Lee Jung-Jae of Squid Game is the first Asian actor to win an Emmy for best male actor in a drama.
In the blockbuster Netflix series, the South Korean bagged an award for his portrayal of the increasingly desperate Seong Gi-hun.
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the show’s creator, was the first Asian to win the best drama series director award.
Ted Lasso won best comedy series for the second year in a straight, while Succession won best drama for the second year in a row.
During his acceptance speech at the US television industry’s most prestigious celebration of the year, the drama’s British creator, Jesse Armstrong, made a remark about the monarchy.
“It’s a big week for successions – new King in the UK, this for us,” he joked. “Evidently a bit more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles.”
“Keep it, royalist, keep it, royalist,” the show’s star Brian Cox, who was also on stage, told him after the audience went fairly quiet.
