lorne | 84 | Bewtiched (1968) | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
9 | Hume Cronyn | 83 | To Dance with the White Dog (1994) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special |
10 | Cloris Leachman | 80 | Malcolm in the Middle (2006) | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
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