List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees

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This is a list of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees. This list is current as of the 94th Academy Awards ceremony.

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Best Picture

SuperlativeRecipientRecord SetYearNotes
Most Awards [1] Ben-Hur 11 awards 1959 11 awards from 12 nominations
Titanic 1997 11 awards from 14 nominations
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 11 awards from 11 nominations
Most Nominations [2] All About Eve 14 nominations 1950 6 awards from 14 nominations
Titanic 1997 11 awards from 14 nominations
La La Land 2016 6 awards from 14 nominations
Oldest Winner Saul Zaentz 76 years old 1996 The English Patient
Oldest Nominee Clint Eastwood 84 years old 2014 American Sniper
Youngest Winner Carl Laemmle Jr. 22 years old 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
Youngest Nominee
Longest Winner [3] Gone with the Wind 3 hours 54 minutes 1939 8 awards from 13 nominations
Longest Nominee [4] Cleopatra 4 hours 2 minutes 1963 4 awards from 9 nominations
Shortest Winner [5] Marty 1 hour 28 minutes 1955 4 awards from 8 nominations
Shortest Nominee [6] She Done Him Wrong 1 hour 6 minutes 1933 0 awards from 1 nomination
Most Awards (Producer) [7] Sam Spiegel 3 awards 1962 3 awards from 4 nominations
Saul Zaentz 1996 3 awards from 3 nominations
Most Nominations (Producer) [8] Steven Spielberg 13 nominations 2023 1 award from 13 nominations
Most Awards (Studio) [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 5 awards 1942 5 awards from 40 nominations
Most Nominations (Studio) [14] [9] [15] [16] [10] [17] [18] [11] [12] [19] [20] [21] [22] [13] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] 40 nominations 1950

Best Director

SuperlativeDirectorRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards [29] John Ford 4 awards 1935, 1940, 1941, 1952 Awards resulted from 5 nominations
Most Nominations [30] William Wyler 12 nominations 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965 Nominations resulted in 3 awards
Oldest Winner [31] Clint Eastwood 74 years old 2004 Million Dollar Baby
Oldest Nominee [32] Martin Scorsese 81 years old 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon
Youngest Winner [33] Damien Chazelle 32 years old 2016 La La Land
Youngest Nominee [34] John Singleton 24 years old 1991 Boyz n the Hood

Best Original Screenplay

SuperlativeWriterRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards [35] Woody Allen 3 awards 1977, 1986, 2011 Awards resulted from 16 nominations
Most Nominations [36] 16 nominations 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2013 Nominations resulted in 3 awards
Oldest Winner [37] 76 years old 2011 Midnight in Paris
Youngest Winner [38] Ben Affleck 25 years old 1997 Good Will Hunting . Co-wrote with Matt Damon, 27 years old.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

SuperlativeActorRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards [39] Daniel Day-Lewis 3 awards 1989, 2007, 2012 Awards resulted from 6 nominations
Most Nominations [40] Spencer Tracy 9 nominations 1936, 1937, 1938, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1967 Nominations resulted in 2 awards
Laurence Olivier 1939, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1978 Nominations resulted in 1 award
Oldest Winner [32] Anthony Hopkins 83 years old 2020/2021 The Father
Oldest Nominee
Youngest Winner [41] Adrien Brody 29 years old 2002 The Pianist
Youngest Nominee [42] Jackie Cooper 9 years old 1930/1931 Skippy

Best Actress in a Leading Role

SuperlativeActressRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards [43] Katharine Hepburn 4 awards 1932/1933, 1967, 1968, 1981 Awards resulted from 12 nominations
Most Nominations [44] Meryl Streep 17 nominations 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017 Nominations resulted in 2 awards
Oldest Winner [45] Jessica Tandy 80 years old 1989 Driving Miss Daisy
Oldest Nominee [31] Emmanuelle Riva 85 years old 2012 Amour
Youngest Winner [41] Marlee Matlin 21 years old 1986 Children of a Lesser God
Youngest Nominee [46] Quvenzhané Wallis 9 years old 2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

SuperlativeActorRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards [39] Walter Brennan 3 awards 1936, 1938, 1940 Awards resulted from 4 nominations
Most Nominations [47] 4 nominations 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941 Nominations resulted in 3 awards
Jack Nicholson 1969, 1981, 1983, 1992 Nominations resulted in 1 award
Mark Ruffalo 2010, 2014, 2015, 2023 Nominations resulted in no awards
Claude Rains 1939, 1943, 1944, 1946
Arthur Kennedy 1949, 1955, 1957, 1958
Robert Duvall 1972, 1979, 1998, 2014
Jeff Bridges 1971, 1974, 2000, 2016
Al Pacino 1972, 1990, 1992, 2019
Oldest Winner [45] Christopher Plummer 82 years old 2011 Beginners
Oldest Nominee [31] 88 years old 2017 All the Money in the World
Youngest Winner [41] Timothy Hutton 20 years old 1980 Ordinary People
Youngest Nominee [46] Justin Henry 8 years old 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

SuperlativeActressRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards Shelley Winters [48] 2 awards 1959, 1965 Awards resulted from 3 nominations
Dianne Wiest [49] 1986, 1994 Awards resulted from 3 nominations
Most Nominations [50] Thelma Ritter 6 nominations 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1962 Nominations resulted in no awards
Oldest Winner [45] Peggy Ashcroft 77 years old 1984 A Passage to India
Oldest Nominee [51] Gloria Stuart 87 years old 1997 Titanic
Youngest Winner [46] Tatum O'Neal 10 years old 1973 Paper Moon
Youngest Nominee

Combined Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role

SuperlativeActorRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards [39] Walter Brennan 3 awards 1936, 1938, 1940 Awards resulted from 4 nominations
Jack Nicholson 1975, 1983, 1997 Awards resulted from 12 nominations
Daniel Day-Lewis 1989, 2007, 2012 Awards resulted from 6 nominations
Most Nominations [40] Jack Nicholson12 nominations - 8 for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and 4 for Best Supporting Actor 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 Nominations resulted in 3 awards

Combined Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role

SuperlativeActressRecord setYearNotes
Most Awards [40] Katharine Hepburn 4 awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1932/1933, 1967, 1968, 1981 Awards resulted from 12 nominations
Most Nominations [43] Meryl Streep 21 nominations – 17 for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and 4 for Best Supporting Actress 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Nominations resulted in 3 awards

Note: Walt Disney is the highest-earning individual with wins and nominations in any category in the Academy Awards, with fifty-nine nominations and twenty-two Oscar wins (as well as four Honorary Awards), including a record four in one year—which was tied by Sean Baker for Anora in 2025. [43]

Performances of the same character

Nominated performances of the same character by different actors or in different films.

† Indicates the actor was either nominated and/or became a recipient posthumously.
§ Indicates the actor refused to accept their award and/or nomination.
CharacterActorFilmYearCategoryStatus
Anita Rita Moreno West Side Story 1961 Best Supporting Actress Won
Ariana DeBose West Side Story 2021Won
Billie Holiday ( née  Eleanora Fagan) Diana Ross Lady Sings the Blues 1972 Best Lead Actress Nominated
Andra Day The United States
vs. Billie Holiday 		2020/
2021		Nominated
Cyrano de Bergerac José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 Best Lead Actor Won
Gérard Depardieu Cyrano de Bergerac 1990Nominated
Dame Iris Murdoch Judi Dench Iris 2001Best Lead ActressNominated
Kate Winslet Best Supporting ActressNominated
Don Michael Corleone Al Pacino The Godfather 1972 Best Supporting Actor Nominated
The Godfather Part II 1974Best Lead ActorNominated
Don Vito Corleone ( né  Andolini) Robert De Niro Best Supporting ActorWon
Marlon Brando §The Godfather1972Best Lead ActorWon
Eddie "Fast Eddie" Felson Paul Newman The Hustler 1961Nominated
The Color of Money 1986Won
Father Chuck O'Malley Bing Crosby The Bells of St. Mary's 1945Nominated
Going My Way 1944Won
Father Fitzgibbon Barry Fitzgerald Nominated
Best Supporting ActorWon
Howard Hughes Jason Robards Jr. Melvin (and Howard) 1980Nominated
Leonardo DiCaprio The Aviator 2004Best Lead ActorNominated
Joe Pendleton Robert Montgomery Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941Nominated
Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait 1978Nominated
The Joker /
Arthur Fleck (a.k.a. Joker)		 Heath Ledger † The Dark Knight 2008Best Supporting ActorWon
Joaquin Phoenix Joker 2019Best Lead ActorWon
Josephine "Jo" March Winona Ryder Little Women 1994Best Lead ActressNominated
Saoirse Ronan Little Women 2019Nominated
"Jude Quinn"/Bob Dylan Cate Blanchett I'm Not There 2007Best Supporting ActressNominated
Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown 2024Best Lead ActorNominated
King Henry II of England Peter O'Toole Becket 1964Nominated
The Lion in Winter 1968Nominated
King Henry V of England Laurence Olivier Henry V 1946Nominated
Kenneth Branagh Henry V 1989Nominated
King Henry VIII
of England & Ireland 		Charles Laughton The Private Life of Henry VIII 1932/
1933		Won
Robert Shaw A Man for All Seasons 1966Best Supporting ActorNominated
Richard Burton Anne of the Thousand Days 1969Best Lead ActorNominated
Leda Caruso Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter 2021Best Lead ActressNominated
Jessie Buckley Best Supporting ActressNominated
Leslie Crosbie Jeanne Eagels † The Letter 1928/
1929		Best Lead ActressNominated
Bette Davis The Letter 1940Nominated
Marilyn Monroe ( née  Norma Jeane Mortenson) Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn 2011Nominated
Ana de Armas Blonde 2022Nominated
Max "Pop" Corkle James Gleason Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941Best Supporting ActorNominated
Jack Warden Heaven Can Wait1978Nominated
Mr. Charles Edward Chipping /
Mr. Arthur Chipping		 Robert Donat Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939Best Lead ActorWon
Peter O'Toole Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1969Nominated
Norman Maine ( né  Hinkle) /
Norman Maine ( né  Ernest Sidney Gubbins) /
Jackson "Jack" Maine 		Fredric March A Star Is Born 1937Nominated
James Mason A Star Is Born 1954Nominated
Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born 2018Nominated
President Abraham Lincoln Raymond Massey Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940Nominated
Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln 2012Won
President Richard Nixon Anthony Hopkins Nixon 1995Nominated
Frank Langella Frost/Nixon 2008Nominated
Professor Henry Higgins Leslie Howard Pygmalion 1938Nominated
Rex Harrison My Fair Lady 1964Won
Queen Elizabeth I
of England & Ireland 		Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love 1998Best Supporting ActressWon
Cate Blanchett Elizabeth Best Lead ActressNominated
Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007Nominated
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, D.U.M.S. John Wayne True Grit 1969Best Lead ActorWon
Jeff Bridges True Grit 2010Nominated
Robert "Rocky" Balboa, (a.k.a. "The Italian Stallion") Sylvester Stallone Rocky 1976Nominated
Creed 2015Best Supporting ActorNominated
Rose DeWitt-Bukater Gloria Stuart Titanic 1997Best Supporting ActressNominated
Kate WinsletBest Lead ActressNominated
Sofia Oprah Winfrey The Color Purple 1985Best Supporting ActressNominated
Danielle Brooks The Color Purple 2023Nominated
Vicki Lester ( née  Esther Victoria Blodgett) /
Vicki Lester ( née  Esther Blodgett) /
Ally Maine ( née  Campano)		 Janet Gaynor A Star Is Born1937Best Lead ActressNominated
Judy Garland A Star Is Born1954Nominated
Lady Gaga A Star Is Born2018Nominated
Vincent van Gogh Kirk Douglas Lust for Life 1956Best Lead ActorNominated
Willem Dafoe At Eternity's Gate 2018Nominated

See also

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