Matthew Rhys did something no actor had done in 78 years of the Emmy Awards.
\n\nRhys won two lead acting Emmys on the same night at Monday’s ceremony. Earlier in the night he shockingly took home the lead actor (limited) for his work in Netflix’s “The Beast in Me.” Later on, he nabbed the lead comedy actor prize for Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay.”
\n\nHe’s now the first person ever to claim both lead actor prizes in a single ceremony, and adding to his 2018 drama win for “The Americans,” the pair of statuettes also makes him the first male performer to win in all three lead acting categories.
\n\nTwo performers had won two acting Emmys on one night before, but neither did it in the lead categories: James Earl Jones swept lead drama actor for “Gabriel’s Fire” and supporting actor (limited) for “Heat Wave” in 1991, and Stockard Channing took two supporting actress trophies in 2002, for “The West Wing” and “The Matthew Shepard Story.” Rhys is the first to do it at the top of two ballots at once.
\n\nRhys, already a previous Emmy winner for lead drama actor in 2018 for “The Americans” and now, “Widow’s Bay” and…
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