Charles Melton won the first acting award and fans of the series “Riverdale” they predict that he will also win an Oscar.

The 32-year-old American actor, who plays Reggie Mandle on the popular CW series, was named the winner of the Outstanding Supporting Actor category at the Gotham Film and Media Institute’s Gotham Awards in New York on Monday.

Charles Melton was awarded for his role in Todd Haynes’ black comedy May December.

His performance as naive Joe stood out from those of Ryan Gosling in the movie “Barbie”, Claire Foy in the movie “All of Us Strangers” and Rachel McAdams in “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’.

Visibly surprised by his win, the actor took to the stage to accept the award to a standing ovation and thanked his co-stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, whom he described as “legends”, and the film’s director.

Following the news of his win, several fans took to social media to congratulate and call for Melton to win an Oscar. “Everyone is behind Charles Melton’s Oscar campaign» says a fan in a message to X.

“Charles Melton is so charming and his words about how much he enjoyed the experience of participating in May December were so warm. I will support the campaign to take the Oscars stage in March» writes another fan.

Last year the film “Everything Everywhere All At Once” which won the Gotham Awards in the Best Picture category also won the Oscar.