Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (Anthony Quinn), born April 21, 1915 in Chihuahua, Mexico, was an actor and is the first Mexican-American actor to win an Academy Award. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor first in 1952 for his role in Viva Zapata! and the second in 1956 for Lust for Life.
He was nominated for Best Actor twice, and won the Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe in 1987.
Quinn passed away from respiratory failure in June 2001 in Boston.
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