Actor Kelsey Grammer and a handful of Cartoon Network animation artists will be among the creative talents receiving Emmy Awards this year. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor Grammer with his fifth Emmy, this time for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, during the Creative Arts Primetime Emmys on Aug. 19 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Grammer won the jury over with his work as Sideshow Bob on the episode ‘The Italian Bob’ from Fox’s The Simpsons. The actor previously picked up four golden statuettes for his performances on the long-running sitcom Fraiser. In 2003, he voiced the lead role in Spike TV’s short-lived animated series Gary the Rat, but it’s his recurring turns as Bart Simpson’s villainous archenemy that have cemented Grammer’s status as an iconic cartoon voice.
Six artists were additionally chosen by the jury to receive this year’s Emmys for Individual Achievement in Animation. The awards go to animator Jarek Szyszko for his work on the ‘Hippo Dance’ segment of HBO’s Classical Baby 2; animator Sarah E. Meyer for the ‘Easter Basket’ episode of Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken; background key designer Frederick Gardner for the ‘Adventures in Babysitting’ episode of Cartoon Network’s The Life And Times Of Juniper Lee; character designer Bryan Arnett for Nickelodeon’s Escape From Cluster Prime; character designer Shannon Tindle for the ‘Go Goo Go’ episode of Cartoon Network’s Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends; and storyboard artist Mike Diederich for Cartoon Network’s The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
The Creative Arts Primetime Emmys ceremony is an extension of The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, Aug. 2, with NBC picking up the telecast from the Shrine Auditorium.
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