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Jeremy Irons was the last Englishman to win the Best Actor Oscar (Actor In A Leading Role). He won it in 1990 for his role as Claus Von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune".
Update: Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood (2007).
In between the 2 above dates in 1991 Sir Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for best actor in The Silence of the Lambs in the lead role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
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∙ 12y agoFirst British actor to win an Oscar was George Arliss for his role in "Disraeli" 1929/30.
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Who was the first hispanic to win the Oscar?
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