OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR

2013

Chuck Cooper, The Piano Lesson

2012

Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet

2011

Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher

2010

Michael Urie, The Tempermentals

2009

John Douglas Thompson, Othello

2008

Joel Hatch, Adding Machine

2007

Peter Francis James, Stuff Happens

2006

Christopher Denham, Red Light Winter (tie)

David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (tie)

2005

John Rubinstein, Counsellor-At-Law

2004

Brian F. O’Byrne, Frozen

2003

Daniel Sunjata, Take Me Out

2002

Reg Rogers, The Dazzle

2001

Alan Bates, The Unexpected Man

2000

Boyd Gaines, Contact

1999

Mark Ruffalo, This Is Our Youth

1998

Brian Cox, St. Nicholas

1997

David Morse, How I Learned To Drive

1996

Jim Dale, Travels With My Aunt (play)

Jason Workman, Bed & Sofa (musical)

1995

Ed Harris, Simpatico

1994

Ron Rifkin, 3 Hotels

1993

John Leguizamo, Spic-o-rama

1992

Ron Rifkin, The Substance of Fire

1991*

Nathan Lane, The Lisbon Traviata