Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Primetime Emmy Award
Awarded for	"outstanding continuing or single voice-over performance in a series or a special"
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Country	United States
First awarded	1992
Most recent winner	Dan Castellaneta, The Simpsons (2009)
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The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance is a creative arts Emmy Award given out by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. It is awarded to a performer for an outstanding "continuing or single voice-over performance in a series or a special."^[1] Prior to 1992, voice-actors could be nominated for their performance in the live action acting categories.^[2] The award was first given in 1992 when six voice actors from The Simpsons shared the award. From 1992 to 2008 it was a juried award, so there were no nominations and there would be multiple or no recipients in one year. In 2009, the rules were changed to a category award, with five nominees.

Usually the winner is a voice actor from an animated show, but some narrators of live action shows have won such as Keith David in 2005 and 2008. No winner was named in 1996 or 2007.^[3]

Eight voice actors from The Simpsons have won a combined 13 Emmys. Of those, Dan Castellaneta has won four and Hank Azaria has won three. Ja'Net DuBois and Keith David have both won two. Voice actors from shows on Fox have won 15 of 24 of the awards.

Contents 1 Rules 2 Winners (1992–2008) 3 Nominees and winners (2009–present) 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Rules

While most of the Primetime Emmy Awards choose winners from a group of nominees, the award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance is juried. Each entrant is screened by a panel of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences members from the Animation branch as well as members of the Acting branch with voiceover credits. Potential nominees must submit a DVD that contains an edited version of a single episode and a picture of the character(s) that were voiced. Submissions that are less than 30 minutes in length must be edited to be shorter than five minutes; entries longer than 30 minutes are edited to be less than ten.^[1] Prior to 2007, the maximum edited lengths were ten and fifteen minutes respectively.^[4] Each entrant with majority approval goes on to a second panel. Emmy winners must be unanimous choices of this second panel, except that for every 12 persons or fraction thereof on the panel, one "no" vote is allowed, except from the head of the panel.^[1]

In 2009, the Academy changed the award from a "juried" award to a "category", with five nominees and one winner.^[5]

[edit] Winners (1992–2008)

Year	Winner	Character(s)	Series or special	Network	Ref.
1992	Cartwright, NancyNancy Cartwright	Bart Simpson	The Simpsons	Fox	[6]
1992	Castellaneta, DanDan Castellaneta	Homer Simpson	The Simpsons	Fox	[6]
1992	Kavner, JulieJulie Kavner	Marge Simpson	The Simpsons	Fox	[6]
1992	Mason, JackieJackie Mason	Rabbi Krustofski	The Simpsons	Fox	[6]
1992	Smith, YeardleyYeardley Smith	Lisa Simpson	The Simpsons	Fox	[6]
1992	Wallace, MarciaMarcia Wallace	Edna Krabappel	The Simpsons	Fox	[6]
1993	Castellaneta, DanDan Castellaneta	Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson and other characters	The Simpsons	Fox	[7]
1994	Plummer, ChristopherChristopher Plummer	Narrator	Madeline	Family	[8]
1995	Katz, JonathanJonathan Katz	Dr. Katz	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Comedy Central	[9]
1997	Irons, JeremyJeremy Irons	Siegfried Sassoon	The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century	PBS	[10]
1997	Mayall, RikRik Mayall	Mr. Toad	The Willows in Winter	Family	[10]
1998	Azaria, HankHank Azaria	Apu	The Simpsons	Fox	[11]
1999	Du Bois, Ja'netJa'net Du Bois	Mrs. Avery	The PJs	Fox	[12]
2000	MacFarlane, SethSeth MacFarlane	Stewie Griffin	Family Guy	Fox	[13]
2000	Harris, JulieJulie Harris	Susan B. Anthony	Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony	PBS	[13]
2001	Azaria, HankHank Azaria	Comic Book Guy, Apu, Carl Carlson, Lou, Clancy Wiggum and Moe Syzlak	The Simpsons	Fox	[14]
2001	Du Bois, Ja'netJa'net Du Bois	Mrs. Avery	The PJs	The WB	[14]
2002	Macon, PeterPeter Macon	Narrator	Animated Tales of the World	HBO	[15]
2002	Segall, PamelaPamela Segall	Bobby Hill, Clark Peters and Chane Wassanasong	King of the Hill	Fox	[15]
2003	Azaria, HankHank Azaria	Moe Syzlak, Carl Carlson, Clancy Wiggum, Apu, Johnny Tightlips, Bumblebee Man and Cletus	The Simpsons	Fox	[16]
2004	Castellaneta, DanDan Castellaneta	Krusty the Clown, Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Groundskeeper Willie, Sideshow Mel, Barney and Itchy	The Simpsons	Fox	[17]
2005	David, KeithKeith David	Narrator	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	PBS	[18]
2006	Grammer, KelseyKelsey Grammer	Sideshow Bob	The Simpsons	Fox	[19]
2008	David, KeithKeith David	Narrator	The War	PBS	[20]

[edit] Nominees and winners (2009–present)

Year	Result	Nominee	Character(s)	Series or special	Episode	Network	Ref.
2009	Won	Dan Castellaneta	Homer Simpson	The Simpsons	"Father Knows Worst"	Fox	[21]
	Nominee	Ron Rifkin	Narrator	American Masters	"Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About"	PBS	[22]
		Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin	Family Guy	"I Dream of Jesus"	Fox
		Seth Green	Various	Robot Chicken	"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II"	Cartoon Network
		Hank Azaria	Moe Syzlak	The Simpsons	"Eeny Teeny Maya Moe"	Fox
		Harry Shearer	Mr. Burns, Smithers, Kent Brockman and Lenny	The Simpsons	"The Burns and the Bees"	Fox

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Advanced Primetime Awards Search

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v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance 1990–2000 Nancy Cartwright (1992) · Dan Castellaneta (1992) · Julie Kavner (1992) · Jackie Mason (1992) · Yeardley Smith (1992) · Marcia Wallace (1992) · Dan Castellaneta (1993) · Christopher Plummer (1994) · Jonathan Katz (1995) · Jeremy Irons (1997) · Rik Mayall (1997) · Hank Azaria (1998) · Ja'net Du Bois (1999) · Seth MacFarlane (2000) · Julie Harris (2000) 2001–present Hank Azaria (2001) · Ja'net Du Bois (2001) · Peter Macon (2002) · Pamela Segall (2002) · Hank Azaria (2003) · Dan Castellaneta (2004) · Keith David (2005) · Kelsey Grammer (2006) · Keith David (2008) · Dan Castellaneta (2009) Complete list: (1990–2000) · (2001–present)