Year Actor Musical Character 64th Tony Awards Douglas Hodge La Cage aux Folles Albin Kelsey Grammer La Cage aux Folles Georges Sean Hayes Promises, Promises Chuck Baxter Chad Kimball Memphis Huey Calhoun Sahr Ngaujah Fela! Fela Kuti 2011 65th Tony Awards Norbert Leo Butz Catch Me If You Can Carl Hanratty Josh Gad The Book of Mormon Elder Cunningham Joshua Henry The Scottsboro Boys Haywood Patterson Andrew Rannells The Book of Mormon Elder Price Tony Sheldon Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Bernadette Bassenger 2012 66th Tony Awards Steve Kazee Once Guy Danny Burstein Follies Buddy Plummer Jeremy Jordan Newsies Jack Kelly Norm Lewis Porgy and Bess Porgy Ron Raines Follies Ben Stone 2013 67th Tony Awards Billy Porter Kinky Boots Lola / Simon Bertie Carvel Matilda the Musical Miss Trunchbull Santino Fontana Cinderella Prince Topher Rob McClure Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Stark Sands Kinky Boots Charlie Price 2014 68th Tony Awards Neil Patrick Harris Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig Ramin Karimloo Les Misérables Jean Valjean Andy Karl Rocky the Musical Rocky Balboa Jefferson Mays A Gentleman 's Guide to Love and Murder The D'Ysquith Family Bryce Pinkham Monty Navarro 2015 69th Tony Awards Michael Cerveris Fun Home Bruce Bechdel Brian d'Arcy James Something Rotten! Nick Bottom Robert Fairchild An American in Paris Jerry Mulligan Ken Watanabe The King and I The King of Siam Tony Yazbeck On the Town Gabey 2016 70th Tony Awards Leslie Odom, Jr. Hamilton Aaron Burr Alex Brightman School of Rock Dewey Finn Danny Burstein Fiddler on the Roof Tevye Zachary Levi She Loves Me Georg Nowack Lin - Manuel Miranda Hamilton Alexander Hamilton 2017 71st Tony Awards Ben Platt Dear Evan Hansen Evan Hansen Christian Borle Falsettos Marvin Josh Groban Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Pierre Bezukhov Andy Karl Groundhog Day Phil Connors David Hyde Pierce Hello, Dolly! Horace Vandergelder 2018 72nd Tony Awards Tony Shalhoub The Band 's Visit Tewfiq Zakaria Harry Hadden - Paton My Fair Lady Henry Higgins Joshua Henry Carousel Billy Bigelow Ethan Slater SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants
tony nominees for best actor in a musical
Tony Shalhoub Harry Hadden - Paton Joshua Henry Joshua Henry Ethan Slater