Cooper Koch revealed to 'Entertainment Weekly' that Lyle Menendez called to congratulate him on his 2025 Emmy nomination for 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez'. Koch played Lyle's brother, Erik Menendez,

Cooper Koch recently received a congratulatory phone call from incarcerated Lyle Menendez. On Tuesday, the actor, 29, earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series for his performance as Erik Menendez in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

The Netflix limited series Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for the 2025 Emmys, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced on Tuesday morning. A daily brief about what matters and what's interesting in Hollywood.

The actor said he received a call from Lyle Menendez to congratulate him on his Emmy nomination for Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."

Actor Cooper Koch received his first Emmy nomination on Tuesday for his portrayal of Erik Menendez in the Ryan Murphy series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Yet accor

"That's the one sort of bummer from today," says Koch, who was nominated for best lead actor for his portrayal of Erik Menendez in 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.'

Cooper Koch revealed what Lyle Menéndez told him after his Emmy nomination. Nominations for the 2025 Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday, July 15, with Koch, 29, receiving a nod in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series category for his performance as Erik Menéndez in Netflix’s Monsters.

Cooper Koch, who portrayed convicted killer Erik Menendez on Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters', says Erik's brother Lyle called him to congratulate him for his recent Emmy nod: 'Very, very sweet.'