United Kingdom, March 16 -- Michael B. Jordan paid tribute to the Black actors who "came before him" as he picked up the Best Actor prize at Sunday's (15.03.26) Academy Awards.

The 39-year-old actor scooped the accolade for his work on Sinners and began his acceptance speech for the award - for which Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) were also nominated -

by praising the support of his family.

Speaking on stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, he said: "God is good, and erm, yo, mama, what's up? My father's here, Pops, where you at?

"My dad flew over from Ghana to be here. My brother, my sister's here. My family.

"I wanna thank W...