Gary Oldman took home gold for his performance as Winston Churchill in the historical drama Darkest Hour at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday night.

The actor was essentially a shoo-in to win the Best Actor award after picking up trophies at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards in the past few months. He beat out competition like Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out and Timothe Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name, who was set become the youngest Best Actor honoree in almost 80 years.

Movies, such is their power, captivated a young man from south London and gave him a dream, he said onstage in his acceptance speech before thanking his mother. Put the kettle on, Im bringing Oscar home.