Vance salutes ‘Lovecraft’ co-star Williams at show

Courtney B. Vance paid tribute Sunday night to his onscreen brother, Michael K. Williams, just days after the 53-year-old actor was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment.

“Misha [Green] said it best: Michael did everything with his full heart open, with his infinite spirit and with way too much style,” Vance said during his acceptance speech for guest actor in a drama series at the Creative Arts Emmy awards, citing the “Lovecraft Country” creator.

“May he rest in power and let us all honor his immense legacy by being a little more love-forward, a little more endless in thought and a little more swaggy in act.”

Vance (photo l.) and Williams (photo r.) co-starred in HBO’s “Lovecraft

Country” as brothers George and Montrose Freeman, the men who helped shape Atticus (Johnathan Majors) as his good and bad influences.

“I love him. We recently met for the first time. I’ve been following him and he’s been following me for a number of years. We met at an event in New Jersey about 2½, three years ago. We were just overjoyed to share the same dais and couldn’t wait to get off-stage so we could hug and just say how much we loved each other,” Vance, 61, said backstage.

“And the idea that shortly after that we would be playing brothers in ‘Lovecraft Country.’ ... We were brothers. I died in the series and we said goodbye to each other, so it’s just too painful to really think about so I just honor him everywhere and every way I can.”

Vance’s Emmy win was one of 18 nominations for “Lovecraft Country,” which was canceled after just one season. Williams, who is nominated for supporting actor in a drama, is widely expected to win his category at the prime-time Emmys ceremony Sunday.

The Creative Arts Emmys, typically held the weekend before the primetime ceremony, celebrate and honor more technical awards like casting, production and set design. Some acting awards, including guest stars, are handed out as well.