Lamar Johnson among Canadian Emmy nominees

Lamar Johnson
Fellow Canadian actors Martin Short, Luke Kirby and Oliver Platt have also received nominations for the 75th Emmy Awards.

Canadian actor Lamar Johnson is up for an Emmy Award for his role in the Alberta-shot HBO series The Last of Us.

Toronto-born Johnson —  has been nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for The Last of Us, which premiered on HBO and Crave in January. The series earned a total of 24 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series. Johnson earned a Canadian Screen Award for his lead role in Clement Virgo’s Brother earlier this year.

Nominations for The Last of Us also include a host of Calgarians in the technical categories: set decorator Paul Healy (Outstanding Production Design); assistant costume designer Rebecca Toon and costume supervisor Michelle Carr (Outstanding Contemporary Costumes); department head hairstylist Chris Glimsdale and key hairstylist Penny Thompson (Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling); and production mixer Michael Playfair (Outstanding Sound Mixing).

Meanwhile, Hamilton-born comedy veteran Martin Short has also been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series for his role in Hulu’s Only Murders In The Building; Luke Kirby has been nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series on Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; and Windsor, Ont.-born Oliver Platt has also been nominated in the same category for his role in FX’s The Bear.

Another Alberta-shot production, the TV movie Prey (Hulu/Disney+) received several nominations, including Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Television Movie, while Showtime’s Vancouver-shot series Yellowjackets received three nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series.

Chilean-Canadian music composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer has been nominated for Outstanding Music Composition For A Series on HBO Max’s The White Lotus, while Montreal’s Antoni Porowski is up for Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Competition Program on Netflix’s Queer Eye.

The winners of the 75th Emmy Awards will be announced on Sept. 18.

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