LOS ANGELES, Jan 7 — Mahershala Ali today won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a film for his portrayal of a black classical pianist touring the American South in the 1960s with an Italian-American driver in Green Book.

Ali bested Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy), Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and Sam Rockwell (Vice). — AFP