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Jose Ferrer
Jose Ferrer
  • Born: January 8, 1912
  • Died: January 26, 1992
  • Nationality: Puerto Rican American
  • Profession: Actor, Director

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón, known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor and theatre and film director. He was the first Puerto Rican-born actor and the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award (in 1950 for Cyrano de Bergerac). He is well known today for his performance as the defense attorney in The Caine Mutiny, as well as his role in the 1962 Academy Award-winning film "Lawrence of Arabia," in which he played the closest character the film has to an antagonist.