Overview

• Owen Cooper won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Netflix’s Adolescence, setting a new mark as the youngest male acting winner in Emmy history at age 15.
• Adolescence also took Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, with Stephen Graham winning lead actor, Erin Doherty supporting actress, Philip Barantini directing, and Jack Thorne with Graham recognized for writing.
• Cooper’s milestone surpasses Scott Jacoby’s long-standing youngest-male record set at 16 in 1973, while Roxana Zal remains the youngest Emmy acting winner overall at 14 in 1984.
• In his acceptance speech, Cooper urged peers to step out of their comfort zone and credited the cast and crew; he later posted a brief thank-you on social media reflecting on the night with his family.
• His former Manchester drama school praised the achievement as its “biggest,” and the Warrington student joked he won’t bring the statuette to school because it might get stolen.