Lamorne Morris has been working in the television sphere for a while. The actor is best known for playing Winston Bishop in the Fox sitcom, New Girl, but he has also had various roles in Valley of the Boom and Hulu’s Woke . His most recent role in the buzzy FX anthology series, Fargo , has earned him a lot of positive attention from critics, and it was recently announced that he is among the 76th Emmy nominees for his performance.
The sitcom alum took to social media to thank his audience, while also making a hilarious reference to New Girl and fellow nominee Robert Downey Jr . When the Emmy nominations were finally revealed, there were several snubs and surprises for awards show junkies to dissect. Morris’s nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie was a welcome surprise, as the actor has yet to be recognized by Emmy voters for his previous work.
This nomination feels overdue, and he even recognized his previous Emmy snubs, joking that he was nominated for his better-known work on New Girl . He said on Instagram : Thank you to the [Television Academy] for finally recognizing all my hard work on New Girl! Morris also shouted out another nominee in his category, Robert Downey Jr., who he believes is the favorite to win for his transformative performance in The Sympathizer .
He joked about Downey’s famously controversial role in Tropic Thunder , where he played a Black actor, saying that he should've actually been the one to pla.