Inglourious Basterd supporting actor Christoph Waltz wins Academy Award

By Robin Rowe

Christoph Waltz wins 2010 Oscar

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 3/7/2010 – The 2010 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role went to Austrian actor Christoph Waltz for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds. Waltz, who was brilliant in the challenging role of playing a cheerful Nazi, was the favorite to win.

“If he doesn’t win I’ll be pissed off,” said Tarintino on the red carpet earlier today. “Had I created a part that couldn’t be done? We were starting to lose hope that we could find someone to play the role until this man waltzed into the room.”

“I had never hear of Christoph befere, but he blew me away…literally,” said co-star Diane Kruger. “He killed me [in the film].”

Other nominees included Matt Damon in Invictus, Woody Harrelson in The Messenger, Christopher Plummer in The Last Station, and Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones.