The 26th Annual Webby Awards are honoring Adam Scott as the 2022 Webby Best Actor for his incredible work in the Apple TV+ series “Severance.”
Apple TV+ in early April announced the second season pick-up for “Severance,” the critically acclaimed workplace thriller from creator and writer Dan Erickson, and director and executive producer Ben Stiller.
A beloved actor, when Adam Scott attaches himself to a streaming show, people want to watch. That’s partly why Severance is one of the most compelling series on streaming. In his portrayal of Mark Scout, the Lumon Industries employee who chooses to “sever” his work and personal lives, Adam Scott brings his quiet strength and humor to this dystopian story. Audiences are fascinated by workplace dramas and Adam Scott gives life to this story of extreme workplace productivity culture the way no one else can.
With his portrayal of Mark Scout, Scott strikes multi-dimensional chords with the audience – his performance is incredible, it leaves the audience questioning at every turn of the show. The show shines a light on the impact of personal tragedies and the importance of facing your trauma, coupling that with a shadowy dystopian world makes for unstoppable watching. The audience is gripped the whole way along and Adam’s performance is why.
For bringing his talents to the streaming screen in Severance, it is our pleasure to honor Adam Scott at the 2022 Webby Best Actor.
MacDailyNews Take: Congratulations to Adam Scott on winning the 2022 Webby Best Actor award for his portrayal of Mark Scout in the Apple TV+ hit series “Severance!”
If you haven’t given “Severance” a try, check it out – we recommend it very highly.
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Actually, ALL of the acting in Severance is pretty outstanding. 👍🏼👍🏼
Turturro and Walken in a scene together is a master class of the understated. I can’t help but imagine how much these two grippingly talents vets enjoyed that. Same for Patricia Arquette who is seriously creepy all throughout this dystopian epic.
Fans of Adam Scott should enjoy this (although his makeup––something I rarely pay attention to––is kind of odd in the first half) and he’s clearly the anchor that makes it all work.
Britt Lower as Helly is wonderfully complex and interesting.
Zach Cherry seems to be everywhere these days! There’s just no one who even looks remotely like him, so I suspect we’ll see more of his funny mug.
And Michael Chernus as the narcissist, woo-woo author is as dry as he is hilarious! Loved him in the brilliant Prime series Patriot as well.
But even the tiny character roles like “Rebeck” with her TMI stuff about her head, and the guy in the final episode who “finds” the baby and keeps telling everyone he found the baby when it’s Mark who actually found the baby. Hilarious. These kinds of touches bring a three-dimensionality to the entire ensemble that’s rich and delicious.
The series could have picked up sooner, as it spent a long time setting things up, but it’s worth sitting through to see where it leads.
I wish I’d known we’d be left with such a cliff hanger and the certainty that there would at least have to be a season 2, but I can see why the writers wanted to leave us there. It raises enough questions that I do hope the pace for Season 2 (whenever that finally arrives) is better.
Orwellian echos abound in Severance and it feels worth ride.
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This show is awesome. The final episode was jaw-dropping.
I haven’t found that much on Apple TV+ that’s my taste (and that’s ok, not everyone has to like the same things), but I really enjoyed Severance!
Check out “For All Mankind.” it might surprise you. Very smart, interesting, alternate history series around the U.S. Space program. It’s so well done that I had to pause of few times and say to my teenager, “Uh, that actually didn’t happen.” Some great acting and writing there,