Jeremy Allen White Wins Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series at the Emmys 2024: 'This Show Has Changed My Life'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jeremy Allen White attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on Sept. 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

Jeremy Allen Whiteis a winner again!

For the second year in a row,The Bearstar was named the outstanding actor in a comedy series at the 2024Emmy Awardson Sunday, Sept. 15.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, so much,” White — who playsCarmen “Carmy” Berzattoin the hit Hulu series — said, when taking the stage. “My heart is just beating outside of its chest.”

He went on to thank hisBearcostars, telling them, “I want us to be in each other’s lives forever.”

“This show has changed my life,” said White. “It has installed a faith that change is possible, that change is possible if you’re able to reach out, you’re really truly never alone. I thank this show.”

Jeremy Allen White as Carmen Carmy Berzatto in “The Bear”.FX

FX

Part ofThe Bear’s ongoing success has been credited to the cast’s chemistry. White, 33, discussedthe bondhe has built with his costar,Ayo Edebiri, in a June 2024 interview withVanity Fair.

“We really enjoy each other in life, on camera and off camera,” White said of the actress. “I hope that sort of that kind of thing shines through on camera between Carm and Syd.”

White added, “Syd is always able to…I don’t know, to deliver something different to Carmy, and she’s usually right. And I guess I think Ayo is also usually right."

D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai in “Reservation Dogs”.Shane Brown/FX

Shane Brown/FX

Elsewhere in his speech on Sunday, White thanked his fellow nominees, which includedOnly Murders in the BuildingcostarsMartin ShortandSteve Martinas well as D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai fromReservation Dogs,Larry DavidfromCurb Your Enthusiasmand Matt Berry fromWhat We Do in the Shadows.

“I’m so honored to be in your company,” he said.

Woon-a-Tai, 22, scored his first Emmy nomination for his role inReservation Dogs.

The actor opened up toThe Hollywood Reporterabout finding a connection with his character Bear on the FX/Hulu series, which follows a group of Indigenous teens in Oklahoma who want to make their way to California — and decide they’ll do anything to get the money, even if they have to steal it.

“I related to Bear right off the bat, and I see a lot of similarities within myself, within my cousins and my nephews, and with family and friends,” he shared in August. “There are definitely a lot of Bears in the world and in what we call Indian Country, just like there are Willie Jacks everywhere or Elora Danans or Cheeses everywhere. So I felt like I was really rolling with that Bear as well, and to see his arc was very beautiful.”

“We’re two different people — I grew up in Canada, in a big city, not a reservation community in Oklahoma,” he continued. “So that’s very different, but in the writers telling their stories, they told my story as well.”

Larry David in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.John Johnson/HBO

John Johnson/HBO

During an interview withSunday Today with Willie Geist, David opened up about closing this chapter after more than decades.

“I’m too old to be on camera every week now, to act the way I do on the show,” he continued. “How can I continue to act like that? It’s insane! I could do it in my 50s and 60s and mid-70s. I’m not going into the 80s acting like that!”

Matt Berry as Laszlo in ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.Russ Martin/FX

Russ Martin/FX

Berry became a first-time Emmy nominee when he received a nomination for his role inWhat We Do in the Shadows.

The 50-year-old actor revealed what initially drew him to the role of Laszlo on the FX series, which follows the everyday lives of four vampires in Staten Island, New York, who struggle to fit in with the human world — with many snafus along the way.

“That would attract any actor, I think. I mean, because all these characters are dead — or undead, whichever you choose — they can say and do anything,” he continued. “That’s what attracts me to it. We don’t have to be cautious, because these people don’t exist, and while they may be based within our times, they’re not from our times. So that gives them credit to do and say whatever they like — within reason. And as a result, he’s always been very free to play.”

Patrick Harbron/Hulu

Short, 74, stars as Oliver Putnam inOnly Murders in the Building.

The actor told PEOPLE in May that it isa joy to workwith costarsMartinandSelena Gomezon the hit Hulu series, which premiered its fourth season on Aug. 27.

“It’s a very, very, very loose, fun-filled set. I think everyone has the same review — that, working on the show, it’s really fun and loose, and that’s kind of the philosophy of Steve, the way he’s always worked, and so is Selena,” Short said. “So everyone works in joy and happiness, because we’re lucky people.”

Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage in ‘Only Murders in the Building’.Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu

Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu

Martin, 79, brings comedy gold to OnlyMurders in the Buildingalongside costarsSelena Gomezand Short.

The actor opened up toVarietyin 2022 about developing the characters he and Martin play, joking, “They would have time older, a lot of you are idle, but that have time to solve a murder, but also lazy enough that they didn’t want to go downtown.”

“I’m very happy with my character not growing,” he added at the time. “They always say, ‘What’s the arc of the character? What does he learn?’ Once you get to 75, there’s not a lot left to learn, there’s only more mistakes. So I don’t worry about those things. [It’s about] being true to the character. If Marty Short is true to Oliver, and I’m true to Charles, then we can’t go wrong. They’re real people.”

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