Finalmente Leonardo DiCaprio lo logró y ganó su primer Oscar como Mejor Actor, por su trabajo en El Renacido, la película dirigida por el mexicano Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Esta vez, para llevarse la estatuilla el actor tuvo que competir contra Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) y Eddie Redmayne (La chica danesa).
"Gracias a la Academia. Debo felicitar a mis colegas por sus actuaciones. El Renacido es fruto de un equipo de trabajo incansable", dijo el actor al subir al escenario a recibir su primera estatuilla.
"Has abierto caminos con tu trabajo", le dijo luego al director Alejandro González Iñarritu y le agradeció a todos los que lo ayudaron en su carrera, especialmente a Martin Scorsese, a sus padres y amigos.
"Hay que adoptar a líderes que no hablan en nombre de grandes corporaciones, sino de las poblaciones, por la gente que vio sus voces acalladas por la codicia, no tomemos a la ligera nuestro planeta", cerró.
Leonardo DiCaprio finally succeeds and won his first Oscar for Best Actor for his work in The Reborn, the film directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
This time, to take the statuette the actor had to compete against Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) and Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl).
"Thanks to the Academy. I must congratulate my colleagues for their performances. The Reborn is the result of a team of tireless work," said the actor to go on stage to receive his first Oscar.
"You open roads with your work," he said after the director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and thanked all those who helped him in his career, especially Martin Scorsese, their parents and friends.
"We must take leaders who do not speak on behalf of large corporations, but the people, by the people who saw their voices silenced by greed, not take lightly our planet," he closed.
