Adrien Brody felt "so grateful" to be named Best Leading Actor at the EE BAFTAs

Speaking live on stage at the Royal Festival hall, he said: "My goodness, thank you, thank you all. Where do I begin? I am so grateful and I wanna thank this wonderful institution for honoring me and everyone here tonight who has done such great work.

"This film is about this pursuit of leaving something meaningful and I think that's something we can all relate to."

But Adrien was sure to acknowledge his fellow nominees in his speech, and wanted to "share" it with them after realsing just how much he "admired" their work.

"I share this award with all of my esteemed nominees, I admire all your work tremendously.

"I wanna thank BAFTA, I wanna thank the public.

"England has felt quite a bit like home lately."

In 'The Brutalist', Adrien stars as a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who immigrates to the United States and noted just before leaving the stage that he felt so "humbled" by the award.

He said: "I am so humbled by this, I will cherish this. Thank you all."

Earlier in the evening, Brady Corbet had picked up the award for Best Director following his work on the film, having beaten off competition from Sean Baker ('Anora') '', Edward Berger ('Conclave'), Edward Berger 'Dune: Part Two', Denis Villeneuve 'Emilia Pérez', Jacques Audiard 'The Substance', Coralie Fargeate '(The Substance').