Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film is one of the categories of the annual Satellite Awards in film and television. Many of the recipients have also been awarded or nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards.

Winners and nominees
  • "†" indicates a Primetime Emmy Award–winning performance.
  • "‡" indicates a Primetime Emmy Award-nominated performance.

1990s
Year Winners and nominees Film or Series Role
1996Alan Rickman †Rasputin: Dark Servant of DestinyGrigori Rasputin
Beau Bridges ‡Hidden in AmericaBill Januson
Ted DansonGulliver's TravelsLemuel Gulliver
Eric RobertsIn Cold BloodPerry Smith
James WoodsThe Summer of Ben TylerTemple Rayburn
1997Gary Sinise †George WallaceGeorge C. Wallace
Armand AssanteThe OdysseyOdysseus
Gabriel ByrneWeapons of Mass DistractionLionel Powers
Sidney Poitier ‡Mandela and de KlerkNelson Mandela
Ving Rhames ‡Don King: Only in AmericaDon King
1998Delroy LindoGlory & HonorMathew Henson
Cary ElwesThe Pentagon WarsLt. Colonel James Burton
Laurence FishburneAlways OutnumberedSocrates Fortlow
Kevin PollakFrom the Earth to the MoonJoseph Francis Shea
Patrick Stewart ‡Moby DickCaptain Ahab
1999William H. Macy ‡A Slight Case of MurderTerry Thorpe
Beau Bridges ‡P. T. BarnumP. T. Barnum
Don Cheadle ‡A Lesson Before DyingGrant Wiggins
Delroy LindoStrange JusticeClarence Thomas
Brent SpinerIntroducing Dorothy DandridgeEarl Mills

2000s
Year Winners and nominees Film or Series Role
2000James WoodsDirty PicturesDennis Barrie
Andy García ‡For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval StoryArturo Sandoval
Louis Gossett Jr.The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryLou Hastings
Bob HoskinsNoriega: God's FavoriteManuel Noriega
Matthew ModineFlowers for AlgernonCharlie Gordon
2001Richard DreyfussThe Day Reagan Was ShotAlexander Haig
William HurtVarian's WarVarian Fry
Ben Kingsley ‡Anne Frank: The Whole StoryOtto Frank
Damian LewisBand of BrothersMajor Richard "Dick" Winters
Jeffrey WrightBoycottDr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2002William H. Macy †Door to DoorBill Porter
Ted DansonLiving with the DeadJames Van Praagh
Albert Finney †The Gathering StormWinston Churchill
Harry J. LennixKeep the Faith, BabyAdam Clayton Powell Jr.
Patrick StewartKing of TexasJohn Lear
2003James WoodsRudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story ‡Rudy Giuliani
Robert CarlyleHitler: The Rise of EvilAdolf Hitler
Troy GaritySoldier's GirlBarry Winchell
Lee PaceSoldier's GirlScottie / Calpernia Addams
Al Pacino †Angels in AmericaRoy Cohn
Tom Wilkinson ‡NormalRoy Applewood
2004Jamie FoxxRedemption: The Stan Tookie Williams StoryStan "Tookie" Williams
Keith CarradineDeadwoodWild Bill Hickok
Mos Def ‡Something the Lord MadeVivien Thomas
Alan Rickman ‡Something the Lord MadeDr. Alfred Blalock
Geoffrey Rush †The Life and Death of Peter SellersPeter Sellers
2005Jonathan Rhys Meyers ‡ElvisElvis Presley
Ted DansonOur FathersMitchell Garabedian
Kenneth Branagh ‡Warm SpringsFranklin D. Roosevelt
Ed Harris ‡Empire FallsMiles Roby
Christian CampbellReefer Madness: The Movie MusicalJimmy Harper
Rupert EverettSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk StockingSherlock Holmes
2006Bill NighyGideon's DaughterGideon Warner
Andre Braugher †ThiefNick Atwater
Charles Dance ‡Bleak HouseMr. Tulkinghorn
Hugh Dancy ‡Elizabeth IRobert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Ben Kingsley ‡Mrs. HarrisHerman Tarnower
2007David OyelowoFive DaysMatt Wellings
Jim Broadbent ‡LongfordFrank Pakenham, Earl of Longford
Robert LindsayThe Trial of Tony BlairTony Blair
Aidan QuinnBury My Heart at Wounded KneeHenry L. Dawes
Tom Selleck ‡Jesse Stone: Sea ChangeDet. Jesse Stone
Toby StephensJane EyreEdward Fairfax Rochester
2008Paul Giamatti †John AdamsJohn Adams
Benedict CumberbatchThe Last EnemyStephen Ezard
Ralph Fiennes ‡Bernard and DorisBernard Lafferty
Stellan SkarsgårdGod on TrialBaumgarten
Kevin Spacey ‡RecountRon Klain
Tom Wilkinson ‡RecountJames Baker
2009Brendan Gleeson †Into the StormWinston Churchill
Kevin Bacon ‡Taking ChanceMichael Strobl
Kenneth Branagh ‡WallanderKurt Wallander
William HurtEndgameWill Esterhuyse
Jeremy IronsGeorgia O'KeeffeAlfred Stieglitz
Ian McKellen ‡The PrisonerNumber Two / Curtis

2010s
Year Winners and nominees Film or Series Role
2010Al Pacino †You Don't Know JackDr. Jack Kevorkian
Benedict CumberbatchSherlockSherlock Holmes
Idris Elba ‡LutherDet. John Luther
Ian McShaneThe Pillars of the EarthWaleran Bigod
Barry PepperWhen Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson StoryBill Wilson
Dennis Quaid ‡The Special RelationshipBill Clinton
David SuchetAgatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient ExpressHercule Poirot
2011Jason IsaacsCase HistoriesJackson Brodie
Hugh BonnevilleDownton AbbeyRobert Crawly, Earl of Grantham
Idris Elba ‡LutherDet. John Luther
Laurence Fishburne ‡ThurgoodThurgood Marshall
William Hurt ‡Too Big to FailHenry Paulson
Bill NighyPage EightJohnny Worricker
2012Benedict Cumberbatch ‡SherlockSherlock Holmes
Kenneth BranaghWallanderKurt Wallander
Kevin Costner †Hatfields & McCoysDevil Anse Hatfield
Idris Elba ‡LutherDet. John Luther
Woody Harrelson ‡Game ChangeSteve Schmidt
Clive Owen ‡Hemingway & GellhornErnest Hemingway
2013Michael Douglas †Behind the CandelabraLiberace
Matt Damon ‡Behind the CandelabraScott Thorson
Benedict Cumberbatch ‡Parade's EndChristopher Tietjens
Chiwetel Ejiofor ‡Dancing on the EdgeLouis Lester
Matthew GoodeStanley Mitchell
Peter Mullan ‡Top of the LakeMatt Mitcham
Al Pacino ‡Phil SpectorPhil Spector
Dominic WestBurton & TaylorRichard Burton
2014Mark Ruffalo ‡The Normal HeartNed Weeks
Dominic CooperFleming: The Man Who Would Be BondIan Fleming
Richard Jenkins †Olive KitteridgeHenry Kitteridge
Stephen ReaThe Honourable WomanSir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
David SuchetAgatha Christie's PoirotHercule Poirot
Kiefer Sutherland24: Live Another DayJack Bauer
2015Mark Rylance‡Wolf HallThomas Cromwell
Martin ClunesArthur & GeorgeArthur Conan Doyle
Michael GambonThe Casual VacancyHoward Mollison
Oscar IsaacShow Me a HeroNick Wasicsko
Damian Lewis ‡Wolf HallHenry VIII of England
Ben Mendelsohn ‡BloodlineDanny Rayburn
David Oyelowo ‡NightingalePeter Snowden
2016Bryan Cranston ‡All the WayLyndon B. Johnson
Cuba Gooding Jr. ‡The People v. O.J. SimpsonO. J. Simpson
Tom Hiddleston ‡The Night ManagerJonathan Pine
Anthony HopkinsThe DresserSir
Wendell PierceConfirmationClarence Thomas
Courtney B. Vance †The People v. O.J. SimpsonJohnnie Cochran
2017Robert De Niro ‡The Wizard of LiesBernie Madoff
Benedict Cumberbatch ‡SherlockSherlock Holmes
Jude LawThe Young PopePope Pius XIII
Ewan McGregor ‡FargoEmmit and Ray Stussy
Tim Pigott-SmithKing Charles IIIKing Charles III
2018Daniel BrühlThe AlienistDr. Laszlo Kreizler
Darren Criss †The Assassination of Gianni VersaceAndrew Cunanan
Benedict Cumberbatch ‡Patrick MelrosePatrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels ‡The Looming TowerJohn O'Neill
Hugh GrantA Very English ScandalJeremy Thorpe
Jared HarrisThe TerrorCaptain Francis Crozier
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