Oscars 2022: Will Smith Wins ‘Actor in a Leading Role’ Award

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American actor and rapper, Will Smith was crowned as the winner of the best ‘Actor in a Leading Role’ in the just ended 94th Academy Awards (Oscars 2022).

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The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscarsare awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide.

Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership.

The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the “Academy Award of Merit”, although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the “Oscar”. The statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style.

This year’s wards even which serve as the 94th Academy Awards came off on Sunday, March 27, 2022, after the nomination got released back in February 8, 2022,  by actors Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan.

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The actor, Will Smith was crowned winner of the ‘Actor in a Leading Role’ category with his role in the “King Richard” movie after managing managed to beat the likes of Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”, Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”, Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick…BOOM!”, and Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”.

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
  • Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick…BOOM!”
  • Will Smith, “King Richard” [Winner]
  • Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

This sounds like a blessing for the hardworking United States of American actor as it follows his recent win at the just ended  27th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards  2022 (CCMA) which came off on Sunday night, March 13, 2022, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and the Savoy Hotel in London. with the same movie.

In the 2022 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, Will Smith won with the same “King Richard” movie in the “best actor” category.

Will Smith also caused a surprising scene at the 2022 Oscars as he slapped Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair prior to his award win.

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Watch Video: Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock on Oscar stage after he made jokes about his wife

Click Here: Oscars 2022 Winners: check out full list

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