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Ohio native Warner Baxter won the 1928/1929 Best Actor award for his performance as the Cisco Kid in "In Old Arizona."

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Who was the 1st African American to win an Academy Award 4 best actor?

Sidney Poitier was the first African-American to win a Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).


Who were the first two African Americans to receive Oscars?

.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).James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)


Who was the first African American to receive an Oscar?

AnswerHattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind' (1939) Sidney Poitier was first to win a Best Actor Oscar for the movie 'Lilies of the Field' (1963)


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 became the first black man to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series?

On May 22, 1966, Bill Cosby became the first African-American actor to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He won for his performances during the 1965-1966 season as pro tennis trainer/American espionage agent Alexander Scott in NBC's "I Spy." Cosby, who was the first black actor to become a primary regular on a weekly dramatic series, won the award for the 1966-1967 and 1967-1968 seasons as well.

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Who was the first African American to win the Academy Award for leading actor?

It was Sidney Poitier, who won the 1963 Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."


Who was the 1st African American to win an Academy Award 4 best actor?

Sidney Poitier was the first African-American to win a Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).


Who is Sidney poiter?

Sidney Poitier was a actor and director in the 20th century and the first African American to receive the academy actor's award.


Who was the first African American man to receive an Oscar?

James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)Sidney Poitier was the first African American man to win an academy award. He was nominated for the Best Actor award, and he won for his role in Lilies of the Field(1963).Louis Gossett, Jr. was the first African-American to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He won for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).


Who was the first African-American male to win an Academy Award?

Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor award for "Lilies of the Field" (1963).


Who was the first black actor to an Academy Award for best actor?

Sidney Poitier


Who was the first African American to win an academy award for the best actor?

It was Sidney Poitier, who won the 1963 Best Actor award for his performance as handyman Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field."


Who is the first Asian-American actor to win an Academy Award?

Dr. Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian immigrant, was the first Asian-American actor to win an Academy Award. He received the 1984 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of real-life New York Times photographer Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields."


Who was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor?

Sidney Poitier.


Who was the first African American to win two Academy Awards for acting?

Denzel Washington, who won a 1989 Best Supporting Actor award for "Glory" and a 2001 Best Actor award for "Training Day."


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.


Who was the first black actor ever to win an Academy Award for best actor?

Sidney Poitier