Matthew Rhys Makes Emmy History With Dual Lead Acting Wins
The Welsh actor becomes the first performer to win Emmys for all three lead acting categories and the first man to take two on one night.
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First reported by Variety, 19 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
7 publishers have covered this in 11 articles since 15 Sept 2026. Variety published first, on 15 September at 00:22 UTC; Deadline followed 19 min later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 16 September at 10:28 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, IndieWire, The A.V. Club, France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines, Times of India.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Variety‘Beast in Me’ Star Matthew Rhys Wins Emmy for Lead Actor in Limited Series
- DeadlineMatthew Rhys Very Grateful For His ‘Beast in Me’ Team That Helped Him Land The Emmy Win For Best Actor In Limited Series
- The Hollywood ReporterMatthew Rhys Jokes About Using Emmy as a Weapon After ‘The Beast in Me’ Lead Acting Win
- VarietyMatthew Rhys Makes Emmy History as First Person to Win Two Lead Acting Emmys in One Night and First Man to Win All Three Top Acting Prizes
- IndieWireMatthew Rhys Wins Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy for ‘Widow’s Bay’
- DeadlineMatthew Rhys Wins Second Statuette Of The Night With ‘Widow’s Bay,’ Setting Two Emmys Records
- The Hollywood ReporterMatthew Rhys Makes Emmy History With Best Actor Win for ‘Widow’s Bay’
- The A.V. ClubMatthew Rhys collects two lead actor Emmys in the same night
- DeadlineEmmys: What You Didn’t See On TV; Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlie Hunnam, Nicole Kidman & More
- France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlinesMatthew Rhys makes Emmy history as Widow’s Bay breaks records
- Times of IndiaMatthew Rhys was always the Main Man. You just didn’t know it till this year’s Emmys
Sources
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- Matthew Rhys Makes Emmy History With Best Actor Win for ‘Widow’s Bay’ The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Matthew Rhys Makes Emmy History as First Person to Win Two Lead Acting Emmys in One Night and First Man to Win All Three Top Acting Prizes Variety ·
- Matthew Rhys Jokes About Using Emmy as a Weapon After ‘The Beast in Me’ Lead Acting Win The Hollywood Reporter ·
- ‘Beast in Me’ Star Matthew Rhys Wins Emmy for Lead Actor in Limited Series Variety ·
- Matthew Rhys was always the Main Man. You just didn’t know it till this year’s Emmys Times of India
- Matthew Rhys makes Emmy history as Widow’s Bay breaks records France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines
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- Emmys: What You Didn’t See On TV; Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlie Hunnam, Nicole Kidman & More Deadline
- Matthew Rhys collects two lead actor Emmys in the same night The A.V. Club
- Matthew Rhys Wins Second Statuette Of The Night With ‘Widow’s Bay,’ Setting Two Emmys Records Deadline
- Matthew Rhys Wins Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy for ‘Widow’s Bay’ IndieWire
- Matthew Rhys Very Grateful For His ‘Beast in Me’ Team That Helped Him Land The Emmy Win For Best Actor In Limited Series Deadline
In this story
- Matthew Rhys
- Widow's Bay
- The Beast in Me
- Emmy Awards