Will the Emmys Nominate Masi Oka?
By Sam | May 30, 2007 (2:01 am) | More: Cast: Masi Oka (as Hiro Nakamura), Heroes Awards and Nominations
The Variety guys have an article about how Hollywood is lagging behind when it comes to recognizing actors of color (i.e. minorities, non-whites) for Emmy nominations. Of course the irony is that Hollywood has always been the loudest voice when it comes to this, telling the rest of America to be more open-minded, when the last time a Latina woman was nominated for an Emmy was over 30 years ago. Are the Emmy voters seriously telling us that there hasn’t been a worthy Latina actress in those 30 years? I think not.
Anyways, Variety mentions the possible list of Emmy nominees, including Heroes’ Masi Oka:
Ferrera is far from the only minority Emmy hopeful. “Grey’s Anatomy” docs Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson, “Heroes’” Masi Oka, “Lost” survivors Naveen Andrews and Daniel Dae Kim, “The Unit” boss Dennis Hasybert, “Battlestar Galactica” admiral Edward James Olmos, “The Wire” addict Michael K. Williams and “30 Rock” comic Tracy Morgan are all among the contenders of color.
It would be nice if Masi got nominated, but to be honest, I don’t think he’s even the best actor on Heroes. If I had a vote, I would give one to Adrian Pasdar (Nathan), another to Jack Coleman (HRG), and a final nod to Ali Larter (Niki/Jessica), who probably has to work twice as hard as everyone in the cast because of her character.
And oh yeah, how about another one for Zachary Quinto? The guy oozes evil — and yet, you don’t really hate him. How’s that for a villain?





Justin on 30 May 2007:
Ali definitely deserves one, but none of the guys really sparked my interest. I’d say the best would’ve been Adrian or Zachary. Definitely not Masi.
Bones on 4 June 2007:
Oka or Quinto but no one else is deserving. Not like the deserving usually get any awards anyway. Its usually political, who is friends with whom, or who has been around for a long time without winning. New show people hardly ever win because the old ones have to be rewarded first unless they’re on HBO and can swear with style.
severusnape on 18 August 2007:
Masi deserves.Although he can speak english like his first language,he does a great job with playin hiro nakamura who doesn’t know english