Bardem wins best supporting actor Oscar

Javier Bardem picks up the best supporting actor award for his portrayal of a psychopathic hitman in No Country for Old Men.

Javier Bardem became the first ever Spanish winner of an acting Oscar in Hollywood on Sunday, picking up the best supporting actor award for his portrayal of a psychopathic hitman in No Country for Old Men.

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Bardem, 38, had been the overwhelming favorite for the statuette after a clean sweep of other major awards heading into the Oscars.

Bardem's performance as the killer who likes to execute his victims with a slaughterhouse cattle gun has been hailed as an iconic portrait of evil likely to become a cinematic landmark.