Christoph Waltz captured the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2013 Oscars on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Waltz won the award for his role as Dr. King Schultz, a dentist and bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained." Also nominated in the category were Alan Arkin ("Argo"), Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln"), Robert De Niro ("Silver Linings Playbook") and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master").
Eery nominee in this category had won at least one Oscar previously. Arkin won for his turn in "Little Miss Sunshine," De Niro for "The Godfather Part II" and "Raging Bull," Hoffman for "Capote," Waltz for "Inglorious Basterds" and Jones for "The Fugitive."
Jones and Waltz were considered the favorites shortly before Sunday's awards, and the HuffPost Oscar Predictions reflected that, giving them a 46 and 40 percent chance to win respectively.
"We participated in a hero's journey, the hero here being Quentin," Waltz said when accepting the award.
The 2012 award for this category went to Christopher Plummer for his role as Hal Fields in "Beginners."
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selects Oscar nominees and winners, which helps explain why the winners of previous awards like the Golden Globes and Critics' Choice Awards (voted on by members of the press), and Screen Actors, Writers and Directors Guild Awards (voted by members of those particular trades) aren't direct predictors of Sunday's broadcast.
Seth MacFarlane hosted this year's Oscars from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
More information about winners, performances and more can be found in the live blog below the following gallery.
