Tony Award Winners

The Tony Awards have been given out annually since 1947 in recognition of excellence in live Broadway theatre. They are named after Antoinette Perry, founder of the American Theatre Wing, the presenters of the awards.

Included in the list are the winners in the Best Director, Leading Actor and Leading Actress categories.

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NameYearCategoryPlayOther Names
Ingrid Bergman1947actressJoan of Lorraine
José Ferrer1947actorCyrano de Bergerac(de Otero, Cintrón)
Helen Hayes1947actressHappy Birthday(Brown, MacArthur)
Fredric March1947actorYears Ago(Bickel)
John Gielgud1948actorThe Importance of Being Earnest
Judith Anderson1948actressMedea
Katharine Cornell1948actressAntony and Cleopatra
Henry Fonda1948actorMister Roberts
Paul Kelly1948actorCommand Decision
Basil Rathbone1948actorThe Heiress
Jessica Tandy1948actressA Streetcar Named Desire
Rex Harrison1949actorAnne of the Thousand Days
Martita Hunt1949actressThe Madwoman of Chaillot
Sidney Blackmer1950actorCome Back, Little Sheba
Shirley Booth1950actressCome Back, Little Sheba(Ford)
Uta Hagen1951actressThe Country Girl
Claude Rains1951actorDarkness at Noon
José Ferrer1952actorThe Shrike(de Otero, Cintrón)
Julie Harris1952actressI Am a Camera
Shirley Booth1953actressThe Time of the Cuckoo(Ford)
Tom Ewell1953actorThe Seven Year Itch(Tompkins)
Audrey Hepburn1954actressOndine(Ruston)
David Wayne1954actorThe Teahouse of the August Moon(McMeekan)
Nancy Kelly1955actressThe Bad Seed
Alfred Lunt1955actorQuadrille
Julie Harris1956actressThe Lark
Paul Muni1956actorInherit the Wind(Weisenfreund)
Margaret Leighton1957actressSeparate Tables
Fredric March1957actorLong Day's Journey into Night(Bickel)
Ralph Bellamy1958actorSunrise at Campobello
Helen Hayes1958actressTime Remembered(Brown, MacArthur)
John Gielgud1959actorAges of Man
Gertrude Berg1959actressA Majority of One(Edelstein)
Jason Robards1959actorThe Disenchanted
Anne Bancroft1960actressThe Miracle Worker(Italiano)
Melvyn Douglas1960actorThe Best Man(Hesselberg)
John Gielgud1961directorBig Fish, Little Fish
Zero Mostel1961actorRhinoceros
Joan Plowright1961actressA Taste of Honey(Olivier)
Margaret Leighton1962actressThe Night of the Iguana
Paul Scofield1962actorA Man for All Seasons
Uta Hagen1963actressWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Arthur Hill1963actorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(Spence)
Mike Nichols1964directorBarefoot in the Park(Peschkowsky)
Sandy Dennis1964actressAny Wednesday
Alec Guinness1964actorDylan(de Cuffe)
Walter Matthau1965actorThe Odd Couple(Matthow)
Irene Worth1965actressTiny Alice(Abrams)
Rosemary Harris1966actressThe Lion in Winter
Hal Holbrook1966actorMark Twain Tonight!
Beryl Reid1967actressThe Killing of Sister George
Paul Rogers1967actorThe Homecoming
Martin Balsam1968actorYou Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running
Zoe Caldwell1968actressThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Julie Harris1969actressForty Carats
James Earl Jones1969actorThe Great White Hope
Tammy Grimes1970actressPrivate Lives
Fritz Weaver1970actorChild's Play
Brian Bedford1971actorThe School for Wives
Maureen Stapleton1971actressThe Gingerbread Lady
Cliff Gorman1972actorLenny(Goldberg)
Sada Thompson1972actressTwigs
Alan Bates1973actorButley
Julie Harris1973actressThe Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Colleen Dewhurst1974actressA Moon for the Misbegotten
Michael Moriarty1974actorFind Your Way Home
Rita Moreno1975actressThe Ritz
Ellen Burstyn1975actressSame Time, Next Year(Gillooly)
John Kani1975actorSizwe Banzi Is Dead; The Island
Winston Ntshona1975actorSizwe Banzi is Dead; The Island
John Wood1976actorTravesties
Irene Worth1976actressSweet Bird of Youth(Abrams)
Julie Harris1977actressThe Belle of Amherst
Al Pacino1977actorThe Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
Barnard Hughes1978actorDa
Jessica Tandy1978actressThe Gin Game
Tom Conti1979actorWhose Life Is It Anyway?
Constance Cummings1979actressWings(Halverstadt)
Carole Shelley1979actressThe Elephant Man
Phyllis Frelich1980actressChildren of a Lesser God
John Rubinstein1980actorChildren of a Lesser God
Jane Lapotaire1981actressPiaf(Burgess)
Ian McKellen1981actorAmadeus
Zoe Caldwell1982actressMedea
Roger Rees1982actorThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Harvey Fierstein1983actorTorch Song Trilogy
Jessica Tandy1983actressFoxfire
Glenn Close1984actressThe Real Thing
Jeremy Irons1984actorThe Real Thing
Stockard Channing1985actressA Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Derek Jacobi1985actorMuch Ado About Nothing
Judd Hirsch1986actorI'm Not Rappaport
Lily Tomlin1986actressThe Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
James Earl Jones1987actorFences
Linda Lavin1987actressBroadway Bound
Joan Allen1988actressBurn This
Ron Silver1988actorSpeed-the-Plow
Philip Bosco1989actorLend Me a Tenor
Pauline Collins1989actressShirley Valentine
Robert Morse1990actorTru
Maggie Smith1990actressLettice and Lovage
Nigel Hawthorne1991actorShadowlands
Mercedes Ruehl1991actressLost in Yonkers
Glenn Close1992actressDeath and the Maiden
Judd Hirsch1992actorConversations with My Father
Madeline Kahn1993actressThe Sisters Rosensweig(Wolfson)
Ron Leibman1993actorAngels in America: Millennium Approaches
Diana Rigg1994actressMedea
Stephen Spinella1994actorAngels in America: Perestroika
Ralph Fiennes1995actorHamlet(Twisleton, Wykeham)
Cherry Jones1995actressThe Heiress
Zoe Caldwell1996actressMaster Class
George Grizzard1996actorA Delicate Balance
Janet McTeer1997actressA Doll's House
Christopher Plummer1997actorBarrymore
Anthony LaPaglia1998actorA View from the Bridge
Marie Mullen1998actressThe Beauty Queen of Leenane
Judi Dench1999actressAmy's View
Brian Dennehy1999actorDeath of a Salesman
Stephen Dillane2000actorThe Real Thing
Jennifer Ehle2000actressThe Real Thing
Mel Brooks2001directorThe Producers(Kaminsky)
Richard Easton2001actorThe Invention of Love
Mary-Louise Parker2001actressProof
Whoopi Goldberg2002actressThoroughly Modern Millie(Johnson)
Alan Bates2002actorFortune's Fool
Lindsay Duncan2002actressPrivate Lives
Brian Dennehy2003actorLong Day's Journey into Night
Vanessa Redgrave2003actressLong Day's Journey into Night
Idina Menzel2004actressWicked
Jefferson Mays2004actorI Am My Own Wife
Phylicia Rashad2004actressA Raisin in the Sun(Ayers, Allen)
Bill Irwin2005actorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cherry Jones2005actressDoubt
Richard Griffiths2006actorThe History Boys
Cynthia Nixon2006actressRabbit Hole
Frank Langella2007actorFrost/Nixon
Julie White2007actressThe Little Dog Laughed
Deanna Dunagan2008actressAugust: Osage County
Mark Rylance2008actorBoeing-Boeing(Waters)
Marcia Gay Harden2009actressGod of Carnage
Geoffrey Rush2009actorExit the King
Viola Davis2010actressFences
Denzel Washington2010actorFences
Frances McDormand2011actressGood People(Smith)
Mark Rylance2011actorJerusalem(Waters)
Nina Arianda2012actressVenus in Fur(Matijcio)
James Corden2012actorOne Man, Two Guvnors
Tracy Letts2013actorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cicely Tyson2013actressThe Trip to Bountiful
Bryan Cranston2014actorAll the Way
Audra McDonald2014actressLady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Helen Mirren2015actressThe Audience(Mironoff)
Alex Sharp2015actorThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Daveed Diggs2016actorHamilton
Jessica Lange2016actressLong Day's Journey into Night
Frank Langella2016actorThe Father
Kevin Kline2017actorPresent Laughter
Laurie Metcalf2017actressA Doll's House, Part 2
Andrew Garfield2018actorAngels in America
Glenda Jackson2018actressThree Tall Women
Bryan Cranston2019actorNetwork
Elaine May2019actressThe Waverly Gallery(Berlin)
Andrew Burnap2020actorThe Inheritance
Mary-Louise Parker2020actressThe Sound Inside
Simon Russell Beale2022actorThe Lehman Trilogy
Deirdre O'Connell2022actressDana H.
Jodie Comer2023actressPrima Facie
Sean Hayes2023actorGood Night, Oscar
Sarah Paulson2024actressAppropriate
Jeremy Strong2024actorAn Enemy of the People