Question: What is the birthdate of this American actor and director, who was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying Escalante?
Context: George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 200 film and television productions.  He is best remembered for portraying "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman in "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe.  He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in "Airport" (1970). Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American drama film based on the true story of high school math teacher Jaime Escalante.  For portraying Escalante, Edward James Olmos was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 61st Academy Awards.  The film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011. Sam Shepard was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director, and author.  The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director.  Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff".  The following year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing "Paris, Texas" (1984).  For his role in the 1999 television film "Dash and Lilly", he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. Catherine Elise Blanchett, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director.  She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, six AACTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film "Elizabeth", for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.  Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film "The Aviator" brought her critical acclaim and many accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, making her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor.  In 2013, she starred as Jasmine Francis in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine", for which she won numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actress. Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor and director.  Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica", Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in "Miami Vice", teacher Jaime Escalante in "Stand and Deliver", patriarch Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. in the film "Selena", Detective Gaff in "Blade Runner", and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of "Zoot Suit".  In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film "Stand and Deliver". Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor and former model.  He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film "The Prince of Tides".  He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for "Affliction" (1998) and "Warrior" (2011).  His other film appearances include "The Deep" (1977), "48 Hrs. " (1982), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986), "Another 48 Hrs. " (1990), "Everybody Wins" (1990), "Cape Fear" (1991), "Lorenzo's Oil" (1992), "The Thin Red Line" (1998), "The Good Thief" (2002), "Hulk" (2003), "Hotel Rwanda" (2004), "Tropic Thunder" (2008), "A Walk in the Woods" (2015) and "The Ridiculous 6" (2015).  He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role in the TV series "Graves" (2016–present). Heli is a 2013 independent Mexican crime drama film directed by Amat Escalante and produced by Jaime Romandía.  Featuring newcomers Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, and Juan Eduardo Palacios, the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.  Escalante won the Best Director award at the ceremony.  While being appreciative of the film's technical aspects, film critics were divided in their opinion of the film itself.  "Heli" was selected to represent Mexico at the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated. American actor Dustin Hoffman began his career by appearing in an episode of "Naked City" in 1961.  His first theatrical performance was 1961's "A Cook for Mr. General" as Ridzinski.  Following several guest appearances on television, he starred in the 1966 play "Eh? "; his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award.  Hoffman made his film debut in 1967 when he appeared in the comedy "The Tiger Makes Out".  In the same year, his breakthrough role as Benjamin "Ben" Braddock, the title character in Mike Nichols' comedy-drama "The Graduate", led to Hoffman achieving star status and his first Academy Award nomination.  He then acted in the play "Jimmy Shine" as the eponymous character and the comedy film "Madigan's Millions" (both 1968).  In 1969, he starred alongside Jon Voight in the Academy Award for Best Picture winner "Midnight Cowboy", which Hoffman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor a second time. M.I.A is an English recording artist, songwriter, painter and director of Tamil descent.  Her compositions combine elements of electronic, dance, alternative, hip hop and world music.  She has been nominated for various awards including Academy Award, MOBO Award, MTV Video Music Award, MTV Europe Music Award, Grammy Award and the prestigious Mercury Prize.  She is the only artist in history to be nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, Brit Award, Mercury Prize and Alternative Turner Prize, and the first artist of Asian descent to be nominated for an Academy and Grammy Award in the same year.  Her award-winning career spans 13 years.  This is the list of awards and nominations received by her. This is a list of Polish Academy Award winners and nominees.  This list details the performances of Polish actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award.  This list is current as of the 80th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 24, 2008.  There were 12 Academy Awards given to Polish filmmakers or their work (see Foreign Film category), including two Honorary Academy Awards and a Technical Achievement Award.  The category of Cinematography has the strongest presence of Polish filmmakers, with two wins (both by Janusz Kamiński) and five other nominations (including two noms for Kamiński).  As of that, the cinematographer Janusz Kamiński is the most Oscar-awarded Polish filmmaker.  The second most-awarded Pole was designer Anton Grot, who won one Academy Award and was nominated to the Oscars five times more.  The director Roman Polanski won an Oscar and was nominated four more times (additionally, "Knife in the Water", film directed and written by him was also nominated).  The composer Bronislau Kaper was awarded an Oscar and was nominated three times more.
Answer: February 24, 1947