Jacob Tremblay stole the show at the tender age of just nine at the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday.
The Canadian rising star had the audience in awe with the sweetest acceptance speech of the night while picking up Best Young Actor for his role in the drama Room.
After praising his fellow nominees with a poise far beyond his years, he revealed he was going to put his new award in pride of place in his bedroom - right next to his treasured Millennium Falcon.
'This is super cool,' Jacob said as he held onto his award and stepped onto a box so he could speak into the microphone.
'It's the best day of my life,' he added. 'I first want to say thank you to all the critics who voted for me, it must be a super hard vote because of all of the other great actors in this category.'
He also thanked the cast and crew, noting: 'I think that us working together made this movie come true and this award doesn't just go to me for that it goes to all of you guys as well.'
He concluded by saying: 'I just want to thank my parents. I love them very much.'
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Little star: Jacob Tremblay stole the show at the tender age of just nine at the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday with his touching acceptance speech for Best Young Actor
Wonder kid: Former child star Fred Savage presented Jacob with his award, which the nine-year-old said he would keep on a shelf next to his Millennium Falcon
Rising star: The youngster stood on a box and then on tiptoes but still couldn't quite reach the microphone. In the end, James just held the mic at an angle for the young actor
Aw! Tracee Ellis Ross, Yael Grobglas and Gina Rodriguez were among the celebrities in the audience at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica went crazy for Jacob's sweet speech
In Room, Jacob plays a boy who lives with his mom in one room and only knows about the world outside through the tales his mother tells him.
The mother is played by Brie Larsen who also won big - picking up the Best Actress Critics' Choice Award for her performance in the acclaimed drama.
Larsen wasn't able to attend the awards show due to other commitments, leaving Jacob to steal the limelight from everyone.
Winner: Jacob, who's from Vancouver, B.C., stars as a little boy who lives with his mom in a one-room detached building and has never been outside of it, learning about the world outside through the stories his mother tells him
Brie Larson, who plays his mom in Room, was named Best Actress for her performance in the movie
'It's the best day of my life,' said nine-year-old Canadian Jacob Tremblay who was honored for his performance in Room
Spotlight won the first - and last - big movie awards of the night as the star-studded cast picked up the Best Ensemble prize and the film took home Best Picture.
The movie about how reporters at the Boston Globe exposed the Catholic Church's cover-up of pedophile priests also won for Best Original Screenplay.
Actress Rachel McAdams accepted the award on behalf of the cast, saying it was 'a little overwhelming to be up here to speak on behalf of our enormous and incredibly talented cast.'
'I think we would all agree that the true star ensemble is the real life heroes of Spotlight,' she added.
Spotlight, co-written and directed by Tom MCCarthy and starring Rachel McAdams, pictured, was named Best Picture and the film also won for Best Original screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast
The Canadian actress collected the Best Ensemble Award at Critics Choice on behalf of the whole cast
McAdams suggested that the true star ensemble were the real-life reporters working at the Boston Globe who uncovered the priest abuse scandal
Spotlight won Best Ensemble for its star-studded cast that includes Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and John Slattery
Producer Steve Golin accepted the Best Picture Award for Spotlight as his co-producers and McAdams applauded
He sparked a Twitter storm by forgetting to thank his black director and co-star at the Golden Globe Awards last week.
And as he was handed the Best Supporting Actor gong at the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Sylvester Stallone made sure not to repeat the mistake.
'I just want to say thank you to my director Ryan Coogler - he made it all special. I am truly amazed. I did not expect this tonight,' gushed Stallone, as the audience gave him a standing ovation.
He added: 'Michael B. Jordan, you're a great talent and you're here for a really long, long time.'
In line for Oscar? Sylvester Stallone won Best Supporting Actor for Creed at Critics' Choice in LA, one week after picking up the same award at the Golden Globes
Stallone told the audience he really didn't expect to win and he was 'truly appreciative' of the honor
Creed marks the seventh time that Stallone has played Rocky Balboa on the big screen and it's 40 years since he debuted the character in the original Rocky, that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 1977
The veteran star was in his element as the audience rose to their feet to salute him
Going onto Sunday night's awards show, Mad Max: Fury Road was the clear leader with a total of 13 nominations.
It went home with nine awards including Best Director for George Miller and a slew of technical awards.
Stars Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy won Best Actress and Best Actor in an Action Movie respectively.
Miller was not on hand to pick up the award but several of his cast were including Zoe Kravitz and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
Mad Max: Fury Road helmer George Miller was not on hand to collect his Best Director Award but some of his female cast were. Pictured from l-r are Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Zoe Kravitz
The actresses were dwarfed by the scale of the stage inside the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport
Kravitz accepted the award on Miller's behalf and described Mad Max: Fury Road as 'groundbreaking and f***ing awesome'
'It was not only crowd pleasing but groundbreaking and was f***ing awseome,' said Kravitz.
Reading from a note on behalf of the director, Huntington-Whitely said: 'This film was truly inspired bywomen.'
The English model and actress, who's engaged to Jason Statham, also thanked the movie's stars Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy on behalf of Miller.
The English model flashed some sideboob and a noticeable tan line as she went bra-less in her plunging black dress
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley read out a thank you note from Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road had a total of 13 nominations and went home with nine awards. In addition to Best Director, it won for Best Action Movie and stars Charlize Theron, left, and Tom Hardy, right, were named Best Actress and Best Actor in an Action Movie
Top acting nods went to Brie Larson, named Best Actress for Room, and to Leonardo DiCaprio who was named Best Actor for The Revenant.
Neither Larson nor DiCaprio were at the ceremony but DiCaprio appeared in a video thanking the critics for the honor.
'This is an absolutely incredible honor. Your recognition for this film means so much to us,' the actor said. 'This was an experience none of us will ever forget.'
Alicia Vikander was the Critics Choice for Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl
Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Danish Girl.
And a few minutes later she was back on stage to accept the Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Award for Ex Machina.
The Alex Garland-directed film, in which Vikander stars as an A.I. femme fatale, beat out fellow nominees Jurassic World, The Martian, It Follows and Mad Max: Fury Road.
The Swedish star appeared quite overcome with emotion at being honored for her performance
She was presented with her award by Justin Theroux and Liv Tyler
Ex Machina, in which Vikander also starred, was named Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film
Amy Schumer gave a public shoutout to new boyfriend Ben Hanisch as she took the stage to be honored with the MVP Award.
'Hi Ben,' the comedienne and Trainwreck star said halfway through her acceptance speech as she gave her furniture designer beau a little wave.
Schumer joked about being a 'plus plus size actress' during her speech that thanked all the managers she'd fired along the way in order to make more money.
She ended her remarks with a call for everyone to join together to end gun violence.
Amy Schumer brought along her new boyfriend Ben Hanisch to the awards show where she was honored as MVP
The loved-up couple indulged their passion for selfies during the telecast
After collecting her MVP Award from her Trainwreck director Judd Apatow, Schumer joked about being a plus plus size actress in Hollywood
Schumer wrote, produced and starred in Trainwreck, her first feature film, that she persuaded Apatow to direct and he called her 'hysterical, bold and outrageous.... and the nicest person I know'
The Inside Amy Schumer star was welcomed to the stage by her Trainwreck director Judd Apatow who ticked off all of her achievements during the past year.
'She's hysterical, bold and outrageous,' Apatow said. 'She's the perfect comedienne for this moment.'
There was more drama for Schumer when she was named Best actress in a Comedy for Trainwreck.
She lost her shoe as she made her way to the stage and carried it in one hand until giving it to Tracee Ellis Ross to hold onto.
She celebrated her win by planting a big smacker on her boyfriend's lips.
It must be love! The first thing Schumer did after her name was read out as winner of Best Actress in a Comedy for Trainwreck was to plant a big wet one on boyfriend Ben's lips
Oops! The comedienne lost her shoe as she made her way to the stage for the second time
The star handed the stiletto over to actress Tracee Ellis Ross for safe keeping
The Big Short won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy.
Christian Bale was named Best Actor in a Comedy for his role in the film directed by Adam McKay.
The movie also stars Brad Pitt, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling.
Christian Bale won top comedy acting honors for The Big Short
Jeffrey Tambor was named Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Transparent, that streamed on Amazon, while Rachel Bloom was honored with Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Christian Slater repeated his Golden Globes success of a week ago by collecting the Best Supporting actor in a drama Series for Mr. Robot.
Constance Zimmer took home the Best Supporting actress in a Drama Series for UnREAL.
Jeffrey Tambor's win for Transparent was really popular with the audience
The veteran star plays a middle-aged dad who comes out to his wife and kids as transgender in the Amazon streaming series
Rachel Bloom won for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
'I literally didn’t prepare anything. I’ve never won anything,' said Mayin Bialik after being named Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayin Bialik was named Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Big Bang Theory.
'My dad died nine and a half months ago and he was my harshest critics and he never lived to see me win anything so this is for you,' she said in accepting the award.
Andre Braugher was named Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Brooklyn Nine-Nine.'
Kirsten Dunst reacted with delight when her name was read out as the winner of Best Actress in a limited TV Series for Fargo
The former Spider-Man star was thrilled to receive the award
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams introduced a special tribute to Industrial Light and Magic
The head of ILM was joined on stage by a special guest as he was presented with the Genius Award
Host T.J. Miller opened the telecast at the Barker Hangar in the Santa Monica Airport by pointing out it's the first time that the Broadcast Films Critics Association has honored both film and television at the same ceremony.
He promised the audience he was not going 'to Gervais them,' in a dig at British comic Ricky who hosted the Golden Globes a week ago and managed to upset some with his jokes about Caitlyn Jenner and Mel Gibson.
'Tonight it's not just an honor to be nominated; it's an honor to be here. Think about that if you lose, as most of you will," said Miller.
'You made it to Hollywood. You won.'
Funny opening: Comedian T.J. Miller is hosting the awards show that's broadcast live
Fargo won for best limited TV series
Fargo won the first award of the night - for best movie made for TV or limited series.
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