OSCARS: ANTHONY HOPKINS Becomes Oldest Winner Of ‘Best Actor’ Award
SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS has become the oldest actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor nod for his role in 'THE FATHER'.
There were some surprising wins at the 93rd Academy Awards (25 April 2021) and some expected ones, but one of the most notable awards went to Sir Anthony Hopkins. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ‘The Father‘, and he is also the oldest actor to pick up a gong in this category.
Although he didn’t attend the ceremony in Los Angeles, nor the BFI Southbank event in London (UK), he did manage to give an acceptance speech from the comfort of the glorious surroundings of his Wales homeland. In his short speech, Hopkins spoke of his own surprise of winning his second Oscar and he paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who “was taken from us far too early“.
Other notable firsts for the Oscars – Daniel Kaluuya become the first black British actor to win in the Best Supporting Actor category, and Nomadland‘s Chloe Zhao became the first woman of colour and second woman to win in the Best Director category.
Yuh-Jung Youn was also given Best Supporting Actress nod – the first South Korean actress to win an Oscar, for her role as the grandmother in Korean-American family drama ‘Minari‘.
While the winners list appears to be a tad more diverse than previous years, it is clear to see that this is only a continuation of the journey, for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to equally recognise talent from all genders, race, sexuality etc. I’m sure we will all look forward to award ceremonies that provide fair recognition of talent.
You can find the full winners list below:
BEST PICTURE
‘Nomadland’ — Winner
‘The Father’
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
‘Mank’
‘Minari’
‘Promising Young Woman’
‘Sound of Metal’
‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao, ‘Nomadland’ — Winner
Thomas Vinterberg, ‘Another Round’
David Fincher, ‘Mank’
Lee Isaac Chung, ‘Minari’
Emerald Fennell, ‘Promising Young Woman’
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand, ‘Nomadland’ — Winner
Viola Davis, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Andra Day, ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’
Vanessa Kirby, ‘Pieces of a Woman’
Carey Mulligan, ‘Promising Young Woman’
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Anthony Hopkins, ‘The Father’ — Winner
Riz Ahmed, ‘Sound of Metal’
Chadwick Boseman, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Gary Oldman, ‘Mank’
Steven Yeun, ‘Minari’
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yuh-jung Youn, ‘Minari’ — Winner
Maria Bakalova, ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
Glenn Close, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
Olivia Colman, ‘The Father’
Amanda Seyfried, ‘Mank’
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ — Winner
Sacha Baron Cohen, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Leslie Odom Jr., ‘One Night in Miami…’
Paul Raci, ‘Sound of Metal’
LaKeith Stanfield, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
ORIGINAL SONG
“Fight For You” from ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ — Winner
“Hear My Voice” from ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
“Husavik” from ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’
“lo Sì (Seen)” from ‘The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)’
“Speak Now” from ‘One Night in Miami…’
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
‘Soul’ — Winner
‘Onward’
‘Over the Moon’
‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’
‘Wolfwalkers’
MAKEUP & HAIR STYLING
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ — Winner
‘Emma.’
‘Hillbilly Elegy’
‘Mank’
‘Pinocchio’
VISUAL EFFECTS
‘Tenet’ — Winner
‘Love and Monsters’
‘The Midnight Sky’
‘Mulan’
‘The One and Only Ivan’
CINEMATOGRAPHY
‘Mank’ — Winner
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
‘News of the World’
‘Nomadland’
‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
FILM EDITING
‘Sound of Metal’ — Winner
‘The Father’
‘Nomadland’
‘Promising Young Woman’
‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
PRODUCTION DESIGN
‘Mank’ — Winner
‘The Father’
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
‘News of the World’
‘Tenet’
SOUND
‘Sound of Metal’ — Winner
‘Greyhound’
‘Mank’
‘News of the World’
‘Soul’
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Denmark, ‘Another Round’ — Winner
Hong Kong, ‘Better Days’
Romania, ‘Collective’
Tunisia, ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’
Bosnia and Herzegovina, ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
‘Colette’ — Winner
‘A Concerto Is a Conversation’
‘Do Not Split’
‘Hunger Ward’
‘A Love Song for Latasha’
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
‘My Octopus Teacher’ — Winner
‘Collective’
‘Crip Camp’
‘The Mole Agent’
‘Time’
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
‘Two Distant Strangers’ — Winner
‘Feeling Through’
‘The Letter Room’
‘The Present’
‘White Eye’
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
‘If Anything Happens I Love You’ — Winner
‘Burrow’
‘Genius Loci’
‘Opera’
‘Yes-People’
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Emerald Fennell, ‘Promising Young Woman’ — Winner
Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Lee Isaac Chung, ‘Minari’
Screenplay by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder; story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance, ‘Sound of Metal’
Aaron Sorkin, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, “The Father” — Winner
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman and Lee Kern; story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer and Nina Pedrad, ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
Chloé Zhao, ‘Nomadland’
Kemp Powers, ‘One Night in Miami…’
Ramin Bahrani, ‘The White Tiger’
ORIGINAL SCORE
‘Soul’ — Winner
‘Da 5 Bloods’
‘Mank’
‘Minari’
‘News of the World’
COSTUME DESIGN
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ — Winner
‘Emma.’
‘Mank’
‘Mulan’
‘Pinocchio’
