Who is the biggest Oscar winner of all time?

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.
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Who has won most Oscars of all time?

When it comes to having the most Oscars, Walt Disney is the GOAT. He earned a whopping 22 Academy Awards during his career — plus four honorary awards, USA Today reported.
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Who has 26 Oscars?

Disney won 26 Oscars over the course of his career and was nominated a grand total of 59 times. Most of his Oscars, won between 1932 and 1969, came in the category of Best Animated Short, including The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling and a posthumous win for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.
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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 is the only man to win 3 best actor Oscars?

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 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 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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Who has 11 Oscars?

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.
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Which person has won 22 Oscars?

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.
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Who is the most decorated actor of all time?

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.
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Who is the youngest person to win 2 Oscars?

Luise Rainer won her two Best Actress awards in back-to-back years in 1936 and 1937, winning her second Oscar at 27 years old. Jodie Foster was 29 when she won her second Oscar for Silence of the Lambs at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992.
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Who has 21 Oscar nominations?

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 won a record 8 Oscars?

1 Edith Head (8 Oscars)

It may be a surprise that the woman who holds the record title for the most wins in Oscar history is not an actor but a costume designer, Edith Head. Her first win was for the 1949 film adaptation of The Heiress.
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Has any movie won all Oscars?

Only three films have won all five of these major awards: It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Eight films failed to win any of the five major awards after being nominated.
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Which male actor has most Oscars?

Actors with most Oscar wins
  • Jack Nicholson – 3. Actor Jack Nicholson waves his Oscar which he received for best actor in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the 48th Annual Academy Awards. ( ...
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - 3. ...
  • Walter Brennan - 3. ...
  • Katherine Hepburn - 4. ...
  • Meryl Streep - 3. ...
  • Frances McDormand - 3. ...
  • Ingrid Bergman - 3.
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Has anyone won 2 Oscars?

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.
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Has any actor won 2 Oscars in a row?

Winning consecutive Academy Awards is a rare and impressive achievement, showcasing exceptional talent and the difficulty of even getting nominated. Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks are the only two actors to have won Best Actor in successive years, with Tracy winning in 1937 and 1938 and Hanks winning in 1993 and 1994.
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Which actor has been in the most movies?

Though somewhat overshadowed by his younger sister, Julia Roberts, and his up-and-comer daughter, Emma Roberts, Eric Roberts easily tops the list as the hardest-working actor in Hollywood, with more than 700 acting credits to his name including over 100 upcoming ones.
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Who has been nominated for the most Oscars without winning?

10 Most Oscar-Nominated Actors Who Have Never Won
  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. ...
  6. 6 Thelma Ritter - 6 Nominations. ...
  7. 7 Irene Dunne - 5 Nominations. ...
  8. 8 Albert Finney - 5 Nominations. ...
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Who has sold an Oscar?

Actor Harold Russell sold the Oscar he won for his role in 'For the Best Years of Our Lives' in 1944 in exchange for 60,500 dollars in order to pay for his wife's illness.
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What are the big 5 Oscars?

The "Big Five" Oscars award categories are those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay, either Original or Adapted.
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What movie won 7 Oscars?

'Everything Everywhere All At Once' takes home 7 Oscars, including Best Picture. It was a huge night for the sci-fi multiverse movie.
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Which actor was nominated 7 times for Oscar?

Dustin Hoffman – 7 nominations, 2 wins

Dustin Hoffman has won two Oscars — one for Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Rain Man” (1988) and one for Best Actor in a Leading Role in “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979) starring alongside the record-holder herself Meryl Streep. He has been nominated a total of seven times.
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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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Who has the most Oscar nominations alive?

John Williams won five awards, holds the record for the most nominations by a living person at 53.
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