Dwayne Johnson honored with Icon Generation Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards + full list of winners

The MTV Movie & TV Awards aired Monday night and honored some of the biggest names in entertainment. The annual event brought out celebs like Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith, and featured an incredible performance from Lizzo.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took home a golden popcorn trophy when he was honored with the Icon Generation Award and he delivered a touching acceptance speech.

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“I thank you, all of you at home. You are the reason I’m getting this…I want to share a really quick lesson with you guys, I’ve learned the most powerful thing we can be is ourselves,” he said.

“We are still that little kid just aspiring to be something better, aspiring to be important. When I first got to Hollywood, Hollywood they didn’t know what the hell to do with me. I mean I was half black, half Samoan, six-foot-four, 275-pound pro wrestler…I was told at that time you’ve got to be a certain way, you’ve got to drop some weight, you’ve got to be somebody different, you’ve got to stop working out, stop doing the things that I love, you’ve got to stop calling yourself ‘The Rock.’ For years I bought into it because you think, ‘Oh, that’s what I’m supposed to do and I was miserable doing that. I made a choice that I wasn’t going to conform to Hollywood, Hollywood was going to conform to me,” he continued.

“When I was 15, I heard a quote and I’ll never forget it, “It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice.”

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Check out the full list of winners:

BEST MOVIE

WINNER: Avengers: Endgame

BlacKkKlansman

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Us

 

BEST SHOW

WINNER: Game of Thrones

Big Mouth

Riverdale

Schitt’s Creek

The Haunting of Hill House

 

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE

WINNER: Lady Gaga (Ally) — A Star Is Born

Amandla Stenberg (Starr Carter) — The Hate U Give

Lupita Nyong’o (Red) — Us

Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury) — Bohemian Rhapsody

Sandra Bullock (Malorie) — Bird Box

 

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW

WINNER: Elisabeth Moss (June Osborne/Offred) — The Handmaid’s Tale

Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) — Game of Thrones

Gina Rodriguez (Jane Villanueva) — Jane the Virgin

Kiernan Shipka (Sabrina Spellman) — Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

 

BEST HERO

WINNER: Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) — Avengers: Endgame

Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel) — Captain Marvel

John David Washington (Ron Stallworth) — BlacKkKlansman

Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) — Game of Thrones

Zachary Levi (Billy Batson/Shazam) — Shazam!

 

BEST VILLAIN

WINNER: Josh Brolin (Thanos) — Avengers: Endgame

Jodie Comer (Villanelle) — Killing Eve

Joseph Fiennes (Commander Fred Waterford) — The Handmaid’s Tale

Lupita Nyong’o (Red) — Us

Penn Badgley (Joe Goldberg) — You

 

BEST KISS

WINNER: Noah Centineo & Lana Condor (Peter Kavinsky & Lara Jean) — To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Camila Mendes & Charles Melton (Veronica Lodge & Reggie Mantle) — Riverdale

Jason Momoa & Amber Heard (Aquaman & Mera) — Aquaman

Ncuti Gatwa & Connor Swindells (Eric Effiong & Adam Groff) — Sex Education

Tom Hardy & Michelle Williams (Eddie Brock/Venom & Anne Weying) — Venom

 

REALITY ROYALTY

WINNER: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation

The Bachelor

The Challenge

Vanderpump Rules

 

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

WINNER: Daniel Levy (David Rose) — Schitt’s Creek

Awkwafina (Peik Lin Goh) — Crazy Rich Asians

John Mulaney (Andrew Glouberman) — Big Mouth

Marsai Martin (Little Jordan Sanders) — Little

Zachary Levi (Billy Batson/Shazam) — Shazam!

 

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

WINNER: Noah Centineo (Peter Kavinsky) — To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Awkwafina (Peik Lin Goh) — Crazy Rich Asians

Haley Lu Richardson (Stella) — Five Feet Apart

Mj Rodriguez (Blanca Rodriguez) — Pose

Ncuti Gatwa (Eric Effiong) — Sex Education

 

BEST FIGHT

WINNER: Captain Marvel — Captain Marvel vs. Minn-Erva

Avengers: Endgame — Captain America vs. Thanos

Game of Thrones — Arya Stark vs. the White Walkers

RBG — Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs. Inequality

WWE Wrestlemania — Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair

 

BEST REAL–LIFE HERO

WINNER: Ruth Bader Ginsburg — RBG

Alex Honnold — Free Solo

Hannah Gadsby — Nanette

Roman Reigns — WWE SmackDown

Serena Williams — Being Serena

 

MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE

WINNER: Sandra Bullock (Malorie) — Bird Box

Alex Wolff (Peter) — Hereditary

Linda Cardellini (Anna Tate-Garcia) — The Curse of La Llorona

Rhian Rees (Dana Haines) — Halloween

Victoria Pedretti (Nell Crain) — The Haunting of Hill House

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

WINNER: Surviving R. Kelly

At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

McQueen

Minding the Gap

RBG

 

BEST HOST

WINNER: Nick Cannon — Wild ‘n Out

Gayle King — CBS This Morning

Nick Cannon — The Masked Singer

RuPaul — RuPaul’s Drag Race

Trevor Noah — The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

 

MOST MEME-ABLE MOMENT

WINNER: The Bachelor — Colton Underwood jumps the fence

Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club — The Lilo Dance

Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood — Ray J’s Hat

RBG — The Notorious RBG

RuPaul’s Drag Race — Asia O’Hara’s butterfly finale fail

 

BEST MUSICAL MOMENT

WINNER: A Star Is Born, “Shallow”

Bohemian Rhapsody, “Live Aid Concert”

Captain Marvel, “Just A Girl”

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, “Masquerade”

On My Block, “Look At That Butt”

Riverdale, “Seventeen”

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, “Sunflower”

The Umbrella Academy, “I Think We’re Alone Now”

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