Overview
- Obama won Outstanding Narrator at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles for his work on the Netflix natural-history series.
- Presenter Jordan Klepper accepted the trophy on Obama’s behalf because the former president was not at the ceremony.
- He prevailed over nominees David Attenborough, Idris Elba, Tom Hanks and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
- Our Oceans is a five-episode series released in November 2024, produced by Freeborne Media and Wild Space Productions with executive producer James Honeyborne.
- The win follows Obama’s prior Emmy honors for Our Great National Parks (2022) and Working: What We Do All Day (2023), with the Creative Arts broadcast set for Sept. 13 on FXX.