List of Hispanic-American (U.S.) Academy Award winners and nominees

Main article: Lists of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees by country

The following Hispanic-Americans (born in the continental United States) that have been nominated or have won an Academy Award:

Best Actor – Leading Role

Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Actor
1988	Edward James Olmos		Stand and Deliver	Nominated	First and only Hispanic-American to be nominated for Best Actor

Best Actor – Supporting Role

Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Supporting Actor
1947	Thomas Gomez		Ride the Pink Horse	Nominated	First Hispanic-American to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Best Actress – Supporting Role

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Supporting Actress
1959	Susan Kohner	Imitation of Life	Nominated	First Hispanic-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress
1962	Rita Moreno	West Side Story	Won	First Hispanic-American to win an Academy Award
1991	Mercedes Ruehl	The Fisher King	Won	The first Cuban-American to win an Academy Award
1993	Rosie Perez	Fearless	Nominated

Best Animated Feature Film

Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Animated Feature
2015	Jonas Rivera		Inside Out	Won	Shared with Pete Docter

Best Original Screenplay

Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Original Screenplay
1983	Gregory Nava		El Norte	Nominated

Best Original Song

Year	Name	Country	Film	Song	Status	Milestone/Notes
Song
2002	Luis Resto		8 Mile	"Lose Yourself"	Won	Shared with Eminem and Jeff Bass

Academy Awards lists

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Records Oscar season Oscar speech History of film Most wins per ceremony

Combined major Oscars	Superlatives Big Five All four acting categories

Combined major awards	Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award careers

Acting	Actor (by age) Actress (by age) Supporting Actor (by age) Supporting Actress (by age) Acting noms in foreign language Actor multi-nom years Multi-Best Picture acting careers Multi-win Actors Multi-nom Actors Love curse

Directing	Multi-win By age

Film	Films Foreign-language wins Foreign-language nominees Foreign-language noms in other categories Best Picture milestones Foreign-language: count by country

Ethnicity	African Argentine Asian Australian Black Brazilian Canadian Chilean Colombian Cuban English French German-speaking Greek Hispanic-American (U.S.) Indian Iranian Italian Latin American Mexican New Zealand Nordician Pakistani Polish Puerto Rico Spanish Uruguayan

Other	Ceremonies Families Fictitious Multi-win years Posthumous Best Picture Presenters Trophy displays Oldest & Youngest Awards for Walt Disney

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