Bhanu Athaiya was the First Indian to Get an Oscar. She won the award for the Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi in 1982
A.R. Rahman won 2008 Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, his contributions to the film "Slumdog Millionaire." He shared the Original Song award (for "Jai Ho") with the Indian poet, lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar.
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Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Yes, Denzel Washington won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Training Day (2001). He has also received the following Academy Award nominations and wins.Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Training Day(2001)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Hurricane (1999)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Malcolm X (1992)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Glory(1989)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Cry Freedom (1987)
An Oscar is mearly an award that shows outstanding achievement in some category of movies. This would improve the career by being wanted more by directors and casting. Therefore boosting the popularity of the person. Also if the actor/actress is presented in a movie preview as an Oscar winner, then that would bring in more people.
Colin Firth won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2010.
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Ben Kingsley is the only actor of Indian descent to win the Best Actor Academy Award. Though of Indian descent, Ben Kingsley is British.
Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Wag the Dog (1997)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Rain Man (1988)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Tootsie (1982)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Lenny (1974)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Midnight Cowboy (1969)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Graduate (1967)
Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Al Pacino won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1992.
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.
Yes, Denzel Washington won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Training Day (2001). He has also received the following Academy Award nominations and wins.Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Training Day(2001)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Hurricane (1999)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Malcolm X (1992)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Glory(1989)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Cry Freedom (1987)
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for the Best Actor category in 2013.
The only Oscar to win an Oscar was the famed lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.
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