They were the rank outsiders in their Emmy categories.

和其他同类型影片演员相比，《神探夏洛克》中的“卷福”和“华生”从未获过艾美奖。

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，在周一洛杉矶诺基亚剧院举行的年度艾美奖颁奖典礼上，英国人本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇和马丁·弗里曼分别以饰演夏洛克·福尔摩斯和他身边的受气包密友华生医生而获得了艾美奖。

Embarrassingly neither actor turned up to the glittering¹ ceremony - maybe because they thought they didn't have a chance of winning their tough categories. 令人尴尬的是，两位演员均没有出席这一盛大的颁奖典礼——或许是因为他们没有想到自己能在同类型影片激烈的角逐中胜出。

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 Vow². 现年38岁的本尼迪克特以《神探夏洛克：最后的誓言》获得迷你剧及电影类最佳男演员奖，现年42岁的马丁以该影片获得最佳配角奖。

Fortunately show co-creator and writer Steven Moffat was on hand to accept his award for Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries. 幸运的是，该剧的联合制片人、编剧史蒂芬·莫法特在场，接受了他所获得的迷你剧最佳编剧。

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 nominated³ for Fargo. 其他获得提名的同类型影片演员还有参演《边缘之舞》的切瓦特·埃加福特，《路德》中的伊德瑞斯·艾尔巴以及《冰血暴》中的比利·鲍伯·汤顿。马丁同时以《冰血暴》获得了提名。