2024 Emmy nominations ballot: 23 narrators vie for your consideration
The TV academy has honored voice-only performances since 1992, when six cast members from “The Simpsons” collectively became the first actors to receive Emmys for such work. The Best Voice-Over Performance category became an official non-juried one in 2009 and was then split into two categories in 2014: Best Character Voice-Over and Best Narrator. Jeremy Irons (“Game of Lions”) was the latter category’s first champion, having been awarded once before for “The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century: War Without End” in 1997.
The 2024 Best Narrator ballot list below consists of 23 performances, which is down from 26 in 2023. Seeking his fourth win in this category is David Attenborough, who is doubly submitted for “Our Planet II” and “Planet Earth III.” Also in the mix is past winner Peter Coyote (“The American Buffalo” and “Kennedy”) and four-time contender Liev Schreiber (“Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets”).
Unlike the live action and fictional program nominees, which are chosen by all 20,000 plus academy members, the Best Narrator contenders are picked only by voters from the casting directors and performers branches. This year, they have until June 24 to cast their ballots, which will be tallied to determine the five nominees that will be announced on July 17. Which of the voice performers listed below do you think will make the cut?
David Attenborough (“Our Planet II”)
David Attenborough (“Planet Earth III”)
Angela Bassett (“Queens”)
Cate Blanchett (“Our Living World”)
John Boyega (“World War II: From the Front Lines”)
Priyanka Chopra Jonas (“Tigers”)
Robert Clotworthy (“Ancient Aliens”)
Peter Coyote (“The American Buffalo”)
Peter Coyote (“Kennedy”)
Peter Dinklage (“How to Become a Mob Boss”)
Morgan Freeman (“Life on Our Planet”)
Tom Hanks (“The Bloody Hundredth”)
Tom Hardy (“Predators”)
Joy Harjo (“Native America”)
Nyambi Nyambi (“Nature”)
Prentice Penny (“Black Twitter: A People’s History”)
Robin Roberts (“The Harlem Hellfighters”)
Paul Rudd (“Secrets of the Octopus”)
Liev Schreiber (“Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets”)
Octavia Spencer (“Lost Women of Highway 20”)
Kiefer Sutherland (“John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial”)
Paula Tiso (“Genghis Khan’s Mongolia”)
Andia Winslow (“Wild Hope”)
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