Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was given annually from 1985 to 2019 to honor a young actor below the age of 25, who had delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Age 25 or Younger |
Country | United States |
Presented by | |
First awarded | 1985 |
Last awarded | 2019 |
Most awards | Jonathan Jackson, (3) Chandler Massey, (3) |
Most nominations | Jonathan Jackson, (6) |
Website | emmyonline.org/daytime |
At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Brian Bloom was the first winner of this award for his portrayal of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns.[1] The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity.[2] The award category was originally called Outstanding Young Man or Outstanding Juvenile Male in a Drama Series, and began using its current title in 1991. Years before this category was introduced, networks declined to broadcast the show during a time of voting integrity rumors and waning interest.[3] Confusion rose around the criteria of the new category due to the varying ages of the nominees. Within the first set of nominees, Bloom became the youngest actor nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award at the time at age 15,[3] while the other actors nominated in the category were over 25.[4] The criteria were later altered, requiring that the actor be aged 25 or below.[5]
The award was presented to 25 actors. Guiding Light had the most recipients of this award, with a total of seven wins. In 1992, Kristoff St. John became the first African-American to have garnered the award, winning for his role as Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless. Chandler Massey and Jonathan Jackson were the actors with the most awards, with a total of three each. In 2000, Jackson also became the actor to have received the most nominations, surpassing Bryan Buffington's previous record of five. Scott Clifton, Bryton James, David Lago and Joshua Morrow have also received five nominations each.
At the 2019 ceremony, Kyler Pettis became the last awarded actor in this category for his portrayal of Theo Carver, on Days of Our Lives. In October 2019, the NATAS decided to replace both younger actor and actress categories with a single gender-neutral one: Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series.[6]
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
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Indicates the winner |
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Multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals received two or more wins in this category:
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![]() Jonathan Jackson is the actor to have received the most nominations in this category, and one of the actors to have the most wins, with a total of three for his portrayal of Lucky Spencer on General Hospital. ![]() Chandler Massey is the first actor to receive the award for portraying a gay character in this category. He won the award three times, consecutively from 2012 to 2014 for his role of Will Horton on Days of Our Lives. The following individuals received two or more nominations in this category:
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Series with most awards
Wins | Program |
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7 | Days of Our Lives |
General Hospital | |
Guiding Light | |
4 | The Young and the Restless |
3 | The Bold and the Beautiful |
2 | All My Children |
As the World Turns | |
1 | One Life to Live |
Santa Barbara |
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External links
- "IMDb: Daytime Emmy Awards". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2007.