Los Angeles-Daniel Kaluuya won the best supporting actor Oscar Sunday night at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah

Kaluuya, 32, a Black British actor who rose to international fame after his starring role in Jordan Peele’ Get Out, was the favorite for the prize, having won in the same category at a slew of preceding awards, including the Golden Globes and the Baftas.

In a wide-ranging, effervescent acceptance speech, Kaluuya started off by thanking God – “I can’t be here without your guidance and protection”, before acknowledging his mother (“you gave me your factory settings”) and offering his praise for the man he played, Fred Hampton: “What a man, how blessed we are that we lived in a lifetime where he existed… When they played divide and conquer, we say unite and ascend.”

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