BENJAMONSTER AWARDS 2022: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Today's award is Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series!

Check out past results from 2020 and 2021!

This year's nominees are...

PAUL W. DOWNS as Jimmy LuSaque in Hacks (HBO Max)

WALTON GOGGINS as Baby Billy Freeman in The Righteous Gemstones (HBO)

BRETT GOLDSTEIN as Roy Kent in Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

BRANDON SCOTT JONES as Captain Isaac Higgintoot in Ghosts (CBS)

LUKE KIRBY as Lenny Bruce in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

MARK PROKSCH as Colin Robinson in What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

TONY SHALHOUB as Abe Weissman in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

HENRY WINKLER as Gene Cousineau in Barry (HBO)

MICHAEL ZEGEN as Joel Maisel in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

And the Winner Is...

BRETT GOLDSTEIN

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Last year, my winner in this category was another Ted Lasso actor - Brendan Hunt. Hunt was not nominated in this category this year but the season really belonged to Goldstein. Two seasons into Ted Lasso and Roy Kent has already started to become an iconic character along the lines of Ron Swanson. With his gruff exterior and teddy bear interior, he's an enigma of a character at times and the second season really explored what a post-professional sports career can be like for someone who devoted his whole life to his career. It is funny at times (his attempts at trying to be a TV analyst) and sad at times. Brett Goldstein gave a very layered performance that improved on an already strong performance in the first season.

Thoughts on the Rest of the Nominees:

This is an interesting category with the last two winners eligible but not nominated. There are two returning nominees though. Tony Shalhoub and Michael Zegen both turned in another strong season on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Shalhoub remains endearingly kooky while Zegen gets a lot of flack for his role but is, in my opinion, a strong and necessary character. A third Maisel actor joined the list too as Luke Kirby went back to being a Supporting Actor and not a Guest and had a really strong arc this season. Among non Maisel actors, the legendary Henry Winkler was fantastic again on Barry with his character becoming more and more sympathetic. Walton Goggins was ridiculous in The Righteous Gemstones in all the right ways. Mark Proksch is so delightfully strange on What We Do in the Shadows. Paul W. Downs had a much bigger role in Season 2 of Hacks and came through with a more realized character. Finally, Brandon Scott Jones was the standout of a strong ensemble on Ghosts with his breakout character.

Tomorrow: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited/Anthology Series!

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