2010s
- 2010: John Lithgow – Dexter as Arthur Mitchell
- Dylan Baker – The Good Wife as Colin Sweeney
- Beau Bridges – The Closer as Det. George Andrews
- Alan Cumming – The Good Wife as Eli Gold
- Ted Danson – Damages as Arthur Frobisher
- Gregory Itzin – 24 as President Charles Logan
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper
- 2011: Paul McCrane – Harry's Law as Josh Peyton
- Beau Bridges – Brothers & Sisters as Nick Brody
- Jeremy Davies – Justified as Dickie Bennett
- Bruce Dern – Big Love as Frank Harlow
- Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife as Louis Canning
- Robert Morse – Mad Men as Bertram Cooper
- 2012: Jeremy Davies – Justified as Dickie Bennett
- Dylan Baker – The Good Wife as Colin Sweeney
- Ben Feldman – Mad Men as Michael Ginsberg
- Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife as Louis Canning
- Mark Margolis – Breaking Bad as Héctor "Tio" Salamanca
- Jason Ritter – Parenthood as Mark Cyr
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