Former President Obama, Gets Emmy Nomination For Netflix Docuseries Category

The 60-year-old Former president got nominated in  the outstanding narrator category, Emmy Award , for his voiceover work in the Netflix docuseries “Our Great National Parks.”

Obama, two-term Democrat president is up against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough, W. Kamau Bell and Lupita Nyong’o in the outstanding narrator category.

He already have two Grammy Awards for best spoken word album. He won in 2006 for “Dreams from My Father” and in 2008 for “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.”

President Dwight Eisenhower is the only other US leader to have won television’s highest honor. He was awarded an Emmy in 1956 while still in office for his innovative “use and encouragement” of the emerging medium, according to IMDB.

Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have also notched Grammys for best spoken word album.

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sept. 12.

The HBO series “Succession” garnered 25 nominations to lead the pack. “Ted Lasso” and “The White Lotus” each secured 20 nods.