Sebastian Stan wins Golden Globe
Romanian-born actor Sebastian Stan is one of the winners of the 82nd edition of the Golden Globes.
Ştefan Stoica, 08.01.2025, 13:50
An excellent start to the year for the American actor of Romanian origin Sebastian Stan: on Sunday evening, he won the award for the best actor in a comedy or musical film at the 82nd edition of the Golden Globes. The information appeared on the X social network account dedicated to these awards, which are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Sebastian Stan won the Golden Globe for his role in the film “A Different Man”, directed by Aaron Schimberg. Other nominees in this category included Jesse Eisenberg, Hugh Grant, Gabriel LaBelle, Jesse Plemons and Glen Powell. It is the first Golden Globe won by Sebastian Stan after also being nominated in 2023 for his role in the TV miniseries ‘Pam & Tommy’. His performance in the feature film “A Different Man” also won him the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2024.
In the film, the American-Romanian star plays the role of an aspiring actor suffering from facial tumors, who undergoes a radical cosmetic procedure to drastically change his appearance, but his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare. After undergoing experimental treatment to change his appearance and faking his death to start a new life, Edward, his character, is once again forced to face the demons of his past when a friend directs a play based on his story: not being recognised in his new appearance, he manages to get the part to play his own story. Things get even more complicated after he meets Oswald, who also suffers from the same disease, but is happy with himself as he is and determined to live his life without seeing the disease as an obstacle.
In his awards gala speech, Stan spoke about acceptance and called for an end to ignorance and discomfort around disability. Sebastian Stan also mentioned his mother and his country of origin, Romania, which the two left in the 1980s, during the harshest years of the Ceausescu dictatorship, in search of a better life. Sebastian Stan also had a nomination for the film “The Apprentice”, in which he played Donald Trump, but that award went to Adrien Brody, for his part in “The Brutalist”.
In 2024, the prize in this category was won by the actor Paul Giamatti, for his role in the film ‘The Holdovers’. Awarded for the first time in 1944, the Golden Globes for the best roles and productions in the film and television industry, are grouped into 27 categories.
