Mark Duplass, star of The Morning Show, is to be handed the Excellence in Acting Award at the upcoming SeriesFest event.
The event is held in Denver between May 1 and 5 and features the likes of Minnie Driver, the cast of Grey’s Anatomy and Hasan Minhaj across its lineup.
Duplass, who also co-created HBO series Togetherness, is giving an Innovation Talk, where he will be handed the award. Duplass has also starred in The League, Goliath and The Mindy Project as well as being behind films such as The Puffy Chair and Cyrus as well as HBO’s anthology series Room 104 and a raft of documentaries including Evil Genius, Wild Wild Country and Sasquatch.
Also joining the lineup are Shark Tank’s Daymond John, who will be in conversation with Emil Pinnock and SAG-AFTRA Leadership, including Linda Powell, Shari Belafonte and Jodi Long.
There will be a screening and a panel to present the third season of Apple’s Acapulco, featuring cast Enrique Arrizon and Camilla Perez and creator/showrunner Austin Winsberg and showrunner Sam Laybourne, as well as a screening and a panel for the third season of Resident Alien with star Sara Tomko and creator Chris Sheridan.
There will also be a live read of Grave Affairs, written by Harold Abram with Denzel Whitaker directing actors including Chike Okonkwo, a screening and panel for Australian series C*A*U*G*H*T with creator and actor Kick Curry, stars Lincoln Younes and Alexander England, composer Richard Breakspear and editor Eric Von Doymi, a pitch deck event with 101 Places to Party Before You Die producer Michael Rucker and a Beyonce listening party at Red Rocks.
