Joker star Joaquin Phoenix has won the best actor Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards, for his performance as Batman’s nemesis.
Phoenix has made a virtual clean sweep of major awards for the role, winning best actor at the Baftas, the Critics’ Choice and Screen Actors Guild awards, and best actor in a drama at the Golden Globes.
He had previously received two best actor nominations at the Oscars for Walk the Line in 2006 and The Master in 2013, but this is his first win.
Phoenix was the overwhelming favourite, seeing off competition from the likes of Marriage Story’s Adam Driver and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Leonardo DiCaprio.