16-Year-Old Owen Cooper Wins Youngest Golden Globe for TV Supporting Role

At the 83rd Golden Globes ceremony held Sunday at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, 16-year-old actor Owen Cooper became the youngest winner ever of the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television award for his portrayal of Jamie Miller in the Netflix limited series Adolescence.

Cooper, who plays a 13-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of murder in the critically acclaimed drama, beat out nominees including his Adolescence costar Ashley Walters, Billy Crudup of The Morning Show, Walton Goggins and Jason Isaacs of The White Lotus, and Tramell Tillman of Severance. The victory marks Cooper as the second-youngest male Golden Globe recipient in history, surpassing the previous record for the category set by Chris Colfer, who was 20 when he won for Glee in 2010. Only Ricky Schroder, who took home the New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture award at age 9 for The Champ in 1980, holds an earlier mark among male actors.

Moments after his win, Cooper shared a memorable photo opportunity with Leonardo DiCaprio, who flashed a thumbs-up as the young actor beamed for photographers. The image quickly went viral, highlighting the generational contrast between the...