No African-American actor or actress has won more than one Oscar for Best Actor/Actress. Denzel Washington is the only one who won 2 Oscars, one of them for Best Supporting Actor.
I believe Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for "Gone With the Wind." She was the first African-American to do so.
The 2012 winners of the Best Actor and Best Actress awards were Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln") and Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook"), respectively.
No, Bill Cosby was not the first African American actor on TV.
# 1965 - Peter Krause, American actor # 1971 - Rebecca Gayheart, American actress # 1975 - Casey Affleck, American actor # 1975 - David Filmore, American actor # 1980 - Maggie Lawson, American actress
He was the first African-American male. He won Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress 24 years before him, for Gone with the Wind (1939).
Emmys, Arias, Oscars best actress, best actor etc....
Jonah Bobo- American Actor January 24 Chloe Moretz - American Actress February 10 Ariel Gade - American Actress May 1 Alana Etheridge - American Actress May 18 Maria Lark - American Actress June 20 Billi Bruno - American Actress July 20 Field Cate - American Actor July 22 Holly Gibbs - English Actress August 25 Kimberlea Berg - English Actress September 8 Connor Carmody - American Actor October 8 Bella Thorne- American Actress/ Model October 8 Sydney Park - American Actress and Comedian October 31 Alexander Draper Wolff - American Actor and drummer November 1 Brent and Shane Kinsman - American Actors November 13
1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Denzel Washington, who won a 1989 Best Supporting Actor award for "Glory" and a 2001 Best Actor award for "Training Day."
Best Actor | Gregory PeckBest Actress | Anne BancroftBest Supporting Actor | Ed BegleyBest Supporting Actress | Patty DukeBest Director | David LeanFor a complete list of winners search "Academy Awards 1963"
The African American actor in the Chase Sapphire commerical (Nov. + Dec. 2010) is NOT Morgan Freeman. Who is the actor?
* African American Film Critics ** Best Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee) * Satellite Awards ** Best Editing * Screen Actors Guild (SAG) ** Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role (Ruby Dee)