Outstanding Lead Actor in A Miniseries or Movie
- Beau Bridges for playing P. T. Barnum on P. T. Barnum
- Brian Dennehy for playing Willy Loman on Death of a Salesman
- Jack Lemmon for playing Morrie Schwartz on Tuesdays With Morrie
- William H. Macy for playing Terry Thorpe on A Slight Case of Murder
- Liev Schreiber for playing Orson Welles on RKO 281
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