List of black Academy Award winners and nominees
This list of black Academy Award winners and nominees is current as of the 88th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 28, 2016.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1958 | Sidney Poitier | The Defiant Ones | Noah Cullen | Nominated | First African-American actor to be nominated for Best Actor. |
1963 | Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith | Won | First black male to win an Oscar. First African-American actor to win Best Actor. First African-American actor to receive two acting nominations (Best Actor). Youngest African-American actor to win Best Actor (age 37). | |
1970 | James Earl Jones | The Great White Hope | Jack Jefferson | Nominated | |
1972 | Paul Winfield | Sounder | Nathan Lee Morgan | Nominated | First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. |
1986 | Dexter Gordon | Round Midnight | Dale Turner | Nominated | First jazz musician to be nominated for Best Actor. |
1989 | Morgan Freeman | Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | Nominated | |
1992 | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X | Nominated | |
1993 | Laurence Fishburne | What's Love Got to Do with It | Ike Turner | Nominated | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. |
1994 | Morgan Freeman | The Shawshank Redemption | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding | Nominated | |
1999 | Denzel Washington | The Hurricane | Rubin Carter | Nominated | |
2001 | Training Day | Alonzo Harris | Won | Second African-American actor to receive the award for Best Actor. First time two African-American performers won in leading role Oscars in the same year (Halle Berry, Monster's Ball). | |
Will Smith | Ali | Muhammad Ali | Nominated | First time multiple African-American actors received Best Actor nominations. | |
2004 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles | Won | First African-American actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. |
Don Cheadle | Hotel Rwanda | Paul Rusesabagina | Nominated | ||
2005 | Terrence Howard | Hustle & Flow | DJay | Nominated | |
2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin | Won | |
Will Smith | The Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner | Nominated | ||
2009 | Morgan Freeman | Invictus | Nelson Mandela | Nominated | |
2012 | Denzel Washington | Flight | William "Whip" Whitaker | Nominated | Denzel Washington has the most nominations for an African-American Actor: Best Actor (4 nominations) and Best Supporting Actor (2 nominations). |
2013 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | Nominated | First black British actor to be nominated for Best Actor. |
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1954 | Dorothy Dandridge | Carmen Jones | Carmen Jones | Nominated | First African-American actress to be nominated for Best Actress. |
1972 | Diana Ross | Lady Sings the Blues | Billie Holiday | Nominated | First African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. First time multiple African-American actresses received Best Actress nominations. |
Cicely Tyson | Sounder | Rebecca Morgan | Nominated | First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. First time multiple African-American actresses received Best Actress nominations. | |
1974 | Diahann Carroll | Claudine | Claudine | Nominated | |
1985 | Whoopi Goldberg | The Color Purple | Celie Johnson | Nominated | First time multiple African-American actresses received nominations for the same film. |
1993 | Angela Bassett | What's Love Got to Do with It | Tina Turner | Nominated | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. |
2001 | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove | Won | First African-American actress to win Best Actress. First time two African-American performers won in leading role Oscars in the same year (Denzel Washington, Training Day). |
2009 | Gabourey Sidibe | Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones | Nominated | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Second African-American actress to receive a lead Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. |
2011 | Viola Davis | The Help | Aibileen Clark | Nominated | Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress categories. Tied with Whoopi Goldberg as the most nominated African-American actress with 2 nominations. |
2012 | Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy | Nominated | Youngest ever Best Actress nominee (aged 9). Third African-American actress to receive a lead Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1969 | Rupert Crosse | The Reivers | Ned | Nominated | First African-American actor to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. |
1981 | Howard Rollins | Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. | Nominated | |
1982 | Louis Gossett, Jr. | An Officer and a Gentleman | Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley | Won | First African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor. |
1984 | Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Story | Sgt. Waters | Nominated | |
1987 | Morgan Freeman | Street Smart | Fast Black | Nominated | First time multiple African-American actors received Best Supporting Actor nominations. |
Denzel Washington | Cry Freedom | Steve Biko | Nominated | ||
1989 | Glory | Pvt. Trip | Won | First African-American actor to receive two Best Supporting Actor nominations. | |
1992 | Jaye Davidson | The Crying Game | Dil | Nominated | First black actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. Youngest black actor to receive an Academy Award nomination (age 24) First black British actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
1994 | Samuel L. Jackson | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | Nominated | |
1996 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Jerry Maguire | Rod Tidwell | Won | Youngest African-American male actor to win an Academy Award (age 29). |
1999 | Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile | John Coffey | Nominated | |
2003 | Djimon Hounsou | In America | Mateo | Nominated | First black actor born in Africa (specifically in Benin) to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
2004 | Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby | Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris | Won | Oldest African-American actor to win an Academy Award (age 67). |
Jamie Foxx | Collateral | Max | Nominated | First African-American actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. | |
2006 | Djimon Hounsou | Blood Diamond | Solomon Vandy | Nominated | |
Eddie Murphy | Dreamgirls | James 'Thunder' Early | Nominated | First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. | |
2013 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips | Abduwali Muse | Nominated | Second black actor born in Africa (specifically in Somalia) to receive an Academy Award nomination. Second black actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut performance. |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1939 | Hattie McDaniel | Gone with the Wind | Mammy | Won | First African-American to win an Academy Award. First African-American to be nominated for acting. |
1949 | Ethel Waters | Pinky | Mrs. Dicey Johnson (Pinky's Granny) | Nominated | Second African-American person to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
1959 | Juanita Moore | Imitation of Life | Annie Johnson | Nominated | |
1967 | Beah Richards | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Mrs. Prentice | Nominated | If Carol Channing's claim of African-American heritage is accurate (it was not known at the time and has not been independently confirmed), this would be the first time multiple African-American actresses received Best Supporting Actress nominations |
1983 | Alfre Woodard | Cross Creek | Geechee | Nominated | |
1985 | Margaret Avery | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | Nominated | First (or second, see Beah Richards above) time multiple African-American actresses received Best Supporting Actress nominations. First time multiple African-American actresses received nominations for the same film. |
Oprah Winfrey | Sofia | Nominated | |||
1990 | Whoopi Goldberg | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | Won | First African-American actress to receive two acting nominations overall. Second African-American actress to win Best Supporting Actress. |
1996 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Secrets & Lies | Hortense Cumberbatch | Nominated | First black British actress to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
2002 | Queen Latifah | Chicago | Matron Mama Morton | Nominated | First female hip hop artist to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
2004 | Sophie Okonedo | Hotel Rwanda | Tatiana Rusesabagina | Nominated | |
2006 | Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls | Effie White | Won | Youngest African-American actor (male or female) to win an Academy Award (age 25). First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. |
2007 | Ruby Dee | American Gangster | Mama Lucas | Nominated | Oldest African-American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award (age 83). |
2008 | Viola Davis | Doubt | Mrs. Miller | Nominated | Second (or third, see Beah Richards above) time multiple African-American actresses received Best Supporting Actress nominations. |
Taraji P. Henson | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | Nominated | ||
2009 | Mo'Nique | Precious | Mary Lee Johnston | Won | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. |
2011 | Octavia Spencer | The Help | Minny Jackson | Won | Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress. |
2013 | Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave | Patsey | Won | First black African (Kenyan) actress to be nominated. First black African to win in any category. |
Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Cinematography | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1998 | Remi Adefarasin | Elizabeth | Nominated | First black person to be nominated for Best Cinematography. |
Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Costume Design | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1992 | Ruth E. Carter | Malcolm X | Nominated | First African-American to be nominated for Best Costume Design. |
1997 | Amistad | Nominated | ||
2004 | Sharen Davis | Ray | Nominated | |
2006 | Dreamgirls | Nominated |
Best Director
Academy Award for Best Director | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1991 | John Singleton | Boyz n the Hood | Nominated | First African-American to be nominated for Best Director. Youngest person ever nominated in this category (age 24). |
2009 | Lee Daniels | Precious | Nominated | Second African-American to earn a Best Director nomination. First African-American director to earn a Best Picture nomination. |
2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | First black Briton to earn a Best Director nomination. First black director to direct a Best Picture winning film. First black director to earn an Oscar for Best Picture. |
Best Documentary Feature
Academy Award for Documentary Feature | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1990 | Yvonne Smith (producer) | Adam Clayton Powell | Nominated | Shared with Richard Kilberg. First African-American producer to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature. |
1997 | Spike Lee (director) Samuel D. Pollard (producer) |
4 Little Girls | Nominated | First African-American director to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature. |
2004 | Karolyn Ali (producer) | Tupac: Resurrection | Nominated | |
2012 | T. J. Martin (director) | Undefeated | Won | First African-American person to win in this category. First African-American director to win in this category. |
Best Documentary Short Subject
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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2000 | Leelai Demoz | On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom | Nominated | Shared nomination with Eric Simonson. First African-American person to be nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject. |
2009 | Roger Ross Williams | Music by Prudence | Won | Shared nomination with Elinor Burkett. First African-American person to win Best Documentary Short Subject. |
Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Film Editing | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1969 | Hugh A. Robertson | Midnight Cowboy | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated for Best Editing. |
Best Music, Original Score
Academy Award for Original Music Score | |||||
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1961 | Duke Ellington | Paris Blues | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated for Best Original Score. Nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. | |
1967 | Quincy Jones | In Cold Blood | Nominated | ||
1971 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Nominated | Nominated for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score. | |
1972 | Gil Askey | Lady Sings the Blues | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated in the Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation (which is different from Best Original Score category). | |
1978 | Quincy Jones | The Wiz | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated in the Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score (which is different from Best Original Score category). | |
1984 | Prince | Purple Rain | Won | First African-American winner of Best Original Song Score (which is different from Best Original Score category); this category was retired afterwards. | |
1985 | Quincy Jones Andrae Crouch Caiphus Semenya |
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The Color Purple | Nominated | Shared nomination with 9 other composers. Caiphus Semenya becomes the first black South African to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
1986 | Herbie Hancock | Round Midnight | Won | First African-American winner of Best Original Score. | |
1987 | Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom | Nominated | Shared nomination with George Fenton |
Best Music, Original Song
Academy Award for Best Original Song | ||||||
Year | Name | Country | Film | Song | Status | Milestone |
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1967 | Quincy Jones Bob Russell |
Banning | "The Eyes of Love" | Nominated | First African-American people to be nominated for Best Original Song. | |
1968 | For Love of Ivy | "For Love of Ivy" | Nominated | First African-American people to be nominated twice for Best Original Song. | ||
1971 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | "Theme from Shaft" | Won | First African-American winner for Best Original Song. First African-American winner for any award other than in the acting categories. | |
1981 | Lionel Richie | Endless Love | "Endless Love" | Nominated | ||
1983 | Irene Cara | Flashdance | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Won | First African-American woman to win a non-acting Academy Award. Only African-American woman to win a competitive, non-acting Academy Award. Shared nomination and win with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey. | |
1984 | Stevie Wonder | The Woman in Red | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Won | ||
1984 | Ray Parker Jr. | Ghostbusters | "Ghostbusters" | Nominated | ||
1985 | Lionel Richie | White Nights | "Say You, Say Me" | Won | ||
Quincy Jones Lionel Richie |
The Color Purple | "Miss Celie's Blues" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Rod Temperton | ||
1987 | Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom | "Cry Freedom" | Nominated | First black South African to be nominated in this category. Shared nomination with George Fenton. | |
1988 | Lamont Dozier | Buster | "Two Hearts" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Phil Collins. | |
1993 | Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis |
Poetic Justice | "Again" | Nominated | ||
1994 | James Ingram | Beethoven's 2nd | "The Day I Fall In Love" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Carole Bayer Sager and Cliff Magness. | |
1995 | Junior | "Look What Love Has Done" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard and Patty Smyth. | ||
2005 | Frayser Boy Juicy J DJ Paul |
Hustle & Flow | "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" | Won | First African-American rappers to win an Academy Award. | |
2006 | Siedah Garrett | Dreamgirls | "Love You I Do" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Henry Krieger. | |
2007 | Jamal Joseph Charles Mack Tevin Thomas |
August Rush | "Raise It Up" | Nominated | ||
2011 | Carlinhos Brown Siedah Garrett |
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Rio | "Real in Rio" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Sergio Mendes. Garrett is the most nominated African-American female songwriter (2 nominations). Brown is the first black Latin American nominated for Best Original Song. |
2013 | Pharrell Williams | Despicable Me 2 | "Happy" | Nominated | ||
2014 | Common John Legend |
Selma | "Glory" | Won | ||
2015 | DaHeala The Weeknd |
Fifty Shades of Grey | "Earned It" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Belly and Stephan Moccio. The Weeknd and DaHeala are the first black Canadians nominated for Best Original Song. |
Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1985 | Quincy Jones | The Color Purple | Nominated | First African-American producer whose film was nominated for Best Picture. |
2009 | Lee Daniels | Precious | Nominated | First African-American director whose film was nominated for Best Picture. First time two films with African-American producers were nominated for Best Picture. |
Broderick Johnson | The Blind Side | Nominated | First time two films with African-American producers were nominated for Best Picture. | |
2012 | Reginald Hudlin | Django Unchained | Nominated | |
2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave | Won | First black producer to win Best Picture. |
2014 | Oprah Winfrey | Selma | Nominated | First black female producer nominated for Best Picture. |
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Academy Award for Live Action Short Film | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1991 | David Massey | Last Breeze of Summer | Nominated | First African-American person (male or female) to be nominated for Short Film (Live Action). |
1995 | Dianne Houston | Tuesday Morning Ride | Nominated | First African-American female to be nominated for Short Film (Live Action). |
Best Sound Mixing
Academy Award for Sound | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1978 | Willie D. Burton | The Buddy Holly Story | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated for Best Sound. |
1980 | Altered States | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated multiple times for Best Sound. | |
1983 | WarGames | Nominated | ||
1988 | Bird | Won | First African-American person to win Best Sound. | |
1989 | Russell Williams | Glory | Won | Second African-American person to win Best Sound. |
1990 | Dances with Wolves | Won | First African-American person to win multiple Academy Awards in any category. First and only African-American to win consecutive awards in any category. | |
1994 | Willie D. Burton | The Shawshank Redemption | Nominated | |
1999 | The Green Mile | Nominated | ||
2006 | Dreamgirls | Won | First African-American person to be nominated, and to win, after category was renamed "Sound Mixing". |
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Adapted From | Status | Milestone |
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1972 | Lonne Elder | Sounder | Sounder by William H. Armstrong |
Nominated | First African-American nominee for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). |
1984 | Charles Fuller | A Soldier's Story | A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller |
Nominated | |
2009 | Geoffrey Fletcher | Precious | Push by Sapphire |
Won | First African-American to win a screenplay Academy Award (Adapted Screenplay). |
2013 | John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave | Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup |
Won | Second African-American to win a screenplay Academy Award (Adapted Screenplay). First African-American writer to have written a film that won Best Picture. |
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1972 | Suzanne de Passe | Lady Sings the Blues | Nominated | Shared nomination with co-writers Chris Clark and Terence McCloy. First African-American nominee for Best Writing (Original Screenplay). First African-American female nominated for screen-writing. |
1989 | Spike Lee | Do the Right Thing | Nominated | First African-American male to be nominated for Best Writing (Original Screenplay). |
1991 | John Singleton | Boyz n the Hood | Nominated |
Special Awards
Special Awards | ||
Year | Name | Award |
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1948 | James Baskett | Academy Special Award, for his characterization of Uncle Remus in Song of the South. |
1995 | Quincy Jones | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
2001 | Sidney Poitier | Academy Honorary Award, "for his extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen and for representing the industry with dignity, style and intelligence". |
2011 | James Earl Jones | Academy Honorary Award, "for his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility" |
Oprah Winfrey | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | |
2014 | Harry Belafonte | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
2015 | Spike Lee | Academy Honorary Award, "filmmaker, educator, motivator, iconoclast, artist....[and] a champion of independent film and an inspiration to young filmmakers" |
See also
- Cheryl Boone Isaacs, first African-American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (but not herself an Oscar winner or nominee)
- List of African Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of African-American Tony nominees and winners
- List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees
- List of black Primetime Emmy Award winners and nominees
- List of Hispanic-American (U.S.) Academy Award winners and nominees
References
- General
- "Winners and Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- Specific
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