Joaquin Phoenix continued his strong award season run on Sunday, taking home another trophy at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards for his acting in Joker.
During his acceptance speech for winning Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the SAGs, he spent the majority of his time talking about the other actors nominated — praising Leonardo DiCaprio ("you've been an inspiration for over 25 years") and Adam Driver ("I'm so moved by you, and you were just devastating in this film") — before finishing with a moving, memorable tribute.
"Really I'm standing here on the shoulders of my favorite actor, Heath Ledger," he said.
Ledger played the Joker in Christopher Nolan's movie The Dark Knight, a performance for which he won a posthumous Academy Award for following his death in 2008.
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