Ben Kingsley is the only actor of Indian descent to win the Best Actor Academy Award. Though of Indian descent, Ben Kingsley is British.
Russell Crowe.
In 1992 Satyait Ray received an Honorary Academy Award.
Satyajit Ray won the Academy Honorary Award in 1991.
Casey Affleck received the 2016 Best Actor award for his performance in the drama "Manchester by the Sea."
The 2015 Best Supporting Actor Oscar went to J.K. Simmons. He received the award for his performance as music teacher Terence Fletcher in Whiplash.
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for the Best Actor category in 2013.
The Academy Award for Best Actor of 1988 was presented to Dustin Hoffman for his performance in "Rain Man." It was his second Oscar win, following the1979 Best Actor award he received for his work in "Kramer vs. Kramer." Hoffman has earned seven overall Oscar nominations -- all in the Best Actor category.
Stallone received a nomination in 1976 for Rocky, but he has never won an Oscar for Best Actor.
Colin Firth was awarded the Oscar. He got it for Best Actor Award. The year of his nomination was 2010.
No he has not yet received an Oscar award or nomination.
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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."