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The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been announced since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been announced since 1956.
1940s
- 1948' Paul Hartman in Angel in the Wings'' as Horace/Mr. Blodgett/George/Dr. Hutchinson, W.T./The Stranger
- 1949 ' Ray Bolger in Where's Charley?'' as Charley Wykeham
1950s
- 1950' Ezio Pinza in South Pacific'' as Emile De Beque
- 1951' Robert Alda in Guys and Dolls'' as Sky Masterson
- 1952' Phil Silvers in Top Banana'' as Jerry Biffle
- 1953' Thomas Mitchell in Hazel Flagg'' as Dr. Downer
- 1954' Alfred Drake in Kismet'' as Hajj
- 1955' Walter Slezak in Fanny'' as Panisse
- 1956' Ray Walston in Damn Yankees'' as Mr. Applegate
- 1957' Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady'' as Henry Higgins
- 1958' Robert Preston in The Music Man'' as Harold Hill
- 1959' Richard Kiley in Redhead'' as Tom Baxter
1960s
- 1960' Jackie Gleason in Take Me Along'' as Sid Davis
- 1961' Richard Burton in Camelot'' as Arthur
- 1962' Robert Morse in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' as J. Pierrepont Finch
- 1963' Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as Pseudolus
- 1965' Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof'' as Tevye
- 1966' Richard Kiley in Man of La Mancha'' as Don Quixote/Cervantes
- 1967' Robert Preston in I Do! I Do!'' as Michael
- 1968' Robert Goulet in The Happy Time'' as Jacques Bonnard]
- 1969' Jerry Orbach in Promises, Promises'' as Chuck Baxter
1970s
- 1970' Cleavon Little in Purlie'' as Purlie
- 1971' Hal Linden in The Rothschilds'' as Mayer Rothschild
- 1972' Phil Silvers in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as Pseudolus
- 1973' Ben Vereen in Pippin'' as The Leading Player
- 1974' Christopher Plummer in Cyrano'' as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Alfred Drake of Gigi
- Joe Morton of Raisin
- Lewis J. Stadlen of Candide
- 1975' John Cullum in Shenandoah'' as Charlie Anderson
- 1976' George Rose in My Fair Lady'' as Alfred P. Doolittle
- 1977' Barry Bostwick in The Robber Bridegroom'' as Jamie Lockhart
- 1978' John Cullum in On the Twentieth Century'' as Oscar Jaffee
- 1979' Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd'' as Sweeney Todd
1980s
- 1981' Kevin Kline in The Pirates of Penzance'' as The Pirate King
- 1982' Ben Harney in Dreamgirls'' as Curtis Taylor Jr.
- 1983' Tommy Tune in My One and Only'' as Captain Billy Buck Chandler
- 1984' George Hearn in La Cage aux Folles'' as Albin
- 1985' Ron Richardson of Big River'' as Jim
- 1986' George Rose in The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' as Mayor Thomas Sapsea/William Cartwright
- 1987' Robert Lindsay in Me and My Girl'' as Bill Snibson
- 1988' Michael Crawford in Phantom of the Opera'' as The Phantom
- 1989' Jason Alexander in Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' as Cigar/Emcee/Floy/Pa/Pseudolus/Tevye/The Settler
1990s
- '1990 James Naughton in City of Angels'' as Stone
- '1991 Jonathan Pryce in Miss Saigon'' as The Engineer
- '1992 Gregory Hines in Jelly's Last Jam'' as Jelly Roll Morton
- '1993 Brent Carver in Kiss of the Spider Woman--The Musical'' as Molina
- '1994 Boyd Gaines in She Loves Me'' as Georg Nowack
- '1995 Matthew Broderick in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' as J. Pierrepont Finch
- '1996 Nathan Lane in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' as Pseudolus
- '1997 James Naughton in Chicago'' as Billy Flynn
- '1998 Alan Cumming in Cabaret'' as The Master of Ceremonies
- '1999 Martin Short in Little Me'' as Noble Eggleston/Amos Pinchley/Benny Buchsbaum/Val du Val/Fred Poitrine/Otto Schnitzler/Prince Cherney/The Drunk
2000s
- '2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell in Kiss Me, Kate'' as Fred Graham/Petruchio
- '2001 Nathan Lane in The Producers'' as Max Bialystock
- '2002 John Lithgow in Sweet Smell of Success'' as J.J. Hunsecker
- '2003 Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray'' as Edna Turnblad
- '2004 Hugh Jackman in The Boy from Oz'' as Peter Allen
- '2005 Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' as Freddy Benson
- '2006 John Lloyd Young in Jersey Boys'' as Frankie Valli
Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Leading Actor in a Musical
- John Cullum (2)
- Richard Kiley (2)
- Nathan Lane (2)
- Zero Mostel (2)
- Robert Preston (2)
- Phil Silvers (2)
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