On Wednesday, Feb. 22,Anson Mountreacted to his nomination for a Critics Choice Super Award nomination in the category of Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Made-for-TV Movie on Twitter. Mount was nominated for his performance as Cowboy Captain Christopher Pike in the first season ofStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. “A tremendous honor. Thank you,” tweeted Mount in response to the announcement of his nomination for the award.
It isn’t the only Critics Choice Super Award nomination forStrange New Worlds. The first season is also nominated for a Critics Choice Super Award in the Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Made-For-TV Movie category.
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Critics Choice Super Awards Sci-Fi Round-Up
Mount will face nearly as high profile competition as Pike’s hair peak onStrange New Worlds. This includes Samuel L. Jackson inThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Chiwetel Ejiofor inThe Man Who Fell to Earth, Matt SmithinHouse of the Dragon, Diego Luna inAndor, and Adam Scott inSeverance.
Actor Jeffrey Hunter originated the role of Pike in the original, unaired pilot episode forTOS, “The Cage.” Archive footage from that episode was recut and presented within a newly-shot frame story featuring Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) for theTOSseason one two-part episode, “The Menagerie.” In the frame story, Sean Kenney played the role of the scarred and paralyzed Fleet Captain Pike.
In the Kelvin Timeline movies in which Pike appears,Star Trek(2009) andStar Trek: Into Darkness(2013), the character is played by Bruce Greenwood.
Mount originated the role inStar Trek: Discovery’s second season, in which Pike took command of theUSS Discoveryafter the death of the previous Captain of the starship, Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs). InDiscovery’s season 2 finale, Pike returned to the role of commanding theEnterprise.
Meanwhile, the other shows nominated in the category of Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Made-for-TV Movie alongsideStrange New WorldsincludeAndor,For All Mankind,House of the Dragon,The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, andStranger Things.
Strange New Worldsalso stars Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley, Ethan Peck as Spock, Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura, Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas, Christina Chong as La’An Noonien-Singh, Babs Olusanmokun as Doctor M’Benga, Bruce Horak as Chief Engineer Hemmer, André Dae Kim as Transporter Chief Kyle, Dan Jeannotte as Sam Kirk, Gia Sandhu as T’Pring, Jennifer Hui as Ensign Christina, Rong Fu as Jenna Mitchell, Sage Arrindell as Rukiya, and Alex Kapp as theUSS EnterpriseComputer.
