Cillian Murphy ‘Overwhelmed’ by First Oscar Win for ‘Oppenheimer’

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer won at the 96th annual Academy Awards—just minutes after lead Cillian Murphy picked up the award for Best Actor at the 96th annual Academy Awards for his lauded performance as the ambitious, infamous physicist.

While Best Picture may have overshadowed Murphy’s win a bit, his moving speech was a great penultimate moment for the show.

“I’m a little overwhelmed,” Murphy said as he accepted his award from last year’s Best Actor winner, Brendan Fraser (The Whale), at the Oscars on Sunday evening. “Thank you to the academy. Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas, it’s been the wildest, most exhilarating, most creatively satisfying journey you’ve taken me on over the past 20 years. I owe you more than I can say.”

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