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Emmys 2020: Jeremy Strong wins Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Actor beat off competition from Jason Bateman and Steve Carell

Ellie Harrison
Monday 21 September 2020 03:48 BST
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Jeremy Strong in 'Succession'
Jeremy Strong in 'Succession' (Sky)

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Jeremy Strong has won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards.

The Succession star beat off competition from Ozark’s Jason Bateman, This is Us star Sterling K Brown, The Morning Show’s Steve Carell, Succession’s Brian Cox and Pose’s Billy Porter to win the award.

As he accepted the prize, he said he wanted to share it with writer Jesse Armstrong and his co-star Brian Cox.

The Independent gave the latest series of Succession a glowing five-star review, with critic Ed Cumming writing that it made “The Sopranos look like The Teletubbies”.

This year’s proceedings took place virtually for the first time in the award show’s 72-year history.

Jimmy Kimmel was back on hosting duties for the third time. Click here for a full list of all the 2020 Emmy nominations.

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