Black Actors Who Have Won Oscars

1939 - Hattie McDaniel - Best Supporting Actress -- Gone With The Wind
    
1948 – James Baskett – Honorary Award for his 1946 performance as Uncle Remus in Walt Disney’s Song of the South
    
1963 - Sidney Poitier - Best Actor -- Lilies of The Field
    
1982 - Louis Gossett Jr. - Best Supporting Actor -- An Officer And A Gentleman
    
1989 - Denzel Washington - Best Supporting Actor -- Glory
    
1990 - Whoopi Goldberg - Best Supporting Actress -- Ghost
    
1996 - Cuba Gooding Jr. - Best Supporting Actor -- Jerry Maguire
    
2002 - Denzel Washington - Best Actor -- Training Day
    
2002 - Halle Berry - Best Actress -- Monster's Ball

2002 – Sydney Poitier -- Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement

2004 - Jamie Foxx - Best Actor -- Ray
    
2004 - Morgan Freeman - Best Supporting Actor -- Million Dollar Baby
    
2006 - Forest Whitaker - Best Actor -- The Last King of Scotland
    
2006 - Jennifer Hudson - Best Supporting Actress -- Dreamgirls
    
[UPDATED]

2010 - Mo'Nique - Best Actress -- Precious

Other black artists have repeatedly snagged Academy Awards in categories such as Sound mixing, Original Song, Original Score, Best music, and Best Sound.  Historically, White America has enjoyed watching us sing and dance. Accordingly, we have been rewarded more for our musical giftedness than we have for the more cerebral art of acting.

Comments

[Kimi]

If they gave us an award every time we deserved it we'd have a lot more than what's listed here. Two that immediately come to mind are Angela Bassett & Lawrence Fishburn for "What's Love Got To Do With It".

I also thought Eddie Murphy got robbed this year for best supporting actor in Dreamgirls.

[theblackactor.com]

This list is unbelievably short. Sad.

[theblackactor.com]

I thought Eddie Murphy was good in that film, actually.

[Shion]

My only probem with Eddie is that he didn't make that transition from a comedic actor to a serious one unlike his contemporaries (Tom Hanks,Robin Williams,Bill Murray,etc.).
I always thought he would have made a very good leading man.He has a natural masculine charisma without the pretty boy looks. I know I am crazy but I could actually see him paired up with Angie Jolie.
I think when that trannie episode happened a couple of years again...he found himself trying to revamp his image to more fam -friendly ( Dr. doolittle,Nutty Professor,etc)unless of a pervert.

[Shion]

Hey, has anyone ever noticed that Eddie has never been with a White woman rather on screen or off. I saw him on Oprah a couple of years ago when one of the audience members asked him if he was attracted to White women....he said that he preferred to marry black.

[theblackactor.com]

You know, it never occurred to me that maybe that's why he did fam-friendly movies. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. LOL

[LaJane Galt]

he said that he preferred to marry black.

Johnny!!

*******

BA don't act like Three6 Mafia doesn't exist. I downed a bottle of red wine and called my friend depressed after that gyrating, staggering pimp dance....

[Concerned Black Filmmaker]

I also thought Eddie Murphy got robbed this year for best supporting actor in Dreamgirls." -- KIMI

Just like how I thought Adrianna Barazza (Babel) was robbed that same year for Best Supporting Actress.