Tom Pelphrey - 'Task'
6/13/20261 hr 13 min
The chameleonic character actor reflects on the importance of his college training and getting sober, his career-changing turn as the bipolar brother of Laura Linney's character on 'Ozark' and how becoming a parent with wife Kaley Cuoco helped to prepare him for his role of a lifetime opposite Mark Ruffalo in Brad Ingelsby's follow-up to 'Mare of Easttown.'
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[instrumental music] This episode is brought to you by Netflix, presenting Beef, from creator, writer, and director Lee Sung Jin. The new installment of the eight-time Emmy-winning anthology series features powerhouse performances from Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Kaley Spaney, and legendary Korean actors Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho. Esquire raves, "It's hands down the best TV show of the year," and IGN hails it, "A masterpiece. Lee Sung Jin's series remains an untouchable force." Beef, for your Emmy consideration. [upbeat music] Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 648th episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. I'm the host, Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is an outstanding actor who has been doing great work on the stage and screens big and small for more than 20 years, picking up along the way two daytime Emmys for his portrayal of Jonathan Randall on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, and Critics' Choice and Primetime Emmy nominations for his turn as Ben Davis, the bipolar brother of Laura Linney's Wendy, on the Netflix drama series Ozark. But he is experiencing unprecedented levels of acclaim and Emmy buzz for his most recent performance on the HBO drama series Task, as Robbie Prendergast, a single father and sanitation worker in Delaware