Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="christoph" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ac423/turbine/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-best-supporting-actor-osc-001/600" /><br /><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">Actor Christoph Waltz, left, and wife Judith Holste arrive at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">(<span class="photographer">John Shearer</span> / <span class="dateMonth">February </span><span class="dateDay">24</span><span class="dateYear">, 2013</span>)</span><br /><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br /><div class="articlerail" style="background-color: white; clear: both; float: left; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; 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text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target="">Photos: Oscars 2013: From the winners' room</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list,0,1532667.story" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ace16/turbine/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list/186/186x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners" width="186" /><span style="color: #292727; font-size: 13px;"><br />By Nicole Sperling</span></a></li></ul></div></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><div class="date" style="color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">February 24, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">6:00 p.m.</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"></span><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/robert-de-niro-PECLB001330.topic" id="PECLB001330" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert De Niro">Christoph Waltz</a> won the supporting actor Oscar for <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/django-unchained-%28movie%29-ENMV0002279.topic" id="ENMV0002279" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Django Unchained (movie)">"Django Unchained"</a> in one of the tightest acting races at this year's<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic" id="EVHST000005" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> on Sunday.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The man who already had one <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic" id="EVHST000005" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> on his mantel beat out four other veteran performers: <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/alan-arkin-PECLB000215.topic" id="PECLB000215" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Alan Arkin">Alan Arkin</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/argo-%28movie%29-ENMV0002409.topic" id="ENMV0002409" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Argo (movie)">"Argo"</a>), <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/philip-seymour-hoffman-PECLB0017764399.topic" id="PECLB0017764399" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Philip Seymour Hoffman">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/the-master-%28movie%29-ENMV0002275.topic" id="ENMV0002275" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="The Master (movie)">"The Master"</a>), <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/tommy-lee-jones-PECLB002653.topic" id="PECLB002653" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Tommy Lee Jones">Tommy Lee Jones</a>(<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/lincoln-%28movie-2012%29-ENMV0002731.topic" id="ENMV0002731" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Lincoln (movie, 2012)">"Lincoln"</a>) and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/robert-de-niro-PECLB001330.topic" id="PECLB001330" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/silver-linings-playbook-%28movie%29-ENMV0002653.topic" id="ENMV0002653" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Silver Linings Playbook (movie)">"Silver Linings Playbook"</a>) in the first contest of the evening.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Waltz won for playing Dr. King Schultz, a dentist-turned-bounty hunter who frees slave Django, played by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/jamie-foxx-PECLB001774.topic" id="PECLB001774" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a>.</div>He dedicated his win to the film’s writer and director,<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/quentin-tarantino-PECLB003817.topic" id="PECLB003817" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a>. “We participated in a hero’s journey — the hero being Quentin.”<br /><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/oscars/2013/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="blank"><strong>Oscars 2013:</strong></a> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list,0,1532667.story" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Nominee list</strong></a> | <a href="http://ballots.latimes.com/oscar-ballot-2013/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Ballot</strong></a><strong> |</strong><strong> </strong><a href="http://timelines.latimes.com/academy-awards/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Timeline</strong></a></div><div class="runtimeTopic" data-topic-id="ENMV0011550" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Waltz's previous win was for his supporting role in<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/inglourious-basterds-%28movie%29-ENMV000004270.topic" id="ENMV000004270" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Inglourious Basterds (movie)">"Inglourious Basterds"</a> (2009).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The 85th Academy Awards are being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night, in a televised ceremony hosted by Seth MacFarlane.</div></div></div>

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Actor Christoph Waltz, left, and wife Judith Holste arrive at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre.  ( John Shearer  /  February  24...

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