Actor Lee Jung-jae, who became the first Korean actor to win the Best Actor in a TV Drama Series at the American Actors Guild Awards, said, “I hope it will be a hope for many people.”
Lee Jung-jae arrived at Incheon International Airport at around 4:30 pm on the 2nd, and through his agency Artist Company, he said, “I would like to thank the domestic audience for congratulating me a lot, and also to the viewers around the world who loved ‘Squid Game’.” I hope that the image that good people can eventually win through this will give hope to many people.”
Next, Lee Jung-jae said, “I would also like to thank all my colleagues on the ‘Squid Game’ team who worked with me. I think this award is an achievement for all.
Actor Lee Jung-jae is returning home from the United States via Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 28th. On the 28th (Korean time), Lee Jung-jae appeared in the TV drama ‘Squid Game’ on Netflix at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG) held at the Barker Hanger Event Hall in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA. He won an award for Best Actor in a Series. 2022.3.2/News 1Lee Jung-jae attended the 28th Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG) on Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ held at the Barker Hanger Event Hall in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California on the afternoon of the 28th of last month (Korean time, February 27 afternoon). ‘ won the Best Actor Award in a TV Drama Series. Jung Ho-yeon, another protagonist of ‘Squid Game’, also won the Best Actress Award in a TV Drama Series on the same day. Both of them were the first Korean actors to win the Best Actor Award at the SAG, and they also wrote a new history in that they were the first awards they received in the TV category rather than in the movie.
Previously, in 2020, the actors of the movie ‘Parasite’ won the Ensemble Award for the first time in a non-English-speaking film, and in 2021, actress Yoon Yeo-jeong received the Best Supporting Actress Award in the movie category for the movie ‘Minari’.
(Seoul = News 1)