2016 Emmy Contenders: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

2016 Contenders
Jonathan Banks "Better Call Saul"
Peter Dinklage "Game of Thrones"
Christian Slater "Mr. Robot"
Jim Carter "Downton Abbey"
Michael Kelly "House of Cards"
Alan Cumming "The Good Wife"
Mandy Patinkin "Homeland"
Rupert Friend "Homeland"
F. Murray Abraham "Homeland"
Jon Voight "Ray Donovan"
Ben Mendolsohn "Bloodline"
Ray Romano "Vinyl"
Alan Alda "Horace and Pete"
Steve Wright "Horace and Pete"
Kurt Metzger "Horace and Pete"
Tobias Menzies "Outlander"
Rufus Sewell "The Man in High Castle"
Noah Emmerich "The Americans"
Rob James-Collier "Downton Abbey"
Brendan Coyle "Downton Abbey"
Kit Harington "Game of Thrones"
Iain Glen "Game of Thrones"
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau "Game of Thrones"
Isaac Hempstead Wright "Game of Thrones"
Michael McKean "Better Call Saul"
Patrick Fabian "Better Call Saul"
Michael Mando "Better Call Saul"
Paul Ben-Victor "Vinyl"
P.J. Byrne "Vinyl"
Max Casella "Vinyl"
James Jagger "Vinyl"
Ato Essandoh "Vinyl"
Jack Quaid "Vinyl"
J.C. MacKenzie "Vinyl"
Norbert Leo Butz "Mercy Street"
Gary Cole "Mercy Street"
Beau Bridges "Masters of Sex"
Joel Kinnaman "House of Cards"
Andre Holland "The Knick"
Pedro Pascal "Narcos"
Christopher Eccleston "The Leftovers"
Chris Zylka "The Leftovers"
Kevin Carroll "The Leftovers"
Steven Yeun "The Walking Dead"
Chandler Riggs "The Walking Dead"
Norman Reedus "The Walking Dead"
Tony Goldwyn "Scandal"
Guillermo Diaz "Scandal"
Joshua Malina "Scandal"
Jeff Perry "Scandal"
Billy Brown "How to Get Away With Murder"
Alfred Enoch "How to Get Away With Murder"
Jack Falahee "How to Get Away With Murder"
Matt McGorry "How to Get Away With Murder"
Charlie Weber "How to Get Away With Murder"
Bryshere Y. Gray "Empire"
Jussie Smollett "Empire"
Trai Byers "Empire"
Joshua Jackson "The Affair"
Hugh Dancy "The Path"
Justin Chambers "Grey's Anatomy"
James Pickens Jr. "Grey's Anatomy"
Kevin McKidd "Grey's Anatomy"
Jesse Williams "Grey's Anatomy"
Cliff Curtis "Fear the Walking Dead"
Ruben Blades "Fear the Walking Dead"
Frank Dillane "Fear the Walking Dead"
Lorenzo James Henrie "Fear the Walking Dead"

Commentary - All six guys from last year are returning, although Bloodline's middling second season could ruin Mendelsohn's repeat. If those guys don't get in who does? The guys from Homeland should be in consideration for a great season. Jon Voight could return, and Ray Romano could return to the Emmy race in general with Vinyl. There are the guys from Game of Thrones, Horace and Pete (especially Alan Alda), Better Call Saul, The Leftovers, The Walking Dead, Mercy Street, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, Fear the Walking Dead, Vinyl, Beau Bridges, Tobias Menzies, Noah Emmerich, Rufus Sewell, Andre Holland, and Pedro Pascal. But I honestly think there are only a few guys for a slot that might not be open anyway.