Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for best actor for his role in “Oppenheimer.”
The actor, who portrayed physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, in “Oppenheimer,” said he was “overwhelmed” to have won the award.
“I’m a very proud Irishman standing here tonight,” he said. “We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb and, for better or for worse, we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world, so I would really like to dedicate this to peacemakers everywhere.”
Murphy accepted the Oscar from a group of previous best actor winners, including Nicolas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Brendan Fraser, Ben Kingsley and Forest Whitaker.
This awards season, Murphy has won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a BAFTA.
Other nominees in the category included Bradley Cooper for “Maestro,” Colman Domingo for “Rustin,” Paul Giamatti for “The Holdovers” and Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction.”
