Beast - The Kennedy Center Jerry Lewis - Damn Yankees - The Kennedy Center Ntare Mwine - Nomathemba - The Kennedy Center 1998 Derick K. Grant - Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk - The National Theatre Ezra Knight - The Darker Face of the Earth - The Kennedy Center and Crossroads Theatre Company Gregory Henderson - Whirlwind! - Turnip Theatre Company and Jay Harris at Church Street Theater Jaston Williams - A Tuna Christmas - The Warner Theatre Joe Sears - A Tuna Christmas - The Warner Theatre John Scherer - By Jeeves - The Kennedy Center and the Goodspeed Opera House 1999 Alex Jennings - Hamlet - The Kennedy Center Alton Fitzgerald White - Ragtime - The National Theatre Dan Hiatt - Picasso at the Lapin Agile - Ford's Theatre Jeremy Kushnier - Footloose - The Kennedy Center Michael Rupert - Ragtime - The National Theatre 2000 Norbert Leo Butz - Cabaret - The Warner Theatre Bill Irwin - Fool Moon - The Kennedy Center Charles Durning - The Gin Game - The Kennedy Center David Shiner - Fool Moon - The Kennedy Center Jaston Williams - Red, White and Tuna - The Kennedy Center Joe Sears - Red, White and Tuna - The Kennedy Center 2001 Marc Wolf - Another American: Asking and Telling - The Studio Theatre Jack Willis - Art - The Kennedy Center Little John Nee - The Derry Boat - The Keegan Theatre Stephen Bogardus - James Joyce's The Dead - The Kennedy Center Terace Jones - Fosse - The National Theatre Tyler Perry - I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Warner Theatre 2002 Jason Watkins - A Servant of Two Masters - John F. Kennedy Center Brian Stokes Mitchell - King Hedley II - John F. Kennedy Center Ethan Sandler - Fully Committed - Ford's Theatre Matt Rippy - The Compleat Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged) - John F. Kennedy Center Ron Campbell - The Thousandth Night - MetroStage 2003 Brian Stokes Mitchell - Man of La Mancha - The National Theatre John Epperson - Lypsinka! The Boxed Set - The Studio Theatre Judd Hirsch - I'm not Rappaport - Ford's Theatre Justin Bond - Kiki & Herb in Pardon Our Appearance - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Len Cariou - Copenhagen - The Kennedy Center Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production 1985 Diane Fratantoni - Cats