Tramell Tillman of Apple TV+’s hit collection “Severance” gained the Emmy for supporting actor in a drama, changing into the primary Black actor to win the class. He acquired a standing ovation as he accepted the award.
Tillman was awarded for his portrayal of the enigmatic and presumably sinister worker supervisor Seth Milchick, who leads the macrodata refinement workforce at Lumon Industries after earlier boss Concord Cobel (Patricia Arquette) is unceremoniously eliminated. The actor was spotlighted in a number of episodes in the course of the present’s second season, notably the finale, when Mr. Milchick boogied whereas backing a marching band throughout an worker celebration for finishing the Chilly Harbor file.
The victory got here in one of many ceremony’s best contests as Tillman confronted off towards two of his “Severance” co-stars, Zach Cherry and John Turturro; a trio from Season 3 of HBO’s “The White Lotus” — Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs and Sam Rockwell; and James Marsden from Hulu’s “Paradise.” It was Tillman’s first Emmy nomination and first win.
He devoted his win to his mom, describing her as his first performing coach — “robust, however all nice moms are.”
“Mama, you had been there for me when nobody else was, and nobody else would present up,” he stated. “That is for you.”
“I’m full. I’m humbled. I’m honored,” Tillman continued. Elevating his trophy, he capped off his speech with, “and as my mom would say, ‘Woo! Have a look at God.’ ”
In a dialogue throughout an episode of the Los Angeles Occasions’ The Envelope podcast, Tillman stated he had initially considered Mr. Milchick as a villain. However he got here to comprehend that the character was extra advanced.
“To categorize him as a villain, I believe it’s a bit shortsighted,” he stated. “It’s simple to go that route. And so what I actually take pleasure in is the dialog the place individuals are discussing if he’s a villain as a result of I believe that there’s extra to mine. There’s extra to know.”
After his historic win, Tillman underscored the work of different Black actors.
“I’m on cloud 9,” he stated within the winner’s room. “I’m nonetheless processing, however I’m lucky to be within the firm of such nice actors which have gone earlier than me, like Andre Braugher, Ossie Davis, Michael Ok. Williams, which have executed stunning work … Giancarlo Esposito, Jeffrey Wright. These males have been taking up the work for years.”
— Kaitlyn Huamani contributed to this report.
