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"