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Youngest African-American to win an Academy Award (age 25) First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. 2007: Ruby Dee: American Gangster: Mama Lucas Nominated At age 83, oldest African-American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. 2008: Viola Davis: Doubt: Mrs. Miller ...
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen. He became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). He also received a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in "Lilies of the Field," and inspired a generation during the civil rights ...
Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best supporting actor for playing a no-nonsense drill sergeant in “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), has died, his ...
He was the first African-American actor to win an Oscar in a supporting role and [5] [1] [108] the second African-American to win for acting after Sidney Poitier. [ 109 ] [ 4 ] Additionally, Gossett won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe Awards , [ 110 ] and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion ...
Won First African film to win an Academy Award. 1976: Black and White in Color: Jean-Jacques Annaud: Won 1983: Le Bal: Ettore Scola: Nominated 1995: Dust of Life: Rachid Bouchareb: Nominated 2004: Yesterday: Darrell Roodt: Nominated 2005: Tsotsi: Gavin Hood: Won First African film in a language other than French to win in this category. 2006 ...
Racial issues have plagued the film industry for decades, as highlighted by the first black Academy Award winner, Hattie McDaniel. McDaniel won the award in 1940 for her portrayal of a slave named ...