If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, online access is included in your subscription. Activate your Online Access Now Article content The 16-year-old actor has been nominated for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program as part of the standalone Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, which focuses on children’s entertainment. Winners will be announced at ceremonies on March 1 and 2 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Calgary teen actor receives Emmy Award nomination for lead role in Apple TV+ series Me Back to video Article content Article content “I’m still a little dazed,” says Chauhan in a phone interview. “I think I’m sitting back and taking it all in. I’m enjoying all the (congratulations) I’m getting from friends and family, and also getting a chance to reconnect with previous cast members and the crew. It’s always great to get the chance to say hi. I think maybe if you talked to me in a couple of months from now, I’d have a better answer for you. But, for now, I’m just still taking it in.” Article content Your weekday lunchtime roundup of curated links, news highlights, analysis and features. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Noon News Roundup will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Article content Filmed in Atlanta, Me aired in 2024 for one season. It was directed by Michael Dowse, who began his filmmaking career in Calgary with the mockumentary Fubar. Chauhan stars as Ben, a 12-year-old who finds himself in a new school with a new stepfamily after his mother remarries. He is bullied at school, but soon discovers he can shape-shift. The coming-of-age series also stars Kyle Howard as Ben’s new stepfather and Abigail Pniowsky as his stepsister, Max. Article content The series received positive reviews, including praise from the New York Times. Article content “As a gentle blended-family drama for young viewers, Me is lovely and distinctive,” television critic Margaret Lyons wrote. “The relationship between Max and Ben is one rarely explored on television: stepsiblings who are allies. Chauhan and Pniowsky are terrific, and especially terrific together.” Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Play Video Article content “It’s really a story about empathy and family dynamics and being a kid going through all these insane things that are happening to him,” Chauhan says. “It’s a pretty crazy story about being who you are. We take you through lots of roller coasters and ups and downs.” Article content Chauhan was born in Calgary in 2009 and began performing in theatre productions at a young age. He was introduced to television audiences in 2019 when he landed a role on Heartland for one season. Since then, his star has been steadily on the rise. In 2022, he had a lead role in the Prime Video sci-fi thriller Encounter, playing the resourceful son of a troubled marine played by Riz Ahmed. After filming Me, he went on to play Teo in the live-action, big-budgeted Netflix reboot of Avatar: The Last Airbender in Vancouver. He just wrapped Season 3 of the series earlier this year. Article content Last year, he shot the Crave mini-series The Borderline, formerly known as Underbelly, in Toronto. It stars The Arrow’s Stephen Amell and Oscar-nominee Minnie Driver in a story about a border-town cop battling a crime syndicate operating between Canada and the U.S. Chauhan plays the younger version of a character played by Hamza Haq, the Canadian Screen Award-winning actor from CTV’s Transplant. Article content “I can’t say too much about it, but I can say that I had to do boxing training for it and I got a chance to meet some really incredible people like Hamza Haq, who is an incredible Canadian actor,” he says. “They got me training a couple of sessions every week for a month or two before I was filming in Toronto. It was pretty crazy. I’m used to fight training, but this was another level.” Article content Chauhan is in Grade 11 and continues to go out on auditions. He also recently won a provincial gold medal for singing from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Article content This advertisement has not loaded yet. Trending Source: https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgary-teen-actor-receives-emmy-award-nomination-for-lead-role-in-apple-tv-series-me