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   Who was the first black actor to win an Oscar?

   • In 2002, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry famously became the first black actors to win both lead acting awards in the same year, incidentally the same night that Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win an Oscar, received an honorary award. Washington's Oscar was his second, also winning best supporting actor in 1990 for his role in Glory.

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   Did black man ever win an Academy Award for acting?

   • When he arrived in Hollywood, no Black man had ever been nominated for an Academy Award for acting (a barrier he shattered in 1958 with The Defiant Ones ), let alone won the prize (that breakthrough came five years later, again courtesy of Poitier, in Lilies of the Field ).

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   Who is the only black man to win more than one Oscar?

   • The only African-American to take home multiple acting Oscars, Washington joins Willie D. Burton and Russell Williams as the only black men to win more than one Academy Award. Despite the gains made this year, diversity among the Oscar nominees and in Hollywood at large will continue to be a heavily scrutinized issue.

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   How many black actors have won an Oscar?

   • While Hollywood continues to make thoughtful (or forceful) shifts toward inclusion, Oscar history still shows only four Black lead actor winners. In addition to Poitier and Washington, the others are Jamie Foxx for “Ray” (2004) and Forest Whitaker for “The Last King of Scotland” (2006).

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_black_AcademyList of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

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   First Black man to receive Academy Award nominations in the acting and music categories. Third person nominated for an Academy Award for acting and writing an original song in the same year. Shared with Sam Ashworth.

   Year	Name	Film	Role
   2023	Jeffrey Wright	American Fiction	Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
   2023	Colman Domingo	Rustin	Bayard Rustin
   2021	Denzel Washington	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Lord Macbeth
   2021	Will Smith	King Richard	Richard Williams

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   Feb 27, 2016 · Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Oscar with his best actor award for Lilies of the Field. Poitier beat out Albert Finney ( Tom Jones ), Richard Harris ( This Sporting...

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   In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards , a BAFTA Award , and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award .

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   Jan 14, 2022 · By Clayton Davis. Smith: Chiabella James/Warner Bros.; Washington: AppleTV+. We lost Sidney Poitier, and his impact is immeasurable. He was a titan in the industry who broke barriers and Oscar...

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   Nov 13, 2009 · On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the...

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   Jan 7, 2022 · Mark Harris. Published on January 7, 2022 12:36PM EST. Sidney Poitier, the actor whose groundbreaking movie roles in the 1950s and '60s opened doors for generations of Black performers and...

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    Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead...