Outstanding Lead Actor in A Miniseries or Movie
- Al Pacino for playing Roy Cohn in Angels in America
- Antonio Banderas for playing Pancho Villa in And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
- James Brolin for playing Ronald Reagan in The Reagans
- Mos Def for playing Vivien Thomas in Something the Lord Made
- Alan Rickman for playing Alfred Blalock in Something the Lord Made
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