Michael B. Jordan wins Oscar for best actor for 'Sinners'

Good evening.

I'll eat it.

I know this has been a long night. But I, uh, just one thing here to, uh... -♪♪ All right, all right, come on. Stop, stop. Stop. Hold on. Hold the music, please. Uh, I do have something very important to say. And the nominees for lead actor are...

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-...Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon.

-...you tell her that Larry Hart is drunk with beauty.

You italicize the word drunk.

-...Wagner Morrow, The Secret Agent. I'm not a violent person.

But I'd kill this guy with a hammer. Until it is. Timothy Chalamet, Marty's Supreme. It goes without saying, I'm in no position to settle down right now. Get that out of your mind. I will not settle down right now, okay?

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mondale, Africa.

Good. Good. Yeah. Yeah.

Thank you.

Hey, thank you, sensei.

Thank you, sensei. Thank you. Damn it! Thank you. Hey, thank you, Sensei. Thank you, Sensei. Thank you. Damn it.

Viva la revolución! Oh! Oh! Oh!

And the Oscar goes to Michael B. Jordan. CHEERING This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Michael B. Jordan. ♪♪ ♪♪ God is good.

God is good.

And, um, yeah, mama, what's up? Y'all know how I feel about my mother and my father's here. Yo, pops, where you at? My dad came in from Ghana. He flew in from Ghana to be here. My brother, my sister's here.

My family. I want to thank, I want brother, my sister's here, my family.

I want to thank Warner Brothers. I want to thank Mike and Pam for believing in this dream, this vision of Ryan Coogler, and betting on a culture, and betting on original ideas and original artistry. And you're an amazing, amazing person.

I'm so honored to call you a collaborator and a friend, and you gave me the opportunity and space for me to be seen. And I love you too, bro. I love you to death. I would like to thank my incredible cast. Wunni, thank you so much for giving Smoke

opportunity to be him. Haley at home, she's getting ready to have a baby right now. Thank you so much for being the other half of Stack. Miles, Delroy, Jamie, everybody, Lele, Omar, the entire cast. I thank you guys for supporting me through this.

My team, Phil's son, Greg Slewett, Lindsay, Galen.

Whoo, man.

Y'all. I stand here for, because of the people that came before me. Sydney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Forrest Whitaker, Will Smith, and to be amongst those giants, amongst those greats, amongst my ancestors, amongst my guys. Thank you everybody in this room and everybody at home for supporting me over my career. I feel it. I know you guys want me to do well and I want to do that because you guys bet on me. So thank you for keeping, for keep betting on me and I'm

gonna keep stepping up and I'm gonna keep being the best version of myself I could be. So I just want to say thank you for everybody in this Room that has something to do with my success. I love you guys and everybody at home Who supported sinners who went to go see the movie once twice three four or five times? Who supported sinners who went to go see the movie once twice three four or five times? Thank you because you guys made this movie what it is. I love you