He was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004, and won within 2005. After he won, he experienced non prepared a speech, thus he left the audience stunned by only repeating a line from either the film Catch Me If You Can about two mice falling into the load of cream. Soap Opera Digest columnist Carolyn Hinsey commented that his speech "made him sound like an ass."