Golden Globes: Donald Glover Wins Best Actor In A Comedy Series Award

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Atlanta’s Donald Glover wrapped up a big night for the Fx series with a Golden Globes win for best actor in a comedy series.

Glover, who plays Earnest “Earn” Marks in the freshman FX series, beat out Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart In The Jungle), Nick Nolte (Graves), and Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) for top honors in the category.

Earlier in the night, Atlanta won the Golden Globes award for best comedy series.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.