Overview
- The 39-year-old won for a dual performance as identical twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s blues-tinged, supernatural drama set in 1930s Mississippi.
- The victory followed his recent SAG Actor Award, overtaking early frontrunner Timothée Chalamet in the closing days of Oscar voting.
- Sinners led the field with a record 16 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Ryan Coogler, and supporting nods for Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo.
- Jordan becomes the sixth Black performer to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor.
- Onstage he thanked his parents and praised Coogler for championing original ideas, while acknowledging castmates including Hailee Steinfeld and Omar Benson Miller.