The 90th Academy Awards is stacked top to bottom with every category filled with deserving award winners. The show’s first award, Best Supporting Actor, was no different. The category showcased five brilliant performances from incredible actors, with long-time character actor Sam Rockwell bringing home the Oscar for his supporting role as officer Jason Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
“I’d like to thank the Academy… Never thought I’d say those words,” the veteran actor said while hoping for a brand-new jet ski.
Rockwell has been a favorite for much of awards season. He won the Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award, SAG Award, BAFTA, and Critic’s Choice award for Three Billboards.
Rockwell beat out Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project, his co-star Woody Harrelson for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Richard Jenkins for The Shape of Water, and Christopher Plummer, who shot his scenes on just weeks of notice after replacing Kevin Spacey, for All the Money in the World.
The hard-working Rockwell has no less than five films set for release in 2018, with his next possible award-winning role being that of Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s satire of the early-aughts White House.
