List of actors with Academy Award nominations

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Academy Award winners for 2011 (from left to right): - Christian Bale, Best Supporting Actor--The Fighter - Natalie Portman, Best Actress--Black Swan - Melissa Leo, Best Supporting Actress--The Fighter - Colin Firth, Best Actor--The King's Speech with trophies known as Oscars Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo and Colin Firth 2011 crop.jpg
Academy Award winners for 2011 (from left to right):
- Christian Bale, Best Supporting Actor— The Fighter
- Natalie Portman, Best Actress— Black Swan
- Melissa Leo, Best Supporting Actress—The Fighter
- Colin Firth, Best Actor— The King's Speech
with trophies known as Oscars

This list of actors with Academy Award nominations includes all male and female actors with Academy Award nominations for lead and supporting roles in motion pictures, and the total nominations and wins for each actor. Nominations in non-acting categories, such as for producing, directing or writing, are not included.

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The most recent winners of all four acting categories, as of the 96th Academy Awards, are Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer , Emma Stone for Poor Things , and Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers .

The award information is available on the Academy Awards website via dynamically generated lists for specific actors, [1] and for each year's nominees and winners via a scrolling timeline of all ceremonies. [2]

Statistics

A total of 980 actors appear in the list—494 males and 486 females. Non-winning nominees include 335 males and 328 females—a total of 663. Actors that have won at least once include 159 males and 158 females—a total of 317. Only 45 actors—23 males and 22 females—are multiple Academy Award winners.

Katharine Hepburn won four times from twelve nominations—all for lead roles—making her the actor with the most wins in Academy Awards history. [3] Daniel Day-Lewis has won three times from six lead actor nominations—the most wins for any male in the lead actor category. [4] Frances McDormand has won three times for her lead roles, out of six nominations—three lead and three supporting. [5]

Meryl Streep is the most-nominated actor of all, with twenty-one nominations. [6] Jack Nicholson has received the most Academy Award nominations for any male actor with twelve nominations. [7] Both actors have had three wins which included two for lead roles and one for a supporting role. Ingrid Bergman and Walter Brennan also won three awards each, with Bergman winning twice for lead roles and once for a supporting role, out of seven total nominations, [8] and Brennan winning three times from four nominations, all in the supporting actor category. [9]

Table key

§ –a winning actor who refused an award

Born
Birth year –* indicates an uncertain birth year; see actor's article
Age
Current age for living actors, or age at death
Nominations
The total nominations for lead and supporting roles
Wins
The total wins for lead and supporting roles
Lead and supporting details
examples below
L
All nominations were for Lead roles
S
All nominations were for Supporting roles
2L:1S
2 Lead nominations, 1 Supporting nomination - no wins
5L1:2S1
5 Lead nominations with 1 win, 2 Supporting nominations with 1 win
Film
First winning film role, else first nominated film role, with lead roles taking precedence
First year
Year of first nomination (if italicized, it is the year of the listed film)
Last year
Year of last nomination (if italicized, it is the year of the listed film)

An italicized First or Last year indicates the listed film's year of release when it is the first or most recent nomination of an actor with multiple nominations.

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Marlon Brando accepted the award for On the Waterfront (1954) but refused the award for The Godfather (1972).
  2. 1 2 Counts include Bette Davis's performance in Of Human Bondage (1934) and Paul Muni's performance in Black Fury (1935) which were not properly nominated for an Oscar. For two years only, the Academy allowed a write-in vote [12] [13] which meant that any performance was eligible for the award. Davis came in 3rd place at the 7th ceremony in 1935, while Muni came in 2nd place at the 8th ceremony in 1936; however, the Academy does not recognize either as official nominees for those years [14] [15] though both actors remain listed as nominees in the Academy's database. [16] [17]
  3. ↑ George C. Scott refused the award for Patton (1970).

Actors with multiple nominations at a single ceremony:

  1. ↑ Fay Bainter was nominated for two awards at the 1939 ceremony: Best Actress for White Banners (1938) and Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning in the supporting actress category. [10]
  2. ↑ Cate Blanchett was nominated for two awards at the 2008 ceremony: Best Actress for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and Best Supporting Actress for I'm Not There (2007), winning in neither category. [11]
  3. ↑ Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the 1945 ceremony for his role in Going My Way (1944), winning in the supporting actor category. [18] A subsequent rule change prevents nominations in both categories for the same role. [19]
  4. ↑ Jamie Foxx was nominated for two awards at the 2005 ceremony: Best Actor for Ray (2004) and Best Supporting Actor for Collateral (2004), winning in the lead actor category. [20]
  5. ↑ Holly Hunter was nominated for two awards at the 1994 ceremony: Best Actress for The Piano (1993) and Best Supporting Actress for The Firm (1993), winning in the lead actress category. [21]
  6. ↑ Scarlett Johansson was nominated for two awards at the 2020 ceremony: Best Actress for Marriage Story and Best Supporting Actress for Jojo Rabbit , winning neither category. [22]
  7. ↑ Jessica Lange was nominated for two awards at the 1983 ceremony: Best Actress for Frances (1982) and Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie (1982), winning in the supporting actress category. [23]
  8. ↑ Julianne Moore was nominated for two awards at the 2003 ceremony: Best Actress for Far from Heaven (2002) and Best Supporting Actress for The Hours (2002), winning in neither category. [24]
  9. ↑ Al Pacino was nominated for two awards at the 1993 ceremony: Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1992) and Best Supporting Actor for Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), winning in the lead actor category. [25]
  10. ↑ Emma Thompson was nominated for two awards at the 1994 ceremony: Best Actress for The Remains of the Day (1993) and Best Supporting Actress for In the Name of the Father (1993), winning in neither category. [21]
  11. ↑ Sigourney Weaver was nominated for two awards at the 1989 ceremony: Best Actress for Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and Best Supporting Actress for Working Girl (1988), winning in neither category. [26]
  12. ↑ Teresa Wright was nominated for two awards at the 1943 ceremony: Best Actress for The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and Best Supporting Actress for Mrs. Miniver (1942), winning in the supporting actress category. [27]

Additional winning roles:

  1. ↑ Mahershala Ali also won Best Supporting Actor for Green Book (2018)
  2. ↑ Ingrid Bergman also won Best Actress for Anastasia (1956) and Best Supporting Actress for Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
  3. ↑ Cate Blanchett also won Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator (2004).
  4. ↑ Marlon Brando also won Best Actor for The Godfather (1972) but refused the award that year.
  5. ↑ Walter Brennan also won Best Supporting Actor for Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940).
  6. ↑ Michael Caine also won Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules (1999).
  7. ↑ Gary Cooper also won Best Actor for High Noon (1952).
  8. ↑ Bette Davis also won Best Actress for Jezebel (1938).
  9. ↑ Daniel Day-Lewis also won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood (2007) and Lincoln (2012).
  10. ↑ Olivia de Havilland also won Best Actress for The Heiress (1949).
  11. ↑ Robert De Niro also won Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II (1974).
  12. ↑ Melvyn Douglas also won Best Supporting Actor for Being There (1979).
  13. ↑ Sally Field also won Best Actress for Places in the Heart (1984).
  14. ↑ Jane Fonda also won Best Actress for Coming Home (1978).
  15. ↑ Jodie Foster also won Best Actress for The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
  16. ↑ Gene Hackman also won Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven (1992).
  17. ↑ Tom Hanks also won Best Actor for Forrest Gump (1994).
  18. ↑ Helen Hayes also won Best Supporting Actress for Airport (1970).
  19. ↑ Katharine Hepburn also won Best Actress for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981).
  20. ↑ Dustin Hoffman also won Best Actor for Rain Man (1988).
  21. ↑ Anthony Hopkins also won Best Actor for The Father (2020).
  22. ↑ Glenda Jackson also won Best Actress for A Touch of Class (1973).
  23. ↑ Vivien Leigh also won Best Actress for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
  24. ↑ Jack Lemmon also won Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955).
  25. ↑ Fredric March also won Best Actor for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
  26. ↑ Frances McDormand also won Best Actress for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and Nomadland (2020).
  27. ↑ Jack Nicholson also won Best Actor for As Good as It Gets (1997) and Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (1983).
  28. ↑ Sean Penn also won Best Actor for Milk (2008).
  29. ↑ Anthony Quinn also won Best Supporting Actor for Lust for Life (1956).
  30. ↑ Luise Rainer also won Best Actress for The Good Earth (1937).
  31. ↑ Jason Robards also won Best Supporting Actor for Julia (1977).
  32. ↑ Maggie Smith also won Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978).
  33. ↑ Kevin Spacey also won Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects (1995).
  34. ↑ Emma Stone also won Best Actress for Poor Things (2023).
  35. ↑ Meryl Streep also won Best Actress for The Iron Lady (2011) and Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer (1978).
  36. ↑ Hilary Swank also won Best Actress for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
  37. ↑ Elizabeth Taylor also won Best Actress for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
  38. ↑ Spencer Tracy also won Best Actor for Boys Town (1938).
  39. ↑ Peter Ustinov also won Best Supporting Actor for Topkapi (1964).
  40. ↑ Christoph Waltz also won Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained (2012).
  41. ↑ Denzel Washington also won Best Actor for Training Day (2001).
  42. ↑ Dianne Wiest also won Best Supporting Actress for Bullets over Broadway (1994).
  43. ↑ Shelley Winters also won Best Supporting Actress for A Patch of Blue (1965).
  44. ↑ Renée Zellweger also won Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain (2003).

Other:

  1. ↑ Transgender actor who was nominated while identifying as a female, Ellen Page

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