was in South Wales instead of the awards show, held in Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, California, when the trophy was presented by last year's winner Joaquin Phoenix.
Just before his win he tweeted a video of himself in a South Wales graveyard visiting his baker father's tombstone. The actor wrote: 'Richard Hopkins, my beloved father, resting in eternal peace. . . ' and recited 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, but couldn't finish the words after becoming overcome with emotion saying: 'God, I can't do it, it's too painful'.
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