Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick in Severance. Photo courtesy of Apple TV.
Tramell Tillman won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his breakout role as Seth Milchick in the Apple TV+ series Severance. He earned an MFA in acting at UT, starring in multiple productions at the Clarence Brown Theatre. In a 2022 interview, Tillman said, “UT provided me with the opportunity to not only learn the craft but to build and expand my tools. Creating Milchick involved me using those tools.”
This summer Tillman played Captain Bledsoe in Mission Impossible—The Final Reckoning. And he will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a role being kept under wraps for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
The dynamic comedy duo of Paula Pell and James Anderson won for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special as part of a group of writers for the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special. Pell and Anderson met at UT during a theatre class and were roommates while they studied speech and theatre. In 1995, Pell began as a writer for Saturday Night Live with Anderson joining her in 2000. In 2016, the two created the web series Hudson Valley Ballers. Pell has recently starred in the Netflix series Girls5Eva and the Peacock series A.P. Bio. She wrote the screenplay for the movie Sisters and lent her writing and voice skills to the Inside Out movie franchise.
Paula Pell and James Anderson in Hudson Valley Ballers. Photo courtesy of Above Average /L/Studio.
Anderson retired from SNL in 2020 at the end of the 45th season. He and Pell won Emmys for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 2002 for SNL. Anderson is credited with writing some of the show’s most beloved sketches like “Gilly,” “Secret Word,” and “The Californians.” He’s made appearances in 30 Rock and Pell’s series Mapleworth Murders.
Main photo of Tillman accepting his Emmy award by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Content Services