Aziz Ansari has won the best television comedy actor Golden Globe Award for his role on Master of None.
Ansari is a co-creator of the Netflix series, which focuses on his character, Dev, as he navigates relationships and his growing television career.
The show’s second season expanded to tell the backstories of some of Dev’s friends, including an episode that focused on the life of ordinary New Yorkers and another that explored the coming out story of a lesbian character played by Lena Waithe.
Ansari accepted the award by saying he didn’t think he would win it.
“I genuinely didn’t think I would win as all the websites said I was gonna lose. Also, I am glad that we won this one. To lose two of these in a row would have been a really [expletive] moment for me. But this is nice. The only reason my acting is good on the show is because everyone holds me up,” he said. “I want to thank Italy for all the amazing food we ate on season two.”
The actor also thanked his parents for their support.
Sterling K. Brown won the best television drama actor Golden Globe Award for his role on This is Us.
Brown plays a family man recovering from a nervous breakdown and the complicated dynamics of the family that adopted him when he was a baby.
Brown opened his speech by remarking on Oprah Winfrey’s presence in the room — she received a lifetime achievement award — before quickly saying he needed to thank his wife before he forgot. He also told his children that he would take them to school in the morning.
Brown profusely thanked This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman for engaging in colour-blind casting and giving him great material to work with.
“Now, Dan Fogelman, throughout the majority of my career, I’ve benefited from colour-blind casting, which means, ahey, let’s throw a brother in there’. That’s always really cool,” he said. “But Dan Fogelman, you wrote a role for a black man that can only be played by a black man. So what I appreciate so much about this is that I’m being seen for who I am and being appreciated for who I am, and it makes it that much more difficult to dismiss me or dismiss anybody who looks like me.”
