Colombian actor Carlos Manuel Vesga has landed an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Pluribus, the Apple TV+ series created by Vince Gilligan, the mind behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. The winners will be announced on September 14.
Vesga’s path to Hollywood has been anything but conventional. Before acting, he worked as a rock musician, trained as an architect, and helped restore a historic house in Cartagena, Colombia. He later performed in a London stage production attended by Harold Pinter’s widow and Princess Anne, and spent years taking on minor film roles before this breakout part.
In Pluribus, a bleak sci-fi drama imagining a world where a virus erases individuality by linking everyone’s thoughts and memories, Vesga plays Manousos Oviedo, one of just 13 people immune to the outbreak. His character treks from Paraguay through Panama’s dangerous Darién Gap jungle in search of other survivors, enduring brutal physical hardship, including a harrowing scene where he’s forced to eat dog food while trapped and swarmed by a terrifying mass of infected humans.
Critics have praised the performance as chilling and unforgettable. Vesga now becomes only the second Colombian ever nominated for an Emmy, following Sofía Vergara’s five nominations for Modern Family and Griselda. He faces stiff competition from actors on The Pitt, Slow Horses, Task, and The Morning Show.
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Source: Carlos Manuel Vesga: el talentoso actor colombiano que pelea por un premio Emmy por su papel en Pluribus (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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