They were the rank outsiders in their Emmy categories.
和其他同類型影片演員相比，《神探夏洛克》中的「卷福」和「華生」從未獲過艾美獎。
But in a surprise choice Brits Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman were both honoured for their roles as Sherlock Holmes and his long suffering side-kick Dr. Watson at the Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday in Los Angeles.
然而出乎意料的是，在周一洛杉磯諾基亞劇院舉行的年度艾美獎頒獎典禮上，英國人本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇和馬丁·弗裡曼分別以飾演夏洛克·福爾摩斯和他身邊的受氣包密友華生醫生而獲得了艾美獎。
Embarrassingly neither actor turned up to the glittering ceremony - maybe because they thought they didn't have a chance of winning their tough categories.
令人尷尬的是，兩位演員均沒有出席這一盛大的頒獎典禮——或許是因為他們沒有想到自己能在同類型影片激烈的角逐中勝出。
Benedict, 38, won for Actor In A Miniseries Or Movie while Martin, 42, took the honours for Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or Movie for Sherlock: His Last Vow.
現年38歲的本尼迪克特以《神探夏洛克：最後的誓言》獲得迷你劇及電影類最佳男演員獎，現年42歲的馬丁以該影片獲得最佳配角獎。
Fortunately show co-creator and writer Steven Moffat was on hand to accept his award for Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries.
幸運的是，該劇的聯合製片人、編劇史蒂芬·莫法特在場，接受了他所獲得的迷你劇最佳編劇。
Others in the category were Chiwetel Ejiofor for Dancing On The Edge, Idris Elba for Luther and Billy Bob Thornton for Fargo along with Martin, who was also nominated for Fargo.
其他獲得提名的同類型影片演員還有參演《邊緣之舞》的切瓦特·埃加福特，《路德》中的伊德瑞斯·艾爾巴以及《冰血暴》中的比利·鮑伯·湯頓。馬丁同時以《冰血暴》獲得了提名。