As the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards draw near, we look back at the careers of the lead acting nominees.
2 of 7 Touchstone Television/Everett Collection
matthew-morrison-onceuponmattress8
A theater vet who starred in Broadway productions of Hairspray and The Light in the Piazza, Morrison got his first TV break playing Sir Harry in a 2005 TV adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress.
3 of 7 NBC
matthew-morrison-laworder5
In 2006, Morrison guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent as the sinisterly named Chance Slaughter.
4 of 7 Warner Bros. Pictures
matthew-morrison-musiclyrics6
Morrison hit the big screen as Cora Corman's music manager in this Hugh Grant-Drew Barrymore romantic comedy.
5 of 7 CBS
matthew-morrison-csimiami2
Where are the curls? Rocking a buzz cut, Morrison guest-starred in a 2007 episode of the CBS procedural as a suspected killer.
6 of 7 CBS
matthew-morrison-ghostwhisperer3
Morrison guest-starred in a 2007 episode of Ghost Whisperer as Matt Sembrook, half of a ghost couple who haunts a father and daughter.
7 of 7 Carin Baer/Fox
matthew-morrison-glee4
Morrison has earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for his turn as Spanish teacher and glee club director Will Schuester. Can't get enough of Morrison's smooth-like-butter voice? Then pick up his debut album, scheduled to hit stores in the fall.