Actor Mark Ruffalo on Sunday local time took home his first Emmys in the acting category as he won the award for -Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie- for his double roles for HBO-s miniseries -I Know This Much Is True.- He earlier received the prestigious award back in 2014 for executive producing the television movie -The Normal Heart.-

-I Know This Much Is True- is an American drama miniseries based on the 1998 novel by the same name written by Wally Lamb. Ruffalo stars in double roles as identical twins Dominick and Thomas Birdsey. Others who were nominated in the category are Jeremy Irons for HBO-s -Watchmen,- Hugh Jackman for -Bad Education,- Paul Mescal for Hulu-s -Normal People- and Jeremy Pope for Netflix-s -Hollywood.-