Kieran Culkin wins Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin bagged yet another accolade for his performance in ‘A Real Pain’ at the 97th Academy Awards.

The 42-year-old actor bested Yura Borisov (‘Anora’), Edward Norton (‘A Complete Unknown’), Guy Pearce (‘The Brutalist’) and Jeremy Strong (‘The Apprentice’) for the Best Supporting Actor award - which was presented by Robert Downey Jr.

Culkin paid tribute to his long-term manager, Emily Gerson Saines, and “genius” Jesse Eisenberg, who wrote, directed and co-starred in the comedy as he picked up his statuette.

Taking to the stage at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater, he said: “I have no idea how I got here, I've just been acting my whole life, it's just what I do, so I feel like this was never my trajectory but however I got here, I know Emily Gerson Saines, my manager of 30 years, it's because of you, thank you, I lean on you for everything so please don't go anywhere, I'd be lost without you, I love you. The movie, Jesse Eisenberg. Thank you for this movie, you're a genius, I'd never say that to your face and I'll never say it again, so soak it up.”