Christoph Waltz Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Role in Inglourious Basterds

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.