Christopher Plummer won his first Academy Award Sunday night, as he was named Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Beginners.

Accepting his award to a standing ovation, Plummer hoisted his trophy, quipping, “You’re only two years older than me darling, where have you been all my life?”

The 82-year-old actor also thanked co-star Ewan McGregor, a “superb artist who I would happily share this award with if I had any decency – but I don’t.”

In the film, the actor portrays a widower who comes out to his son as gay following the death of his wife.

The award makes Plummer the oldest performer to win an award in Oscar history.

Canadians, however, did not fare quite as well in the other categories. Iran’s A Separation took the Best Foreign Language Film category, over Monsieur Lazhar and Canadian co-pro In Darkness.  As well, the NFB’s Dimanche/Sunday and Wild Life saw the Best Animated Short win go to The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, and three-time Oscar winner Howard Shore lost the Best Score category for his work on Hugo to Ludovic Bource and The Artist.

As well, the Sound Mixing category, in which Canadian David Giammarco of Welland, Ontario was one of four people nominated in the for their work on Moneyball, went to the team behind Hugo.