Who has won best actor?

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Who has won best actor the most?

Since its inception, the award has been given to 84 actors. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most, three. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated a record nine times. Peter O'Toole is the most nominated actor in this category without a single win.
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Who has won 3 Oscars for Best Actor?

Daniel Day-Lewis

Hepburn starred in dozens of movies, while Day-Lewis is more selective. He's been nominated only six times, but he's won three Oscars for Best Actor.
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Who won best actor more than once?

Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor to win three Best Actor awards: My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012).
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Nine actors have won the Best Actor Oscar twice:
  • Sean Penn for Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)
  • Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and The Father (2020)
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Which male actor has won the most awards?

1 Jack Nicholson: 3 Wins (12 Nominations)

Jack Nicholson has wowed with many performances, and while he is tied with two others for the most Oscar wins, no other male actor comes close to his total number of nominations.
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Who is the youngest person to win an Oscar?

7. Youngest Oscar Winner. The youngest ever Oscar winner is actress Tatum O'Neal who was only 10 years old when she won Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Paper Moon'.
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Who is the Best Actor in movies?

The 10 Greatest Actors In Movie History, According To Ranker
  • 3 Morgan Freeman.
  • 4 Dustin Hoffman. ...
  • 5 Daniel Day-Lewis. ...
  • 6 Paul Newman. ...
  • 7 Marlon Brando. ...
  • 8 Denzel Washington. ...
  • 9 Gene Hackman. ...
  • 10 Leonardo DiCaprio. ...
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Can Will Smith lose his Oscar?

Both Davis and Noisette say, even though Smith is no longer a member of the academy, he will likely still be eligible to win future Oscars. "He could still go out there and make a great movie, and be nominated, and win. He just would not be part of the voting body of the membership," Noisette said.
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Who has won maximum Oscars in his lifetime?

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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Has Johnny Depp won an Oscar?

Despite being nominated 3 times over his lengthy career, Johnny has never won an Oscar for his work on-screen. His nominations though, highlight the diversity of his work through the years.
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How many Oscars has Will Smith won in his life?

Will Smith wins his first-ever Oscar – for best actor in 'King Richard' After three decades of acting and three nominations, Smith finally won for his portrayal of Richard Williams, the father of tennis superstars Venus and Serena.
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Which films have won the Big 5 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).
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Who has 26 Oscars?

The person who has triumphed more times at the Oscars than anyone else in history is Walt Disney. America's most iconic filmmaker racked up a whopping 26 Oscars, four of which were honorary awards, and he also holds the record for the most nominations on record – 59.
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Has any film won all four acting Oscars?

To date, no film has won four (or more) Academy Awards in acting categories. However, there have been fifteen films containing at least one nominated performance in each of the four Academy Award acting categories.
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Has anyone had their Oscar taken away?

In fact, though there are those who have rejected their Oscars (Marlon Brando, Dudley Nichols), only one award has ever been revoked in Academy history — the 1969 prize for Best Documentary, which was given to Young Americans before it was determined that the film was released in 1967 and therefore ineligible.
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What single person has won the most Oscars?

The most awards have been won by Walt Disney, who won four Academy Awards in 1954. Of these, ten individuals have achieved this feat on more than one occasion. This list is current as of the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony held on April 25, 2021.
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Contents
  • 1 List of winners. 1.1 Notes.
  • 2 Superlatives.
  • 3 Statistics.
  • 4 References.
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Who has been banned from Oscars?

A handful of other notable celebrities and filmmakers have either been banned from attending academy events — like Smith — or gotten expelled from the academy altogether:
  • Harvey Weinstein. ...
  • Roman Polanski. ...
  • Bill Cosby. ...
  • Carmine Caridi.
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Who did Will Smith slap?

At the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face during Rock's presentation for Best Documentary Feature.
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Has Will Smith lost his career?

Will Smith Says He Had a 'Vision' of Losing His Career Before That Oscars Slap. In an interview recorded prior to the Oscars, Smith told David Letterman about an ayahuasca trip where he saw his whole life "destroyed."
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Who is God of acting?

Mohanlal is referred as the god of acting. His talent of natural acting is amazing. He received these awards and honours as a part of this.
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Who is number 1 actor in the world?

Dwayne Johnson leads the list of best paid actors worldwide in 2020. He earned 87.5 million U.S. dollars thanks to Netflix's upcoming action comedy movie "Red Notice", amongst others. Ryan Reynolds ranked second with an income of 71.5 million U.S. dollars.
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Do actors get money for winning an Oscar?

Much like Super Bowl Halftime performers, there's no cash given to Oscar winners the night they take home the award.
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Has a child actor ever won an Oscar?

As of 2022, a total of three minors (including Duke) have won Oscars, all in the Best Supporting Actress category. The other two are Tatum O'Neal, who was 10, for Paper Moon (1973), and Anna Paquin, who was 11, for The Piano (1993). As of 2022, O'Neal remains the youngest person to win a competitive Academy Award.
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