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Who was the first African-American male to win an Academy Award?
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Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor award for "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
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1st black Academy Award winner that's a male?
The first African-American male to win an Academy Award was Sidney Poitier, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1963 for his role in Lilies in the Field.
What movie with an all male cast won the Academy Award for best picture?
Lawrence of Arabia
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 is oldest surviving male academy award winner?
As of 2014, Sidney Poitier is the oldest living male Oscar winner. He was born 20th February 1927.
Which male actor got an Oscar in 2000?
Russell Crowe won the Best Actor Academy Award in 2000 for Gladiator.
Who is first dnyanpeeth puraskar winner male?
The first male recipient of the Jnanpith Award was G. Sankara Kurup, an Indian poet. He received the award in the year 1965.
Who was the first Hispanic male to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
Puerto Rican born Jose Ferrer won the 1950 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Cyrano de Bergerac."
Who was the first African American male to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
It was Sidney Poitier, who won the 1963 Best Actor award for his performance as Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field."
Another name for an Oscar?
"Oscar" is a nickname for the Academy Award, given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The origin of the term "Oscar" is a bit murky, but it has been in usage since at least the late 1930s.
Which film won Shahrukh Khan his first Filmfare Award?
Shahrukh Khan got his first filmfare award for his first film 'Deewana'...The best debut performance-male award....
When did James Coburn win his Oscar?
On March 20, 1948, James Baskett received an honorary Academy Award for "for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus" in the Walt Disney musical "Song of the South." Baskett thus became the first African-American male to receive a non-competitive Academy Award. He died four months after receiving the award.
Who won the very first male Oscar award?
Emil Jannings
