Six slots and only one Emmys lock. Yep, the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie category is essentially wide open. Well, that is outside of “Small Axe’s” John Boyega, of course.
The questions in this category are many. “The Queen’s Gambit” will land a boatload of nods, but will Bill Camp be one of them? Can William Jackson Harper make his case for “Underground Railroad”? Can love for “Mare of Easttown” sneak Evan Peters in? Will voters remember “I May Destroy You’s” massively deserving Paap Essiedu? Or, will more familiar faces in arguably less deserving roles such as “The Comey Rule’s” Brendan Gleeson or “Genius: Aretha’s” Courtney Vance strike Emmy voters fancy? Something tells us it’s going to be a little new, a little familiar, and a lot of snubs. [Posted May 13]
Likely
John Boyega, “Small Axe”
Bill Camp, “The Queen’s Gambit”
William Jackson Harper, “The Underground Railroad”
Possible
Donald Sutherland, “The Undoing”
Paap Essiedu, “I May Destroy You”
Courtney B. Vance, “Genius: Aretha”
Brendan Gleeson, “The Comey Rule”
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”
Evan Peters, “Mare of Easttown”
Thomas Brodie-Sangster, “The Queen’s Gambit”