This list of actors with Academy Award nominations includes all male and female actors with Academy Award nominations for lead and supporting roles in motion pictures, and the total nominations and wins for each actor. Nominations in non-acting categories, such as for producing, directing or writing, are not included.
The award information is available on the Academy Awards website via dynamically generated lists for specific actors,[1] and for each year's nominees and winners via a scrolling timeline of all ceremonies.[2]
Statistics
A total of 980 actors appear in the list—494 males and 486 females. Non-winning nominees include 335 males and 328 females—a total of 663. Actors that have won at least once include 159 males and 158 females—a total of 317. Only 45 actors—23 males and 22 females—are multiple Academy Award winners.
Katharine Hepburn won four times from twelve nominations—all for lead roles—making her the actor with the most wins in Academy Awards history.[3]Daniel Day-Lewis has won three times from six lead actor nominations—the most wins for any male in the lead actor category.[4]Frances McDormand has won three times for her lead roles, out of six nominations—three lead and three supporting.[5]
Meryl Streep is the most-nominated actor of all, with twenty-one nominations.[6]Jack Nicholson has received the most Academy Award nominations for any male actor with twelve nominations.[7] Both actors have had three wins which included two for lead roles and one for a supporting role. Ingrid Bergman and Walter Brennan also won three awards each, with Bergman winning twice for lead roles and once for a supporting role, out of seven total nominations,[8] and Brennan winning three times from four nominations, all in the supporting actor category.[9]
Table key
§ – a winning actor who refused an award
Born
Birth year – * indicates an uncertain birth year; see actor's article
Age
Current age for living actors, or age at death
Nominations
The total nominations for lead and supporting roles
Wins
The total wins for lead and supporting roles
Lead and supporting details
examples below
L
All nominations were for Lead roles
S
All nominations were for Supporting roles
2L:1S
2 Lead nominations, 1 Supporting nomination - no wins
5L1:2S1
5 Lead nominations with 1 win, 2 Supporting nominations with 1 win
Film
First winning film role, else first nominated film role, with lead roles taking precedence
First year
Year of first nomination (if italicized, it is the year of the listed film)
Last year
Year of last nomination (if italicized, it is the year of the listed film)
An italicized First or Last year indicates the listed film's year of release when it is the first or most recent nomination of an actor with multiple nominations.
List of actors
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^ abCounts include Bette Davis's performance in Of Human Bondage (1934) and Paul Muni's performance in Black Fury (1935) which were not properly nominated for an Oscar. For two years only, the Academy allowed a write-in vote[12][13] which meant that any performance was eligible for the award. Davis came in 3rd place at the 7th ceremony in 1935, while Muni came in 2nd place at the 8th ceremony in 1936; however, the Academy does not recognize either as official nominees for those years[14][15] though both actors remain listed as nominees in the Academy's database.[16][17]
Actors with multiple nominations at a single ceremony:
^Fay Bainter was nominated for two awards at the 1939 ceremony: Best Actress for White Banners (1938) and Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning in the supporting actress category.[10]
^Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the 1945 ceremony for his role in Going My Way (1944), winning in the supporting actor category.[18] A subsequent rule change prevents nominations in both categories for the same role.[19]
^Jamie Foxx was nominated for two awards at the 2005 ceremony: Best Actor for Ray (2004) and Best Supporting Actor for Collateral (2004), winning in the lead actor category.[20]
^Holly Hunter was nominated for two awards at the 1994 ceremony: Best Actress for The Piano (1993) and Best Supporting Actress for The Firm (1993), winning in the lead actress category.[21]
^Jessica Lange was nominated for two awards at the 1983 ceremony: Best Actress for Frances (1982) and Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie (1982), winning in the supporting actress category.[23]
^Julianne Moore was nominated for two awards at the 2003 ceremony: Best Actress for Far from Heaven (2002) and Best Supporting Actress for The Hours (2002), winning in neither category.[24]
^Al Pacino was nominated for two awards at the 1993 ceremony: Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1992) and Best Supporting Actor for Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), winning in the lead actor category.[25]
