Matthew Macfadyen paid tribute to his family and his ‘on-screen wives’ as he won Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series Emmy on Monday.
The Succession star picked up his third Emmy in a row for his portrayal of Tom Wambscans in Succession and was quick to praise his co-stars Nicholas Braun and Sarah Snook as well as his ‘actual wife’ Keeley Hawes in his humorous speech.
Nicholas was also nominated in the hotly-contested category, as were two other actors from the show, Alan Ruck and Alexander Skarsgard, and four stars from The White Lotus, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli, Theo James and Will Sharpe.
The 49-year-old actor began: ‘Thank you so much to the TV academy and the entire Succession family. Directors, writers, producers, cast and crew, our peerless crew every department, always brilliant, often unsung.
‘Our stellar cast, I must make mention to my onscreen wife Sarah Snook and my other onscreen wife, Nicholas Braun. Acting with you has been one of the most wonderful things of my career, thank you Nick, thank you Sarah.’
Matthew Macfadyen paid tribute to his family and his ‘on-screen wives’ as he won Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series at the Emmy Awards on Monday
The Succession star picked up his third Emmy in a row for his portrayal of Tom Wambscans in Succession and was quick to praise his wife and best friend Keeley Hawes in his speech
Matthew gave a shout out to his ‘on-screen wives’ Nicholas Braun and Sarah Snook who played Cousin Greg and Shiv Roy in the drama series (pictured in 2021)
He went on to mention his spouse of 20 years Keeley Hawes, their two children and his stepson as he continued: ‘Thank you to my actual wife, Keeley, my love and my best friend for being here. Maggie, Miles and Ralph, I love you, I’ll see you soon.
‘Thank you so much, this is a great honour.’
Succession and restaurant dramedy The Bear dominated the Emmy Awards on Monday, earning six trophies each as Hollywood handed out its top accolades for television at a star-studded ceremony which featured a star-studded red carpet.
The widely-acclaimed HBO series about the Roy family’s high-stakes battle for control of a global business empire, won the prestigious Best Drama prize for its fourth and final season.
The Bear was named best comedy at a ceremony that was delayed by four months because of last year’s labor turmoil in Hollywood. Road rage drama Beef, starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, claimed Best Limited Series.
Succession’s on-screen siblings Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin led the highly-popular series to a massive night as the 36-year-old Aussie actress and 41-year-old American actor were crowned in the Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series categories, respectively, before the series as a whole earned top honor Best Drama Series in its final season.
Sarah faced heavy-competition including: ‘Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters, Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets, Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale, Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us, and Keri Russell – The Diplomat.
Meanwhile Kieran beat out some of his castmates including Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong in addition to: Jeff Bridges – The Old Man, Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul, and Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us.
Earlier in the night, Matthew earned the first Emmy win for Succession at the event as he earned Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Matthew began: ‘Thank you so much to the TV academy and the entire Succession family. Directors, writers, producers, cast and crew, our peerless crew every department’
Matthew pictured in Succession with his on-screen wife Sarah
Succession siblings Sarah and Kieran Culkin led Succession to a massive night at the 75th Emmy Awards on Monday
Sarah and Kieran were crowned in the Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series categories, respectively, before the series as a whole earned top honor Best Drama Series; as creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong is seen accepting the top prize
He beat out a talented feed including: F Murray Abraham – The White Lotus, Nicholas Braun – Succession, Michael Imperioli – The White Lotus, Theo James – The White Lotus, Alan Ruck – Succession, Will Sharpe, The White Lotus, and Alexander Skarsgård, Succession.
Meanwhile, The Bear enjoyed a similar night to Succession as the FX series mauled the competition including the Best Comedy Series prize.
Jeremy Allen White took home Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White while castmates Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach earned Supporting Actress and Actor in a Comedy Series, respectively.
The 32-year-old actor cooked the competition which included: Bill Hader – Barry, Jason Segel – Shrinking, Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building, and Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso.
Ali Wong and Steven Yeun led Beef to an epic night in the limted series or movie categories as the 41-year-old actress and 40-year-old actor were presented with the Lead Actress and Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie awards, respectively, as their Netflix series also earned top honor Best Limited Series.
Ali triumphed over the likes of: Lizzy Caplan – Fleishman Is in Trouble, Jessica Chastain – George & Tammy, Dominique Fishback – Swarm, Kathryn Hahn – Tiny Beautiful Things, and Riley Keough, Daisy Jones and the Six.
Just before that it was Steven’s moment as he won over: Taron Egerton – Black Bird, Kumail Nanjiani – Welcome the Chippendales, Evan Peters – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and Michael Shannon – George & Tammy.
The 75th Emmy Awards took place at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Monday evening.
L-R Alan Ruck, Sarah Snook, Alexander Skarsgard, Brian Cox, Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, and J. Smith-Cameron posed with their Best Drama Series Emmy
Succession’s fourth and final series aired last year to critical acclaim
The strike-delayed ceremony gathers Hollywood’s biggest stars as they celebrate the best of primetime television over the year of 2023.
The awards ceremony normally occurs in September but was delayed because writers and actors were on strike at the time last year.
Due to the industry strikes, the Emmys were postponed to 2024 on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States and arrives in the heels of the Golden Globes.
The first Emmy Award was held back in 1949 to celebrate the artistic and technical merit for the television industry.