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Mark Ruffalo leads HBO's crime drama Task, with Tom Pelphrey as his co-actor. The network has submitted the show for the 2026 Emmy Awards. Deadline reported that the network is pushing its lead actors for the upcoming award nominations.
The series, created by Brad Ingelsby, premiered last year on September 7. Season 1 with seven episodes is streaming on Max. Considering that the first season was a big hit, the series swiftly got renewed for Season 2. However, there's no official announcement yet about the release date of the second season, though it is expected to premiere by the end of this year. The filming of Season 2 is currently going on in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and the network wants to keep the success going while hoping for major drama awards.
The show is about an FBI agent who investigates a string of violent home break-ins near Philadelphia. Mark Ruffalo plays Tom Brandis, while Pelphrey plays Robbie Prendergrast.
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Mark Ruffalo chases Emmy glory with Task
In HBO's Task, Mark Ruffalo plays a determined agent who leads the special task force. Tom Pelphrey appears in the show as Robbie, a family man hiding a dark secret life.
Ruffalo has won two Primetime Emmys out of three career nominations. He won his first Emmy for co-producing The Normal Heart and his second for brilliantly playing the dual roles of Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in I Know This Much Is True. Both projects were released on the same streaming platform, and HBO believes he has a strong chance of bringing home another Emmy for Task.
Pelphrey follows Mark Ruffalo in the Emmy race
Tom has won two Daytime Emmy Awards and received one Primetime Emmy nomination. He earned his first award early in his career for playing Jonathan Randall in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. He was also nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor for his reprised role in a Season 4 flashback scene in Ozark in 2022.
After watching Task, one Reddit user, scratchydaitchy, posted.
"Tom Pelphrey was the best part of TASK..... Pelphrey has a magnetic charisma and pathos which makes it impossible for me to look away........He was great in Ozark as Ben with bipolar disorder.........his relationship with Ruth (Julia Garner) was also impossible for me to stop watching."
Another user, SuperBathMan, commented,
"He is incredible in Iron Fist....... Grant Ward is one of my top defenders characters.....especially in season 2."
Task targets Emmy in technical departments
The show is also aiming for nominations in several technical categories, including cinematography, casting, production design, editing, costume design, hairstyling, prosthetics, makeup, music, sound mixing, sound editing, and stunt work.
The network has also submitted the show's stunt work for Emmy consideration. Michael Johnson and Richard Burden are hoping to secure an award alongside Ruffalo and Pelphrey.
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