Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEugene Levy received his first Emmy Award for acting on Sunday. At the virtual 72nd annual Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Levy landed the outstanding lead actor in a comedy series honor for his work as the hard-working Rose patriarch Johnny Rose on Schitt’s Creek.“I guess it’s kind ironic that the straightest role I’ve ever played lands me an Emmy for a comedy series” Levy said upon receiving the prize during the virtual ceremony. “I guess I have to question what I’ve been doing for the past 50 years.”In Schitt’s Creek, Levy stars alongside son Dan Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy as members of the disenfranchised Rose family.
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