Youngest male actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award

Youngest male actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award
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Who
Owen Cooper
What
15:283 year(s):day(s)
Where
United States
When
15 September 2025

The youngest male actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award is Owen Cooper (UK, b. 5 December 2009) at the age of 15 years 283 days, who won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 14 September 2025.

Cooper was nominated for his performance as Jamie Miller in the Netflix miniseries Adolescence, which was his screen debut.

The previous youngest male actor to win a Primetime Emmy was 16-year-old Scott Jacoby (USA) for That Certain Summer over 50 years prior.