Donald Glover - "Troy Barnes", Community
Nolan Gould - "Luke Dunphy", Modern Family
Nick Offerman - "Ron Swanson", Parks and Recreation
Danny Pudi - "Abed Nadir", Community
Jason Segel - "Marshall Eriksen", How I Met Your Mother
Gilchrist's performance has always been a highlight of Tara - this season he made Marshall's exhaustion and anger at his family's situation palpable without veering into what could come off as rote teenage pettiness. Glover and Pudi have a great wacky chemistry as Community's dynamic duo, but both also shone in some of the season's quieter episodes ("Mixology Certification" and "Critical Film Studes,"respectively). Gould makes me laugh more consistently than any other performer on Modern Family (and maybe including other shows, too). The things that make Offerman's performance so great are difficult to articulate...the basketball coaching to the mourning of the Indianapolis steakhouse to the Snake Juice dancing to Lil' Sebastian's funeral...it's Ron Effing Swanson, you know? The death of Marshall's father was one of the few story arcs that was consistently well-executed in this season of How I Met Your Mother (if not the only one), and a lot of that has to do with Segel's wonderfully understated work as Marshall contended with his grief.
Honorable Mention: Max Adler, Glee; Aziz Ansari, Parks and Recreation; Chevy Chase, Community; Chris Colfer, Glee; John Corbett, United States of Tara; Garret Dillahunt, Raising Hope; John Benjamin Hickey, The Big C; Josh Hopkins, Cougar Town; Chris Pratt, Parks and Recreation; Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation
With quality ensemble work in: Happy Endings (Zachary Knighton, Adam Pally, Damon Wayans, Jr.); Modern Family (Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet); Perfect Couples (Kyle Bornheimer, Hayes McArthur, David Walton)
I wouldn't be surprised to see: Fred Armisen, Saturday Night Live; Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men; Ted Danson, Bored to Death; Peter Facinelli, Nurse Jackie; Zach Galifianakis, Bored to Death; Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live; Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother; Ed Helms, The Office; Ken Jeong, Community; John Krasinski, The Office; Jeremy Piven, Entourage; Andy Samberg, Saturday Night Live; Jason Sudeikis, Saturday Night Live; Rainn Wilson, The Office
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