Who has the most Oscar nominations of all time?

Actors with the most Oscar nominations and their wins 1929-2022. As of March 2022, Meryl Streep was the person with the most Oscar nominations of all time, with an impressive 21 nominations and three wins.
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Who has 52 Oscar nominations?

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.
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What actor has 9 Oscar nominations?

Actor Spencer Tracy garnered nine Oscar nominations in his career. He won for “Captains Courageous” (1937) and “Boys Town” (1938). Al Pacino won his Oscar for “Scent of a Woman” (1992). He has received nine nods over his career, including two playing Michael Corleone in “The Godfather” and “The Godfather Pt.
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Who has been nominated for 53 Oscars?

With 53 total nods, Williams has more Academy Award nominations than any other living person, and is second only to Walt Disney, who had 59. And if he gets another statuette on Sunday, which would be his sixth, he will become the oldest person ever to triumph in any competitive category.
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Who holds the record for most nominations but has never won an Oscar?

Glenn Close

Close is tied with the late Peter O'Toole for the record for the most Oscar acting nominations without a win, having garnered eight across her nearly five-decade long career.
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What person has 26 Oscars?

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.
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Who has 6 Oscar nominations no wins?

The following actors have all been nominated at least five times for their performances yet have no wins, and are ranked below from fewest to most nominations.
  1. 1 Peter O'Toole - 8 Nominations.
  2. 2 Glenn Close - 8 Nominations. ...
  3. 3 Richard Burton - 7 Nominations. ...
  4. 4 Deborah Kerr - 6 Nominations. ...
  5. 5 Amy Adams - 6 Nominations. ...
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Who is the oldest person to win an Oscar?

The oldest winner in any category is James Ivory, who was 89 when he took home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2018. Ivory won for the Call Me By Your Name screenplay, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.
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Who is the only actor to win 3 Academy Awards?

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.
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Who is the only actor to win 4 Oscars?

Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards (all for Best Actress), more than any other actor or actress in the history of the award.
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Who is the youngest Oscar winner?

Who is the youngest ever Oscars winner? There are, of course, multiple different types of award on offer at the Oscars, but the youngest person to win any of them at all is Tatum O'Neal. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 1974 Oscars at the age of 10.
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Who is the most nominated actor of all time?

Meryl Streep is the most-nominated actor of all, with twenty-one nominations. Jack Nicholson has received the most Academy Award nominations for any male actor with twelve nominations. Both actors have had three wins which included two for lead roles and one for a supporting role.
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What male actor has the most Oscars?

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.
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Who has the most Grammy nominations?

Who has received the most Grammy nominations ever? According to GRAMMY.com, it's Beyoncé who shares the honor with her husband, Jay-Z. They each have 88 nods. Quincy Jones trails them with 80.
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What is the longest gap between Oscar nominations?

42: Years between Oscar nominations for Judd Hirsch. That breaks a record of 41 years that was long held by Henry Fonda. Hirsch got his first supporting actor nod for “Ordinary People” in 1981, and after a long career mostly in television he gets his second, in the same category, for “The Fabelmans” at age 87.
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Who has won the most Golden Globes?

Acting. In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive wins with eight, followed by Alan Alda, Angela Lansbury, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson who have six awards each.
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Has anyone won 2 Oscars for the same role?

Aside from Wyler and company's staggering haul, the film achieved an unprecedented first, with Harold Russell winning two Academy Awards for the same role, a feat that hadn't been reached before, and one that hasn't been equaled since.
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Who has the most supporting actor wins?

Walter Brennan was the first winner in this category, winning thrice for: Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938), and The Westerner (1940). He holds the record for most wins in this category as well. Joseph Schildkraut won for The Life of Émile Zola (1937).
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Has anyone won 2 Oscars in the same year?

This is a list of people have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year in the standard competitive categories. To date, a total of 82 individuals have achieved this feat on 95 distinct occasions with the multiple winners having won more than one awards that year.
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Who is the only person named Oscar to win an Oscar?

Oscar Hammerstein II is the Only Person Named Oscar to Ever Win an Oscar.
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What was the shortest Oscar speech?

The record for the shortest speech among actors and actresses at the Academy Awards is held by Patty Duke and Anthony Quinn, who simply said "thank you" when accepting their awards. William Holden and Gloria Graham followed with four words each.
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Who is the youngest Oscar nominee in history?

Justin Henry, nominated at eight for his performance in 'Kramer vs. Kramer,' did not take home the coveted award for Best Supporting Actor but still holds the record as the youngest person nominated to any Oscar category.
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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).
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Has anyone won 7 Oscars?

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 7 wins

EEAAO swept the ceremony, winning big at the beginning of the night with supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan and supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Who have never won an Oscar?

20 Incredible Actors Who Never Won An Oscar
  • 20 Edward Norton.
  • 19 Jim Carrey.
  • 18 Michelle Williams.
  • 17 Woody Harrelson.
  • 16 Michael Fassbender.
  • 15 Laura Linney.
  • 14 Amy Adams.
  • 13 Naomi Watts.
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