Claim: For the role he played in The Untouchables, Sean Connery received an Oscar.
Evidence: In 1988 , Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables.
The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -LRB- AMPAS -RRB- , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership.