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

Performers most likely to be nominated:

1. Walton Goggins for HBO's The White Lotus
2. Sam Rockwell for HBO's The White Lotus
3. Jason Isaacs for HBO's The White Lotus
4. John Turturro for AppleTV+'s Severance
5. Tramell Tillman for AppleTV+'s Severance
6. Patrick Schwarzenegger for HBO's The White Lotus
7. Patrick Ball for Max's The Pitt

Serious threats that could break through:

1. Jack Lowden, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Chung and Kadiff Kirwan for AppleTV+'s Slow Horses
2. Sam Nivola, Jon Gries, Tayme Thapthimthong, Nicholas Duvernay and Christian Friedel for HBO's The White Lotus
3. Zach Cherry, Christopher Walken and Michael Chernus for AppleTV+'s Severance
4. Gabriel Luna, Young Mazino and Danny Ramirez for HBO's The Last of Us
5. Gerran Howell for Max's The Pitt
6. Bradley Whitford, O-T Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Josh Charles, Sam Jaeger and Timothy Simons for Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale
7. Ben Whishaw for Netflix's Black Doves
8. Stellan Skarsgård and Kyle Soller for Disney+'s Andor
9. Lee Byung-hun, Choi Seung-hyun and Park Sung-hoon for Netflix's Squid Game
10. Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright and John Magaro for Showtime's The Agency
11. James Marsden, Gerald Mcraney, Jon Beavers, Ian Merrigan and Darin Toonder for Hulu's Paradise
12. Matt Smith, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Tom Glynn-Carney and Ewan Mitchell for HBO's House of the Dragon
13. Rory Kinnear, David Gyasi and Ato Essandoh for Netflix's The Diplomat
14. Mark Bonnar, Jamie Sives and Alexej Manvelov for Netflix's Dept. Q

Some considerable long-shots:

1. Liev Schreiber for Netflix's The Perfect Couple
2. Charles Dance and Khalid Abdalla for Peacock's The Day of the Jackal
3. Sam Reid for AMC's Interview With the Vampire
4. Elijah Wood, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole and Kevin Alves for Showtime's Yellowjackets
5. Jon Hamm, Jacob Lofland, Mark Collie and James Jordan for Paramount+'s Landman
6. Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Dave Annable and Kirk Acevedo for Paramount+'s Lioness
7. Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, James Martinez, Alex Shimizu and Reno Wilson for Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin
8. Hoon Lee and Mark Tallman for AppleTV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors
9. Ken Leung, Kit Harington and Sagar Radia for HBO's Industry
10. Paddy Considine, Daniel Betts and Anson Boon for Paramount+'s MobLand
11. Timothy Dalton, Jerome Flynn, Brian Geraghy, Jeremy Guana, Darren Mann, Robert Patrick, Sebastian Roché, Brandon Sklenar and Michael Spears for Paramount+'s 1923
12. Luke Thompson, Daniel Francis and Martins Imhangbe for Netflix's Bridgerton
13. Owen McDonnell, Michael Smiley and Barry Ward for AppleTV+'s Bad Sisters

Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:

1. John Lithgow for FX's The Old Man
2. Jimmi Simpson for AppleTV+'s Pachinko
3. Jason Ritter, David Del Rio and Sam Anderson for CBS' Matlock
4. Damian Lewis for PBS' Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
5. Mark Strong for HBO's Dune: Prophecy
6. Vincent D'Onofrio for Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again
7. Kiowa Gordon for AMC's Dark Winds
8. Michael Emerson and Wallace Shawn for Paramount+'s Evil
9. Wood Harris for Netflix's Forever
10. Wendell Pierce for CBS' Elsbeth
11. James Wolk, Damon Gupton and David Harewood for Paramount+'s Happy Face
12. Jimmi Simpson for AppleTV+'s Dark Matter
13. Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Joshua Bitton and Travis Kelce for FX's Grotesquerie
14. Alfred Enoch for Starz's The Couple Next Door

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.