Cillian Murphy wins Best Actor at Golden Globes

Cillian Murphy has won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his performance in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer – one of five wins for the blockbuster biopic on the night in the US.

Oppenheimer also won the awards for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director for Nolan, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr and Best Original Score – Motion Picture for Ludwig Göransson.

Murphy had been nominated alongside fellow Irish stars Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) and Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) in the Best Actor category, with Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Colman Domingo (Rustin) completing the shortlist.

After making his way to the stage in Beverly Hills to accept the award on Sunday night, the Cork actor said: “Oh boy… The first question is: do I have lipstick all over my nose? I’m going to leave it.”

In his speech at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Murphy saluted “visionary director” Nolan “for having faith in me for 20 years and six feckin’ pictures”.

He also paid tribute to the “incredible ensemble cast” for “carrying me and holding me through this movie”.

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“To all my fellow nominees, if you’re Irish or not, you’re all legends, stunning work – I salute you,” Murphy continued.

He concluded by thanking his family.

“I’m the luckiest man,” he said.

Murphy’s previous Golden Globe nomination was in 2006 for Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto.

He joins an honour roll of Irish Golden Globe winners that includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Farrell, Richard Harris, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Saoirse Ronan.

On the night, the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed and Emma Stone-starring Poor Things, which includes Irish company Element Pictures among its producers, won Best Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Stone.

Stone said: “Playing Bella was unbelievable, I think this is a rom-com, I see this as a rom-com. Bella falls in love with life itself, rather than a person.

“She accepts the good, that really made me look at life differently, that all of it counts, all of it is important… this means the world to me.”

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In the television categories, Succession was the big winner, taking the award for Best Television Series – Drama and acting honours for stars Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen.

Creator Jesse Armstrong said: “We decided this was the right time to end the show and that was bittersweet, particularly for me because I finally bought some shoes that were appropriate for awards shows and this might be the last chance I get to wear them.”

You can watch the Golden Globe Awards, including the red-carpet arrivals, on RTÉ2 on Monday from 9:00pm.

Irish attention now turns to the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards (10 January), the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Awards (18 January) and the Academy Awards (23 January).

The winners:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Oppenheimer

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy
Poor Things

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Best Television Series – Drama
Succession

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Sarah Snook – Succession

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Bear

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Beef

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Barbie – What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish and Finneas

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Director – Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kieran Culkin – Succession

Best Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear

Best Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall – France

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television
Ricky Gervais – Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

Best Actor in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

Best Supporting Actor – Television
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession

Best Supporting Actress – Television
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown

Best Performance by an Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Steven Yeun – Beef

Best Performance by an Actress – Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Ali Wong – Beef

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

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