Jose Ferrer is the only one I know of. I saw him in “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the theatre when I was young. First movie my parents took me to. I was enthralled by Jose’s performance.
Rita Moreno for West Side Story. Anthony Quinn won twice I believe. (He was Mexican-Irish.) And Mercedes Ruehl who is Cuban-American was a Best Supporting Actress.
Templo S.U.D. over 6 years ago
Curiously, has there EVER been a Latino/-na who won an Oscar?
KenseidenXL over 6 years ago
Hey, Lalo, Rita Moreno set the bar pretty high.
NRHAWK Premium Member over 6 years ago
Jose Ferrer is the only one I know of. I saw him in “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the theatre when I was young. First movie my parents took me to. I was enthralled by Jose’s performance.
lenhimel over 6 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_American_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees
zippykatz over 6 years ago
Why is it OK to nominate someone based on ethnics instead of performance anyway?
kaffekup over 6 years ago
The question is not nominating someone on their ethnicity; that a trumpian question.
The question is, who has already won the awards, and that’s quantifiable.
DLeeCool Premium Member over 6 years ago
Rita Moreno for West Side Story. Anthony Quinn won twice I believe. (He was Mexican-Irish.) And Mercedes Ruehl who is Cuban-American was a Best Supporting Actress.
DLeeCool Premium Member over 6 years ago
I forgot Benecio Del Toro (Traffic) and Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men). I think they’re Spanish but that should count.
Daeder over 6 years ago
Maybe they’d have better luck if they changed the name of the award to the Oscár.
zippykatz over 6 years ago
Just have separate [but equal!] categories for best white, black, Latino, etc actors so we can dispense with the annual whine fest.