Outstanding Guest Actor in A Comedy Series
- John Cleese for playing Lyle Finster on Will & Grace
- Danny DeVito for playing Roy on Friends
- Anthony LaPaglia for playing Simon Moon on Frasier
- John Turturro for playing "Ambrose Monk" on Monk
- Fred Willard for playing Hank MacDougal on Everybody Loves Raymond
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