why didn't the actor who played bubbles on the wire win any awards?

steadyrighteous

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He wasn’t/isn’t a big enough actor, and back then it wasn’t an era where social media/the internet could create a “narrative” around an actor or a performance that would call attention to it.

If The Wire was on now, I’d bet good money Andre Royo would blow up based on the Bubbles performance. He’d be a social media underdog for a year or two, then get an out of left field win ala Tatiana Maslany/Rami Malek.
 
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