In the acting department, Tom Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor awards for his performances in "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994).
Tom Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for his performances in "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994). He became the first actor to win consecutive awards in the category since Spencer Tracy won for "Captains Courageous" (1937) and "Boys Town" (1938).
Spencer Tracy won back-to-back Best Actor awards for 1937 ("Captains Courageous") and 1938 ("Boys Town"). Tom Hanks duplicated the feat with consecutive Best Actor wins for 1993 ("Philadelphia") and 1994 ("Forrest Gump").
Tom Hanks has 5 Best Actor nominations for Academy Awards and has won 2: Big (1988) Phildelphia (1993- won) Forrest Gump (1994- won) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Cast Away (2000)
Two. Spencer Tracy won back-to-back Best Actor awards for 1937 ("Captains Courageous") and 1938 ("Boys Town"). Tom Hanks duplicated the feat with consecutive Best Actor wins for 1993 ("Philadelphia") and 1994 ("Forrest Gump").
No one! Most ever won were two! The only male actors to win three Oscars are Walter Brennan (with three Best Supporting Actor awards) and Jack Nicholson (won two for lead, one as supporting actor).
Tom Hanks. He has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards (Oscars) for Big, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan and Castaway, winning two consecutive Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.
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Yes. Spencer Tracy was the first to receive back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor, winning for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Tom Hanks duplicated the feat with his wins for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks. Tracy won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for "Captains Courageous" (1937) and "Boys Town" (1938)." A little more than 50 years later, Tom Hanks duplicated the feat, winning for "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994).
Tom Hanks won back-to-back Academy Awards as Best Actor of 1993 (for "Philadelphia") and 1994 (for "Forrest Gump"). Spencer Tracy was the first male performer to accomplish the feat when he won consecutive Best Actor Oscars for his performances in "Captains Courageous" (1937) and "Boys Town" (1938). In the Supporting Actor category, Jason Robards won consecutive Oscars for his roles as real-life persons -- Washington Post executive Ben Bradlee in "All the President's Men" (1976) and novelist Dashiell Hammett in "Julia" (1977).
It hasn't happened yet, although there have been back-to-back winners in the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. Only two performers have ever won the Best Supporting Actress award twice -- Shelley Winters and Dianne Wiest -- but their wins came years apart. German actress Luise Rainer won back-to-back Best Actress awards for her performances in "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "The Good Earth" (1937). Spencer Tracy won consecutive Best Actor awards for his work in "Captains Courageous" (1938) and "Boys Town" (1938). Tom Hanks duplicated the feat with back-to-back Best Actor wins for "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1974). Jason Robards received consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars for his performances in "All the President's Men" (1976) and "Julia" (1977).