Emmy Predictions 2025 - Who Will Likely Be Nominated for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series?

From June 12 to 23, 2025, voting is taking place for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. As such, it's fun to look at which actors and shows have the best chances of actually being nominated this year. So, these are my predictions for which performers will be nominated for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

Performers most likely to be nominated:

1. Bryan Cranston for AppleTV+'s The Studio
2. Jon Bernthal for FX's The Bear
3. Dave Chappelle for NBC's Saturday Night Live
4. Will Poulter for FX's The Bear
5. Martin Scorsese for AppleTV+'s The Studio
6. Ron Howard for AppleTV+'s The Studio

Serious threats that could break through:

1. Martin Short, John Mulaney, Chris Rock, Jack Black, Jon Hamm, Mike Myers, Walton Goggins, Dana Carvey, Andy Samberg, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Keaton, Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan, Paul Mescal, Nate Bargatze and Shane Gillis for NBC's Saturday Night Live
2. Dave Franco, Ramy Youssef, Zac Efron, David Krumholtz, Anthony Mackie, Matt Belloni and Nicholas Stoller for AppleTV+'s The Studio
3. Christopher McDonald and Tony Goldwyn for Max's Hacks
4. John Mulaney, Josh Hartnett, Joel McHale, David Zayas, John Cena and Chris Witaske for FX's The Bear
5. Giancarlo Esposito, John Mulaney, Kumail Nanjiani, Simon Rex, Simon Helberg and David Krumholtz for Peacock's Poker Face

Some considerable long-shots:

1. Damon Wayans Jr. for AppleTV+'s Shrinking
2. Ron Howard for Hulu's Only Murders in the Building
3. Keith David, Danny DeVito, Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney for ABC's Abbott Elementary
4. Doug Jones and Steve Coogan for FX's What We Do In the Shadows
5. Richard Kind for Hulu's Mid-Century Modern
6. Michael Hitchcock for Netflix's Nobody Wants This

Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:

1. Bradley Cooper and Josh McDermitt for HBO's The Righteous Gemstones
2. Charlie Cox for FX's Adults
3. Toby Huss for Netflix's The Four Seasons
4. Zach Braff for AppleTV+'s Bad Monkey
5. Kyle MacLachlan and James Van Der Beek for Prime Video's Overcompensating
6. Steve Buscemi, Paul Dano and Dylan O'Brien for HBO's Fantasmas

The nominations for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 15. The winners will be awarded in a ceremony airing on CBS and Paramount+ and hosted by stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze on Sunday, September 14.