Squid Game's leading man wins prestigious award from Hollywood Critics Association

Recently, famous Korean actor Lee Jung Jae surprised everyone when he won the "Best Actor" award in a TV series at the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Television Awards.

It is known that in addition to Lee Jung Jae, the nominees in this category include: Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Adam Scott (Severance), Henry Cavill (The Witcher), Jason Bateman (Ozark), Penn Badgley and Tom Ellis (Lucifer).

Winning the prestigious award, Lee Jung Jae did not forget to thank audiences around the world for loving, supporting and helping him receive such a great award.

Besides, Lee Jung Jae hopes to receive a lot of attention from the audience in part 2 of Squid Game which will be released in the near future.

Before this news, Lee Jung Jae's fans could not help but be proud when he became the first Asian actor to win the Best Actor award at major American awards ceremonies including: the 28th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Independent Spirit Awards and Critics Choice Super Awards.

Not only that, the actor Lee was also nominated in the category of Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. This is known as one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies.

In addition to the award for male lead Lee Jung Jae, Squid Game was also honored as Best International Series when it surpassed many other nominees such as "Pachinko" (Korea), "Acapulco" (Mexico), "Lupin" (France), "Money Heist" (Spain) and "Narcos: Mexico" (USA - Mexico).

Honored by HCA right before the upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards on September 12, Squid Game is expected to continue to make history when it is included in 14 nominations at this award.

According to Saostar