British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed has landed an Emmy nomination for his new show Bait. He has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
He’s up against some tough competition — Jason Bateman in Black Rabbit, Charlie Hunnam in Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Oscar Isaac in Beef and Matthew Rhys in The Beast in Me.
Bait tells the story of a young, struggling British-Pakistani actor named Shahjehan Latif, whose name literally translates to ‘king of the world’. Despite the regality of his title, he is always ironically one step behind in his goal to play the famous James Bond 007.
HBO’s emergency room drama The Pitt returned to the Emmy Awards race with a leading 25 nominations on Wednesday, and the final season of HBO’s Hacks landed 24 nominations, a record-setting haul for a comedy in a single year.
HBO Max topped all networks with 122 nominations this year, followed by Netflix with 111.
