List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees
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This article lists superlative Academy Award winners and nominees in major and acting categories. The lists are current as of the 98th Academy Awards ceremony.
Best Picture
| Superlative | Recipient | Record Set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sinners | 16 nominations | 2025 | 4 wins from 16 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[2] | Gone with the Wind | 3 hours 54 minutes | 1939 | 8 awards from 13 nominations |
| Longest Nominee[3] | Cleopatra | 4 hours 2 minutes | 1963 | 4 awards from 9 nominations |
| Shortest Winner[4] | Marty | 1 hour 28 minutes | 1955 | 4 awards from 8 nominations |
| Shortest Nominee[5] | She Done Him Wrong | 1 hour 6 minutes | 1933 | 0 awards from 1 nomination |
| Most Awards (Producer)[6] | Sam Spiegel | 3 awards | 1962 | 3 awards from 4 nominations |
| Saul Zaentz | 1996 | 3 awards from 3 nominations | ||
| Most Nominations (Producer)[7] | Steven Spielberg | 14 nominations | 2025 | 1 award from 14 nominations |
| Most Awards (Studio)[8][9][10][11][12] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 5 awards | 1942 | 5 awards from 40 nominations |
| Most Nominations (Studio)[13][8][14][15][9][16][17][10][11][18][19][20][21][12][22][23][24][25][26][27] | 40 nominations | 1950 |
Best Director
| Superlative | Director | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards[28] | John Ford | 4 awards | 1935, 1940, 1941, 1952 | Awards resulted from 5 nominations |
| Most Nominations[29] | William Wyler | 12 nominations | 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965 | Nominations resulted in 3 awards |
| Oldest Winner[30] | Clint Eastwood | 74 years old | 2004 | Million Dollar Baby |
| Oldest Nominee[31] | Martin Scorsese | 81 years old | 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| Youngest Winner[32] | Damien Chazelle | 32 years old | 2016 | La La Land |
| Youngest Nominee[33] | John Singleton | 24 years old | 1991 | Boyz n the Hood |
Best Original Screenplay
| Superlative | Writer | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards[34] | Woody Allen | 3 awards | 1977, 1986, 2011 | Awards resulted from 16 nominations |
| Most Nominations[35] | 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[36] | 76 years old | 2011 | Midnight in Paris | |
| Youngest Winner[37] | Ben Affleck | 25 years old | 1997 | Good Will Hunting. Co-wrote with Matt Damon, 27 years old |
Best Actor in a Leading Role
| Superlative | Actor | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards[38] | Daniel Day-Lewis | 3 awards | 1989, 2007, 2012 | Awards resulted from 6 nominations |
| Most Nominations[39] | 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[31] | Anthony Hopkins | 83 years old | 2020/2021 | The Father |
| Oldest Nominee | ||||
| Youngest Winner[40] | Adrien Brody | 29 years old | 2002 | The Pianist |
| Youngest Nominee[41] | Jackie Cooper | 9 years old | 1930/1931 | Skippy |
Best Actress in a Leading Role
| Superlative | Actress | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards[42] | Katharine Hepburn | 4 awards | 1932/1933, 1967, 1968, 1981 | Awards resulted from 12 nominations |
| Most Nominations[43] | 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[44] | Jessica Tandy | 80 years old | 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Oldest Nominee[30] | Emmanuelle Riva | 85 years old | 2012 | Amour |
| Youngest Winner[40] | Marlee Matlin | 21 years old | 1986 | Children of a Lesser God |
| Youngest Nominee[45] | Quvenzhané Wallis | 9 years old | 2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Superlative | Actor | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards[38] | Walter Brennan | 3 awards | 1936, 1938, 1940 | Awards resulted from 4 nominations |
| Most Nominations[46] | 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[44] | Christopher Plummer | 82 years old | 2011 | Beginners |
| Oldest Nominee[30] | 88 years old | 2017 | All the Money in the World | |
| Youngest Winner[40] | Timothy Hutton | 20 years old | 1980 | Ordinary People |
| Youngest Nominee[45] | Justin Henry | 8 years old | 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
| Superlative | Actress | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards | Shelley Winters[47] | 2 awards | 1959, 1965 | Awards resulted from 3 nominations |
| Dianne Wiest[48] | 1986, 1994 | Awards resulted from 3 nominations | ||
| Most Nominations[49] | Thelma Ritter | 6 nominations | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1962 | Nominations resulted in no awards |
| Oldest Winner[44] | Peggy Ashcroft | 77 years old | 1984 | A Passage to India |
| Oldest Nominee[50] | Gloria Stuart | 87 years old | 1997 | Titanic |
| Youngest Winner[45] | 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
| Superlative | Actor | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards[38] | 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 | ||
| Sean Penn | 2003, 2008, 2025 | Awards resulted from 6 nominations | ||
| Most Nominations[39] | Jack Nicholson | 12 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
| Superlative | Actress | Record set | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards[39] | Katharine Hepburn | 4 awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1932/1933, 1967, 1968, 1981 | Awards resulted from 12 nominations |
| Most Nominations[42] | 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-honored 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.[42]
Performances of the same character
Nominated performances of the same character by different actors or in different films.
- † Indicates the actor was either nominated or won posthumously.
- § Indicates the actor refused to accept their award or nomination.
| Character | Actor | Film | Year | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | Rita Moreno | West Side Story | 1961 | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Ariana DeBose | West Side Story | 2021 | Won | ||
| 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 | 1990 | Nominated | ||
| Dame Iris Murdoch | Judi Dench | Iris | 2001 | Best Lead Actress | Nominated |
| Kate Winslet | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
| Don Michael Corleone | Al Pacino | The Godfather | 1972 | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| The Godfather Part II | 1974 | Best Lead Actor | Nominated | ||
| Don Vito Corleone (né Andolini) | Robert De Niro | Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||
| Marlon Brando § | The Godfather | 1972 | Best Lead Actor | Won | |
| Eddie "Fast Eddie" Felson | Paul Newman | The Hustler | 1961 | Nominated | |
| The Color of Money | 1986 | Won | |||
| Father Chuck O'Malley | Bing Crosby | The Bells of St. Mary's | 1945 | Nominated | |
| Going My Way | 1944 | Won | |||
| Father Fitzgibbon | Barry Fitzgerald | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||||
| Howard Hughes | Jason Robards Jr. | Melvin (and Howard) | 1980 | Nominated | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | The Aviator | 2004 | Best Lead Actor | Nominated | |
| Joe Pendleton | Robert Montgomery | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 1941 | Nominated | |
| Warren Beatty | Heaven Can Wait | 1978 | Nominated | ||
| The Joker / Arthur Fleck (a.k.a. Joker) |
Heath Ledger † | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| Joaquin Phoenix | Joker | 2019 | Best Lead Actor | Won | |
| Josephine "Jo" March | Winona Ryder | Little Women | 1994 | Best Lead Actress | Nominated |
| Saoirse Ronan | Little Women | 2019 | Nominated | ||
| "Jude Quinn"/Bob Dylan | Cate Blanchett | I'm Not There | 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Timothée Chalamet | A Complete Unknown | 2024 | Best Lead Actor | Nominated | |
| King Henry II of England | Peter O'Toole | Becket | 1964 | Nominated | |
| The Lion in Winter | 1968 | Nominated | |||
| King Henry V of England | Laurence Olivier | Henry V | 1946 | Nominated | |
| Kenneth Branagh | Henry V | 1989 | Nominated | ||
| King Henry VIII of England and Ireland |
Charles Laughton | The Private Life of Henry VIII | 1932/ 1933 |
Won | |
| Robert Shaw | A Man for All Seasons | 1966 | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| Richard Burton | Anne of the Thousand Days | 1969 | Best Lead Actor | Nominated | |
| Leda Caruso | Olivia Colman | The Lost Daughter | 2021 | Best Lead Actress | Nominated |
| Jessie Buckley | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
| Leslie Crosbie | Jeanne Eagels † | The Letter | 1928/ 1929 |
Best Lead Actress | Nominated |
| Bette Davis | The Letter | 1940 | Nominated | ||
| Marilyn Monroe (née Norma Jeane Mortenson) | Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | 2011 | Nominated | |
| Ana de Armas | Blonde | 2022 | Nominated | ||
| Max "Pop" Corkle | James Gleason | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 1941 | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| Jack Warden | Heaven Can Wait | 1978 | Nominated | ||
| Mr. Charles Edward Chipping / Mr. Arthur Chipping |
Robert Donat | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1939 | Best Lead Actor | Won |
| Peter O'Toole | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1969 | Nominated | ||
| Norman Maine (né Hinkle) / Norman Maine (né Ernest Sidney Gubbins) / Jackson "Jack" Maine |
Fredric March | A Star Is Born | 1937 | Nominated | |
| James Mason | A Star Is Born | 1954 | Nominated | ||
| Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born | 2018 | Nominated | ||
| President Abraham Lincoln | Raymond Massey | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 1940 | Nominated | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | 2012 | Won | ||
| President Richard Nixon | Anthony Hopkins | Nixon | 1995 | Nominated | |
| Frank Langella | Frost/Nixon | 2008 | Nominated | ||
| Professor Henry Higgins | Leslie Howard | Pygmalion | 1938 | Nominated | |
| Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | 1964 | Won | ||
| Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland |
Judi Dench | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth | Best Lead Actress | Nominated | ||
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age | 2007 | Nominated | |||
| Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, D.U.M.S. | John Wayne | True Grit | 1969 | Best Lead Actor | Won |
| Jeff Bridges | True Grit | 2010 | Nominated | ||
| Robert "Rocky" Balboa, (a.k.a. "The Italian Stallion") | Sylvester Stallone | Rocky | 1976 | Nominated | |
| Creed | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
| Rose DeWitt-Bukater | Gloria Stuart | Titanic | 1997 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Kate Winslet | Best Lead Actress | Nominated | |||
| Sofia | Oprah Winfrey | The Color Purple | 1985 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Danielle Brooks | The Color Purple | 2023 | Nominated | ||
| Vicki Lester (née Esther Victoria Blodgett) / Vicki Lester (née Esther Blodgett) / Ally Maine (née Campano) |
Janet Gaynor | A Star Is Born | 1937 | Best Lead Actress | Nominated |
| Judy Garland | A Star Is Born | 1954 | Nominated | ||
| Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born | 2018 | Nominated | ||
| Vincent van Gogh | Kirk Douglas | Lust for Life | 1956 | Best Lead Actor | Nominated |
| Willem Dafoe | At Eternity's Gate | 2018 | Nominated | ||
List of actors nominated for playing multiple characters in one film
Performers nominated for playing multiple characters in one film. This does not include performers playing characters with alter-egos, such as Joanne Woodward's Oscar-winning depiction of dissociative identity disorder in The Three Faces of Eve (1957).
| Year | Actor | Characters | Film | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Charlie Chaplin | Adenoid Hynkel — Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber |
The Great Dictator | Best Lead Actor | Nominated |
| 1952 | José Ferrer | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec |
Moulin Rouge | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Peter Sellers | Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove |
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Lee Marvin | Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn |
Cat Ballou | Won | |
| 1985 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke / Baron Hans von Blixen-Finecke |
Out of Africa | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| 2002 | Nicolas Cage | Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman |
Adaptation. | Best Lead Actor | Nominated |
| 2025 | Michael B. Jordan | Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore |
Sinners | Won | |
| Wagner Moura | Armando Solimões / Marcelo Alves Fernando Solimões (adult) |
The Secret Agent | Nominated | ||