EXCLUSIVE: One of the top contenders on the 2025 Emmy drama race, HBO Max’s breakout medical drama The Pitt, has firmed up its submissions.
In his role as star, writer and executive producer, Noah Wyle will contend in all three areas. He is up for Lead Actor In a Drama Series for his portrayal of Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, the dedicated senior attending physician at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital.
Wyle and series creator, executive producer and showrunner R. Scott Gemmill are The Pitt‘s two submissions in the Writing for a Drama Series category, while executive producer John Wells and Amanda Marsalis are up for Directing In a Drama Series.
Gemmill, Wyle and Wells are all part of the series’ producing team behind The Pitt‘s Outstanding Drama Series submission.
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All of Wyle’s series regular co-stars, playing members of the hospital’s medical staff — largely residents — are up for Supporting Actor/Actress In a Drama Series: Patrick Ball (Dr. Frank Langdon), Gerran Howell (Dennis Whitaker), Shabana Azeez (Victoria Javadi), Isa Briones (Dr. Trinity Santos), Taylor Dearden (Dr. Melissa “Mel” King), Fiona Dourif (Dr. Cassie McKay), Supriya Ganesh (Dr. Samira Mohan), Tracy Ifeachor (Dr. Heather Collins) and Katherine LaNasa (Dana Evans).
The show will have three contenders in the Guest Actor/Actress categories: Shawn Hatosy, for his role as attending physician Dr. Jack Abbot, as well as Mackenzie Austin and Rebecca Tilney, who play adult siblings grappling with their elderly father’s do not resuscitate order.
Other fields where The Pitt will be vying for nominations include Casting For a Drama Series, Cinematography for a series (One-Hour), Picture Editing For a Drama Series, Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One-Hour or More), Contemporary Costumes, Contemporary Hairstyling, Contemporary Makeup — both prosthetic and non-prosthetic as the medical drama portrays various medical cases and injuries — as well as Music Composition, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.