Adolescence star Owen Cooper has become the youngest male to win an acting award at the Emmys. Period.
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The 15-year-old actor won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie.
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He led the breakout Netflix limited drama as 13-year-old Jamie Miller, who is arrested on suspicion of a gruesome murder.
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Owen thanked the cast, crew, and his parents in his acceptance speech. "Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn't expect to be in the United States, never mind here," he said. "But I think tonight proves that if you listen and you focus and you step out of your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life."
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"I was nothing about three years ago and I'm here now. Who cares if you get embarrassed?" Owen continued. "Anything can be possible."
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Owen broke the record previously held in the category by Michael A. Goorjian, who was 23 years old when he won for David's Mother in 1994.
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Sixteen-year-old Scott Jacoby previously held the record for being the youngest male actor ever to win a Primetime Emmy for his role in The Certain Summer in 1973.
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An incredible feat, Owen had previously never worked as an actor before auditioning for Adolescence, Netflix's second-most-watched English-language series.
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A historic win in more ways than one, it really resonated with everybody on the internet: