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Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Jan. 8, 2022. Obama won an Emmy Award for his work on the Netflix documentary series, "Our Great National Parks," on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Former President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Jan. 8, 2022. Obama won an Emmy Award for his work on the Netflix documentary series, "Our Great National Parks," on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT.

The former U.S. president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.

Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, 鈥淥ur Great National Parks.鈥

The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama鈥檚 production company, 鈥淗igher Ground.鈥

He was the biggest name in a category full of famous nominees for the award handed out at Saturday night鈥檚 Creative Arts Emmys, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough and Lupita Nyong鈥檕.

Barack Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956.

Barack Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, 鈥淭he Audacity of Hope鈥 and 鈥淒reams From My Father.鈥 Michelle Obama won her own Grammy for reading her audiobook in 2020.

EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. To date, 17 people have done it.

The late Chadwick Boseman also won an Emmy for his voice work on Saturday. The 鈥淏lack Panther鈥 actor won for outstanding character voice-over for the Disney+ and Marvel Studios animated show 鈥淲hat If ...?鈥

On the show, Boseman voiced his 鈥淏lack Panther鈥 character T鈥機halla in an alternate universe where he becomes Star-Lord from 鈥淕uardians of the Galaxy.鈥

It was one of the last projects for Boseman, who died in 2020 of colon cancer at age 43.

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This story has been edited to correct one of the recordings for which Barack Obama won Grammy Awards. He won for 鈥淭he Audacity of Hope鈥 and 鈥淒reams From My Father鈥 but not for 鈥淎 Promised Land.鈥

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