2008 – Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Tony Awards

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
2008	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Mark Rylance	Boeing-Boeing	Award winner
2008	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Ben Daniels	Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2008	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Laurence Fishburne	Thurgood
2008	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Rufus Sewell	Rock 'n' Roll production took place the previous year
2008	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Patrick Stewart	Macbeth

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