Television | Squid Game Wins Historic Three SAG Awards: Best Actor Awards for Non-English Speakers for the First Time

South Korean Squid Game The series won three awards at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Gala in Film and TV on Sunday.

Lee Jung-jae won Best Actor and Jung Ho-yeon best actress award in the drama series category. In addition, the series was awarded for the best performance of the TV series by the stunt group.

The actress, businessman, and model Lee, 49, plays Seong Gi-hun in the series, who also goes through the series as “Player 456,” which is in many ways sullen but ultimately a kind-hearted protagonist.

Jung, 27, who previously worked as a model, will make his debut in the series as an actor in the role of Kang Sae-byeok, also known as “Player 067”.

This is the first time the SAG Awards for Best Actors will go to non-English speakers.

“It’s a remarkable accomplishment, given that non-English-speaking Actors are generally not taken into account in SAG awards,” said pop culture critic Kim Hern-sik To The Korea Times on Monday.

According to Kim, international streaming services such as Netflix have played a vital role in highlighting Korean drama production.

Last year premiered Squid Gamesta quickly became Netflix ‘s most popular series.

The company already considers it one of its flagship series, and it is therefore expanding from the series to the world of games and products, among other things. It was confirmed in January that the series will also have a second production season.

The series has also won three Golden Globe Awards, including recognition for Best TV Drama.