Tony Award za najboljeg glavnog glumca u mjuziklu
Tony Award za najboljeg glavnog glumca u mjuziklu (en: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical) dodeljuje se od 1948. godine. Imena glumaca koji su nominovani, ali nisu dobili nagradu objavljuju se od 1956. godine.
- 1948 Paul Hartman u Angel in the Wings uloga: "Horace" / "Mr. Blodgett" / "George" / "Dr. Hutchinson, W.T." / "The Stranger"
- 1949 Ray Bolger u Where's Charley? uloga: "Charley Wykeham"
- 1950 Ezio Pinza u South Pacific uloga: "Emile De Beque"
- 1951 Robert Alda u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Sky Masterson"
- 1952 Phil Silvers u Top Banana uloga: "Jerry Biffle"
- 1953 Thomas Mitchell u Hazel Flagg uloga: "Dr. Downer"
- 1954 Alfred Drake u Kismet uloga: "Hajj"
- 1955 Walter Slezak u Fanny uloga: "Panisse"
- 1956 Ray Walston u Damn Yankees uloga: "Mr. Applegate"
- Stephen Douglass u Damn Yankees uloga: "Joe Hardy"
- William Johnson u Pipe Dream uloga: "Doc"
- 1957 Rex Harrison u My Fair Lady uloga: "Henry Higgins"
- Fernando Lamas u Happy Hunting uloga: "Duke of Granada"
- Robert Weede u The Most Happy Fella uloga: "Tony"
- 1958 Robert Preston u The Music Man uloga: "Harold Hill"
- Ricardo Montalban u Jamaica uloga: "Koli"
- Eddie Foy, Jr. u Rumple uloga: "Rumple"
- Tony Randall u Oh, Captain! uloga: "Captain Henry St. James"
- 1959 Richard Kiley u Redhead uloga: "Tom Baxter"
- Larry Blyden in Flower Drum Song uloga: "Sammy Fong"
- 1960 Jackie Gleason u Take Me Along uloga: "Sid Davis"
- Robert Morse u Take Me Along uloga: "Richard Miller"
- Walter Pidgeon u Take Me Along uloga: "Nat Miller"
- Andy Griffith u Destry Rides Again uloga: "Destry"
- 1961 Richard Burton u Camelot uloga: "Arthur"
- Phil Silvers u Do Re Mi uloga: "Hubert Cram"
- Maurice Evans u Tenderloin uloga: "Reverend Brock"
- 1962 Robert Morse u How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying uloga: "J. Pierrepont Finch"
- Ray Bolger u All-American uloga: "Professor Fodorski"
- Alfred Drake u Kean uloga: "Edmund Kean"
- Richard Kiley u No Strings uloga: "David Jordan"
- 1963 Zero Mostel u A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum uloga: "Pseudolus"
- Sid Caesar u Little Me uloga: "Fred Poitrine" / "Mr. Pinchley" / "Noble Eggleston" / "Noble Junior" / "Otto Schnitzler" / "Prince Cherney" / "Val du Val"
- Anthony Newley u Stop the World - I Want to Get Off uloga: "Littlechap"
- Clive Revill u Oliver! uloga: "Fagin"
- 1964 Bert Lahr u Foxy uloga: "Foxy"
- Sydney Chaplin u Funny Girl uloga: "Nick Arnstein"
- Bob Fosse u Pal Joey uloga: "Joey Evans"
- Steve Lawrence u What Makes Sammy Run uloga: "Sammy Glick"
- 1965 Zero Mostel u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye"
- Sammy Davis, Jr. u Golden Boy uloga: "Joe Wellington"
- Cyril Ritchard u The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd uloga: "Sir"
- Tommy Steele u Half a Sixpence uloga: "Arthur Kipps"
- 1966 Richard Kiley u Man of La Mancha uloga: "Don Quixote" / "Cervantes"
- Jack Cassidy u It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman uloga: "Max Mencken"
- John Cullum u On a Clear Day You Can See Forever uloga: "Dr. Mark Bruckner"
- Harry Secombe u Pickwick uloga: "Pickwick"
- 1967 Robert Preston u I Do! I Do! uloga: "Michael"
- Alan Alda u The Apple Tree uloga: "Adam" / "Captain Sanjar" / "Flip, the Prince Charming"
- Jack Gilford u Cabaret uloga: "Herr Schultz"
- Norman Wisdom u Walking Happy uloga: "Will Mossop
- 1968 Robert Goulet u The Happy Time uloga: "Jacques Bonnar"
- Robert Hooks u Hallelujah, Baby! uloga: "Clem"
- Tony Roberts u How Now, Dow Jones uloga: "Charley"
- David Wayne u The Happy Time uloga: "Grandpere Bonnard"
- 1969 Jerry Orbach u Promises, Promises uloga: "Chuck Baxter "
- Herschel Bernardi u Zorba uloga: "Zorba"
- Jack Cassidy u Maggie Flynn uloga: "The Clown"
- Joel Grey u George M! uloga: "George M. Cohan"
- 1970 Cleavon Little u Purlie uloga: "Purlie"
- Len Cariou u Applause uloga: "Bill Sampson"
- Robert Weede u Cry for Us All uloga: "Edward Quinn"
- 1971 Hal Linden u The Rothschilds uloga: "Mayer Rothschild"
- David Burns u Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentleman uloga: "Col. Wainwright Purdy III"
- Larry Kert u Company uloga: "Bobby"
- Bobby Van u No, No Nanette uloga: "Billy Early"
- 1972 Phil Silvers u A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum uloga: "Pseudolus"
- Clifton Davis u Two Gentlemen of Verona uloga: "Valentine"
- Barry Bostwick u Grease uloga: "Danny Zuko"
- Raúl Juliá u Two Gentlemen of Verona uloga: "Proteus"
- 1973 Ben Vereen u Pippin uloga: "The Leading Player"
- Len Cariou u A Little Night Music uloga: "Frederick Egerman"
- Robert Morse u Sugar uloga: "Jerry"
- Brock Peters u Lost in the Stars uloga: "Stephen Kumalo"
- 1974 Christopher Plummer u Cyrano uloga: "Cyrano de Bergerac"
- Alfred Drake u Gigi uloga: "Honore Lachailles"
- Joe Morton u Raisin uloga: "Walter Lee Younger"
- Lewis J. Stadlen u Candide uloga: "Dr. Pangloss" / "Governor" / "Host" / "Sage"/ "Voltaire"
- 1975 John Cullum u Shenandoah uloga: "Charlie Anderson"
- Joel Grey u Goodtime Charley uloga: "Charley"
- Raúl Juliá u Where's Charley? uloga: "Charley Wykeham"
- Eddie Mekka u The Lieutenant uloga: "Lieutenant"
- Robert Preston u Mack and Mabel uloga: "Mack Sennett"
- 1976 George Rose u My Fair Lady uloga: "Alfred P. Doolittle"
- Makoto Iwamatsu u Pacific Overtures uloga: "Jonathan Goble" / "Reciter" / "Shogun"
- Jerry Orbach u Chicago uloga: "Billy Flynn"
- Ian Richardson u My Fair Lady uloga: "Henry Higgins"
- 1977 Barry Bostwick u The Robber Bridegroom uloga: "Jamie Lockhart"
- Robert Guillaume u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Nathan Detroit"
- Raúl Juliá u Threepenny Opera uloga: "Macheath"
- Reid Shelton u Annie uloga: "Oliver Warbucks"
- 1978 John Cullum u On the Twentieth Century as "Oscar Jaffee"
- Eddie Bracken u Hello, Dolly! uloga: "Horace Vandergelder"
- Barry Nelson u The Act uloga: "Dan Conners"
- Gilbert Price u Timbuktu! uloga: "The Mansa of Mali"
- 1979 Len Cariou u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Sweeney Todd"
- Vincent Gardenia u Ballroom uloga: "Alfred Rossi"
- Joel Grey u The Grand Tour uloga: "S. L. Jacobowsky"
- Robert Klein u They're Playing Our Song uloga: "Vernon Gersch"
- 1980 Jim Dale u Barnum uloga: "P. T. Barnum"
- Gregory Hines u Comin' Uptown uloga: "Scrooge"
- Mickey Rooney u Sugar Babies uloga: "Mickey"
- Giorgio Tozzi u The Most Happy Fella uloga: "Tony"
- 1981 Kevin Kline u The Pirates of Penzance uloga: "The Pirate King"
- Gregory Hines u Sophisticated Ladies uloga: "Performer"
- George Rose u The Pirates of Penzance uloga: "Major-General Stanley"
- Martin Vidnovic u Brigadoon uloga: "Tommy Albright"
- 1982 Ben Harney u Dreamgirls uloga: "Curtis Taylor Jr."
- Herschel Bernardi u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye"
- Victor Garber u Little Me uloga: "Fred Poitrine" / "Noble Eggleston" / "Noble Junior" / "Val du Val"
- Raúl Juliá u Nine uloga: "Guido Contini"
- 1983 Tommy Tune u My One and Only uloga: "Captain Billy Buck Chandler"
- Al Green u Your Arms Too Short to Box with God uloga: "Performer"
- George Hearn u A Doll's Life uloga: "Actor" / "Johan" / "Torvald"
- Michael V. Smartt u Porgy and Bess uloga: "Porgy"
- 1984 George Hearn u La Cage aux Folles uloga: "Albin"
- Gene Barry u La Cage aux Folles as "Georges'
- Ron Moody u Oliver! uloga: "Fagin"
- Mandy Patinkin u Sunday in the Park with George uloga: "George"
- 1985 - Nijedan glumac nije nominovan u ovoj kategoriji, jer nije bilo nijednog uspešnog mjzikla.
- 1986 George Rose u The Mystery of Edwin Drood uloga: "Mayor Thomas Sapsea" / "William Cartwright"
- Don Correia u Singin' in the Rain uloga: "Don Lockwood"
- Cleavant Derricks u Big Deal uloga: "Charley"
- Maurice Hines u Uptown…It's Hot! uloga: "Performer"
- 1987 Robert Lindsay u Me and My Girl uloga: "Bill Snibson"
- Roderick Cook u Oh Coward! uloga: "Performer"
- Terrence Mann u Les Misérables uloga: "Inspector Javert"
- Colm Wilkinson u Les Misérables uloga: "Jean Valjean"
- 1988 Michael Crawford u The Phantom of the Opera uloga: "The Phantom"
- Scott Bakula u Romance/Romance uloga: "Alfred Von Wilmers" / "Sam"
- David Carroll u Chess uloga: "Anatoly"
- Howard McGillin u Anything Goes uloga: "Billy Crocker"
- 1989 Jason Alexander u Jerome Robbins' Broadway uloga: "Cigar" / "Emcee" / "Floy" / "Pa" / "Pseudolus" / "Tevye" / "The Settler"
- Gabriel Barre u Starmites uloga: "Trinkulus"
- Brian Lane Green u Starmites uloga: "Spacepunk"
- Robert La Fosse u Jerome Robbins' Broadway uloga: "3rd Dancer" / "Gaby" / "Tony" / "Company Member of '...Forum'"
- 1990 James Naughton u City of Angels uloga: "Stone"
- David Carroll u Grand Hotel uloga: "Felix Von Gaigern"
- Gregg Edelman u City of Angels uloga: "Stine"
- Bob Gunton u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Sweeney Todd"
- 1991 Jonathan Pryce u Miss Saigon uloga: "The Engineer"
- Keith Carradine u The Will Rogers Follies uloga: "Will Rogers"
- Paul Hipp u Buddy uloga: "Buddy Holly"
- Topol u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye"
- 1992 Gregory Hines u Jelly's Last Jam uloga: "Jelly Roll Morton"
- Harry Groener u Crazy for You uloga: "Bobby Child"
- Nathan Lane u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Nathan Detroit"
- Michael Rupert u Falsettos uloga: "Marvin"
- 1993 Brent Carver u Kiss of the Spider Woman uloga: "Molina"
- Tim Curry u My Favorite Year uloga: "Alan Swann"
- Con O'Neill u Blood Brothers uloga: "Mickey"
- Martin Short u The Goodbye Girl uloga: "Elliot"
- '1994 Boyd Gaines in She Loves Me uloga: "Georg Nowack"
- Victor Garber u Damn Yankees uloga: "Mr. Applegate"
- Terrence Mann u Beauty and the Beast uloga: "The Beast"
- Jere Shea u Passion uloga: "Giorgio"
- 1995 Matthew Broderick u How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying uloga: "J. Pierrepont Finch"
- Alan Campbell u Sunset Boulevard uloga: "Joe Gillis"
- Mark Jacoby u Show Boat uloga: "Gaylord Ravenal"
- John McMartin u Show Boat uloga: "Cap'n Andy"
- 1996 Nathan Lane u A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum uloga: "Pseudolus"
- Savion Glover u Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk uloga: "'da Beat" / "Lil' Dahlin'"
- Adam Pascal u Rent uloga: "Roger Davis"
- Lou Diamond Phillips u The King and I uloga: "The King of Siam"
- 1997 James Naughton u Chicago uloga: "Billy Flynn"
- Robert Cuccioli u Jekyll and Hyde uloga: "Dr. Henry Jekyll" / "Edward Hyde"
- Jim Dale u Candide uloga: "2nd Gambler" / "Businessman"/ "Dr. Pangloss" / "Governor" / "Sage" / "Voltaire"
- Daniel McDonald u Steel Pier as "Bill Kelly"
- 1998 Alan Cumming u Cabaret uloga: "The Master of Ceremonies"
- Peter Friedman u Ragtime uloga: "Tateh"
- Brian Stokes Mitchell u Ragtime uloga: "Coalhouse Walker, Jr."
- Douglas Sills u The Scarlet Pimpernel uloga: "Percy Blakeney"
- 1999 Martin Short u Little Me uloga: "Noble Eggleston" / "Amos Pinchley" / "Benny Buchsbaum" / "Val du Val" / "Fred Poitrine" / "Otto Schnitzler" / "Prince Cherney" / "The Drunk"
- Brent Carver u Parade uloga: "Leo Frank"
- Adam Cooper u Swan Lake uloga: "Dancer"
- Tom Wopat u Annie Get Your Gun uloga: "Frank Butler"
- 2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell u Kiss Me, Kate uloga: "Fred Graham" / "Petruchio"
- Craig Bierko u The Music Man uloga: "Harold Hill"
- George Hearn u Putting It Together uloga: "The Husband"
- Mandy Patinkin u The Wild Party uloga: "Burrs"
- Christopher Walken u The Dead uloga: "Gabriel Conroy"
- 2001 Nathan Lane u The Producers uloga: "Max Bialystock"
- Matthew Broderick u The Producers uloga: "Leo Bloom"
- Kevin Chamberlin u Seussical uloga: "Horton the Elephant"
- Tom Hewitt u The Rocky Horror Show uloga: "Frank N Furter"
- Patrick Wilson u The Full Monty uloga: "Jerry Lukowski"
- 2002 John Lithgow u Sweet Smell of Success uloga: "J.J. Hunsecker"
- Gavin Creel u Thoroughly Modern Millie uloga: "Jimmy Smith"
- John McMartin u Into the Woods uloga: "Narrator" / "Mysterious Man"
- Patrick Wilson u Oklahoma! uloga: "Curly"
- John Cullum u Urinetown The Musical uloga: "Caldwell B. Cladwell"
- 2003 Harvey Fierstein u Hairspray "as Edna Turnblad"
- Antonio Banderas u Nine, The Musical uloga: "Guido Contini"
- Malcolm Gets u Amour uloga: "Dusoleil"
- Brian Stokes Mitchell u Man of La Mancha uloga: "Don Quixote" / "Cervantes"
- John Selya u Movin' Out uloga: "Eddie"
- 2004 Hugh Jackman u The Boy from Oz uloga: "Peter Allen"
- Hunter Foster u Little Shop of Horrors uloga: "Seymour"
- Alfred Molina u Fiddler on the Roof uloga: "Tevye"
- Euan Morton u Taboo uloga: "George"
- John Tartaglia u Avenue Q uloga: "Princeton" /"Rod"
- 2005 Norbert Leo Butz u Dirty Rotten Scoundrels uloga: "Freddy Benson"
- Hank Azaria u Monty Python's Spamalot uloga: "Sir Lancelot" / "The French Taunter" / "Knight of Ni" / "Tim the Enchanter"
- Gary Beach u La Cage aux Folles uloga: "Albin"
- Tim Curry u Monty Python's Spamalot uloga: "King Arthur"
- John Lithgow u Dirty Rotten Scoundrels uloga: "Lawrence Jameson"
- 2006 John Lloyd Young u Jersey Boys uloga: "Frankie Valli"
- Michael Cerveris u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Sweeney Todd"
- Harry Connick, Jr. u The Pajama Game uloga: "Sid Sorokin"
- Stephen Lynch u The Wedding Singer uloga: "Robbie Hart"
- Bob Martin u The Drowsy Chaperone uloga: "Man in Chair"
- 2007 David Hyde Pierce u Curtains uloga: "Lieutenant Frank Cioffi"
- Michael Cerveris u LoveMusik uloga: "Kurt Weil"
- Raúl Esparza u Company uloga: "Robert"
- Jonathan Groff u Spring Awakening uloga: "Melchior"
- Gavin Lee u Mary Poppins uloga: "Bert"