Laughs led to hardware forBill Haderduring Sunday night’sEmmy Awards!Hader won the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his work as Barry Berkman onBarry.Though it was Hader’s big moment, he used his time on stage to praise — and poke fun at — his co-creator, Alec Berg, for helping him direct the HBO series, offering honest feedback and “molding his performance” as an actor.“I get asked a lot for the show, ‘How do you direct yourself?’ and I said, ‘There’s a lot of great directors on the show,'” Hader, 41, began his speech. “But the person I usually go to is my friend and co-creator Alec Berg.”Kevin Winter/Getty“So I want to thank you for molding my performance and I don’t know where I would be without you,” Hader sweetly added. “Love you, man.”His fellow nominees includedAnthony Andersonforblack-ish,Don CheadleforBlack Monday,Ted DansonforThe Good Place,Michael DouglasforThe Kominsky MethodandEugene LevyforSchitt’s Creek.This is Hader’s third win and 20th nomination. The actor, who also serves as a creative consultant and producer on HBO’sBarry,won in the same category last year. He earned his first Emmy in 2009 for outstanding animated program for his work onSouth Park.Hader received four nominations forBarrythis year, including for writing, directing and producing. He was also nominated for outstanding variety sketch series as a producer forDocumentary Now!The 71st PrimetimeEmmy Awardsare airing live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles starting at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
Laughs led to hardware forBill Haderduring Sunday night’sEmmy Awards!
Hader won the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his work as Barry Berkman onBarry.
Though it was Hader’s big moment, he used his time on stage to praise — and poke fun at — his co-creator, Alec Berg, for helping him direct the HBO series, offering honest feedback and “molding his performance” as an actor.
“I get asked a lot for the show, ‘How do you direct yourself?’ and I said, ‘There’s a lot of great directors on the show,'” Hader, 41, began his speech. “But the person I usually go to is my friend and co-creator Alec Berg.”
Kevin Winter/Getty
“So I want to thank you for molding my performance and I don’t know where I would be without you,” Hader sweetly added. “Love you, man.”
His fellow nominees includedAnthony Andersonforblack-ish,Don CheadleforBlack Monday,Ted DansonforThe Good Place,Michael DouglasforThe Kominsky MethodandEugene LevyforSchitt’s Creek.
This is Hader’s third win and 20th nomination. The actor, who also serves as a creative consultant and producer on HBO’sBarry,won in the same category last year. He earned his first Emmy in 2009 for outstanding animated program for his work onSouth Park.
Hader received four nominations forBarrythis year, including for writing, directing and producing. He was also nominated for outstanding variety sketch series as a producer forDocumentary Now!
The 71st PrimetimeEmmy Awardsare airing live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles starting at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
source: people.com
