Brett Goldstein took home the award for best supporting actor in a comedy at Monday night’s 2022 Emmys.
Goldstein wins for his role in Ted Lasso, in which he plays player-turned-coach Roy Kent.
“Thank you so much,” Goldstein began his speech, saying he was going to try not to swear, referring to his 2021 win for the same award when he cursed during his acceptance speech, causing the feed to cut out.
“Thank you to the Academy and to Apple. Thank you to Jason [Sudeikis] and Bill [Lawrence] and Brendan [Hunt] and especially Joe Kelly, for creating this magical thing and letting me be a little part of it. I will never take it for granted,” he continued. “It’s incredible.”
This year’s nominees for the category featured Goldstein’s Ted Lasso co-stars Toheeb Jimoh and Nick Mohammed, Barry stars Anthony Carrigan and Henry Winkler, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Tony Shalhoub, Abbott Elementary’s Tyler James Williams and Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang.
In his speech, Goldstein took a moment to thank his fellow nominees from the Apple TV+ series, saying, “The hardest part of being in Ted Lasso is being in a scene with anyone from this cast and not ruining the take by just starring at them and going, ‘God you’re good.’”
Ted Lasso follows an American college football coach who is unexpectedly recruited to coach an English Premier League soccer team, AFC Richmond, despite having no experience coaching soccer.
Goldstein’s win marked the first for the series on Monday night. Ted Lasso was nominated for 20 Emmys this year, the same nominations it scored last year.
Source: Hollywood
