Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang makes Emmy Award history

Bowen Yang, a strange star Saturday Night Live and evilignoring gravity and Emmy Award history, he became the award’s most nominated Asian male performer.

Yang, 34, will be nominated for an outstanding support actor for his role in the 2025 Emmy Awards comedy series, across multiple sketches in the US Prime Time Hit. Saturday Night Live (SNL).

It was Yang’s fourth Emmy nomination in the acting category and his fifth overall award. He secured his first nomination as part of it SNL He is an outstanding writing in the Variety Series category and writes Team 2019.

All other nominations for Yang are performance-based by outstanding supporting actors from the comedy series; SNL.

2021, he became the first SNL A player nominated in the performance category for the show at the Emmies.

Despite having five overall nominations now, Yang hasn’t yet won Emmy.

Later this year, he will compete for his first Emmy Award victory by facing fellow gay actors Colman Domingo and Michael Urry. Four Seasons and Contraction each.

Ike Barinholtz is also nominated in the category. studioFor Jeff Hiller Someone somewhereFor Harrison Ford Contractionand ebon moss-bachrach’s Bear.

Yang is the most nominated male performer at the Emmy Awards, Kill Eve Star Sandra Oh is the most selected Asian performer overall, with 14 nominations and one victory.

Other LGBTQ+ record breakers at the 2025 Emmy Awards are Our Last Star Bella Ramsey became the first non-binary actor to receive multiple nominations at the ceremony, and RuPaul became the most nominated real-life host in Emmy Awards history.

He, of course, won his 10th nomination for a great host, either for real or competitive program categories. Rupaul’s drag racing.

Bowen Yang He made history many times throughout his career. In 2018, he became his first full-time Chinese-American cast member. SNL.

The Emmy Awards will be held on September 14th.

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