LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Rami Malek won the Best Actor Award for music biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony, or the Oscars, held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in the western U.S. city of Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Malek beat out strong rivals including Christian Bale ("Vice"), Willem Dafoe ("At Eternity's Gate"), Bradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born") and Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book") for his incandescent performance as Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody," making him the first Egyptian-American to win the Oscars' top acting prize.