Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae makes history with Emmy Win
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Lee Jung Jae brings home an Emmy — and a bit of TV history.
With his win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the 2022 Emmys on September 12 Squid game the star became the first actor to win the category for a non-English speaking role.
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Jung Jae won Succession‘s Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox, Ozark‘s Jason Bateman, Better call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk and Breaking up‘s Adam Scott.
In his speech, he thanked Squid game creator Hwang Dong Haekwho earlier in the evening won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for “bringing a realistic issue we all face so creatively to life on screen with a great script and amazing visuals.”
He concluded his speech with a message in Korean, which was appropriate on such a historic evening.