Who is the oldest actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor?

Anthony Hopkins and Tatum O'Neal are the oldest and youngest winners of acting Oscars, winning at age 83 and age 10 respectively.
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Who was the oldest performer to win the Best Actor Oscar?

In 2021, an 83-year-old Sir Anthony Hopkins became the oldest person to ever win an acting Oscar for his performance in The Father. Hopkins had already won once for his chilling performance in The Silence of the Lambs.
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Who is the youngest actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor?

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.
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Who is the oldest actress to be nominated for an Oscar?

Ruby Dee (85 years, 87 days) People were stoked for Dee when she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for American Gangster.
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Who won an Oscar at 80 years old?

As the titular character of the film Driving Miss Daisy, Jessica Tandy became the oldest Best Actress at 80 years old when she won the award. The film was a commercial and critical success thanks to the chemistry and performances of Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
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Who has the oldest Oscar award?

At 89, Ivory was officially the oldest person to ever win a competitive Oscar.
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Is there an age limit for winning an Oscar?

There is no age limit or requirement for either being nominated for or winning an Academy Award in any of the four acting categories. About the only restriction for a nomination is that an actor is ineligible if all of his/her dialogued is dubbed (although singing can be dubbed).
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Who was the youngest person to win Best Actress at the Oscars?

Marlee Matlin

Now we get to the youngest winner of Best Actress ever. Matlin was only 21 when she won for “Children of a Lesser God.” This film is also extremely noteworthy as Matlin is deaf. She was the first deaf person cast in a lead role in a movie since way back in 1926.
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Who is the youngest lead actress to win an Oscar?

Marlee Matlin

Now we get to the youngest winner of Best Actress ever. Matlin was only 21 when she won for “Children of a Lesser God.” This film is also extremely noteworthy as Matlin is deaf. She was the first deaf person cast in a lead role in a movie since way back in 1926.
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Who is the oldest person to be nominated?

John Williams makes Oscars history as the oldest person to ever be nominated with Fabelmans nod. The legendary composer also becomes the most-nominated person currently living, second only to the late Walt Disney.
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Which male actor has won 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 is the only man to have won three 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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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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Who is the oldest person to act in a movie?

Calment recalled selling colored pencils to Van Gogh, and seeing the Eiffel Tower being built. At the age of 114, she appeared briefly in the 1990 film Vincent and Me as herself, making her the oldest person ever to appear in a motion picture.
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Who is the oldest Grammy winner?

Pinetop Perkins is the oldest person to win a Grammy. In 2011 he was awarded with Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip, at 97 years of age. 1985, Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Elizabeth Cotten Live!
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What is the only movie to win every Oscar it was nominated for?

"Titanic" is also one of three movies to win a record 11 awards, joined by "Ben-Hur" (1959) and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (2003). Yet the latter takes the cake for being the most-nominated movie to win in every single nominated category.
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How old was Jennifer Lawrence when she won the Oscar?

At the age of 22 she won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Lawrence knew from an early age that she wanted to act, and she began performing in school plays and local theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Who is the second youngest person to win an Oscar?

Anna Paquin beat Tatum O'Neal by just a year as the second-youngest person to win at the Academy Awards.
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Has a child ever won an Oscar?

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.
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Who holds the record for most Best Actress wins at the Oscars?

Since its inception, the award has been given to 79 different actresses. 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.)
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Has Keanu Reeves won an Oscar?

Despite his stellar performances and undying fame, Keanu Reeves has never secured an Oscar. More surprisingly, he has never even received a nomination for the prestigious award.
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Is Jennifer Lawrence the youngest actress to win an Oscar?

No, she's not even the youngest in the Best Actress category. The youngest Best Actress winner was Marlee Matlin (Jennifer Lawrence is second). The youngest winner of a competitive Oscar was Tatum O'Neill who won Best Supporting Actress at the age of 10.
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How much is a Oscar worth?

The Academy's rule that regulates the sale of a statue

All nominees sign a contract prohibiting them from selling their award in the event that they are winners. This rule was ratified in 2015 by a Los Angeles judge. Previously it had a symbolic value of $10, but it was agreed to lower it to $1.
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Do you have to pay to be nominated for an Oscar?

There are no entry fees to submit films in any Academy Awards category.
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Who is the youngest person to win an Oscar for writing?

The youngest winner of the 'Best Original Screenplay' Oscar

Ben Affleck won the award in 1998 at age 25, earning praise for his movie Good Will Hunting, which he wrote with Matt Damon, who shared the prize with him at 27.
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