Squid Game

The 49-year-old South Korean actor beats four others, including veteran actor Brian Cox of Succession fame.

Backstage, Hwang said it was a “major moment” for him and Lee. The series had topped [Netflix viewing charts](/features/2021/10/27/why-some-korean-women-are-boycotting-squid-game) in multiple countries, kickstarted sales of tracksuits and Vans sneakers, and kindled global interest in learning Korean. Actor Lee Jung-jae, who played the moral centre in Squid Game, has become the first Asian and South Korean to win the Emmy for best drama series actor, one of four awards picked by the hit Netflix series.

As actor Lee Jung-jae became the first Asian actor ever to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series honour at the 74th annual Television Academy Awards ...

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The show became a pop culture phenomenon when it debuted last September and was the first non-English language series nominated for the outstanding drama series ...

Another [called it](https://twitter.com/2nasom_/status/1569520862386343938?s=20&t=JPhtn1ASMdnfL0_k38rtcA) a “historical moment” for Korea’s film industry. [previously](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/squid-game-director-hwang-dong-hyuk-spc-hnk/index.html) with CNN, Hwang shared his inspiration for Squid Game, saying that it was “a personal story” that also reflected the “competitive society.” It received “Lee Jung-jae made another mark (for) the Korean movie industry,” [Emmy Awards, ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/entertainment/2022-emmys-highlights/index.html)with South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae winning outstanding lead actor in a drama series and director Hwang Dong-hyuk taking the award for top director of the same. “I want to thank the TV Academy for this honor and also a huge thank-you to Netflix,” he said in his speech and gave a shout out to Netflix boss Ted Sarandos.

International, MNA | Dysfunctional family saga "Succession" on Monday took top honors for best drama at the Emmys, television's biggest night of the year, ...

Beautiful like me. Black like me. Zendaya repeated her feat as best actress in a drama for her turn in “Euphoria,” two years after she became the youngest ever winner in the category for the first season of HBO’s hard-hitting look at teenage life. Other big winners on the night were fellow HBO stablemate “The White Lotus,” which won a total of 10 Emmys including best limited series, and Apple TV+ comedy favorite “Ted Lasso,” again a winner for best comedy and best actor Jason Sudeikis. Accepting the best drama award, “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong noted it had been a big week for successions — a reference to the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension to the British throne of her son. Dysfunctional family saga “Succession” on Monday took top honors for best drama at the Emmys, television’s biggest night of the year, as “Squid Game” made history when Lee Jung-jae was named best actor, a first for a non-English-language performer.

Jung-jae holds his trophy for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for “Squid Game” at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Backstage, Hwang said it was a “major moment” for him and Lee. Squid Game is a dark drama that tells the story of people who compete in a deadly competition to erase their financial debt. The 49-year-old South Korean actor beats four others, including veteran actor Brian Cox of Succession fame.

Together with the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards that took place last week, Monday's ceremony put the “Squid Game” cast and crew at a total of 6 Emmys.

(AP/Yonhap) 12 in Los Angeles’s Microsoft Theater. “Squid Game” lead actor Lee Jung-jae (left) and director Hwang Dong-hyuk (right) hold up their respective Emmy trophies after winning at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept.

South Koreans shared congratulations on social media for the multiple wins by “Squid Game” at the Emmy Awards, but the overall reaction was subdued as the ...

“South Korean TV dramas have been huge in Asia for years, especially in markets where people share similar emotional sentiments with South Koreans,” Kim said. Squid Game is a brutal survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape debt. From K-pop sensations BTS and BLACKPINK to the movie “Parasite” that won four Oscars, South Korean pop culture is now a global phenomenon. “People are getting used to (major awards),” film critic Kim See-moo said. “Bong Joon-ho took home four Oscars for ‘Parasite,’ another one of our actors won an Oscar for ‘Minari’ and then Park Chan-wook won best director at Cannes (for ‘Decision to Leave’). Both were the first Asians to win in those categories.

Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae has made history at the Emmys, becoming the first person to win Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for a non-English speaking ...

[Lee Yoo-mi](https://www.instagram.com/p/CiHCLSwpTVi/), who played Ji-yeong, won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. The show, which has been [The White Lotus](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a40652328/white-lotus-season-2-jon-gries-return/), which dominated the Limited or Anthology Series categories with 10 awards, and Apple TV+'s [Ted Lasso](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37180295/ted-lasso-season-3-release-date-apple-tv/), which scooped Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Jason Sudeikis. Thank you." First I'd like to thank God above. [Squid Game](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a37688375/squid-game-season-2-release-date-netflix/)’s [Lee Jung-jae](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a40333058/squid-game-season-2-lee-jung-jae/) made history at the Emmy Awards by becoming the first person in history to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for a non-English speaking role.

Squid Game can't stop breaking records and making history. Since the show's debut on Netflix last year, Squid Game has been the focal point of several ...

The revelation has allowed Squid Game's team to earn a host of awards that have typically been inaccessible to Asian creatives. Hopefully, Squid Game's success will allow Hollywood to finally realize that successful properties aren't exclusively reserved for white Americans. Since the show's debut on Netflix last year, Squid Game has been the focal point of several relevant conversations about modern media.

Squid Game's six Emmys wins last night, including Lee Jung-jae in Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series would not have happened if it wasn't Netflix's ...

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Organizers want their guests to have a good time as Hollywood preps for annual awards gala.

“Succession” won the drama series casting award. It’s also among the few contenders this year, along with “Squid Game,” to field a substantial number of nominees of color. The dramatized account of Queen Elizabeth’s reign and family life will return for its fifth season in November, as Britain I get it — it sucks to lose, and everybody’s picking outfits and trying to do the red carpet thing,” Thompson said. Even comedy nominee “Ted Lasso,” the defending champ, took a storytelling dark turn. EDT on NBC, streaming on Peacock) will be big and festive, executive producers Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart said.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans shared congratulations on social media Tuesday for the multiple wins by “Squid Game” at the Emmy Awards, but the…

Squid Game is a brutal survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape debt. “South Korean TV dramas have been huge in Asia for years, especially in markets where people share similar emotional sentiments with South Koreans,” Kim said. From K-pop sensations BTS and BLACKPINK to the movie “Parasite” that won four Oscars, South Korean pop culture is now a global phenomenon.

Lee isn't the only actor from the hit Netflix show to make history Monday night.

Park Hae-soo, whose character tries to expose the corrupt Squid Game, and Oh Yeong-su, who plays elderly contestant 001, were both nominated for best supporting actor in a drama series. However, Hwang did win the Emmy for his directing. The star took home the award for best actor in a drama, becoming the first Asian actor to take home the honor. She played Ji-yeon, or player Player 240, who made a selfless decision during the game. "Squid Game," which takes place in Korea, premiered on Netflix in 2021. He also was the first actor from a non-English show to win an Emmy, Netflix announced.

"Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-hyuk knows there are "concerns" about how the reality-competition spinoff will handle drama's "heavy" themes.

“The stakes are high, but in this game, the worst fate is going home empty-handed,” the official release assured us. It doesn’t really set a great precedent. But have no fear, unlike the fictional drama, the reality show doesn’t intend to murder its losers.

Netflix's “Squid Game” won six Emmy Awards, with a historic win for the show's star, Lee Jung-jae.

Hwang also [confirmed](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/squid-game-season-2-teaser-drops-netflix-reveals-characters-return-rcna33242) antagonist The Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) and Gi-hun would be returning in season two, along with the introduction of the boyfriend of Young-hee, the giant killer doll used in the first game of the competition, “Red Light, Green Light.” It was also nominated for 13 other awards. The competition can only have one winner, and those who lose die. [made history](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/squid-game-makes-history-first-non-english-series-nominated-outstandin-rcna37871) in July as the first non-English series nominated for outstanding drama series at the award show. [won](https://www.emmys.com/shows/squid-game) the award for outstanding production design for a narrative contemporary program (one hour or more), outstanding guest actress in a drama series, outstanding special visual effects in a single episode, and outstanding stunt performance. Hwang Dong-hyuk, the series' director, won the award for outstanding directing for a drama series for the show’s first episode, “Red Light, Green Light.”

South Koreans shared congratulations on social media Tuesday for the multiple wins by "Squid Game" at the Emmy Awards, but the overall reaction was subdued ...

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(Bloomberg) -- Shares of Korean companies related to television production rose Tuesday after the Netflix Inc. megahit “Squid Game” won top honors at the ...

The company is working on a remake of the crime drama “The Mentalist.” ContentreeJoongAng Corp., producer of Netflix series “D.P.” and “Hellbound,” climbed 5.6%. Netflix in June confirmed that Squid Game would be coming back for a second season. Shares of Bucket Studio Co., which holds a stake in the agency representing Lee, closed 2.2% higher after surging as much as 12% earlier in the day.

'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk addressed concerns that Netflix's reality competition spinoff series is problematic, urging fans to not 'take things ...

Hwang won best directing for a drama series for the pilot episode, “Red Light, Green Light,” while star Lee Jung-Jae became the first Asian actor ever to win best actor in a drama. It doesn’t really set a great precedent.” [made history](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/wins-emmy-lead-actor-drama-1235367322/) — and scooped up a [handful of awards](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/2022-emmy-winners-list-1235354826/) in the process.

The South Korean dystopian series chronicled contestants dying for a chance at prize money, which is obviously not going to really happen.

Hwang added, “I think that even though our show does carry quite a heavy message—and I know that there are some concerns on taking that message and creating it into a reality show with a cash prize—I feel like when you take things too seriously, that’s really not the best way to go for the entertainment industry. Capitalism is gonna capitalism, and this spin-off appears to completely ignore how the series utilizes its game-show premise to explore structural problems within society and how it’s not sustainable for people’s livelihoods—only benefitting a small percentage of the rich while the working class dies to survive. [TV Line](https://tvline.com/2022/09/13/squid-game-creator-reaction-reality-show-competition-spinoff/) quoted the director in reaction to Squid Game: The Challenge—which invites 456 players to compete for $4.56 million.

'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has addressed concerns around the upcoming reality show based on the Netflix series.

A release date for the series is yet to be announced. It doesn’t really set a great precedent.” [Squid Game](https://www.nme.com/series/squid-game) creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has addressed concerns around the upcoming reality show based on the [Netflix](https://www.nme.com/brands/netflix) series.

"Squid Game" Emmy winner Hwang Dong-hyuk stood by Netflix adapting the drama series for reality competition series, "The Challenge."

The big success of Season 1 is a big reward to me, but at the same time it’s given me a lot of pressure.” The 10-episode competition series will be filmed in the U.K. “Fans of the drama series are in for a fascinating and unpredictable journey as our 456 real-world contestants navigate the biggest competition series ever, full of tension and twists, with the biggest ever cash prize at the end.” We’re grateful for his support as we turn the fictional world into reality in this massive competition and social experiment,” Brandon Riegg, Netflix VP of unscripted and documentary series, said. Contestants compete through a series of games inspired by the original show, while new additions, strategies, alliances, and characters are put to the test as competitors are eliminated around them. “However, I feel like when you take things too seriously, that’s really not the best way to go for the entertainment industry.

Following his big win at the 2022 Emmys, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk acknowledged the “concerns” about Netflix's upcoming reality competition ...

"What I hope is that they will be carrying on my vision and intention as much as possible for the show." It doesn't really set a great precedent." Though the recent Emmy winner acknowledged that there are "concerns" regarding how the drama's heavy themes of poverty and class with translate over to a competition series, he revealed that the creator of the new show has been in touch with him.