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First black male to win an Oscar?
Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a competitive Academy Award. He received the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
Who was the 1st African American to win an Academy Award 4 best actor?
Sidney Poitier was the first African-American to win a Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
Who was the first African American to receive an Oscar?
AnswerHattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind' (1939) Sidney Poitier was first to win a Best Actor Oscar for the movie 'Lilies of the Field' (1963)
Who was the first English actor to win an Oscar?
Jeremy Irons was the last Englishman to win the Best Actor Oscar (Actor In A Leading Role). He won it in 1990 for his role as Claus Von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune".Update: Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood (2007).In between the 2 above dates in 1991 Sir Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for best actor in The Silence of the Lambs in the lead role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Who was the first African-American actor to be nominated for an Academy Award?
Network television show host: Nat King Cole, 1956, "The Nat King Cole Show". First to star in a series was Bill Cosby who appeared in a co-starring role on "I Spy" in 1965.
