2023 Emmys: How much screen time does each Best Comedy Supporting Actor nominee have?
This year, Brett Goldstein of Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” has a chance to do what only one man (Don Knotts, “The Andy Griffith Show”) has done before: win Best Comedy Supporting Actor Emmys for all of his show’s first three seasons. After initially being awarded for his nine-minute and 51-second performance in the episode “All Apologies,” he kept things relatively consistent by submitting his 11 minutes and eight seconds of work in “Rainbow” in 2022. This time, voters were asked to consider his turn in “La Locker Room Aux Folles,” which, at nine minutes and nine seconds, falls marginally below his winning screen time average.
In terms of percentage, Goldstein’s submitted performances have consistently decreased in size, going from 29.64% to 27.31% to 19.69%. From both perspectives, his presently nominated one sits under the 2023 lineup’s averages, which are 32.20% and 11 minutes and 20 seconds. This data has been compiled using a basic definition of stand-alone screen time, which constitutes any time a particular actor can be seen on screen or heard off screen. Contiguous moments wherein said performer silently and non-visibly remains in scenes were left out.
The only one of Goldstein’s current competitors whose submitted screen time is lower than that of the reigning champion’s is Henry Winkler, who is on his fourth and final bid for HBO’s “Barry” after winning for the same series in 2018. His possible second victory would come for his five-minute and 11-second performance in “Bestest Place on Earth,” which doesn’t begin until after the episode’s 40% mark and ultimately takes up 17.06% of it. His is the fifth shortest Emmy-nominated comedic performance of the year, with those who rank below him all being guest performers.
Just ahead of Goldstein in this ranking is Winkler’s cast mate, Anthony Carrigan, who has earned his third “Barry” notice for appearing in nine minutes and 50 seconds (or 29.15%) of the closing season’s fourth installment, “It Takes a Psycho.” As it happens, series star (and writer-director) Bill Hader appears in just 38 seconds of the same episode and, in congruence with his own lead nomination, has submitted a performance that is nearly two minutes shorter than Carrigan’s.
The actor in this group with the highest percentage (47.91) is Tyler James Williams, whose actual screen time in the “Educator of the Year” episode of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” adds up to 10 minutes and 20 seconds. He comes close to outpacing his own lead-nominated costar, Quinta Brunson, whose submitted performance is just 12 seconds and 0.93% longer.
Next on the roster is James Marsden, whose portrayal of a heightened version of himself in the “Ineffective Assistance” episode of Amazon Freevee’s “Jury Duty” amounts to 13 minutes and 11 seconds (or 43.25%). Only four seconds keep him behind “The Bear” nominee Ebon Moss-Bachrach, whose on-screen percentage in the FX series’ “Ceres” chapter is, conversely, half a point lower than Marsden’s.
Lastly, at the top of the physical screen time heap is Phil Dunster, who is now the sixth “Ted Lasso” cast member to compete for this specific award. He appears in 18 minutes and 27 seconds of the third season’s penultimate episode, “Mom City,” which, with a running time of 72 minutes, is the second longest installment in the entire series. While his screen time percentage of 25.61 is the fourth lowest among all of this year’s regular comedy nominees, his actual time surpasses that of almost every other supporting contender, save for Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”).
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