Bodyguards Richard Madden Scores Upset Golden Globe Win For Best Actor In A Drama Series
Rob Latour/Shutterstock Not too many people had penciled in Richard Madden to win the G..
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Not too many people had penciled in Richard Madden to win the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Drama Series — including the man himself. And he said so from the stage.
Game of Thrones alum Madden topped a field of which only one person — Ozarks Jason Bateman — also was nominated in the category last year. The also-rans this go-round were Stephan James (Homecoming), Billy Porter (Pose) and Matthew Rhys (The Americans). It was Maddens first career Globe win and nomination. Rhys won the comedy actor Emmy in September for the final season of FXs Cold War spy thriller.
The BBC politcal thriller, which streams on Netflix, is set in and around the corridors of power. Bodyguard follows David Budd (Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Branch (RasP) of Londons Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?
Also starring Gina McKee, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin, Pippa Haywood, Stuart Bowman and Paul Ready, Bodyguard premiered October 24 on Netflix.
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