Cillian Murphy paid a heartfelt tribute to his spouse and sons as he gained the Best Actor BAFTA for his position in Oppenheimer on Sunday, because the film swept the board bagging seven gongs.
The Irish actor, 47, who performs the titular position in Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb saga, picked up the prize on the star-studded London’s Royal Festival Hall ceremony.
Presented with the trophy by Cate Blanchett, he paid tribute to spouse of 20-years Yvonne McGuinness in addition to sons Malachy, 18, and Aran, 16, who can also be an actor.
Saying: ‘To Yvonne, Malachy and Aran you’re my finest pal and I really like you a lot’.
Cillian triumphed over Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Colman Domingo for Rustin, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers, Barry Keoghan for Saltburn and Teo Yoo for Past Lives.
Accepting the trophy he stated: ‘Oh boy, holy moly, thanks very, very a lot BAFTA.’
Cillian Murphy, 47, paid a heartfelt tribute to his spouse and sons as he gained the Best Actor BAFTA for his position in Oppenheimer on Sunday, because the film swept the board bagging seven gongs
The Irish actor, who performs the titular position in Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb saga, picked up the prize on the star-studded London’s Royal Festival Hall ceremony (Pictured with spouse Yvonne McGuinness in 2006)
He additionally paid tribute to ‘probably the most dynamic, kindest producer-director partnership in Hollywood: Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas, thanks for seeing one thing in me that I in all probability did not see in myself.’
The Irish actor stated to Nolan: ‘Thank for at all times pushing me and demanding excellence as a result of that’s what you ship time and time once more.’
He additionally acknowledged his ‘fellow nominees and my Oppenhomies’, including: ‘I do know it is a cliche to say, however I’m in awe of you.’
Cillian described J Robert Oppenheimer, referred to as the daddy of the atomic bomb, was a ‘colossally knotty character’, including: ‘We have an area to debate and interrogate and examine that complexity and it is a privilege to be part of this group with you all.
Downey Jr, 58, additionally collected a BAFTA for his position as Lewis Strauss within the Hollywood blockbuster, which has swept the board throughout the 2024 awards season.
Robert admitted he owes the award to Nolan, producer Emma Thomas and main man Murphy, in addition to ‘British affect’.
Gesturing to Nolan, he stated: ‘Recently that dude urged I try an understated method as a final ditch effort to resurrect my dwindling credibility.’
Downey Jr’s win set a brand new document for the longest hole between wins by any performer because it comes 31 years after his earlier BAFTA, for the 1993 movie Chaplin.
Presented with the trophy by Cate Blanchett, he paid tribute to spouse of 20-years Yvonne McGuinness in addition to sons Malachy, 18, and actor Aran, 16
Cillian triumphed over Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Colman Domingo for Rustin, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers, Barry Keoghan for Saltburn and Teo Yoo for Past Lives
He additionally paid tribute to ‘probably the most dynamic, kindest producer-director partnership in Hollywood: Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas, thanks for seeing one thing in me that I in all probability did not see in myself.’
He stated in his speech: ‘To Yvonne, Malachy and Aran you’re my finest pal and I really like you a lot’ (pictured as a household in 2014)
The earlier document was 27 years, set by Sir Anthony Hopkins in 2021 when he gained the award for finest actor for The Father, almost three a long time after his 1994 win for Shadowlands.
Nolan gained the Best Director BAFTA for Oppenheimer, his epic story of how the nuclear bomb was created.
Before accepting the award from actor Hugh Grant, Nolan hugged Murphy.
Nolan joked that his brother ‘beat him up right here’ by being in a refrain of a manufacturing 40 years in the past.
Nolan has beforehand misplaced out regardless of quite a few industrial successes corresponding to Inception and The Dark Knight, the UK-born filmmaker gained out in opposition to Jonathan Glazer [The Zone of Interest], Justine Triet [Anatomy of a Fall], Alexander Payne [The Holdovers], Bradley Cooper [Maestro] and Andrew Haigh [All of Us Strangers].
He additionally acknowledged his ‘fellow nominees and my Oppenhomies’, including: ‘I do know it is a cliche to say, however I’m in awe of you’
Cillian shared a hug with co-star Emily Blunt earlier than taking to the stage to make his speech
Cillian married Irish artist Yvonne McGuinness in 2004, after the pair first met at certainly one of his rock band’s reveals in 1996. They went on to have two sons (pictured in 2016)
He paid tribute to Murphy and added to those that backed the movie: ‘Thank you for taking up one thing darkish’.
The director additionally acknowledged the efforts of nuclear disarmament organisations to carry peace.
Oppenheimer swept up within the huge title classes, nevertheless it was intently adopted by the surreal black comedy Poor Things.
It marked 5 awards for the movie, as Emma Stone collected the Best Actress gong for her flip as Bella Baxter.
Accepting her award, she stated: ‘Since we’re in London, I need to begin by thanking dialect coach. She praised him for not laughing at her when he taught her how you can say ‘water’.
‘I actually wished to thank my mum, as a result of she’s the perfect particular person I do know. Without her none of this could exist, together with my life, so thanks for that Mum.’
American actress Stone stated she was ‘in awe’ of the entire group behind the comedy, the place she performs the a part of a girl who’s reanimated and implanted with the mind of a child.