Adrien Brody has extra gilded {hardware} so as to add to his mantle, taking the Golden Globe for greatest actor in a drama on Sunday evening for his function in “The Brutalist.”

Brody is central to director Brady Corbet’s epic story of a holocaust survivor and celebrated Hungarian architect, one who falls prey to a poisonous and controlling patron (Man Pearce) over many years in post-war America.

Learn Brody’s speech in full under.

“Whats up. Thanks to everybody on this room. Golden Globes voters, for this honor, I’m deeply humbled by this. I’ve a lot to say. I’m going to try to be transient. On the core of “The Brutalist,” it’s actually a narrative concerning the human capability for creation, so I’d be remiss to not acknowledge my fellow nominees. Daniel, Colman, Timmy, Sebastian, Sebastian, Ralph. You guys actually simply — you reached such heights together with your work, and you’re such inspirations to me. To my — God, Brady and Mona, I really like you guys.
Thanks for giving me wings. Thanks for permitting me to be a small a part of constructing this triumph and monument to humanity and the humanities.

“To my solid and crew, and everybody who has been part of making this film, it is a collaborative effort, and I share this with all of you. To my mates and workforce at CAA, A24, thanks for supporting me via this journey. To my mother and pop, who’re right here tonight. Oh, my goodness. You at all times maintain me up. I usually credit score my mom for her affect on me as an artist, however Dad, you’re the basis of this household, and all this love that I acquired flows again to you.

“To my stunning and wonderful companion, Georgina. Your generosity of spirit, your individual resilience your immense creativity, are a each day reminder of the right way to be. I’d not be standing right here earlier than you if it wasn’t for you. There was a time not too way back that I felt this may occasionally by no means be a second afforded to me once more, so thanks.

“You already know, this story is de facto the character’s journey could be very harking back to my mom’s and my ancestors’ journey of fleeing struggle and coming to this nice nation. I owe a lot to my mom and my grandparents for his or her sacrifice, and though I have no idea absolutely the right way to specific the entire challenges that you’ve confronted and skilled, and the many individuals who’ve struggled immigrating to this nation, I hope that this work stands to raise you up a bit and to present you a voice. I’m so grateful. I’ll cherish this second endlessly.”

The three-and-a-half hour epic, which co-stars Felicity Jones and Alessandro Nivola, explores the results of “possessing that which can’t be possessed,” like inspiration, director Corbet advised Selection earlier this 12 months.

For his second Globe nomination and first win, Brody prevailed over fellow nominees Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Timothee Chalamet (“A Full Unknown”), Daniel Craig (“Queer”) and Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”).

Brody gained the Academy Award for greatest actor at age 29 for the 2002 drama “The Pianist.” He nonetheless holds the document for the youngest winner within the class. Along with roles in movies like “The Skinny Purple Line,” “Midnight in Paris” and “Blonde,” Brody has had a good run as considered one of Wes Anderson’s repertory gamers. He has appeared in Anderson movies together with “The Darjeeling Restricted,” “The Grand Budapest Resort,” “Implausible Mr. Fox” and “Asteroid Metropolis.”