Tom Pelphrey has won the 2026 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Task. Brad Ingelsby’s HBO detective series, which has been streaming in France on HBO Max since September 2025, is also lining up a second season. Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as FBI agent Tom Brandis; Mahershala Ali, Harry Melling, Adam Nagaitis, and Aminah Nieves have been announced for new roles.
The seven-episode first season follows an FBI agent leading a task force charged with stopping a string of violent heists on Philadelphia’s working-class outskirts. The investigation centers on a family man with no prior record and probes the social and family tensions roiling this community. Tom Pelphrey and Emilia Jones joined Mark Ruffalo in this opening chapter.
For season 2, Tom Brandis now leads a new special unit. The released synopsis says the escalation of the operation is making the identity of his real target increasingly unclear. Harry Melling will play Brennan Boylan, a DEA agent with a volatile temperament; Adam Nagaitis will portray Luke Clemmons, another DEA agent described as loyal; Aminah Nieves will portray Nataly Zamora, an FBI agent and a young mother deeply rooted in the community where she grew up. Mahershala Ali is slated to star as Eddie Barnes.
The Season 1 trailer for Task:
Brad Ingelsby remains the creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer. Paul Lee and Mark Roybal for wiip, Jeremiah Zagar, Mark Ruffalo and Ron Schmidt also serve as executive producers, with Nicole Jordan-Webber and Karen Wacker as co-executive producers. After Mare of Easttown, Ingelsby keeps Task rooted in a police procedural world set in a working-class community.
Tom Pelphrey's award recognizes his involvement in the first season. He does not confirm either his return or the direction of the investigation in the second season, which is still in pre-production. The Emmy Awards 2026 winners list highlights the other series honored this year.
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