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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator
Awarded forOutstanding Narrator
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Currently held byAngela Bassett, Queens (2024)
Websiteemmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator is awarded to one individual each year.

In 2014, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance was separated into two categories – Outstanding Narrator and Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.[1] Rules hold that the "submission must be performed/read as a traditional narration and may not be audio lifted from an on-camera performance or interview. If the narration is performed in the first person as a character rather than the narrator, even if credited as narrator, it should be submitted in the character voice-over category."[2]

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

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1990s

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Year Narrator Program Network
1994
(46th)
Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[3][4][note 1][note 2]
David Marshall Grant The Legend of Billy the Kid Disney

2010s

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Year Narrator Program Episode submission Network
2014
(66th)
[5]
Jeremy Irons Game of Lions Nat Geo Wild
Daniel Craig One Life Nat Geo Wild
Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley HBO
Jane Lynch Penguins: Waddle All the Way Discovery
Henry Strozier Too Cute! "Holiday Special" Animal Planet
2015
(67th)
[6]
Peter Coyote The Roosevelts: An Intimate History "Episode 1: Get Action 1858–1901" PBS
Anthony Mendez Jane the Virgin "Chapter Fourteen" The CW
Miranda Richardson Operation Orangutan Nat Geo Wild
Henry Strozier Too Cute! "Tubby Puppies" Animal Planet
Neil deGrasse Tyson Hubble's Cosmic Journey Nat Geo
2016
(68th)
[7]
Keith David Jackie Robinson PBS
David Attenborough Life Story "First Steps" Discovery
Adrien Brody Breakthrough "Decoding the Brain" Nat Geo
Laurence Fishburne Roots History
Anthony Mendez Jane the Virgin "Chapter Thirty-Four" The CW
2017
(69th)
[8]
Meryl Streep Five Came Back "The Price of Victory" Netflix
Laurence Fishburne Year Million "Homo Sapien 2.0" Nat Geo
Ewan McGregor Wild Scotland Nat Geo Wild
Sam Neill Wild New Zealand
Liev Schreiber Muhammad Ali: Only One HBO
UConn: The March to Madness
2018
(70th)
[9]
David Attenborough Blue Planet II "One Ocean" BBC America
Charles Dance Savage Kingdom "Uprising: First Blood" Nat Geo Wild
Morgan Freeman March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step Hulu
Carl Reiner If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast HBO
Liev Schreiber 24/7 "Canelo-Golovkin"
2019
(71st)
[10]
David Attenborough Our Planet "One Planet" Netflix
Angela Bassett The Flood "First Pulse" Nat Geo Wild
Charles Dance Savage Kingdom "Fall of the Queen"
Anthony Mendez Wonders of Mexico PBS
Liev Schreiber The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti HBO
Juliet Stevenson Queens of Mystery "Murder in the Dark: First Chapter" Acorn TV

2020s

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Year Narrator Program Episode submission Network
2020
(72nd)
[11]
David Attenborough Seven Worlds, One Planet "Antarctica" BBC America
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution History
Angela Bassett The Imagineering Story "The Happiest Place on Earth" Disney+
Chiwetel Ejiofor The Elephant Queen Apple TV+
Lupita Nyong'o Serengeti "Destiny" Discovery
2021
(73rd)
[12]
Sterling K. Brown Lincoln: Divided We Stand "The Dogs of War" CNN
David Attenborough A Perfect Planet "Volcano" Discovery+
The Year Earth Changed Apple TV+
Anthony Hopkins Mythic Quest "Everlight"
Sigourney Weaver Secrets of the Whales "Ocean Giants" Disney+
2022
(74th)
[13]
Barack Obama Our Great National Parks "A World of Wonder" Netflix
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War History
David Attenborough The Mating Game "In Plain Sight" Discovery+
W. Kamau Bell We Need to Talk About Cosby "Part 1" Showtime
Lupita Nyong'o Serengeti II "Intrigue" Discovery+
2023
(75th)
[14]
Barack Obama Working: What We Do All Day "The Middle" Netflix
Mahershala Ali Chimp Empire "Reckoning" Netflix
Angela Bassett Good Night Oppy Prime Video
Morgan Freeman Our Universe "Chasing Starlight" Netflix
Pedro Pascal Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World "Mountains" CNN
2024
(76th)
[15]
Angela Bassett Queens "African Queens" Nat Geo
David Attenborough Planet Earth III "Human" BBC America
Morgan Freeman Life on Our Planet "Chapter 1: The Rules of Life" Netflix
Paul Rudd Secrets of the Octopus "Masterminds" Nat Geo
Octavia Spencer Lost Women of Highway 20 "Vanished" Investigation Discovery

Performers with multiple wins

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Total include wins for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.

Performers with multiple nominations

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Total include nominations for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.

Notes

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  1. ^ This program was nominated as Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming. As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  2. ^ In 2020, the TV Academy rescinded a win in this category for the Disney Channel special George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin, narrated by George Stevens Jr. The program was a re-edit of the 1985 BBC documentary D-Day to Berlin, in violation of a rule that "a program that is a foreign acquisition without benefit of a domestic co-production cannot be re-introduced into eligibility in a current awards year, even though it may have been modified with new footage, sound track, musical score, etc."

References

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  1. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 20, 2014). "EMMYS: TV Academy Splits Best Miniseries & TV Movie, Reality Program & Voice-Over Categories, Expands Combined Longform Fields To 6 Nominees, Sets Possibility For 7 Best Drama & Comedy Series Nominees". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "72nd Primetime Emmy Awards 2019-2020 Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Feinberg, Scott (March 12, 2020). "TV Academy Rescinds Several of George Stevens Jr.'s Emmy Noms, Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  6. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  7. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  9. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  10. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  13. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  14. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  15. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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