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Who is the best supporting actor in a sitcom?

by YPB Team1 vote

Second billing, first laugh. These performers turned side parts into the reason people tuned in.

  1. Michael Richards — ranked #11
    Michael Richards
    Played Kramer on Seinfeld and won three Emmys for supporting actor in a comedy.
    1000pts
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  2. Danny DeVito — ranked #22
    Danny DeVito
    Played dispatcher Louie De Palma on Taxi, a supporting part that dominated the show.
    777pts
  3. Nick Offerman — ranked #33
    Nick Offerman
    Played Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, the show's most quoted figure.
    777pts
  4. Matthew Perry — ranked #44
    Matthew Perry
    Played Chandler Bing on Friends and gave the show its sarcastic register.
    678pts
  5. Christopher Lloyd — ranked #55
    Christopher Lloyd
    Played Reverend Jim on Taxi before Doc Brown, winning two comedy Emmys.
    678pts
  6. Woody Harrelson — ranked #66
    Woody Harrelson
    Played Woody Boyd on Cheers and won a supporting-actor Emmy in 1989.
    555pts
  7. Andre Braugher — ranked #77
    Andre Braugher
    Played Captain Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, deadpan against a loud squad.
    555pts
  8. Wayne Knight — ranked #88
    Wayne Knight
    Played Newman on Seinfeld, a recurring part that became the show's villain.
    555pts
  9. Ty Burrell — ranked #99
    Ty Burrell
    Played Phil Dunphy on Modern Family and won two supporting-actor Emmys.
    555pts
  10. Matt LeBlanc — ranked #1010
    Matt LeBlanc
    Played Joey Tribbiani on Friends and carried the character into a spinoff.
    555pts
  11. Rainn Wilson — ranked #1111
    Rainn Wilson
    Played Dwight Schrute on The Office, the show's most imitated character.
    0pts
  12. Sean Hayes — ranked #1212
    Sean Hayes
    Played Jack McFarland on Will & Grace and won the supporting-actor Emmy in 2000.
    0pts
  13. John Ratzenberger — ranked #1313
    John Ratzenberger
    Played Cliff Clavin on Cheers, a walk-on audition that became eleven seasons.
    0pts
  14. Tracy Morgan — ranked #1414
    Tracy Morgan
    Played Tracy Jordan on 30 Rock, the show's engine of chaos.
    0pts
  15. Jack McBrayer — ranked #1515
    Jack McBrayer
    Played the relentlessly cheerful page Kenneth Parcell on 30 Rock.
    0pts
  16. Danny Pudi — ranked #1616
    Danny Pudi
    Played Abed Nadir on Community, the character who narrated the show's own tropes.
    0pts
  17. Jason Alexander — ranked #1717
    Jason Alexander
    Played George Costanza on Seinfeld across seven supporting-actor nominations.
    0pts
  18. David Hyde Pierce — ranked #1818
    David Hyde Pierce
    Played Niles Crane on Frasier and won four supporting-actor Emmys.
    0pts
  19. Neil Patrick Harris — ranked #1919
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Played Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother across four Emmy nominations.
    0pts
  20. Aubrey Plaza — ranked #2020
    Aubrey Plaza
    Played April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation, deadpan opposite relentless optimism.
    0pts

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Comments

Emmys went three times to a part with no backstory and no job, and never once to the actor who gave the other show its sarcastic register: https://youpick.best/articles/friends-vs-seinfeld-ranked

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