Steven Yeun winning at the Golden Globes 2024.Photo:CBS
CBS
Beef’sSteven Yeunwon big at theGolden Globes 2024— and made sure to thank those closest to him!
The actor won his first Golden Globe award for best actor in best limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television during Sunday’s ceremony. With the win, Yeun beat outFellow TravelersactorMatt Bomer,Lawmen: Bass ReevesstarDavid Oyelowo,Fargo’sJon Hamm,Daisy Jones & The Six’sSam Claflin, andWhite House Plumbers’leadWoody Harrelsonfor the prestigious honor.
While accepting his award, Yeun, 40, sweetly called out his wifeJoana Pak, calling her his “strength.”
“The story I usually tell of myself, to myself, is one of isolation and separateness and then you come up here and you have this moment, and you can only just think about everyone else and that feels like the plot ofFrozen,” he said. “Shoutout to my daughter Ruthie, family movie night!”
“I’m just so thankful. I’m just the recipient of a long line of compassion and love and protection and goodwill, so I appreciate this,” he continued before thanking his wife. “Joana, I love you. You are my strength.”
Steven Yeun and wife Joana Pak.Amy Sussman/Getty
Amy Sussman/Getty
InBeef, Yeun plays Danny Cho, a man whose repressed anger is unleashed after he finds himself in a road rage scenario with Ali Wong’s character. In the event’s aftermath,Beef’stwosome find their lives intertwined in unexpected ways.
This is the first Golden Globe nomination for Yeun, who previously received critical acclaim for his performance as the father of a Korean American family in the 2020 filmMinari.
Steven Yeun in ‘Beef’.Andrew Cooper/Netflix
Andrew Cooper/Netflix
Yeun was up against some stiff competition for this year’s award.
Bomer, 46, plays a closeted gay man entangled in a decades-long love affair in the Showtime limited seriesFellow Travelers, which he also executive produced.
Matt Bomer in ‘Fellow Travelers.'.Ben Mark Holzberg/SHOWTIME
Ben Mark Holzberg/SHOWTIME
Adapted from Thomas Mallon’s novel of the same name, the show followsBomerandJonathan Bailey’s characters as they navigate their complex relationship from the 1950s Joseph McCarthy communist trials to the 1980s AIDS crisis.
This year’s Golden Globes nomination was Bomer’s second; the actor previously received a nod for his portrayal of Felix Turner in 2014’sThe Normal Heart.
Sam Claflin in ‘Daisy Jones & The Six.'.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
This is Claflin’s first Golden Globes nomination.
Jon Hamm in ‘Fargo’ season 5.Michelle Faye/FX
Michelle Faye/FX
Starring oppositeJuno TempleinFargo, Hamm, 52, makes an indelible impression in the role of North Dakota Sheriff Roy Tillman, “a man who works from sunup to sundown shepherding God’s land” and who prides himself not just in be being “the law,” but also being “above the law.”
Woody Harrelson in ‘White House Plumbers.'.Phil Caruso/HBO
Phil Caruso/HBO
This is the fifth Golden Globes nomination for Harrelson, 62, who previously received nods for his performances in HBO’sTrue Detective, the 2012 HBO filmGame Change, 2009’s war dramaThe Messengerand 1996’sThe People vs. Larry Flynt.
David Oyelowo in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves.'.Lauren Smith/Paramount+
Lauren Smith/Paramount+
Playing the first Black U.S. deputy marshal west of the Mississippi River in Paramount+‘sLawmen: Bass Reeveswas a dream more than eight years in the making for Oyelowo, 47, who also executive-produced the series withYellowstonecreator Taylor Sheridan.
“We are going for a true historical representation, which is rare,” Oyelowo told PEOPLE ahead of production. “People don’t know that one in four cowboys back then were Black and that the Lone Ranger was basically a story that was ripped from Bass Reeves’s life.”
For the series, Oyelowo trained in horse riding and firearms to play the man who arrested more than 3,000 criminals in the 1800s: “He had a long career with so many legendary stories. That’s what’s exciting.”
This is Oyelowo’s third Golden Globes nomination; he earned nods in 2015 forSelmaand 2016 forNightengale.
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