Christoph Waltz won the first Oscar of the night when Penelope Cruz presented him the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Inglourious Basterds.
The Austrian actor made a clever analogy to the process of working on the film as being a voyage, with director Quentin Tarantino as the ship’s navigator.
Waltz portrayed the ruthless Col. Hans Landa, in the film that creates an alternate ending to World War II.
