Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Dominic Monaghan, John Noble, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham
Lili Taylor, Ben Foster, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, Peter Macdissi, Justina Machado, Mathew St. Patrick, Rainn Wilson
Winner
All nominees
8.5
Law & Order
Fred Dolton Tompson, Dzherri Orbak, Sam Waterston, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Elisabeth Röhm
9.2
The West Wing
Stockard Channing, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Joshua Malina, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford
7.7
Without a Trace
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anthony LaPaglia, Enrique Murciano, Eric Close, Poppy Montgomery
8.8
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Marg Helgenberger, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox, William Petersen, Eric Szmanda