“Sinners” star Michael B. Jordan won the best actor Oscar Sunday night at the 98th Academy Awards, beating out a crowded field that included Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Jordan’s best actor win for “Sinners” marks his first-ever Academy Award.
The Newark, New Jersey, native thanked the director of “Sinners,” Oscar winner Ryan Coogler, calling him an “amazing person.”
With his best actor win, Jordan joins other Black male actors Jamie Foxx, Will Smith, and Forrest Whitaker, as well as Poitier and Washington.
Jordan also thanked his family in his speech, including his mom, who has been his date to many awards show this season, as well as his dad, whom he said traveled from Ghana to attend the Oscars.
He also thanked his brother and sister, who also walked with him, alongside their parents, at the Oscars.












