The 51st Daytime Emmys have named their winner for greatest actor!

On Friday, June 7, Thorsten Kaye gained the award for excellent lead efficiency in a daytime drama collection: actor for his function as Ridge Forrester in The Bold and the Beautiful.

As he approached the stage and accepted the award, he took time to thank not solely his forged, but in addition the members of the family who’ve supported him via each step of the best way.

“I gotta be very sincere, I do not like award reveals,” Kaye shrugged earlier than joking, “I did not like award reveals till tonight. Now they make good sense!”

“The opposite factor that does not make sense is that anybody may do that alone. We will not. You want a fantastic boss who sees you hears, you want a forged that tolerates you,” he continued. “You want a complete village of those who have agreed that they are not going to allow you to drown, not tonight. I’ve all of that so thanks.”

Along with having an expert help system, Kaye issued a particular shoutout to his family members.

“I’ve received Marlowe and McKenna — being your dad is the best honor of my life,” he stated because the digital camera panned to his daughter McKenna wiping tears from her eyes. Kaye then honored his spouse, and added, “Susan, thanks for this lovely children and all the pieces that you simply sacrificed didn’t go unnoticed. Thanks. Honey, I really like you.”

The class was dominated by actors in CBS reveals. Amongst these up for the award have been The Young and the Restless‘ Eric Braeden, The Bold and the Beautiful‘s Kaye, Scott Clifton and John McCook and Days of Our Lives star Eric Martsolf.

Here’s a have a look at the actors who have been nominated for the award.

Created by the late William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, The Younger and the Stressed follows the lives of the residents of the fictional Genoa Metropolis. Since its premiere in March 1973, the collection has welcomed over 350 forged members.

Braeden made his debut as charming but cussed Victor Newman in 1980. Although he is been on the long-running collection for over 40 years, the actor beforehand informed PEOPLE he had no plans on ending his tenure on the cleaning soap opera any time quickly.

“I really feel very loyal to The Younger and the Stressed, very beholden to Victor and really beholden to the viewers who has supported us for all these years,” he defined. “I intend to remain so long as I can.”

“I’ve at all times seemed for which means in performing, however I’ve realized to grasp that the essence of what we do is to entertain, to make folks completely satisfied,” Braeden added.

The final time Braeden took house the win was in 1998. He is been nominated 9 different instances.

The Daring and the Stunning, which premiered in 1987, is the sister present to The Younger and the Stressed and was additionally created for CBS by the Bells. Whereas actors have crossed backwards and forwards from each collection, The Daring and the Stunning is ready in Los Angeles and follows the Forrester household and their high fashion empire.

McCook, who takes on the function of household patriarch Eric Forrester, is the cleaning soap opera’s longest operating male actor and has been with the present since its inception. All through his tenure, the actor has acquired 4 Daytime Emmy nomination and nabbed the award in 2022.

The Daring and the Stunning‘s third nomination for lead actor is Scott Clifton.

Clifton started his journey on the cleaning soap in 2010 and performs portrays William “Liam” Spencer III. All through his profession, the actor has acquired 9 Daytime Emmy nominations and gained three. In 2017, he made historical past when he grew to become the primary male actor to win Daytime Emmys in all three efficiency classes: youthful, supporting, and lead.

The finale nominee rounding out the pack is Martsolf, who stars as Brady Black on Days of Our Lives.

The actor made his debut on the lengthy operating cleaning soap in 2008. In 2014, he gained his first Daytime Emmy for supporting actor and was nominated once more for a similar award in 2019.

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Over time, Martsolf has cemented his popularity as an authorized “cleaning soap hunk” for his incessantly shirtless portrayal of Black. In a canopy story for Playgirl’s April digital issue, the actor shared why a strong ability set was simply as necessary as sustaining a sure physique in cleaning soap performing.

“One can’t management what the general public thinks or how they outline you,” he stated on the time. “The great daytime actors have simply as a lot depth on the within as displayed on the surface. Endurance within the cleaning soap world requires understanding of character and an unimaginable work ethic. It’s not for everybody.”

The Daytime Emmy Awards airs stay on Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.