What actor has the most Oscars? There is a three-way tie for the male actor with the most Oscars. Walter Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson all have three awards. Brennan won best supporting actor three times, the only performer to do so.
Daniel Day-Lewis became the first and currently only man to win three best actor Oscars, while Frances McDormand became only the second woman and third of her counterparts overall to achieve the same. Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941.
If you want to know who has won the most Oscar awards ever, in history, you'll probably not be shocked to learn that it's Walt Disney, who won 22 awards after being nominated 59 times. Lord knows we love Lady and The Tramp and The Little Mermaid as much as the next person.
No male actor has yet won four Academy Awards but three have achieved a hat-trick, with Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis and the little-remembered Water Brennan, all in the three Oscars club.
Who is the youngest person to win the best male actor Oscar?
As for the main award for leads, the youngest ever Best Actor winner was Adrien Brody as he took home the award in 2002. This was for the work he did in 'The Pianist'. He is still the only actor under 30 to take home that award.
The person who has triumphed more times at the Oscars than anyone else in history is Walt Disney. America's most iconic filmmaker racked up a whopping 26 Oscars, four of which were honorary awards, and he also holds the record for the most nominations on record – 59.
Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscars won by an individual with a total of 22 competitive awards and four honorary awards. Disney was nominated 59 times throughout his career, receiving one award posthumously.
In 2021, Anthony Hopkins took home his second statuette, for his role in The Father. The year before, Renée Zellweger took home her second Oscar after playing Judy Garland in Judy. In 2020, Mahershala Ali picked up his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Best Picture winner Green Book.
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards (all for Best Actress), more than any other actor or actress in the history of the award. As of 2021, 44 actors and actresses have received two or more Academy Awards in acting categories. Katharine Hepburn leads the way with four (all Best Actress).
The film composer has won five Oscars, four Golden Globes, seven BAFTAs and 25 Grammys. With 52 Oscar nominations, he is second only to Walt Disney as most nominated person ever.
Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category with four, followed by Frances McDormand with three. (Hepburn holds the record for most wins among all actors.) With 17 nominations, Meryl Streep is the most nominated in this category, resulting in two wins.
The three movies to hold the Guinness World Record of winning 11 Oscars — the highest by a film — are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Titanic and Ben-Hur. On the other hand, Titanic is one of the three films which has received the most number of nominations at 14.
Who is the youngest person to win multiple Oscars?
There are only three people in Oscar history who have won two Oscars by the age of 30 or younger: Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth. Jodie Foster for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs.
As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time. While the "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" star scored four acting accolades during her career, six fellow actors tied for the second spot with three wins each.
As of October 2022, three films tied for most Academy Award wins of all time. "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), and "Titanic" (1997) each received 11 Oscars.
Ten of Mickey's cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of which, Lend a Paw, won the award in 1941. In 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Tatum O'Neal won the youngest Oscar on this list with her performance in Paper Moon aged just 10 years old. During filming she turned nine years old, an incredible feat for such a young actress.
What Oscar winning actor also has a daughter who won an Oscar?
Henry Fonda earned one Oscar win over his career: a best actor golden statuette for On Golden Pond (1981). His daughter, Jane Fonda, has earned two Oscar wins for her performances on camera: best actress for Klute (1971) and best actress for Coming Home (1978).
The current record for oldest winning director is held by Clint Eastwood, who was 74 when he took home the award for “Million Dollar Baby” (2004). That was his second victory in the category, following his win for “Unforgiven” (1992) 12 years earlier.
