For his first big film role post-“Moonlight,” Oscar winner Mahershala Ali continued to add to his cache of awards, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” on Sunday night.
In the fact-based historical feature, Ali plays Dr.
Don Shirley, an African-American jazz pianist and composer, who embarks on a cross-country tour that necessitates his hiring of a white driver (played by Viggo Mortensen) to assist him as a bodyguard while he travels through Southern states at a point when Jim Crow laws were still in place that institutionalized discrimination against people of color.The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the lauded fest’s highest honor, the People’s Choice Award.
Ali’s nuanced performance has garnered him a number of nominations during this awards season, including nods from the Bfca and the Screen Actors Guild.
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