African American Actors at the Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1958: Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones
1963: Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field
1970: James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope
1972: Paul Winfield – Sounder
1986: Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight
1989: Morgan Freeman – Driving Miss Daisy
1992: Denzel Washington – Malcolm X
1993: Laurence Fishburne – What’s Love Got to Do with It
1994: Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption
1999: Denzel Washington – The Hurricane
2001: Denzel Washington – Training Day
2001: Will Smith – Ali
2004: Jamie Foxx – Ray
2004: Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
2005: Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
2006: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
2006: Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
2009: Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Best Actress in a Leading Role
1954: Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones
1972: Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues
1972: Cicely Tyson – Sounder
1974: Diahann Carroll – Claudine
1985: Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple
1993: Angela Bassett – What’s Love Got to Do with It
2001: Halle Berry – Monster’s Ball
2009: Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1969: Rupert Crosse – The Reivers
1981: Howard Rollins – Ragtime
1982: Louis Gossett, Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman
1984: Adolph Caesar – A Soldier’s Story
1987: Morgan Freeman – Street Smart
1987: Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom
1989: Denzel Washington – Glory
1992: Jaye Davidson – The Crying Game
1994: Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction
1996: Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Jerry Maguire
1999: Michael Clarke Duncan – The Green Mile
2003: Djimon Hounsou – In America
2004: Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
2004: Jamie Foxx – Collateral
2006: Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
2006: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1939: Hattie McDaniel – Gone with the Wind
1948: Ethel Waters – Pinky
1959: Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life
1967: Beah Richards – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
1967: Carol Channing – Thoroughly Modern Millie
1983: Alfre Woodard – Cross Creek
1985: Margaret Avery – The Color Purple
1985: Oprah Winfrey – The Color Purple
1990: Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost
1996: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies
2002: Queen Latifah – Chicago
2004: Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda
2006: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
2007: Ruby Dee – American Gangster
2008: Viola Davis – Doubt
2008: Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: MoNique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
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