An Edmonton stunt performer is celebrating after winning an Emmy for his role in Shōgun.
Martin Cochingco has been in numerous productions as a stunt performer, including The Last of Us, Deadpool and Wolverine and Avatar: The Last Airbender. But it was his most recent work on Shōgun that he won an award for.
The TV series is a historical drama based on the 1975 novel of the same name. Filming took place in 2021 and 2022 in B.C., including Vancouver, Port Moody and Coquitlam.
Shōgun won 14 Emmy awards, including outstanding cinematography for a series, outstanding music composition for a series and outstanding stunt performance.
Cochingco, along with Hiroo Minami, Nobuyuki Obikane and Johnson Phan, won for their stunt work in episode four, “The Eightfold Fence.”
He said he was “shell shocked” when they won and that everything …