BREAKING: Vincent Irrizary & Jeff Branson win Supporting Actor (Updated)
By Jillian Bowe on August 30, 2009
Photo Credit: Vincent Irizarry - Photo by PR Photos
All My Children's Vincent Irizarry and Guiding Light's Jeff Branson became the first actors since Debbi Morgan and Nancy Lee Grahn to tie for a win in an acting category.
Both night's winners have a connection to All My Children. In 2005 Branson received an Outstanding Supporting Actor nominating for his work as AMC's Jonathan Lavery. Vincent Irizarry–who has portrayed AMC's David Hayward off and on since originating the role in 1997–returned to AMC in 2008 and won his Outstanding Supporting Actor Award nearly a year later.
Editor's note:
Nominated against All My Children's Jacob Young, As the World Turns' Van Hansis and General Hospital's Bradford Anderson, Branson won his award after arriving on Guiding Light just before this year's eligibility period ended. Guiding Light was nominated in three acting categories, but Branson's Outstanding Supporting Actor Award was its only win in an acting category.
In his acceptance speech, Irizarry dedicated his Emmy to his son Ash serving in Afghanistan saying,
To you Ash, and to your other brave brothers and sisters in arms right now, thank you. Come home safe. Come home soon.
He then went on to thank his wife, his other children and the other people, not just in front of the camera, but behind it as well.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Vincent Irrizary - All My Children
Jacob Young - All My Children
Van Hansis - As the World Turns
Bradford Anderson - General Hospital
Jeff Branson - Guiding Light
Photo Credit: Vincent Irizarry - Photo by PR Photos
Photo Credit: Jeff Branson - Jeff Branson.com
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30 August 2009
28 weeks 5 days
The tie was very nicely suprising indeed!
16 August 2008
19 hours 8 sec
CONGRATULATIONS to Vincent on winning the most overdue Emmy in its history!
Long live my devilicious David! 
7 March 2009
13 weeks 1 day
That is ONE for AMC!!!! TAKE THAT!!!!!!!
8 May 2008
1 day 1 hour
This would mean that Pratt will still have a job
30 August 2009
1 day 10 hours
Congrats to Vincent, though did he really need to inflate Chuck's ego? Huge round of applause to Jeff, wonderful job, you deserved it.
25 July 2009
2 days 13 hours
Van Hansis, I hope your turn is coming!!
16 December 2007
1 week 1 day
I was rooting for Van Hansis but Vincent Irizarry and Jeff Branson are great and deserve to be rewarded.
1 July 2009
32 min 50 sec
Great surprise!!! Congrats to both, but I agree was Vincent acting when he gave Pratt his kudos? LOL!!!
2 March 2009
2 weeks 3 days
So happy for Vincent Irrizary. Too bad he has to share the honor with the always annoying Jeff Branson. I so hope AMC doesn't try to bring him back!
5 November 2007
1 hour 44 min
At least GL got one emmy! Go Jeff!
26 November 2008
6 hours 4 min
So happy for Jeff Branson! He is so cute! I was enjoying Vincent's speech and was happy for him until he started kissing Pratt's @ss! WTH? David Hayward was a complete mess when I was watching AMC! Pratt's ego is probably big enough Vincent!
16 August 2008
19 hours 8 sec
Vincent and I give Pratt credit for restoring David to being the major player he always should be on AMC. McTavish was absolutely clueless!
31 August 2009
8 hours 35 min
I am thrilled beyond words that Guiding Light's beloved Lujack and the incomparable Shayne Lewis were duly honored tonight as Outstanding Supporting Actor! It brings a special poignancy to the moment that we are all dreading, the end of our beloved Guiding Light.
I'm doing cartwheels over the fact that smirky looking Van Hansis lost again...three years in a row...who wants a whiney, oh, woe is me to win an Emmy!
23 July 2008
4 hours 35 min
No comment. Just worth repeating.