Nine actors share the record for most wins in the Best Actor category. They have each won the award twice. No one has won the award three times.
Nine actors have won the Best Actor award more than once: Spencer Tracy (1937 and 1938); Fredric March (1931/32 and 1946); Gary Cooper (1941 and 1952); Marlon Brando (1954 and 1972); Dustin Hoffman (1979 and 1988); Tom Hanks (1993 and 1994); Jack Nicholson (1975 and 1997); Daniel Day-Lewis (1989 and 2007); and Sean Penn (2003 and 2008).
There have been six winners of both the Best Actor and Best Supporting actor awards:
1. Jack Lemmon --
2. Robert De Niro --
3. Gene Hackman --
4. Jack Nicholson --
5. Kevin Spacey --
6. Denzel Washington --
They are: Paul Newman, with one win; and Spencer Tracy, with two.
Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for Best Actor for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Tom Hanks won an Oscar for Best Actor for Philadelphia (1993) and Forest Gump (1994).
The Dark Knight (2008) won 2 Oscars, for Best Supporting Actor and Sound Editing.
Two: Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin) and Original Screenplay. It won 2 Oscars: Supporting Actor and Screenplay.
Four Oscars: Best Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Art Direction.
"The Fighter" won 2010 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo).
The Dark Knight (2008) won 2 Oscars, for Best Supporting Actor and Sound Editing.
Two: Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
Best Actor's, Best Actresses, Best Supporting Actor's, Best Supporting Actresses:Katharine Hepburn, won "Best Actress Oscar," 4 times (She holds the record).Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havalind, Elizabeth Taylor, and Sally Fields, Meryl Streep, have each won 2 "Best Actress Oscars."Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, and Tom Hanks, have each won 2 "Best Actor Oscars."Shelley Winters has won 2 "Best Supporting Actress Oscars."Walter Brennen, won 3 "Best Supporting Actor Oscars."
Two: Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo).
Traditionally, either the Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress award is one of the first revealed during the Oscars ceremony. The other award is usually announced an hour or so later.
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Actors who won Oscars for performances in 1980 were Robert De Niro, Best Actor ("Raging Bull") and Timothy Hutton, Best Supporting Actor ("Ordinary People").
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin) and Original Screenplay. It won 2 Oscars: Supporting Actor and Screenplay.
Two: Best Supporting Actor (Don Ameche) and Visual Effects.
1992 Unforgiven- Best Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) 2003 Mystic River- Best Actor (Sean Penn), Best Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins) 2004 Million Dollar Baby- Best Actress (Hilary Swank), Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman)
Jamie Foxx, a singer-actor-comedian, was nominated for two 2004 Oscars. He won the Best Actor award for his performance in "Ray." His other nomination that year was for Best Supporting Actor in "Collateral."
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