Emmy Predictions 2025 - Who Will Likely Be Nominated for Supporting 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 Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Performers most likely to be nominated:

1. Ebon Moss-Bachrach for FX's The Bear
2. Ike Barinholtz for AppleTV+'s The Studio
3. Paul W. Downs for Max's Hacks
4. Harrison Ford for AppleTV+'s Shrinking
5. Tyler James Williams for ABC's Abbott Elementary
6. Brett Goldstein for AppleTV+'s Shrinking
7. Bowen Yang for NBC's Saturday Night Live

Serious threats that could break through:

1. Oliver Platt, Lionel Boyce and Matty Matheson for FX's The Bear
2. Ted McGinley, Michael Urie, Luke Tennie and Devin Kawaoka for AppleTV+'s Shrinking
3. Colman Domingo, Will Forte and Marco Calvani for Netflix's The Four Seasons
4. Marcello Hernández, Kenan Thompson, James Austin Johnson, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, Colin Jost and Michael Che for NBC's Saturday Night Live
5. Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Eugene Levy, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Cyril Creighton and Richard Kind for Hulu's Only Murders in the Building
6. Timothy Simons for Netflix's Nobody Wants This
7. Joe Locke for Disney+'s Agatha All Along

Some considerable long-shots:

1. Stephen McKinley Henderson for Netflix's A Man on the Inside
2. Harvey Guillén and Mark Proksch for FX's What We Do In the Shadows
3. Giancarlo Esposito, Randall Park, Mel Rodriguez, Ken Marino and Jason Lee for Netflix's The Residence
4. Chris Perfetti and William Stanford Davis for ABC's Abbott Elementary
5. Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Dan Bucatinsky for Max's Hacks
6. Matt Bomer and Nathan Lee Graham for Hulu's Mid-Century Modern
7. Dewayne Perkins for AppleTV+'s The Studio
8. Sean Patton, Enrico Colantoni, Carmen Christopher and Jordan Firstman for FX's English Teacher

Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:

1. John Ortiz, Rob Delaney and Ronald Peet for AppleTV+'s Bad Monkey
2. Adam DiMarco, Rish Shah and Owen Thiele for Prime Video's Overcompensating
3. Adam Devine, Walton Goggins, Tim Baltz and Tim Bagley for HBO's The Righteous Gemstones
4. Malik Elassal, Jack Innanen and Owen Thiele for FX's Adults
5. Jeff Hiller and Murray Hill for HBO's Somebody Somewhere
6. Josh Lawson for NBC's St. Denis Medical
7. Denis Leary, O-T Fagbenle, Luke Wilson and Matt Rogers for Netflix's No Good Deed
8. Tomás Matos 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.