Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
| Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play |
| Location | United States New York City |
| Country | United States of America |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Reed Birney for The Humans (2016) |
| Official website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[1] Originally called the Tony Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic), it was later changed to its current title in 1976. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public. The change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".[2][3]
Winners and nominees
1940s
| Year | Actor | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 3rd Tony Awards | |||
| Arthur Kennedy | Death of a Salesman | Biff Loman |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Wins Total
- 2 Wins
Nominations Total
|
Character Win Total
- 2 Wins
- Phil Hogan from A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Richard Roma from Glengarry Glen Ross
Character Nomination Total
- 3 Nominations
- Biff Loman from Death of a Salesman
- James Tyrone, Jr. from Long Day's Journey into Night
- 2 Nominations
- Edmund Tyrone from Long Day's Journey into Night
- Homer Bolton from Morning's at Seven
- Lenny from The Homecoming
- Phil Hogan from A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Richard Roma from Glengarry Glen Ross
Trivia
- A supporting actor in each of Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy (Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound) has taken the Tony.
- Featured actors in both parts of Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes series have won the award.
- Matthew Broderick currently holds the record for the youngest person to ever receive this award.
References
- ↑ Kirkley, Donald (April 21, 1968). "Operation Frenzy Before the Tony Awards". The Baltimore Sun. Tribune Company. p. T2. Retrieved December 24, 2011. (subscription required)
- ↑ Simons, Linda Keir (1994). The Performing Arts: a Guide to the Reference Literature. ABC-CLIO. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-87287-982-9.
- ↑ Gelb, Arthur (April 1, 1956). "Popularizing the Tony Awards". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved January 14, 2011. (subscription required)
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