Emmys 2016: Jeffrey Tambor Repeats As Best Comedy Actor

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Actor Jeffrey Tambor wins his second straight Emmy Award for best actor in a comedy series for his role in Amazon's Transparent.

The series, in which Tamobor plays a transgender woman, won its second primetime Emmy tonight following series creator Jill Soloway, who won an Emmy for best director. In accepting the award, Tambor urged Hollywood to provide more opportunities to transgender actors and actresses. 

Tambor bested Anthony Anderson, (black-ish), Aziz Ansari (Master of None), Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth), William H. Macy (Shameless), and Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) for the award. 

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.