Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has won a Golden Globe for his performance as Elvis Presley in the US mini-series Elvis.
The Cork man won in the Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Film Made for Television category.
Speaking on RTE radio this morning, he said that his win came as a shock. "You kind of dream that you'll win but you never think it will become a reality," he said.
Myers saw off tough competition from Kenneth Branagh, Ed Harris, Bill Nighy and Donald Sutherland in what many observers considered one of the ceremony's most hotly contested awards.
The 28-year-old is currently appearing in Irish cinemas in Woody Allen's latest, Match Point, and is now strongly tipped for an Oscar nomination.
"There is a good chance, with Match Pointgetting so much attention, that I might get a nod for that. But you never know, it's a very tough category," he said.
Brokeback Mountain and Walk the Line were the night's big winners, winning four and three awards respectively.
Brokeback, which has impressed critics and found a sizable audience with its love story between two men, earned the best film drama prize and best director for Ang Lee, in addition to best screenplay and song.
The movie was nominated in a leading seven categories, and is now the clear front-runner for the Oscars in March.
Walk the Line, a Johnny Cash biopic, is also expected to feature strongly when nominations are announced on January 31st.
It earned three globes last night and won trophies for stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as best actor and actress in musical or comedy, respectively.
Felicity Huffman was named best actress in a film drama, playing a man on the verge of a sex change in Transamerica, and Philip Seymour Hoffman was named best film actor in a movie drama for his role as author Truman Capote in Capote.
Additional reporting Reuters