sidneypoitier 1964 Best Actor Oscar winner for playing Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds "To Sir, With Love" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Mandela and de Klerk": 2 wds "A Raisin in the SUN" star Actor born Feb. 20, 1927 Star of the 1958 prison escape movie "The Defiant Ones": 2 wds First black person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor: 2 wds