Miguel Ferrer
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Awards and Nominations
British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Foreign Actor
Nominated
Academy Award
Actor
Won
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Won
In 2005, the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) renamed its Tespis Award to the HOLA José Ferrer Tespis Award. Ferrer was honored for his theatrical and cinematic works with an induction into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and a National Medal of Arts, becoming the first actor and Hispanic to be presented with the prestigious award.
Academy Awards, USA. 1953 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Moulin Rouge. 1951 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Cyrano de Bergerac. 1949 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
- January 8, 1912
- January 26, 1992
José Ferrer was a Puerto Rican actor and film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing the title character in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950). Ferrer was the first Puerto Rican actor to win an Academy Award, and also the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award.
- January 1, 1
- Santurce, Puerto Rico
- January 1, 1
- Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Apr 26, 2024 · Jose Ferrer (1912-1992) was an American actor and director. He is best known today as the title character in the film Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), a performance that won him an Academy Award, and for his portrayal of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge (1952).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
José Ferrer was a Puerto Rican actor and film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing the title character in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950). Ferrer was the first Puerto Rican actor to win an Academy Award, and also the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award.
- January 8, 1912
- January 26, 1992
Winner: José Ferrer (accepted via open audio circuit from New York City; statuette accepted by presenter in Hollywood) Presenter: Helen Hayes. Date & Venue: March 29, 1951; RKO Pantages Theatre. JOSÉ FERRER [in New York]: Hello, ladies and gentlemen three thousand miles away.
Mar 27, 2024 · After winning his Oscar in 1951 for Cyrano de Bergerac, Ferrer received another Oscar nomination in 1953 for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Moulin Rouge. A impressionistic biopic of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ferrer stars as the disabled French painter whose sardonic posters captured the seamy nightlife of Belle Epoque Paris.
