Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.” The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “Higher Ground.”
He was the biggest name in a category full of famous nominees for the award handed out at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmys, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough and Lupita Nyong’o.
Barack Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956.
Barack Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, “The Audacity of Hope” and “A Promised Land.” Michelle Obama won her own Grammy for reading her audiobook in 2020.
EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. To date, 17 people have done it.
The late Chadwick Boseman also won an Emmy for his voice work on Saturday. The “Black Panther” actor won for outstanding character voiceover for the Disney+ and Marvel Studios animated show “What If...?”
On the show, Boseman voiced his “Black Panther” character T’Challa in an alternate universe where he becomes Star-Lord from “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
It was one of the last projects for Boseman, who died in 2020 of colon cancer at age 43.
Winners full list:
Outstanding Animated Program: “Arcane” (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special: “Adele: One Night Only” (CBS)
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded): “The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show” (NBC)
Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: “When Claude Got Shot” (PBS)
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program: “Lucy and Desi” (Prime Video)
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera): “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+)
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special: “Adele: One Night Only” (CBS)
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+)
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special: “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (CNN)
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program: RuPaul, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.” (Netflix)
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.” (Netflix)
Outstanding Structured Reality Program: “Queer Eye” (Netflix)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera): “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special: “Adele: One Night Only” (CBS)
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program: Peter Jackson, “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+)
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series: “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Once Upon a Time in Late Night” (TBS)
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series: “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program: “Love Death + Robots” (Netflix)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+)
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special: “The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show” (NBC)
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program: Nneka Onuorah, “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Prime Video)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Underscore): David Schwartz, composer, “Lucy and Desi” (Prime Video)
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.” (Netflix)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program: “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Prime Video)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance: Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa, “What If?…?”, Episode: “What If… T’Challa Became Star-Lord?” (Disney+)
Outstanding Narrator: Barack Obama, “Our Great National Parks,” Episode: “A World of Wonder” (Netflix)
Outstanding Music Direction: “The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show” (NBC)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program: “Life Below Zero,” Episode: “Fire in the Sky” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program: “100 Foot Wave,” Episode: “Chapter IV — Dancing With God” (HBO/HBO Max)
Outstanding Commercial: Teenage Dream, “Sandy Hook Promise”
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special: “Adele: One Night Only” (CBS)
Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming: “Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3,” Routine: Opening, (Prime Video)
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming: “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” Episode: “Save My Edges, I’m a Donor!” (HBO/HBO Max)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series: “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” Episode: “Save My Edges, I’m a Donor!” (HBO/HBO Max)
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series: “The Voice,” Episode: “Live Finale” (NBC)
Outstanding Variety Special (Live): “Adele: One Night Only” (CBS)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Juried Award with multiple winners): Anne-Laure To, “Arcane”; Julien Georgel, “Arcane”; Bruno Couchinho, “Arcane,”; Lexy Naut, “The Boys Presents: Diabolical”; Kecy Salangad, “The House”; Alberto Mielgo, “Love, Death + Robots”
Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming: “We’re Here,” Episode: “Evansville, Indiana” (HBO)
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program: “Annie Live!” (NBC)
Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program: The team from “Legendary” (HBO Max) and the team “We’re Here” (HBO)
