Oscar Winning Actors
15 Male Stars Who Have The Most Academy Awards To Date
It’s perhaps the most prestigious award an actor can win, and these 7 men hold the record for most Oscar wins in their respective acting categories.
In case you’re wondering though, it’s the women who truly dominate: Katharine Hepburn holds the record of most Oscar wins with 4, while Meryl Streep holds the record for most nominations, at 21. But I digress…
Jack Nicholson has won the most Academy Awards, With 12 nominations, he’s won 3 times: 2 Best Actors and 1 Supporting Actor.
Just behind him is Daniel Day-Lewis, who also has won 3 Oscars, All in the Best Actor category. He’s had 6 nominations to date.
Walter Brennan racked up 3 wins in the early days of Hollywood, with 4 nominations.
Many of the greats have won twice: Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, and Jack Lemmon among them.
However, though Denzel has won twice, he holds the record for the amount of nominations with 10 as of 2022.
He’s followed closely by Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman, who both won twice and have been nominated 7 times.
Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, and Tom Hanks each have won two Oscars, and have been nominated 6 times.
Mahershala Ali, Kevin Spacey, and Christoph Waltz have perfect records: they’ve been nominated twice and won both times.
Meet the men who’ve won Best Actor in the last 20 years:
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