Christopher Plummer wins Independent Spirit Award for his performance as a gay man in “Beginners”

Christopher Plummer warmed up for what seems certain to be an Oscar win on Sunday by winning the supporting actor prize at Saturday’s Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica.

Plummer has also won the Golden Globe, SAG, Critics Choice, BAFTA and scores of other awards for his performance in Beginners in which he plays a father and widower who reveals to his surprised adult son that he is gay.

Plummer joked that it took him a long time to realize the Spirit Awards had nothing to do with booze, he gave thanks to all the spirits that have come his way in his career, “good and evil.”

Here is a complete list of winners:

Best Feature: “The Artist”
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Best Screenplay: “The Descendants,” Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Best First Feature: “Margin Call”
Best First Screenplay: Will Reiser, “50/50”
John Cassavetes Award: “Pariah”
Best Female Lead: Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”
Best Male Lead: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Best Supporting Female: Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”
Best Cinematography: Guillaume Schiffman, “The Artist”
Best Documentary: “The Interrupters”
Best International Film: “A Separation”