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Rami Malek spoke with paramedics after falling from the stage following his Best Actor Oscar win.
The actor, who scooped the award for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody
However, Malek showed no sign of injury while speaking to reporters backstage, saying “anything is possible” following his win.
The 37-year-old saw off competition from Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born ), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate ), Viggo Mortensen (Green Book ) and Christian Bale (Vice ).
Earlier in the evening, Olivia Colman won Best Actress for her role in The Favourite while Bohemian Rhapsody collected awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Editing. The Best Picture Oscar went to Green Book .
Show all 21 1 /21Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actor Rami Malek accepts the Actor in a Leading Role award for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actress Olivia Colman accepts the Actress in a Leading Role award for 'The Favourite' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Film Oscars Show - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 24, 2019. Peter Farrelly accepts the Best Picture award for "Green Book."
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography winner for "Roma" Alfonso Cuaron poses in the press room with his Oscars during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 24, 2019
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Best Original Screenplay nominees for "Green Book" Nick Vallelonga (R), Brian Currie (L), Peter Farrelly (C)accept the award for Best Original Screenplay for during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Regina King with her best supporting actress Oscar for If Beale Street Could Talk in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner Mahershala Ali poses backstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Original Score Best Original Score nominee for "Black Panther" composer Ludwig Goransson accepts the award for Best Original Score during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 24, 2019
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Original Song Lady Gaga poses with the Music (Original Song) award for 'Shallow' from 'A Star Is Born' backstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz , Kevin Willmott and Charlie Wachtel accept the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "BlacKkKlansman" onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Live Action Short Guy Nattiv (L) and Jaime Ray Newman winners of the Short Film (Live Action) Award for 'Skin' pose in the press room during the 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, USA, 24 February 2019 ETIENNE LAURENT
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, J. D. Schwalm and Tristan Myles accept the Best Visual Effects award for "First Man" onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Documentary Short Melissa Berton (center L) and Rayka Zehtabchi (center R) accept the Documentary (Short Subject) award for 'Period. End of Sentence.' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Animated Short Becky Neiman-Cobb (left) and Domee She with the award for best short film (animated) for Bao in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Sound Editing Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst with the award for Best Sound Editing for Bohemian Rhapsody in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Sound Mixing Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali with the award for best Sound Mixing for Bohemian Rhapsody in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Production Design Jay Hart and Hannah Beachler with the award for best production design for Black Panther in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Costume Design Ruth Carter with the award for Best Costume Design for Black Panther in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Makeup and Hairstyling Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney with the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for Vice in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood,
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature Free Solo filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi pose with awards backstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller with their Oscars for best animated feature film for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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While the film was well received by audiences, it was mauled by critics. “This karaoke-style paean is all style, no soul,” said The Independent ‘s critic Clarisse Loughrey
Mike Myers – who appears in the film – dropped in to introduce the Best Picture nominee alongside Dana Carvey in a Wayne’s World reunion . The two actors used the Queen track “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the 1992 comedy.
Elsewhere, Green Book star Mahershala Ali won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while Regina King won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in If Beale Street Could Talk .
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