The 2025 Emmy Nominations were released this week, and actor Zach Cherry is up for an award. The Television Academy announced that Cherry has been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Severance. It’s a well-deserved honor for the 37-year-old, who plays fan-favorite Dylan George on the hit Apple TV+ series. The show itself earned 27 nominations, the most of any series this year.

If you watched Severance, you know why Cherry’s performance stood out. Dylan is one of the office workers trapped in Lumon Industries’ “work-life balance” experiment. At the beginning of the series, Dylan serves as the comic relief (finger traps and waffle parties, anyone?), but by the end of the first season, all that changes when he makes a shocking discovery about his “outie’s” personal life. This discovery drives a large part of the character’s story throughout the second season.

Cherry makes Dylan relatable, hilarious, and heartbreaking all at the same time, so his Emmy nomination is no surprise.

Where have I seen that guy?

While Severance might be his breakout role, he’s been putting in the work for years, with more than a decade of roles under his belt. Did you watch Netflix’s You? Remember the friendly bookstore clerk, Ethan, in Season 1, Joe Goldberg’s big-hearted co-worker? That was Zach Cherry.

He’s also popped up briefly on prestige TV. Succession superfans might recall Cherry’s quick cameo on that show (he didn’t get much screen time, but hey, sharing a scene with the Roy family counts!). Animation buffs might recognize Cherry as a voice on the Fox sitcom Duncanville, where he lent his voice to a recurring part.

Cherry also ventured into the wasteland of Amazon’s Fallout series (which I highly recommend you watch if you haven’t yet). He played Woody Thomas, a council member of Vault 33. 

If none of those ring a bell, you probably recognize Zach Cherry from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, he plays a street vendor who shouts “Do a flip!” at Spidey during a street scene in Queens. He reprised the character, credited as Klev, gleefully live-streaming Shang-Chi’s bus fight in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Klev even shows up in this year’s animated Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

What’s next for Zach Cherry?

Cherry has several projects on the horizon. All Night Wrong is an indie comedy featuring Cherry and Maria Bakalova (Borat 2) as a blind date gone wrong. How wrong? It involves accidentally acquiring a killer’s car, complete with $40,000 and a body in the trunk.

He’ll also appear in The Breadwinner, alongside SNL’s Colin Jost, Will Forte, Kumail Nanjiani, and Nate Bargatze, in his feature film debut. In The Breadwinner, a traditional family man’s world gets flipped upside down when his go-getter wife lands a life-changing deal on Shark Tank, forcing him to become a stay-at-home dad of three overnight.

And of course, Cherry will return as Dylan in the next season of Severance, which is currently in the works. The team behind the show hasn’t set a release date yet, but in interviews, they’ve made it clear they want to avoid another three-year gap between seasons. 

What about style and body image?

Cherry hasn’t been especially public about his own personal style or his thoughts on being a bigger guy in Hollywood, at least not in interviews we could find. He tends to keep the conversation focused on his projects and characters.

That said, it feels like a win to see a plus-size actor excelling in a captivating, complex role like Cherry plays on Severance. He’s letting the work speak for itself and quietly expanding representation for bigger guys on screen simply by being out there.

You won’t find Zach Cherry on social media, but with all the great projects he’s been part of, it’s pretty easy to get your fix.