José Ferrer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Ferrer

Puerto Rican American actor and director

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1912

Place of Birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1992

Profession: actor, stage actor, film producer, theater director, television actor, film actor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor and theatre and film director.
He was the first Puerto Rican-born actor, as well as the first Hispanic actor, to win an Academy Award (in 1950 for Cyrano de Bergerac). In 1947, Ferrer won the Tony Award for his theatrical performance of Cyrano de Bergerac, and in 1952, he won the Distinguished Dramatic Actor Award for The Shrike, and also the Outstanding Director Award for directing the plays The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17. Ferrer's contributions to American theatre were recognized in 1981, when he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
In 1985, he received the National Medal of Arts from Ronald Reagan, becoming the first actor to receive that honor.