Matthew Rhys ‘Feels Bad’ He Won Emmy Before Famous Wife

Obsessed: The Podcast

The Daily Beast

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🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Emmy-winning actor Matthew Rhys joins Obsessed to talk about his addictive new Apple TV+ horror-comedy Widow’s Bay, why the genre-bending series pushed him out of his comfort zone, and how he balanced scares with comedy. He also reflects on The Americans, working with his wife Keri Russell, auditioning for James Bond, playing George Carlin in Saturday Night, and the unforgettable acting lessons he learned from icons like Sally Field, Anthony Hopkins, and Peter Falk. Plus, Rhys shares hilarious behind-the-scenes stories from his career — including the disastrous Shakespeare performance that still haunts him to this day. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram ⁠@kpfallon⁠ Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram ⁠@mattjwilstein⁠ New episodes every Thursday, and Saturday; ⁠early drops on YouTube⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I believe you won Emmy for Best Actor in 2019.
0:03.8	I'm curious if you have any healthy competition with Kerry,
0:06.5	because she has maybe one more Emmy nomination than you,
0:09.4	but you are the only one who won for the Americans.
0:12.3	No, I just feel bad.
0:13.5	I just thought what she did with Elizabeth was so.
0:15.6	She was an incredible performance.
0:17.1	And I just wish Carrie got her because she was so incredible in it. But you know, she has a
0:22.5	Golden Globe. She has a Screen Actors Guild Award. She's fine. I'm not worried about it. Do you
0:27.2	have plans to appear in something together again at some point? Yeah, we always talk about it.
0:31.2	You know, I keep joking that I'm going on to the diplomat as like a British diplomat.
0:37.4	Hello and welcome to Obsessed the podcast.
0:40.9	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast and today on the show I am thrilled to be joined by
0:45.9	the Emmy winning actor you might know from shows like The Americans, Perry Mason and The Beast
0:51.4	in Me. Now he is the star of Widows Bay, the Apple TV horror comedy that
0:56.5	The Daily Beast has declared the best new show of the year. Matthew Reese, welcome to obsess the
1:01.5	podcast. Well, thank you very much. Thank you with invitation. And thank you for such accolades,
1:07.0	Plaudis, and thank you for DailyVise for such an endorsement.
1:12.1	Oh, yeah. Well, we all love the show over here, and I am personally obsessed with this
1:16.9	show, and I wanted to have you on once people have had a chance to watch a good chunk of
1:22.2	the season, so people will have, will have had to watch, being able to watch about the first
1:26.9	half by the time they're hearing this.
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