Performers most likely to be nominated:
- Kieran Culkin for HBO's Succession
- Matthew Macfadyen for HBO's Succession
- Nicholas Braun for HBO's Succession
- Oh Young-soo for Netflix's Squid Game
- Billy Crudup for AppleTV+'s The Morning Show
- Giancarlo Esposito for AMC's Better Call Saul
- Jonathan Banks for AMC's Better Call Saul
- John Turturro for AppleTV+'s Severance
Serious threats who could break through:
- Alan Ruck for HBO's Succession
- Park Hae-soo and Anupam Tripathi for Netflix's Squid Game
- Chris Sullivan, Justin Hartley, Jon Huertas, Chris Geere and Griffin Dunne for NBC's This Is Us
- Christopher Walken, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry and Michael Chernus for AppleTV+'s Severance
- Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Rob Morgan, Michael Chiklis, Solomon Hughes, DeVaughn Nixon, Tracy Letts, Jason Segel, Spencer Garrett, Wood Harris and Sean Patrick Thomas for HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
- Tony Dalton, Michael Mando, Patrick Fabian, Mark Margolis and Ed Begley Jr. for AMC's Better Call Saul
- Mark Duplass, Steve Carell, Desean K. Terry and Nestor Carbonell for AppleTV+'s The Morning Show
- Owen Wilson for Disney+'s Loki
- David Harbour, Jamie Campbell Bower, Finn Wolfhard, Joe Keery, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Joseph Quinn, Brett Gelman, Matthew Modine, Christian Gainer and Charlie Heaton for Netflix's Stranger Things
- Wes Bentley, Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Gil Birmingham, Will Patton, Ryan Bingham, Ian Bohen, Finn Little, Denim Richards, Jefferson White and Forrie J. Smith for Paramount Network's Yellowstone
- Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Javon "Wanna" Walton and Jacob Elordi for HBO's Euphoria
- Nathan Lane, Simon Jones and Blake Ritson for HBO's The Gilded Age
- Wagner Moura, Jamie Bell and Chris Chalk for AppleTV+'s Shining Girls
- Alfonso Herrera, Felix Solis and Richard Thomas for Netflix's Ozark
Some considerable long-shots:
- Holt McCallany, Mark O'Brien, Tosin Cole and Bentley Green for AMC's 61st Street
- Ken Watanabe and Show Kasamatsu for HBO Max's Tokyo Vice
- Kim Bodnia and Robert Gilbert for BBC America's Killing Eve
- Jimmi Simpson, Soji Arai and Steve Sanghyun Noh for AppleTV+'s Pachinko
- Steven Krueger and Warren Kole for Showtime's Yellowjackets
- Luke Newton, Luke Thompson, Rupert Young and Calam Lynch for Netflix's Bridgerton
- Michael Shannon, Bobby Cannavale, Manny Jacinto, Luke Evans and Melvin Gregg for Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers
- Aidan Gillen, Hugh Dillon, Taylor Handley and Derek Webster for Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown
- Bill Nighy, Jimmi Simpson, Rob Delaney and Clarke Peters for Showtime's The Man Who Fell to Earth
- Michael Emerson, Aasif Mandvi and Kurt Fuller for Paramount+'s Evil
- Tom Pelphrey, Noah Reid, Lewis Pullman and Will Patton for Amazon's Outer Range
- Gary Cole, Mandy Patinkin, Nyambi Nyambi, Zach Grenier, Wayne Brady, Stephen Lang and Michael Boatman for Paramount+'s The Good Fight
Colorful oddities who still have an outside chance:
- Ray Liotta for Amazon's Hanna
- Clancy Brown, Jack Alcott and Alano Miller for Showtime's Dexter: New Blood
- Matt Berry, Carey Jones, David Pasquesi and Jordan Bolger for Disney+'s The Book of Boba Fett
- Richard Cabral, Edward James Olmos, Danny Pino, Emilio Rivera, Michael Irby and Raoul Max Trujillo for FX's Mayans M.C.
- Christopher Gorham and Angus Sampson for Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer
- Bill Camp, Mark Pellegrino, Rob Yang and Alex Neustaedter for Showtime's American Rust
- Jared Harris and Terrence Mann for AppleTV+'s Foundation
- Mike O'Malley and Chris Bauer for Starz's Heels
- Ron Cephas Jones, Mekhi Phifer, Andre Royo and David Lyons for AppleTV+'s Truth Be Told
- Sam Waterston for NBC's Law & Order
- Bokeem Woodbine and Danny Sapani for Paramount+'s Halo
The nominations for The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 12.
