Tony Awards: Best Lead Actor in a Musical

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  • 1948- Paul Hartman- Angel in the Wings
  • 1949- Ray Bolger- Where's Charley?
  • 1950- Ezio Pinza- South Pacific
  • 1951- Robert Alda- Guys and Dolls
  • 1952- Phil Silvers- Top Banana
  • 1953- Thomas Mitchell- Hazel Flagg
  • 1954- Alfred Drake- Kismet
  • 1955- Walter Slezak- Fanny
  • 1956- Ray Walston- Damn Yankees
  • 1957- Rex Harrison- My Fair Lady
  • 1958- Robert Preston- The Music Man
  • 1959- Richard Kiley- Redhead
  • 1960- Jackie Gleason- Take Me Along
  • 1961- Richard Burton- Camelot
  • 1962- Robert Morse- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • 1963- Zero Mostel- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • 1964- Bert Lahr- Foxy
  • 1965- Zero Mostel- Fiddler on the Roof
  • 1966- Richard Kiley- Man of La Mancha
  • 1967- Robert Preston- I Do! I Do!
  • 1968- Robert Goulet- The Happy Time
  • 1969- Jerry Orbach- Promises, Promises
  • 1970- Cleavon Little- Purlie
  • 1971- Hal Linden- The Rothschilds
  • 1972- Phil Silvers- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • 1973- Ben Vereen- Pippin
  • 1974- Christopher Plummer- Cyrano
  • 1975- John Cullum- Shenandoah
  • 1976- George Rose- My Fair Lady
  • 1977- Barry Bostwick- The Robber Bridegroom
  • 1978- John Cullum- On the Twentieth Century
  • 1979- Len Cariou- Sweeney Todd
  • 1980- Jim Dale- Barnum
  • 1981- Kevin Kline- The Pirates of Penzance
  • 1982- Ben Harney- Dreamgirls
  • 1983- Tommy Tune- My One and Only
  • 1984- George Hearn- La Cage aux Folles
  • 1985- no award
  • 1986- George Rose- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • 1987- Robert Lindsay- Me and My Girl
  • 1988- Michael Crawford- The Phantom of the Opera
  • 1989- Jason Alexander- Jerome Robbins' Broadway
  • 1990- James Naughton- City of Angels
  • 1991- Jonathan Pryce- Miss Saigon
  • 1992- Gregory Hines- Jelly's Last Jam
  • 1993- Brent Carver- Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • 1994- Boyd Gaines- She Loves Me
  • 1995- Matthew Broderick- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • 1996- Nathan Lane- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • 1997- James Naughton- Chicago
  • 1998- Alan Cumming- Cabaret
  • 1999- Martin Short- Little Me
  • 2000- Brian Stokes Mitchell- Kiss Me, Kate
  • 2001- Nathan Lane- The Producers
  • 2002- John Lithgow- Sweet Smell of Success
  • 2003- Harvey Fierstein- Hairspray
  • 2004- Hugh Jackman- The Boy from Oz
  • 2005- Norbert Leo Butz- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • 2006- John Lloyd Young- Jersey Boys
  • 2007- David Hyde Pierce- Curtains
  • 2008- Paulo Szot- South Pacific
  • 2009- Kiril Kulish, David Alvarez, and Trent Kowalik- Billy Elliot