Which actor won Oscar twice in a row?

Tom Hanks (USA) won Best Actor
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Awards in two consecutive Oscar ceremonies (held in 1994 and 1995) for Philadelphia (USA, 1993) and Forrest Gump (USA, 1994), a record he shares with Spencer Tracy (USA), who won Best Actor in 1938 and 1939 for Captains Courageous (USA, 1937) and Boys Town (USA, 1938), ...
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What actors have won 2 Oscars?

Every actor who has won multiple acting Oscars
  • 1 of 44. Katharine Hepburn. Universal. ...
  • 2 of 44. Daniel Day-Lewis. Christopher Polk/Getty Images. ...
  • 3 of 44. Meryl Streep. Dan MacMedan/WireImage. ...
  • 4 of 44. Jack Nicholson. Bettmann/Getty Images. ...
  • 5 of 44. Frances McDormand. ...
  • 6 of 44. Ingrid Bergman. ...
  • 7 of 44. Walter Brennan. ...
  • 8 of 44. Bette Davis.
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Who has won Best Actor twice in a row?

Spencer Tracy for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938) -- consecutive. Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972) Gary Cooper for Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952) Tom Hanks for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994) - consecutive.
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Which male actor has won 2 Oscars?

Tom Hanks (2 Wins)

The actor won two Oscars for Best Lead Actor back-to-back in 1994 and 1995. The first was for his portrayal of real-life AIDS victim and lawyer Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, and the second was for his beloved and endearing performance in the classic Forrest Gump.
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Has anyone won 2 Oscars in the same year?

Seven of these actors and actresses received an Academy Award in one of the categories they were nominated in, but none have won two Academy Awards in the same year.
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Which actor has won the most Oscars?



Who got Oscar 36 times?

Walt Disney was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland.
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What celebrity has won 3 Oscars?

Day-Lewis remains the only actor in history to have earned three Best Actor Academy Awards. There has been a numberof actos who havepicked up two awards in the past. Jack Nicholson has earned 12 nominations in total and has three wins, though not all for Best Actor.
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Who has won the most Oscars ever?

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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What actor has the most Oscars?

Which actors have won the most Oscars? Katharine Hepburn tops the bill with four acting awards in total, all for Best Actress.
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Who is the youngest person to win 2 Oscars?

There are only three people in Oscar history who have won two Oscars by the age of 30 or younger:
  • Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth.
  • Jodie Foster for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs.
  • Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby. all in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category.
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Who is the only actor to win two Oscars for the same part?

William Wyler saw the film and decided to cast him in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Harold Russell played Homer Parish. For this role he received 2 Oscars, a Best Supporting and one for being an inspiration to all returning veterans. He is the only actor to receive 2 Oscars for the same role.
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Who is the Best Actor of all time?

Top 10 Actors of All Time, According to the American Film...
  • 8 James Cagney.
  • 7 Clark Gable.
  • 6 Henry Fonda.
  • 5 Fred Astaire.
  • 4 Marlon Brando.
  • 3 James Stewart.
  • 2 Cary Grant.
  • 1 Humphrey Bogart.
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What actor has the second most Oscars?

These are the 9 actors who've won the most Oscars.
  1. 1 Katharine Hepburn — 4 Best Actress Oscars.
  2. 2 Frances McDormand — 4 Oscars (3 Best Actress, 1 Best Picture) ...
  3. 3 Meryl Streep — 3 Oscars (2 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress) ...
  4. 4 Jack Nicholson — 3 Best Actor Oscars. ...
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Who was the youngest Oscar winner?

Tatum O'Neal

Finally, we get to the youngest Oscar winner ever. O'Neal was only 10 years old when she won Best Supporting Actress. She starred in “Paper Moon” alongside her father, actor Ryan O'Neal.
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How many Oscars does Tom Hanks have?

Hanks' accolades include two Academy Awards out of six nominations.
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Who has 26 Oscars?

The American icon Walt Disney won a total of 26 Oscars throughout his career.
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Who got 11 Oscars?

Most awards or nominations

Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.
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Which actress won the most Oscars?

We look back at past winners revealing a veritable 'who's who' in the history of cinema. The actress with most Best Actress Oscars is Katharine Hepburn, who scooped her awards in 1933, 1967, 1968, and 1981 for 'Morning Glory', 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner', 'The Lion in Winter', and 'On Golden Pond'.
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Which movie won all 5 Oscars?

In the past 90 years, only three films, It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991) have won all five Oscars from the forty-three films that secured nominations in all five prestige Academy Award categories.
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What movie has won all 11 Oscars it was nominated for?

“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” also made history with a clean sweep, becoming (and remaining) the only movie to win every category it was nominated in: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, and ...
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Who won 4 Oscars in one night?

Walt Disney won an armload of Academy Awards® one unforgettable Hollywood night. On March 25, 1954, Walt won Oscars for the films The Living Desert, Bear Country, The Alaskan Eskimo, and the cartoon short Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom.
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Who is the only actor to win 4 Oscars?

Seven actors have won three or more Oscars in the acting categories, with Katharine Hepburn being the only person to win four acting Oscars, winning best actress for the fourth time at the 1982 ceremony.
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Who is the only person to have won an Oscar?

Oscar Hammerstein II is the only person named Oscar to ever win an Oscar | EW.com.
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Has anyone won 3 Oscars in a row?

Costume designer Edith Head and art director Cedric Gibbons both went three-in-a-row in the early '50s, while Tom and Jerry producer Fred Quimby managed the astounding feat of winning for four consecutive years in the '40s.
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