Cillian Murphy has taken home the award for Best Actor in a Drama for his role in 'Oppenheimer' at this year's Golden Globes.
The Irish actor paid tribute to his co-stars and director Christopher Nolan, who also won Best Director.
He gave a special mention to fellow Irish nominees Barry Keoghan and Andrew Scott - nominated for 'Saltburn' and 'All of US Strangers', respectively.
He went on to say that working on a Nolan set was "different" and paid tribute to Keoghan and Scott, adding: "If you're Irish or not, you're all legends and I salute you."
Robert Downey Jr described 'Oppenheimer' as "a God damn masterpiece" as he was named Best Supporting Actor, and the film also took home the prize for Best Original Score.
Emma Stone's 'Poor Things', Paul Giamatti's 'The Holdovers', and the French thriller 'Anatomy Of A Fall' were also successful, while 'Succession', 'Beef' and 'The Bear' took home big prizes in the TV categories.
This year's Golden Globes ceremony introduced the first award for Cinematic Achievement - and with 'Barbie' grossing more than $1.4bn worldwide, there could only be one winner.
Star and producer Margot Robbie, dressed in pink, dedicated the gong to "every single person on the planet who dressed up and went to the greatest place on earth - the movie theatres".
However the night belonged to 'Oppenheimer' - with five gongs including Best Dramatic Film, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy and Best Director for Christopher Nolan.
'Succession' success
The final season of the TV series 'Succession' also took home four prizes.
The critically acclaimed show's prizes included acting trophies for Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen, as well as Best TV Drama Series.
'Succession' stars Culkin and Macfadyen were among the early winners in the TV categories, with the former beating his co-stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong to be named Best Actor in a TV Drama Series for his portrayal of Roman Roy, the youngest son of Cox's billionaire media boss Logan Roy.
"I was nominated for a Golden Globe like 20 years ago and when that moment passed, I sort of remember thinking I'm never going to be back in this room again," Culkin said in his acceptance speech.
"But thanks to Succession I've been in here a couple of times, I accepted I would never be on the stage so this is a nice moment."
He then joked to fellow nominee Pedro Pascal, star of 'The Last Of Us', saying of the prize: "Sorry, mine."
Macfadyen was named Best Supporting Actor for "playing the weird and wonderful human grease stain that is Tom Wambsgans", while Snook said the show had changed her life as she accepted her prize.
Irish actor Barry Keoghan arrives at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, 8-1-24 in Beverly Hills, California. Image: Associated Press / AlamyRoyal drama 'The Crown' also picked up an acting award courtesy of Australian star Elizabeth Debicki, who was honoured for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the sixth and final series.
There was also triumph for 'Beef stars' Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, who were named Best Actor and Best Actress in a Limited Series, and 'The Bear' stars Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, who took home the same gongs in the Musical/Comedy series category.
Elsewhere, director Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Poor Things' was named Best Musical or Comedy film, while star Stone took home the prize for Best Actress in the Musical/Comedy category for her portrayal of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by a surgeon.
The category saw Margot Robbie nominated for her starring role in 'Barbie', Jennifer Lawrence for 'No Hard Feelings', Fantasia Barrino for 'The Colour Purple', Alma Poysti for 'Fallen Leaves' and Natalie Portman for 'May December'.
Other film acting awards went to 'The Holdovers' stars Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' star Lily Gladstone, who became the first Indigenous person to be named Best Actress in what she described as a "historic" moment a she began her speech speaking in the Blackfoot language.
"This is for every little urban kid, every little native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves in our own words with tremendous allies and tremendous trust," she Native American star said.
Stars including Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Bradley Cooper - who walked the red carpet with his mother Gloria Campano - were among the stars in attendance at this year's ceremony, which marked the start of the 2024 awards season.
See the full list of winners here
Main image: Cillian Murphy accepts the award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for 'Oppenheimer' at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, 7-1-24. Image: PMC / Alamy
Reporting by: IRN
