Tom Hanks
Male: Jack Nicholson, with 12 nominations. He won twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. Female: Meryl Streep, with 19 nominations. She won twice for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress.
Peter O'Toole holds the record for the longest time span between his first and last nominations (44 years), and he also holds the record for the greatest number of nominations without ever winning the Oscar for Best Actor (eight).
Marlon Brando holds the record for an actor with the most nominations in consecutive years with four. The nominations were as follows (with his Oscar win in bold):Best Actor for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951)Best Actor for "Viva Zapata!" (1952)Best Actor for "Julius Caesar" (1953)Best Actor for "On the Waterfront" (1954)
Spencer Tracy won nine Best Actor nominations during his distinguished career. Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando are in second place with eight.
Will Smith was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Ali (2001)Will Smith was nominated for the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
The nominees were: Marlon Brando for "Julius Caesar" (the actor's third of four consecutive Best Actor nominations); Richard Burton for "The Robe"; Montgomery Clift for "From Here to Eternity"; William Holden for "Stalag 17"; and Burt Lancaster for "From Here to Eternity." The Oscar went to Holden.
William Wyler
Best Original Screenplay
"Pulp Fiction" received seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Quentin Tarantino), and two for Best Supporting Actor (Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta).
Two: Best Supporting Actor for The Talented Mr. Ripley(1998).Best Actor for Cold Mountain (2003).
American Sniper received six Oscar nominations but no Golden Globe nominations in 2015.