Michael B. Jordan wins first Oscar for 'Sinners'

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Michael B.Jordan is a first-time Academy Award winner.

The “Sinners” star won the lead actor Oscar for his dual roles as Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s Southern Gothic horror film, which received a record 16 Oscar nominations including best picture.With his win, Jordan became the first performer in more than half a century to top the lead actor category for playing twins.

Lee Marvin previously won for portraying twin gunfighters Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn in the 1965 western spoof “Cat Ballou.” Awards ‘I locked myself away,’ the actor says of his preparation for Ryan Coogler’s horror blockbuster.He emerged with twins whose distinct qualities animate an awards-worthy dual performance.“I stand here because of the people that came before me,” Jordan said as he accepted the honor Sunday evening, citing venerated Black actors including Denzel Washington.

“Thank you, everybody in this room and everybody at home for supporting me on my career,” he said.Jordan beat out competitors Timothée Chalamet (“Marty Supreme”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”), Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”) and Wagner Moura (“The Secret Agent”) for the award.

For the majority of the Oscars race, awards prognosticators concurred that Chalamet was headed for victory, but convictions wavered after Jordan notched a surprise win at the Actor Awards — to Viola Davis’ great delight.Awards Michael B.

Jordan won the Actor Award for lead male actor for his performance as twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners.”In preparation to play the prodigal twins in “Sinners,” Jordan told The Times that he trained with dialect coach Beth McGuire, who also worked on Coogler’s “Black Panther” and its sequel, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” “I locked myself away and we did some chakra work and explored how childhood trauma manifested itself p...