Frontrunners
1. Tom Pelphrey for Task (HBO, s. 1, 7 eps., 9/7/25-10/19/25)
2. Billy Crudup for The Morning Show (Apple TV+, s. 4, 10 eps., 9/17/25-11/19/25)
3. Patrick Ball for The Pitt (HBO Max, s. 2, 15 eps., 1/8/26-4/16/26)
4. Jack Lowden for Slow Horses (Apple TV+, s. 5, 6 eps., 9/24/25-10/29/25)
5. Colman Domingo for Euphoria (HBO, s. 3, 8 eps., 4/12/26-5/31/26) — podcast
6. Jamie Campbell Bower for Stranger Things (Netflix, s. 5, 8 eps., 11/26/25-12/31/25)
7. Sam Elliott for Landman (Paramount+, s. 2, 10 eps., 11/16/25-1/18/26) — podcast
Major Threats
8. Carlos-Manuel Vesga for Pluribus (Apple TV+, s. 1, 9 eps., 11/7/25-12/24/25)
9. Gerran Howell for The Pitt (HBO Max, s. 2, 15 eps., 1/8/26-4/16/26)
10. Jeremy Irons for The Morning Show (Apple TV+, s. 4, 10 eps., 9/17/25-11/19/25)
11. Bradley Whitford for The Diplomat (Netflix, s. 3, 8 eps., 10/16/25)
12. Ato Essandoh for The Diplomat (Netflix, s. 3, 8 eps., 10/16/25)
13. James Marsden for Paradise (Hulu,
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