Leonardo DiCaprio winning Best Actor | 88th Oscars (2016)

These five

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s have rewarded moviegoers with fully dimensional characters, some drawn from real life, all of them larger than life. Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. The ingenious astronaut abandoned on Mars. The vengeful frontiersman betrayed by his companions. The brilliant and complicated co-founder of Apple and One. of the first people to undergo gender confirmation surgery here are the notable nominees for performance by an

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in a leading role brian cranston trumbo matt damon the martian

leonardo

dicaprio

the revenant michael fassbender steve jobs eddie redmayne the danish girl and the oscar goes to

leonardo

dicaprio

this is the first oscar nomination and the sixth for leonardo dicaprio thank you, thank you very much everyone, thank you very much to the academy, thank you to everyone who is in this room .

I have to congratulate this year's other incredible nominees for their incredible performances. was the product of the tireless efforts of an incredible cast and crew that I worked with first and foremost with my brother in this endeavor sir tom hardy tom his fierce on-screen talent can only be surpassed by his off-screen friendship with mr. alejandro inuritu how the history of cinema unfolds you have forged your path in history these last two years what an incredible talent you are thanks to you and chivo for creating a transcendent cinematic experience for all of us thanks to everyone at fox and new regency in particular arnon milshon you were the champion of this effort my entire team i have to thank everyone from the beginning of my career mr cayton jones for casting me in my first film mr scorsese for teaching me so much about the film art form mr rick yorn thank you for helping me navigate this industry and my parents, none of this would be possible without you and my friends, I love you so much, you know who you are and lastly I just want to say that making the returnee was about man's relationship with the world natural a world that we collectively felt in 2015 was the hottest year in recorded history our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just so we could find snow climate change is real it's happening right now it's the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we must work collectively and stop procrastinating, we must support leaders around the world who do not speak on behalf of the big polluters of large corporations, but speak on behalf of all humanity on behalf of the indigenous peoples of the world for the billions of disadvantaged people who will be most affected by this, for our children's children, and for those whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed.

I thank you all for this incredible award tonight. Take this planet for granted. I don't take tonight for granted. Thank you so much.