A theatre full of Hollywood’s significant players erupted into the “Happy Birthday” song at the Oscars on Sunday in honor of James Martin, an actor with Down syndrome who starred in a film that had just won an Acadamy Award.
Martin, along with filmmakers Tom Berkeley and Ross White, took the stage after “An Irish Goodbye” won the category for Best Live Action Short Film.
Berkeley told the crowd that winning the award was only one of the most important things happening on Sunday.
“This award is actually the second most important thing about today, because it’s this man’s [Martin] birthday,” Berkeley said as he called Martin to the microphone.
WATCH:
the guys who made An Irish Goodbye used their Oscar acceptance speech to have every A-lister in Hollywood sing
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