Periodically this summer I'll be sharing my picks for the primetime Emmy awards, which will take place this September. Up this week, Best Supporting Actor in a comedy series. Click the links below each description for videos of the actors in their roles. Of course, there are SPOILERS in the descriptions and the videos, so please don't read or watch if you haven't caught up on the shows.
1. Pete Gardner (Crazy Ex Girlfriend): As Daryl Whitefeather, the boss at the law firm central to the show, Gardner looks like a regular middle-aged guy, but he's anything but. He's sweet and meek, letting his employees, especially the unstable Rebecca (the show's central character) get away with anything and everything. Even though the show is a musical comedy, he's not one of its best singers, but he generates laughs from his line delivery and goofy facial expressions. Daryl's divorce and reveal as a bisexual man, along with his relationship with the much-younger "White Josh", has become one of the show's most compelling storylines.
Daryl song
2. Marc Maron (Glow): Maron is pretty much the only male presence on this show about female wrestlers in the 1980s. His character Sam, the director of the wrestling show within the show, is a brash and sometimes mean alcoholic. But he truly cares about the women under his charge and the success of Glow. He's really a feminist at heart, but someone like Sam would never admit this. Maron strikes the right balance to make Sam a tough guy without ever becoming unlikable; in fact, he's probably the most likable character on the show.
Glow recap
3. Manny Jacinto (The Good Place): On this strange and wonderful sitcom about the afterlife, Jacinto plays Jason, a small-town gangster and drug dealer who aims to become a better person even after death. He's incredibly dumb and naïve about just about everything, but Jacinto plays him like an amazed young child marveling at the world around him. His quasi-relationship with robot Janet was also one of the strangest yet funniest things on tv last year.
Jason is tested
4. Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory): The character of Raj has gotten the short end of the straw for most of this hit comedy's run. After all, he's the only member of the cast who still hasn't been coupled up, which is a bit sad because Raj is the most hopeless romantic member of the group of nerdy scientist friends. Still, Nayyar makes the most of his time onscreen, often letting his costar Simon Helberg (as Howard Wolowitz) get most of the big belly laughs. Nayyar's comedy is more subtle and self-deprecating, but in my opinion even more funny.
The best of Raj
5. Louie Anderson (Baskets): In all honesty, none of the other actors on my list can compare to Anderson. He plays the mother of twins Chip and Dale Baskets (Zach Galifianakis), which is funny in and of itself. Anderson fills Christine Baskets with such heart and authenticity that she has become the unofficial star of the show over the course of its 3 seasons. She's persnickety and difficult but also lonely and sweet, seeming like a real middle-aged woman that you might know in your life. Anderson has said that he takes inspiration for the character from his own late mother, which just makes me love the performance even more. The show itself is just okay, but I am a devoted viewer mainly due to this incredible performance.
Mama Baskets in Costco
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