Year
|
Nominees
|
Program(s)
|
Network
|
Ref
|
1988
|
John Wood‡
|
Rafferty's Rules
|
|
|
1989
|
John Wood‡
|
Rafferty's Rules
|
Seven Network
|
|
1990
|
Shane Porteous‡
|
A Country Practice
|
Seven Network
|
|
1991
|
Michael Craig‡
|
G.P.
|
|
|
1992
|
John McTernan‡
|
G.P.
|
ABC TV
|
1993
|
Gary Sweet‡
|
Police Rescue
|
ABC TV
|
1994
|
Garry McDonald‡
|
Mother and Son
|
ABC TV
|
|
1995
|
Chris Haywood‡
|
Janus
|
ABC TV
|
1996
|
Richard Roxburgh‡
|
Blue Murder
|
ABC TV
|
1997
|
Colin Friels‡
|
Water Rats
|
|
1998
|
Tony Martin‡
|
Wildside
|
ABC TV
|
|
Colin Friels
|
Water Rats
|
Nine Network
|
William McInnes
|
Blue Heelers
|
Seven Network
|
Rob Sitch
|
Frontline
|
ABC TV
|
1999
|
Tony Martin‡
|
Wildside
|
ABC TV
|
|
David Wenham‡
|
SeaChange
|
ABC TV
|
Colin Friels
|
Water Rats
|
Nine Network
|
Paul Mercurio
|
The Day of the Roses
|
|
Jeremy Sims
|
Aftershocks
|
|
2000
|
William McInnes‡
|
SeaChange
|
ABC TV
|
|
Steve Bisley
|
Water Rats
|
Nine Network
|
Colin Friels
|
Water Rats
|
Nine Network
|
John Howard
|
SeaChange
|
ABC TV
|
2001
|
John Howard‡
|
SeaChange
|
ABC TV
|
|
Steve Bisley
|
Water Rats
|
Nine Network
|
William McInnes
|
SeaChange
|
ABC TV
|
Geoff Morrell
|
Grass Roots
|
ABC TV
|
2002
|
William McInnes‡
|
My Brother Jack
|
Network Ten
|
|
Joel Edgerton
|
The Secret Life of Us
|
Network Ten
|
Geoff Morrell
|
Changi
|
ABC TV
|
Matthew Newton
|
Changi
|
ABC TV
|
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
|
Changi
|
ABC TV
|
2003
|
Peter O'Brien‡
|
White Collar Blue
|
Network Ten
|
|
Shane Bourne
|
MDA
|
ABC TV
|
John Howard
|
Always Greener
|
Seven Network
|
Samuel Johnson
|
The Secret Life of Us
|
Network Ten
|
Gary Sweet
|
Stingers
|
Nine Network
|
2004
|
Ray Barrett‡
|
After the Deluge
|
Network Ten
|
|
Tim Draxl
|
The Shark Net
|
ABC TV
|
Abe Forsythe
|
Marking Time
|
ABC TV
|
William McInnes
|
The Shark Net
|
ABC TV
|
Gary Sweet
|
Stingers
|
Nine Network
|
David Wenham
|
After the Deluge
|
Network Ten
|
2005
|
Sam Neill‡
|
Jessica
|
Network Ten
|
|
Brendan Cowell
|
Love My Way
|
|
Abe Forsythe
|
Fireflies
|
ABC TV
|
Tony Martin
|
Jessica
|
Network Ten
|
Dan Wyllie
|
Love My Way
|
Fox8
|
2006
|
Dan Wyllie‡
|
Love My Way
|
Fox8
|
|
Brendan Cowell
|
Love My Way
|
Fox8
|
John Howard
|
All Saints
|
Seven Network
|
Alex O'Loughlin
|
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
|
Network Ten
|
John Wood
|
Blue Heelers
|
Seven Network
|
2007
|
Matthew Le Nevez‡
|
The Society Murders
|
Network Ten
|
|
Ben Mendelsohn
|
Love My Way
|
|
Richard Roxburgh
|
The Silence
|
ABC TV
|
David Wenham
|
Answered by Fire
|
ABC TV
|
Dan Wyllie
|
Love My Way
|
W. Channel
|
2008
|
Stephen Curry‡
|
The King
|
|
|
Don Hany
|
East West 101
|
SBS TV
|
Chris Lilley
|
Summer Heights High
|
ABC1
|
William McInnes
|
Curtin
|
ABC1
|
East West 101
|
SBS TV
|
2009
|
Gyton Grantley‡
|
Underbelly
|
Nine Network
|
|
Dustin Clare
|
Satisfaction
|
|
Vince Colosimo
|
Underbelly
|
Nine Network
|
Callan Mulvey
|
Rush
|
Network Ten
|
Damian Walshe-Howling
|
Underbelly
|
Nine Network
|
2010
|
Don Hany‡
|
East West 101
|
SBS TV
|
|
Roy Billing
|
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
|
Nine Network
|
Garry McDonald
|
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
|
Network Ten
|
Ben Mendelsohn
|
Tangle
|
Showcase
|
Aaron Pedersen
|
The Circuit
|
SBS TV
|
2011
|
Richard Roxburgh‡
|
Rake
|
ABC1
|
|
Jason Gann
|
Wilfred
|
SBS TV
|
Richard Roxburgh
|
Hawke
|
Network Ten
|
Hugh Sheridan
|
Packed to the Rafters
|
Seven Network
|
Erik Thomson
|
Packed to the Rafters
|
Seven Network
|
2012
|
Rob Carlton‡
|
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
|
ABC1
|
|
Alex Dimitriades
|
The Slap
|
ABC1
|
Don Hany
|
East West 101
|
SBS TV
|
Geoff Morrell
|
Cloudstreet
|
Showcase
|
David Wenham
|
Killing Time
|
TV1
|
2013
|
Anthony Hayes‡
|
Devil's Dust
|
ABC1
|
|
Aaron Jeffery
|
Underbelly: Badness
|
Nine Network
|
Guy Pearce
|
Jack Irish
|
ABC1
|
Jimi Bani
|
Mabo
|
ABC1
|
Lachy Hulme
|
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
|
Nine Network
|
2014
|
Lachy Hulme‡
|
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story
|
Nine Network
|
|
Chris Lilley
|
Ja'mie: Private School Girl
|
ABC1
|
Craig McLachlan
|
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
|
ABC1
|
Kirk Page
|
Redfern Now
|
ABC1
|
David Wenham
|
Better Man
|
SBS One
|
2015
|
Luke Arnold‡
|
INXS: Never Tear Us Apart
|
Seven Network
|
|
Martin Henderson
|
Secrets & Lies
|
Network Ten
|
John Noble
|
Devil's Playground
|
Showcase
|
Richard Roxburgh
|
Rake
|
ABC
|
Ashley Zukerman
|
The Code
|
ABC
|
2016
|
Alex Dimitriades‡
|
The Principal
|
ABC
|
|
Hugh Dancy
|
Deadline Gallipoli
|
Showcase
|
Malcolm Kennard
|
Catching Milat
|
Seven Network
|
Patrick Brammall
|
Glitch
|
ABC
|
Sam Neill
|
House of Hancock
|
Nine Network
|
2017
|
Henry Nixon‡
|
The Kettering Incident
|
ABC
|
|
Rodger Corser
|
Doctor Doctor
|
Nine Network
|
Samuel Johnson
|
Molly
|
Seven Network
|
Richard Roxburgh
|
Rake
|
ABC
|
Noah Taylor
|
Deep Water
|
SBS
|
2018
|
Hugo Weaving‡
|
Seven Types of Ambiguity
|
ABC
|
|
Damon Herriman
|
Riot
|
ABC
|
Ewen Leslie
|
Safe Harbour
|
SBS
|
Lachy Hulme
|
Romper Stomper
|
Stan
|
Rodger Corser
|
Doctor Doctor
|
Nine Network
|
2019
|
Scott Ryan‡
|
Mr Inbetween
|
Foxtel
|
|
Aaron Pedersen
|
Mystery Road
|
ABC
|
Bryan Brown
|
Bloom
|
Stan
|
Jay Ryan
|
Fighting Season
|
Foxtel
|
Robbie Magasiva
|
Wentworth
|
Foxtel
|
2022
|
Richard Roxburgh‡
|
Fires
|
ABC
|
|
Hugo Weaving
|
Love Me
|
Binge/Foxtel
|
Jamie Dornan
|
The Tourist
|
Stan
|
Sam Reid
|
The Newsreader
|
ABC
|
Scott Ryan
|
Mr Inbetween
|
Foxtel
|
2023
|
Patrick Brammall‡
|
Colin From Accounts
|
Binge
|
|
Mark Coles Smith
|
Mystery Road: Origin
|
ABC
|
Richard Roxburgh
|
Bali 2002
|
|
Sam Neill
|
The Twelve
|
Binge/Foxtel
|
Tim Draxl
|
In Our Blood
|
ABC
|
Tim Minchin
|
Upright
|
Binge/Foxtel
|