The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given to honor an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the daytime drama industry.

At the 6th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1979, Peter Hansen was the first winner of this award for his portrayal of Lee Baldwin on General Hospital. The awards ceremony was not televised in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for voting integrity. Following the introduction of a new category in 1985, Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, the criteria for this category was altered, requiring all actors to be aged 26 or above.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 34 actors. General Hospital is the show with the most awarded actors, with a total of twelve wins. In 1983, Darnell Williams became the first African-American to have garnered the award, winning for his role as Jesse Hubbard on All My Children. Since 1994, Justin Deas holds the most wins with a total of four awards for his work on As the World Turns, Santa Barbara and Guiding Light. With seven each, Jerry Ver Dorn had been tied with Deas for the most nominations since 2005. In 2009, Jeff Branson and Vincent Irizarry tied for the award, which was the first tie in this category. As of the 2024 ceremony, Robert Gossett is the most recent winner in this category for his role as Marshall Ashford on General Hospital.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

1970s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1979 (6th)
	Peter Hansen ‡	General Hospital	Lee Baldwin	ABC
	Lewis Arlt	Search for Tomorrow	David Sutton	CBS
	Bernard Barrow	Ryan's Hope	Johnny Ryan	ABC
	Ron Hale		Roger Coleridge
	Joseph Gallison	Days of Our Lives	Neil Curtis	NBC
	Mandel Kramer	The Edge of Night	Bill Marceau	ABC

1980s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1980 (7th)
	Warren Burton ‡	All My Children	Eddie Dorrance	ABC
	Vasili Bogazianos	The Edge of Night	Mickey Dials	ABC
	Ron Hale	Ryan's Hope	Roger Coleridge
	Julius La Rosa	Another World	Renaldo	NBC
	Shepperd Strudwick	Love of Life	Timothy McCauley	CBS
1981 (8th)
	Larry Haines ‡	Search for Tomorrow	Stu Bergman	CBS
	Richard Backus	Ryan's Hope	Barry Ryan	ABC
	Matthew Cowles	All My Children	Billy Clyde Tuggle
	Justin Deas	As the World Turns	Tom Hughes	CBS
	William Mooney	All My Children	Paul Martin	ABC
1982 (9th)
	David Lewis ‡	General Hospital	Edward Quartermaine	ABC
	Gerald Anthony	One Life to Live	Marco Dane	ABC
	Douglas Sheehan	General Hospital	Joe Kelly
	Darnell Williams	All My Children	Jesse Hubbard
1983 (10th)
	Darnell Williams ‡	All My Children	Jesse Hubbard	ABC
	Anthony Call	One Life to Live	Herb Callison	ABC
	Al Freeman Jr.		Ed Hall
	David Lewis	General Hospital	Edward Quartermaine
	Howard E. Rollins Jr.	Another World	Ed Harding	NBC
	John Stamos	General Hospital	Blackie Parrish	ABC
1984 (11th)
	Justin Deas ‡	As the World Turns	Tom Hughes	CBS
	Anthony Call	One Life to Live	Herb Callison	ABC
	Louis Edmonds	All My Children	Langley Wallingford
	David Lewis	General Hospital	Edward Quartermaine
	Paul Stevens	Another World	Brian Bancroft	NBC
1985 (12th)
	Larry Gates ‡	Guiding Light	H.B. Lewis	CBS
	Anthony Call	One Life to Live	Herb Callison	ABC
	Louis Edmonds	All My Children	Langley Wallingford
	David Lewis	General Hospital	Edward Quartermaine
	Robert LuPone	All My Children	Zach Grayson
1986 (13th)
	John Wesley Shipp ‡	As the World Turns	Doug Cummings	CBS
	Louis Edmonds	All My Children	Langley Wallingford	ABC
	Larry Gates	Guiding Light	H.B. Lewis	CBS
	Al Freeman Jr.	One Life to Live	Ed Hall	ABC
	Gregg Marx	As the World Turns	Tom Hughes	CBS
1987 (14th)
	Gregg Marx ‡	As the World Turns	Tom Hughes	CBS
	Anthony Call	One Life to Live	Herb Callison	ABC
	Justin Deas	Santa Barbara	Keith Timmons	NBC
	Richard Eden		Brick Wallace
	Al Freeman Jr.	One Life to Live	Ed Hall	ABC
1988 (15th)
	Justin Deas ‡	Santa Barbara	Keith Timmons	NBC
	Bernard Barrow	Ryan's Hope	Johnny Ryan	ABC
	Nicolas Coster	Santa Barbara	Lionel Lockridge	NBC
	Mark LaMura	All My Children	Mark Dalton	ABC
	David Lewis	General Hospital	Edward Quartermaine
1989 (16th)
	Justin Deas ‡	Santa Barbara	Keith Timmons	NBC
	Joseph Campanella	Days of Our Lives	Harper Deveraux	NBC
	David Forsyth	Another World	John Hudson
	Quinn Redeker	The Young and the Restless	Rex Sterling	CBS

1990s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1990 (17th)
	Henry Darrow ‡	Santa Barbara	Rafael Castillo	NBC
	Robert Gentry	All My Children	Ross Chandler	ABC
	Quinn Redeker	The Young and the Restless	Rex Sterling	CBS
	Kin Shriner	General Hospital	Scott Baldwin	ABC
	Kristoff St. John	Generations	Adam Marshall	NBC
	Jerry verDorn	Guiding Light	Ross Marler	CBS
1991 (18th)
	Bernard Barrow ‡	Loving	Louie Slavinski	ABC
	William Christian	All My Children	Derek Frye	ABC
	Stuart Damon	General Hospital	Alan Quartermaine
	William Roerick	Guiding Light	Henry Chamberlain	CBS
	Kin Shriner	General Hospital	Scott Baldwin	ABC
	Jerry verDorn	Guiding Light	Ross Marler	CBS
1992 (19th)
	Thom Christopher ‡	One Life to Live	Carlo Hesser	ABC
	Bernard Barrow	Loving	Louie Slavinski	ABC
	Rick Hearst	Guiding Light	Alan-Michael Spaulding	CBS
	Charles Keating	Another World	Carl Hutchins	NBC
	Jerry verDorn	Guiding Light	Ross Marler	CBS
1993 (20th)
	Gerald Anthony ‡	General Hospital	Marco Dane	ABC
	Thom Christopher	One Life to Live	Mortimer Bern	ABC
	Rick Hearst	Guiding Light	Alan-Michael Spaulding	CBS
	Charles Keating	Another World	Carl Hutchins	NBC
	Kin Shriner	General Hospital	Scott Baldwin	ABC
1994 (21st)
	Justin Deas ‡	Guiding Light	Buzz Cooper	CBS
	Ian Buchanan	The Bold and the Beautiful	James Warwick	CBS
	Thom Christopher	Loving	Dante Partou	ABC
	Patrick Tovatt	As the World Turns	Cal Stricklyn	CBS
	Jerry verDorn	Guiding Light	Ross Marler
1995 (22nd)
	Jerry verDorn ‡	Guiding Light	Ross Marler	CBS
	Ian Buchanan	The Bold and the Beautiful	James Warwick	CBS
	Keith Hamilton Cobb	All My Children	Noah Keefer	ABC
	Rick Hearst	Guiding Light	Alan-Michael Spaulding	CBS
	Roger Howarth	One Life to Live	Todd Manning	ABC
1996 (23rd)
	Jerry verDorn ‡	Guiding Light	Ross Marler	CBS
	Frank Beaty	Guiding Light	Brent Lawrence	CBS
	Ian Buchanan	The Bold and the Beautiful	James Warwick
	Stuart Damon	General Hospital	Alan Quartermaine	ABC
	David Forsyth	Another World	John Hudson	NBC
	Michael Sutton	General Hospital	Stone Cates	ABC
1997 (24th)
	Ian Buchanan ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	James Warwick	CBS
	Maurice Benard	General Hospital	Sonny Corinthos	ABC
	Stuart Damon		Alan Quartermaine
	Aaron Lustig	The Young and the Restless	Tim Reid	CBS
	Brad Maule	General Hospital	Tony Jones	ABC
	Scott Reeves	The Young and the Restless	Ryan McNeil	CBS
1998 (25th)
	Steve Burton ‡	General Hospital	Jason Morgan	ABC
	Grant Aleksander	Guiding Light	Phillip Spaulding	CBS
	Ian Buchanan	The Bold and the Beautiful	James Warwick
	Michael E. Knight	All My Children	Tad Martin	ABC
	Scott Reeves	The Young and the Restless	Ryan McNeil	CBS
1999 (26th)
	Stuart Damon ‡	General Hospital	Alan Quartermaine	ABC
	Michael E. Knight	All My Children	Tad Martin	ABC
	Christian LeBlanc	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS
	Kristoff St. John		Neil Winters
	Jerry verDorn	Guiding Light	Ross Marler

2000s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2000 (27th)
	Shemar Moore ‡	The Young and the Restless	Malcolm Winters	CBS
	Steve Burton	General Hospital	Jason Morgan	ABC
	Timothy Gibbs	One Life to Live	Kevin Buchanan
	Christian LeBlanc	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS
	Kristoff St. John		Neil Winters
2001 (28th)
	Michael E. Knight ‡	All My Children	Tad Martin	ABC
	Hunt Block	As the World Turns	Craig Montgomery	CBS
	Josh Duhamel	All My Children	Leo du Pres	ABC
	Benjamin Hendrickson	As the World Turns	Hal Munson	CBS
	Michael Park		Jack Snyder
2002 (29th)
	Josh Duhamel ‡	All My Children	Leo du Pres	ABC
	Mark Consuelos	All My Children	Mateo Santos	ABC
	Benjamin Hendrickson	As the World Turns	Hal Munson	CBS
	Paul Leyden		Simon Frasier
	Cameron Mathison	All My Children	Ryan Lavery	ABC
2003 (30th)
	Benjamin Hendrickson ‡	As the World Turns	Hal Munson	CBS
	Josh Duhamel	All My Children	Leo du Pres	ABC
	Christian LeBlanc	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS
	Ron Raines	Guiding Light	Alan Spaulding
	Paul Anthony Stewart		Danny Santos
2004 (31st)
	Rick Hearst ‡	General Hospital	Ric Lansing	ABC
	William deVry	All My Children	Michael Cambias	ABC
	Christian LeBlanc	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	CBS
	Ron Raines	Guiding Light	Alan Spaulding
	James Reynolds	Days of Our Lives	Abe Carver	NBC
2005 (32nd)
	Greg Rikaart ‡	The Young and the Restless	Kevin Fisher	CBS
	Jeff Branson	All My Children	Jonathan Lavery	ABC
	Tyler Christopher	General Hospital	Nikolas Cassadine
	Justin Deas	Guiding Light	Buzz Cooper	CBS
	Rick Hearst	General Hospital	Ric Lansing	ABC
	Cameron Mathison	All My Children	Ryan Lavery
2006 (33rd)
	Jordan Clarke ‡	Guiding Light	Billy Lewis	CBS
	Tyler Christopher	General Hospital	Nikolas Cassadine	ABC
	Trent Dawson	As the World Turns	Henry Coleman	CBS
	Grayson McCouch		Dusty Donovan
	Greg Rikaart	The Young and the Restless	Kevin Fisher
2007 (34th)
	Rick Hearst ‡	General Hospital	Ric Lansing	ABC
	Trent Dawson	As the World Turns	Henry Coleman	CBS
	Dan Gauthier	One Life to Live	Kevin Buchanan	ABC
	Greg Rikaart	The Young and the Restless	Kevin Fisher	CBS
	Kristoff St. John		Neil Winters
2008 (35th)
	Kristoff St. John ‡	The Young and the Restless	Neil Winters	CBS
	Daniel Cosgrove	Guiding Light	Bill Lewis	CBS
	Trent Dawson	As the World Turns	Henry Coleman
	Brian Kerwin	One Life to Live	Charlie Banks
	Greg Rikaart	The Young and the Restless	Kevin Fisher
2009 (36th)
	Jeff Branson ‡	Guiding Light	Shayne Lewis	CBS
	Vincent Irizarry‡	All My Children	David Hayward	ABC
	Bradford Anderson	General Hospital	Damian Spinelli	ABC
	Van Hansis	As the World Turns	Luke Snyder	CBS
	Jacob Young	All My Children	JR Chandler	ABC

2010s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2010 (37th)
	Billy Miller ‡	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott	CBS
	Bradford Anderson	General Hospital	Damian Spinelli	ABC
	Ricky Paull Goldin	All My Children	Jake Martin
	Jonathan Jackson	General Hospital	Lucky Spencer
	Brian Kerwin	One Life to Live	Charlie Banks
2011 (38th)
	Jonathan Jackson ‡	General Hospital	Lucky Spencer	ABC
	Doug Davidson	The Young and the Restless	Paul Williams	CBS
	Brian Kerwin	One Life to Live	Charlie Banks	ABC
	Billy Miller	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott	CBS
	Jason Thompson	General Hospital	Dr. Patrick Drake	ABC
2012 (39th)
	Jonathan Jackson ‡	General Hospital	Lucky Spencer	ABC
	Bradford Anderson	General Hospital	Damian Spinelli	ABC
	Matthew Ashford	Days of Our Lives	Jack Deveraux	NBC
	Sean Blakemore	General Hospital	Shawn Butler	ABC
	Jason Thompson		Dr. Patrick Drake
2013 (40th)
	Scott Clifton ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	Liam Spencer	CBS
	Billy Miller ‡	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott
	Bradford Anderson	General Hospital	Damian Spinelli	ABC
	Jeff Branson	The Young and the Restless	Ronan Malloy	CBS
2014 (41st)
	Eric Martsolf ‡	Days of Our Lives	Brady Black	NBC
	Bradford Anderson	General Hospital	Damian Spinelli	ABC
	Steve Burton	The Young and the Restless	Dylan McAvoy	CBS
	Scott Clifton	The Bold and the Beautiful	Liam Spencer
	Dominic Zamprogna	General Hospital	Dante Falconeri	ABC
2015 (42nd)
	Chad Duell ‡	General Hospital	Michael Corinthos	ABC
	Scott Clifton	The Bold and the Beautiful	Liam Spencer	CBS
	Kristoff St. John	The Young and the Restless	Neil Winters
	Jacob Young	The Bold and the Beautiful	Rick Forrester
2016 (43rd)
	Sean Blakemore ‡	General Hospital	Shawn Butler	ABC
	Steve Burton	The Young and the Restless	Dylan McAvoy	CBS
	Bryton James		Devon Hamilton
	Jacob Young	The Bold and the Beautiful	Rick Forrester
	Dominic Zamprogna	General Hospital	Dante Falconeri	ABC
2017 (44th)
	Steve Burton ‡	The Young and the Restless	Dylan McAvoy	CBS
	John Aniston	Days of Our Lives	Victor Kiriakis	NBC
	Chad Duell	General Hospital	Michael Corinthos	ABC
	Jeffrey Vincent Parise		Carlos Rivera / Dr. Joe Rivera
	James Reynolds	Days of Our Lives	Abe Carver	NBC
2018 (45th)
	Greg Vaughan ‡	Days of Our Lives	Eric Brady	NBC
	Wally Kurth	General Hospital	Ned Quartermaine	CBS
	Chandler Massey	Days of Our Lives	Will Horton	NBC
	Anthony Montgomery	General Hospital	Dr. Andre Maddox	ABC
	Greg Rikaart	The Young and the Restless	Kevin Fisher	CBS
2019 (46th)
	Max Gail ‡	General Hospital	Mike Corbin	ABC
	Bryton James	The Young and the Restless	Devon Hamilton	CBS
	Eric Martsolf	Days of Our Lives	Brady Black	NBC
	Greg Rikaart		Leo Stark
	Dominic Zamprogna	General Hospital	Dante Falconeri	ABC

2020s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2020 (47th)
	Bryton James ‡	The Young and the Restless	Devon Hamilton	CBS
	Mark Grossman	The Young and the Restless	Adam Newman	CBS
	Wally Kurth	Days of Our Lives	Justin Kiriakis	NBC
	Chandler Massey		Will Horton
	James Patrick Stuart	General Hospital	Valentin Cassadine	ABC
	Paul Telfer	Days of Our Lives	Xander Kiriakis	NBC
2021 (48th)
	Max Gail ‡	General Hospital	Mike Corbin	ABC
	Darin Brooks	The Bold and the Beautiful	Wyatt Spencer	CBS
	Bryton James	The Young and the Restless	Devon Hamilton
	Jeff Kober	General Hospital	Cyrus Renault	ABC
	James Patrick Stuart		Valentin Cassadine
2022 (49th)
	Jeff Kober ‡	General Hospital	Cyrus Renault	ABC
	Bryton James	The Young and the Restless	Devon Hamilton	CBS
	Aaron D. Spears	The Bold and the Beautiful	Justin Barber
	James Patrick Stuart	General Hospital	Valentin Cassadine	ABC
	Jordi Vilasuso	The Young and the Restless	Rey Rosales	CBS
2023 (50th)
	Robert Gossett ‡	General Hospital	Marshall Ashford	ABC
	Nicholas Chavez	General Hospital	Spencer Cassadine	ABC
	Chad Duell	General Hospital	Michael Corinthos	ABC
	Daniel Feuerriegel	Days of Our Lives	EJ DiMera	NBC/Peacock
	Jon Lindstrom	General Hospital	Dr. Kevin Collins/Ryan Chamberlain	ABC
2024 (51st)
	Robert Gossett ‡	General Hospital	Marshall Ashford	ABC
	Bryton James	The Young and the Restless	Devon Hamilton	CBS
	Wally Kurth	Days of Our Lives	Justin Kiriakis	Peacock
	Mike Manning	The Bay	Caleb McKinnon	Popstar! TV
	A Martinez	The Bay	Nardo Ramos	Popstar! TV

Multiple wins and nominations

Series with most awards

Wins	Series
12	General Hospital
7	The Young and the Restless
6	Guiding Light
5	All My Children
4	As the World Turns
3	Santa Barbara
2	The Bold and the Beautiful
	Days of our Lives
1	Loving
	One Life to Live
	Search for Tomorrow