This win makes him only the fourth Asian actor to win an Emmy for acting.
This win makes him only the fourth Asian actor to win an Emmy for acting.
Actor Lee Jung-jae won an Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama for his performance in Netflix’s hit series squid game, This win makes him the first Asian actor to receive this award. The win makes him only the fourth Asian actor to win an Emmy for acting and the first to win the award for a non-English speaking role.
Lee competed against Jason Bateman (Ozark), Brian Cox (Succession), Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), Adam Scott (Severance) and Jeremy Strong (Succession).
“Thanks to the Television Academy, thanks to Netflix and thanks to the director for making the realistic problems we all come to life on screen so creatively with a great script. Thanks, the ‘Squid Game’ team. Thanks in Korea Everyone is watching,” Lee said during his acceptance speech.
Meanwhile, series producer Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Best Director in a Drama Series award, making him the first Korean to win the award.
Lee played Seong Gi-hyun in the hit series, and is expected to return for the upcoming second season of the show. this year, squid game A total of 14 nominations were received. At the Creative Arts Emmys, the show took back four Emmy wins.