Benicio del Toro won the 2000 Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a conscientious Mexican police officer in "Traffic." He became the third Puerto Rican to win an Oscar after Jose Ferrer (Best Actor of 1950 for "Cyrano de Bergerac") and Rita Moreno (Best Supporting Actress of 1961 for "West Side Story").
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Joel Grey won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1972.
Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Dianne Wiest won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Elizabeth Taylor won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Fredric March won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Glenda Jackson won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Hilary Swank won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jack Nicholson won the Oscar for Best Actor twice and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor once.Jane Fonda won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jason Robards won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Jodie Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress four times.Luise Rainer won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Many actors and actresses have more than one acting Oscar.Marlon Brando won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Melvyn Douglas won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Michael Caine won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Peter Ustinov won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Sean Penn won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Shelley Winters won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Spencer Tracy won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Tom Hanks won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Walter Brennan won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor three times.
On March 25, 1985, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian immigrant, received the 1984 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of real-life New York Times photographer Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields."
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading RoleBrenda Fricker won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Chris Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2002.
Anthony Quinn for Viva Zapata.
James Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998.
Jack Palance won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers (1991).
Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1952.
Barry Fitzgerald won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1944.
Ben Johnson won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1971.
Burl Ives won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1958.
Charles Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1943.
Christian Bale won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2010.
Christoph Waltz won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2009.
Dean Jagger won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1949.