A look back at the nominees in the supporting actor categories at the 56th Primetime Emmy Awards proves that a contemporary golden age of Tv was in entire drive. No matter if it was the tail end of a remarkably stable comedy lineup, the prolonged-awaited breakthrough for a standout drama or the ongoing domination of 1 demonstrate in the miniseries category, the performances remaining honored on Sept. 19, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles have been extraordinary then — and however memorable many years later on.
‘Frasier’ finishes with a new document established
David Hyde Pierce earned his fourth supporting actor in a comedy Emmy for participating in the fastidious Niles Crane in “Frasier” (NBC), a clearly show that wrapped its 11 seasons that May perhaps. (The sequence returned on Paramount+ in 2023 without the need of Pierce.) He’d been nominated consecutively every yr of the show’s run, becoming the actor with the most nods in this classification.
Pierce was up from a couple of acquainted names: Brad Garrett (“Everybody Enjoys Raymond,” CBS), who’d won in this group in 2002, 2003 and would acquire yet again in 2005 1996 Emmy-winner Peter Boyle (“Raymond”) Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace,” NBC), who gained in this class in 2000 and would earn a next Emmy in a various classification in 2011 and Jeffrey Tambor (“Arrested Growth,” Fox), who would go on to gain Emmys in 2015 and 2016.
About that remarkably steady lineup: From 2000-05, Boyle and Hayes were nominated each and every calendar year, with Pierce and Garrett getting involved 5 of the six moments.
“It’s not the way I would have absent, but Ok,” Pierce quipped to the audience soon after accepting the award from presenters Chris Noth and Sarah Jessica Parker. Soon after supplying his thanks, he included, “They say television and comedy in television is changing, and I just want to say when it variations back, simply call me.”
Bada bing! A significant acquire for ‘Sopranos’ supporting
It was a major night time all all around for “The Sopranos” (HBO), which dominated not just the drama collection category but also took house both equally supporting actor and actress Emmys for Michael Imperioli and Drea de Matteo, respectively. It was Imperioli’s 3rd nomination for enjoying gangster Christopher Moltisanti in the sequence, and his only win. He was up versus co-star Steve Buscemi, who acquired a short form wide range collection Emmy in 2016 initially-time nominee Brad Dourif (“Deadwood,” HBO) Victor Garber (“Alias,” ABC), who was nominated for this purpose 3 occasions and John Spencer (“The West Wing,” NBC), who won his Emmy for this purpose in 2002. He died in 2005.
“Being on ‘The Sopranos’ is like the best matter in the globe for an actor, and if this was the only detail I’d at any time performed I’d be Ok with that,” Imperioli explained to the audience right after accepting the Emmy from presenters Blair Underwood and Heather Locklear. “Probably.”
An angelic want for the long term
Four of the 5 nominations in supporting actor in a miniseries or film went to to start with-time nominees, all from HBO’s juggernaut “Angels in The united states,” with Jeffrey Wright (who played various characters in the miniseries) winning the award. He was the to start with Black actor to get in the class since James Earl Jones (also a nominee as a visitor actor in 2004) won in 1991.
He was up against fellow “Angels” Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman and Patrick Wilson, all on their initially Emmy nomination and two-time Emmy veteran William H. Macy, who played John Irwin in “Stealing Sinatra” (Showtime).
Wright recognized the Emmy from presenters Debra Messing and Eric McCormack, and he lavished praise on his fellow forged and crew, then continued by means of two awkward orchestral cues to converse up for the ongoing victims of AIDS. “When I at first commenced this journey with this piece [Wright originated two of his miniseries roles in the original 1993 Broadway production of “Angels”], AIDS impacted mostly gay guys now the sickness impacts African Individuals in incredible numbers…. I hope that in accepting this I may possibly be an inspiration to actors who want to convey to those people stories and preserve those realities and struggles alive in the public dialogue.”
