Cillian Murphy has made history after becoming the first Irish-born actor to take home the award for Best Actor at the Baftas.
The 77th EE British Academy Film Awards took place in London last night.
Oppenheimer swept the awards at the ceremony in London last night.
Christopher Nolan's biopic about the physicist described as the father of the atomic bomb, picked up seven awards in total.
Cillian Murphy says he's proud to be Irish:
"Yeah, I'm a really, really proud Irishman. I have to say that, of course I am! And it means a lot to me to be Irish. So I don't know what else to say, Should I sing a rebel song?
Ballintemple native Cillian Murphy got the EE Bafta Film Award for best actor for his work on the movie:
"Oppenheimer was this colossally knotty, complex character and he meant different things to different people. And, one man's monster is another man's hero. And that's why I love movies because we have a space to celebrate and interrogate and investigate that complexity".
Christopher Nolan also picked up the gong for best director.
In his acceptance speech at the EE BAFTA film awards - he paid tribute to those who've been working towards nuclear disarmament:
"In the real world, there are all kinds of individuals and organisations who have fought long and hard to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world. In accepting this, I do just want to acknowledge their efforts. They show the necessity and the potential of efforts for peace".
