Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
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| Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | |
|---|---|
 Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 2022 winner | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | Outer Critics Circle |
| Status | Retired |
| Currently held by | Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out (2022) |
| Website | OuterCriticsCircle.org |
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play was an annual award given to the best featured actor in a non-musical play on Broadway or Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The award was established in 1997 as "Best Featured Actor in a Musical," before formally changing to "Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play" in 1999.[1]
The award was retired in 2022 and replaced by Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play and Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play in gender-neutral performance categories.[2]
James Earl Jones is the only performer to win the award twice, from two nominations. Other performers who received two nominations include Daniel Gerroll, Larry Bryggman, David Pittu, Jim Norton, John Benjamin Hickey, Alessandro Nivola and Nathan Lane.
1990s
- Key
| Year | Actor | Work | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | ||||
| Terry Beaver | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Adolph Freitag | [3][4] | |
| Edward Herrmann | Psychopathia Sexualis | Dr. Block | ||
| Brian Kerwin | The Little Foxes | Oscar Hubbard | ||
| Brian Murray | Benjamin Hubbard | |||
| 1998 | ||||
| Robert Hogan | Never the Sinner | Darrow | [5][6] | |
| Adam Alexi-Malle | Goose Pimples | Muhammad | ||
| Tom Murphy | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Ray Dooley | ||
| Harris Yulin | The Diary of Anne Frank | Mr. Van Daan | ||
| 1999 | ||||
| Kevin Anderson | Death of a Salesman | Biff Loman | [7][8] | |
| Tate Donovan | Amy's View | Dominic Tyghe | ||
| Michael Emerson | The Iceman Cometh | Willie Oban | ||
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Larry Slade |
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actor | Work | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (Hon.) | David Alan Grier | A Soldier’s Play | Sergeant Waters | [50][51] |
| John Benjamin Hickey | The Inheritance | Henry Wilcox | ||
| Paul Hilton | Walter / Morgan | |||
| Samuel H. Levine | Adam / Leo | |||
| John-Andrew Morrison | Blues for an Alabama Sky | Guy | ||
| Chris Perfetti | Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow | Masha | ||
| 2021 | No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic. | |||
| 2022 | ||||
| Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Take Me Out | Mason Marzac | [52] | |
| Brandon J. Dirden | Skeleton Crew | Reggie | ||
| Michael Oberholtzer | Take Me Out | Shane Mungitt | ||
| Austin Pendleton | The Minutes | Mr. Oldfield | ||
| Chuck Cooper | Trouble in Mind | Sheldon Forrester | ||
Multiple wins
- 2 wins