After the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, VegasInsider has updated the list of all the records that were broken during the 2025 awards ceremony.
To highlight a few of the records that were broken, Hiroyuki Sanada (who won for “Shōgun”) became the first Asian actor to ever win in the Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama category, Jeremy Allen White (who won for “The Bear”) joined Michael J. Fox and Alan Alda and achieved a rare feat of winning in the Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy in three consecutive years, Ali Wong (who won for “Ali Wong: Single Lady”) became the first woman to ever win in the Best Performance in a Stand-Up Comedy category at the Golden Globes while Fernanda Torres (who won for “I’m Still Here”) became the first Brazilian actress to win in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
To see all the records that were broken divided by categories in detail, have a look below.
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Fernanda Torres (won for “I’m Still Here”) became the first Brazilian actress to ever win in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama category
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY/MUSICAL
Sebastian Stan (won for “A Different Man”) became the first Romanian actor to win in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy category (Stan is Romanian-American and he was born in Constanta, Romania)
TV CATEGORIES
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA SERIES
Hiroyuki Sanada (won for “Shōgun”) became the first Asian actor (and also the first Japanese actor) to ever win in the Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama category
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Allen White (won for “The Bear”) joined Michael J. Fox and Alan Alda and achieved a rare feat of winning in the Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy in three consecutive years, following his wins in 2023 and 2024
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SERIES / MINISERIES / TV FILM
Tadanobu Asano (won for “Shōgun”) became the first Japanese actor to ever win in the Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or TV Film category (and only the second Asian actor to ever do so)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A STAND-UP COMEDY ON TV
Ali Wong (won for “Ali Wong: Single Lady”) became the first woman to ever win in the stand-up comedy category
