Nominees:
Winner is marked with an asterisk (*) and highlighted in bold.

William Shatner as Denny Crane, ABC's "Boston Legal"

Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson, ABC's "Boston Legal"

Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, AMC's "Breaking Bad"

William Hurt as Daniel Purcell, FX Networks' "Damages

*Michael Emerson as Ben Linus, ABC's "Lost"

John Slattery as Roger Sterling, AMC's "Mad Men" (pictured at right)