Five actors are seeing double this morning.
Jason Bateman, Colman Domingo, Laurie Metcalf, Nick Offerman, and Matthew Rhys have all joined the elite club of performers who scored two Emmy acting nominations in a single year — just last year, Catherine O’Hara (The Studio, The Last of Us) and Julianne Nicholson (Hacks, Paradise) pulled it off.
From dramatic pivots to genre-hopping performances, here’s what landed each of them in two races at once.
Jason Bateman
The 14-time Emmy nominee (prior to 2026) is one of the more underappreciated double threats in the field, but the numbers tell the story. Bateman has never won an acting Emmy — his lone victory came for directing Ozark. This year, he earned a Best Limited/Movie Actor nomination for Black Rabbit on Netflix, and a second acting nod via Best Limited/Movie Supporting Actor for DTF St. Louis on HBO. He didn’t stop there — Bateman also picked up nominations for directing Black Rabbit and producing DTF St. Louis, giving him four nominations total on the morning.
Colman Domingo
The Emmy winner first took home the trophy in 2022 for Euphoria on HBO and earned another nomination last year for The Four Seasons on Netflix — and now Domingo is back in contention for both shows, landing a Best Comedy Supporting Actor nod for The Four Seasons and a Best Drama Guest Actor nomination for Euphoria.
Laurie Metcalf
The four-time Emmy winner is everywhere this season, and the Television Academy has rarely been shy about rewarding her. Metcalf landed a nomination in Best Limited/Movie Supporting Actress nomination for her work in Monster: The Ed Gein Story on Netflix, pairing it with a Best Comedy Guest Actress nod for Hacks on HBO Max — a race she’s won before. The double ranks among the more quietly impressive feats of this year’s nominations morning, especially coming just a month after she earned her third career Tony Award for starring in the acclaimed revival of Death of a Salesman. She previously earned a triple nomination in 2016.
Nick Offerman
The Parks and Recreation fan favorite took home his first statuette in 2023 for The Last of Us. Offerman landed a Best Comedy Supporting Actor nomination for Margo’s Got Money Troubles on Apple TV, and paired it with a Best Limited/Movie Supporting Actor nod for Death by Lightning on Netflix. The two performances couldn’t be more different — Offerman has always had more range than his deadpan persona suggests.
Matthew Rhys
Rhys won an Emmy for his role as superspy Philip Jennings on FX’s The Americans, a role he was nominated for four times, along with a nod for HBO’s Perry Mason. This year, he combined his dramatic and comedic chops with Widow’s Bay and The Beast in Me — earning a Best Comedy Actor nomination for the former and a Best Limited/Movie Actor nomination for the latter. With the pairing, Rhys becomes one of the first male performers to score career nominations across all three lead acting categories: drama, comedy, and limited series/movie. He scored a third bid this year as a producer for Widow’s Bay.
