Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries

Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
	The 2026 recipient: Stephen Graham
Country	United States
Presented by	Critics Choice Association
First award	2012
Currently held by	Stephen Graham – Adolescence (2025)
Website	criticschoice.com

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards to recognize the work done by television actors. It was introduced in 2012. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.

CountryUnited States

Presented byCritics Choice Association

First award2012

Currently held byStephen Graham – Adolescence (2025)

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Year	Actor	Series	Character	Network
2012 ^[1]^[2]^[3]	Benedict Cumberbatch	Sherlock	Sherlock Holmes	PBS
	Kevin Costner	Hatfields & McCoys	Devil Anse Hatfield	History
	Idris Elba	Luther	John Luther	BBC America
	Dominic West	The Hour	Hector Madden	BBC America
	Woody Harrelson	Game Change	Steve Schmidt	HBO
	Bill Nighy	Page Eight	Johnny Worricker	PBS
2013 ^[4]	Michael Douglas	Behind the Candelabra	Liberace	HBO
	Dominic West	The Hour	Hector Madden	BBC America
	Benedict Cumberbatch	Parade's End	Christopher Tietjens	HBO
	Matt Damon	Behind the Candelabra	Scott Thorson
	Toby Jones	The Girl	Alfred Hitchcock
	Al Pacino	Phil Spector	Phil Spector
2014 ^[5]^[6]	Billy Bob Thornton	Fargo	Lorne Malvo	FX
	David Bradley	An Adventure in Space and Time	William Hartnell	BBC America
	Benedict Cumberbatch	Sherlock: His Last Vow	Sherlock Holmes	PBS
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Dancing on the Edge	Louis Lester	Starz
	Martin Freeman	Fargo	Lester Nygaard	FX
	Mark Ruffalo	The Normal Heart	Ned Weeks	HBO
2015 ^[7]^[8]	David Oyelowo	Nightingale	Peter Snowden	HBO
	James Nesbitt	The Missing	Tony Hughes	Starz
	Michael Gambon	The Casual Vacancy	Howard Mollison	HBO
	Richard Jenkins	Olive Kitteridge	Henry Kitteridge	HBO
	Mark Rylance	Wolf Hall	Thomas Cromwell	PBS
	Kiefer Sutherland	24: Live Another Day	Jack Bauer	Fox
2016 (1) ^[9]^[10]	Idris Elba	Luther	John Luther	BBC America
	Wes Bentley	American Horror Story: Hotel	John Lowe	FX
	Patrick Wilson	Fargo	State Trooper Lou Solverson	FX
	Martin Clunes	Arthur & George	Arthur Conan Doyle	PBS
	Oscar Isaac	Show Me a Hero	Nick Wasicsko	HBO
	Vincent Kartheiser	Saints & Strangers	William Bradford	Nat Geo
2016 (2) ^[11]^[12]	Courtney B. Vance	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Johnnie Cochran	FX
	Bryan Cranston	All the Way	Lyndon B. Johnson	HBO
	Benedict Cumberbatch	Sherlock: The Abominable Bride	Sherlock Holmes	PBS
	Cuba Gooding Jr.	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	O. J. Simpson	FX
	Tom Hiddleston	The Night Manager	Jonathan Pine	AMC
	Tim Matheson	Killing Reagan	Ronald Reagan	Nat Geo
2018 ^[13]	Ewan McGregor	Fargo	Emmit and Ray Stussy	FX
	Jeff Daniels	Godless	Frank Griffin	Netflix
	Jack O’Connell	Godless	Roy Goode
	Jimmy Tatro	American Vandal	Dylan Maxwell
	Robert De Niro	The Wizard of Lies	Bernard Madoff	HBO
	Evan Peters	American Horror Story: Cult	Kai Anderson	FX
	Bill Pullman	The Sinner	Detective Harry Ambrose	USA
2019 ^[14]	Darren Criss	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Andrew Cunanan	FX
	Antonio Banderas	Genius: Picasso	Pablo Picasso	Nat Geo
	Paul Dano	Escape at Dannemora	David Sweat	Showtime
	Benicio del Toro	Escape at Dannemora	Richard Matt	Showtime
	Hugh Grant	A Very English Scandal	Jeremy Thorpe	Prime Video
	John Legend	Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert	Jesus Christ	NBC

Year	Actor	Series	Character	Network
2020 ^[15]	Jharrel Jerome	When They See Us	Korey Wise	Netflix
	Christopher Abbott	Catch-22	Capt. John Yossarian	Hulu
	Mahershala Ali	True Detective	Wayne Hays	HBO
	Jared Harris	Chernobyl	Valery Legasov	HBO
	Russell Crowe	The Loudest Voice	Roger Ailes	Showtime
	Sam Rockwell	Fosse/Verdon	Bob Fosse	FX
	Noah Wyle	The Red Line	Daniel Calder	CBS
2021 ^[16]	John Boyega	Small Axe	Leroy Logan	Prime Video
	Hugh Grant	The Undoing	Jonathan Fraser	HBO
	Mark Ruffalo	I Know This Much Is True	Dominick and Thomas Birdsey
	Morgan Spector	The Plot Against America	Herman Levin
	Paul Mescal	Normal People	Connell Waldron	Hulu
	Chris Rock	Fargo	Loy Cannon	FX
2022 ^[17]	Michael Keaton	Dopesick	Dr. Samuel Finnix	Hulu
	Olly Alexander	It's a Sin	Ritchie Tozer	Channel 4
	Paul Bettany	WandaVision	Vision	Disney+
	William Jackson Harper	Love Life	Marcus Watkins	HBO Max
	Joshua Jackson	Dr. Death	Christopher Duntsch	Peacock
	Hamish Linklater	Midnight Mass	Father Paul Hill	Netflix
2023 ^[18]	Daniel Radcliffe	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	"Weird Al" Yankovic	The Roku Channel
	Ben Foster	The Survivor	Harry Haft	HBO
	Andrew Garfield	Under the Banner of Heaven	Detective Jeb Pyre	FX
	Samuel L. Jackson	The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey	Ptolemy Grey	Apple TV+
	Sebastian Stan	Pam & Tommy	Tommy Lee	Hulu
	Ben Whishaw	This Is Going to Hurt	Adam Kay	AMC+
2024 ^[19]	Steven Yeun	Beef	Daniel "Danny" Cho	Netflix
	Matt Bomer	Fellow Travelers	Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller	Showtime
	Tom Holland	The Crowded Room	Danny Sullivan	Apple TV+
	David Oyelowo	Lawmen: Bass Reeves	Bass Reeves	Paramount+
	Tony Shalhoub	Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie	Adrian Monk	Peacock
	Kiefer Sutherland	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial	Lieutenant Commander Queeg	Showtime
2025 ^[20]	Colin Farrell	The Penguin	Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin	HBO
	Richard Gadd	Baby Reindeer	Donny Dunn	Netflix
	Tom Hollander	Feud: Capote vs. the Swans	Truman Capote	FX
	Kevin Kline	Disclaimer	Stephen Brigstocke	Apple TV+
	Ewan McGregor	A Gentleman in Moscow	Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov	Paramount+
	Andrew Scott	Ripley	Tom Ripley	Netflix
2026 ^[21]
	Stephen Graham	Adolescence	Eddie Miller	Netflix
	Michael Chernus	Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy	John Wayne Gacy	Peacock
	Brian Tyree Henry	Dope Thief	Ray Driscoll	Apple Tv+
	Charlie Hunnam	Monster: The Ed Gein Story	Ed Gein	Netflix
	Matthew Rhys	The Beast in Me	Nile Jarvis
	Michael Shannon	Death by Lightning	James A. Garfield

Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries

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