Actor takes Academy Award for role as pianist Don Shirley in deep south road movie, despite controversy surrounding the film-makersMahershala Ali has won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as Don Shirley in Green Book in the 91st Academy Awards.This is Ali’s second Oscar win, after he took the award in the same category in 2017 for Moonlight, becoming the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar.
He is now the first black actor – and Muslim – to win the best supporting actor twice.
Denzel Actor is the only other black actor to win an Oscar more than once.
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