Emmys 2022: Supporting Actor In A Limited Series — Our Dream Nominees!

By Team TVLine May 13, 2022 9:00 am EST

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Our 2022 Dream Emmy blitz concludes with the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category, and this burning question: Can anyone beat Murray Bartlett?

The White Lotus co-star's scene-stealing performance in HBO's dark comedy won raves and turned the 51-year-old, mostly under the radar actor into a full-blown TV star. It's the kind of surprise success story Emmy loves.

And we'll end the suspense now and share that, yes, Bartlett cleared the first big hurdle on his path to snagging TV's highest honor: He made our Dream Emmy short list!

Scroll through the list below to review all of our Dream Nominees (remember, these aren't predictions; they're wish lists) and then tell us if our picks warrant a "Hell, yes!," "Um, no" or "How could you leave off so-and-so?!"For the record, 2022 Emmy nominations will be voted on from June 16-27, and unveiled on July 12. The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is scheduled to air on Monday, Sept. 12 on NBC.

Scroll down for links to our previous Dream Emmy categories:

Naveen Andrews, The Dropout

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: As Sunny Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes' business partner and secret lover, Andrews did a masterful job balancing blind professional ambition with the genuine affection he felt toward Amanda Seyfried's titular character. It was a complex undertaking, and the Lost vet pulled it off brilliantly.

Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Bartlett was already amusing enough as overly accommodating hotel manager Armond on HBO's wicked comedy. But then Armond, a former drug addict, stole a guest's stash and went on a wild bender, sending Bartlett's performance into overdrive. With a crazed look in his eye, Armond took vicious revenge on demanding guest Shane — the less said about his method of revenge, the better — and Bartlett wowed us with his portrayal of a man gleefully accelerating into a dangerous downward spiral. (We're even kind of hoping he finds a way to return for Season 2.)

Jake Lacy, The White Lotus

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: There were few characters on TV this past year more loathsome than Lacy's smugly entitled hotel guest Shane on the acclaimed HBO comedy — and thanks to Lacy's perfectly obnoxious portrayal, we loved to hate him. He was the epitome of white male privilege as Shane managed to find tiny flaws in his luxury hotel room (and his newlywed bride), but Lacy also managed to get us to sympathize with the guy when we saw how lost and confused Shane became when he didn't get something he wanted for once. Entitled jerks have feelings, too, you know.

Arian Moayed, Inventing Anna

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Playing the moral center of an unabashedly immoral tale can be a slog. But as Anna Delvey's lies piled up on each other in Netflix's limited series, Moayed provided an entertainingly calm and grounded foil for the outlandish scammer. As Delvey's lawyer, Todd, the Succession actor served as an avatar for the audience, both in his weariness at Anna's repeated refusal to help herself and his eventual — and spectacularly cathartic — blow-up in Episode 9. That holding cell throwdown between Anna and Todd was one of the series' finest scenes, and Moayed deserves heaps of credit (and, hopefully, a nom?) for it.

Colton Ryan, The Girl From Plainville

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Ryan was not only tasked with portraying a real-life suicide victim in Hulu's miniseries, but also with offering insight into Conrad Roy's complex, tortured psyche ahead of his death. Time and again, he rose to the daunting occasion, delicately navigating Conrad's depression while showing us the charming teenage boy with whom Michelle Carter became smitten. From its first frame to its very last, The Girl From Plainville was hauntingly, inevitably tragic — but Ryan's sensitive and thoughtful approach was nothing short of a triumph.

Glynn Turman, Women of the Movement

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Turman's resemblance to Mose Wright, Emmett Till's uncle, is uncanny. But the consummate actor didn't rest on his likeness in ABC's limited series, which deconstructed how Till's brutal and senseless 1955 lynching galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. Instead, Turman embodied a man with 60-plus years of racial oppression resting on his hunched shoulders as he averted his character's eyes and compressed himself with deference to white people to survive. Mose's self-preservation took a backseat when he became the first Black man in Mississippi to testify against white men. Thanks to Turman's powerful performance, his character's sacrifice was felt and appreciated.

Shea Whigham, Gaslit

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Just minutes into the Starz miniseries, Gordon Liddy proved to be a trip. Thanks to Whigham's memorable presence and raw emotion, the character has quickly become the highlight of the Watergate retelling. The actor taps into his own primal nature to conjure up Liddy's insane rants and full-on meltdowns, giving new life to the political zealot who was full of insecurity. Whigham never takes his foot off the gas, serving up a performance that's both unhinged and unforgettable.