The actor was the arch-favorite, having won all the trophies of the precursor ceremonies.
This Sunday at the 96th edition of the Oscars, he faced Sterling K. Brown in
American Fiction
, Robert De Niro in
Killers of the Flower Moon
, Ryan Gosling in
Barbie
and Mark Ruffalo in
Poor Creatures.
In
Oppenheimer
, he plays the sworn enemy of the father of the atomic bomb, the politician Lewis Strauss.
This statuette has a little taste of revenge for an actor who had mainly been confined to his role as Iron Man, Marvel's flagship superhero.
The 58-year-old actor paid tribute to his wife who helped him overcome his addictions.
“She took in the injured animal that I was.
She saved me.”
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This victory offers its first trophy to Christopher Nolan's blockbuster, which is competing in 13 categories.
But the record of Titanic and Lord of the Rings, winner of a record eleven Oscars, is no longer within reach.
Poor Creatures
has raided the technical categories.
Defeating
Barbie
and
Oppenheimer
.