0
No actor has ever won more than three Oscars in the acting categories. Jack Nicholson won Best Actor awards for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "As Good As It Gets" (1997). He also won a Best Supporting Actor award for "Terms of Endearment" (1983).
Walter Brennan won three Best Supporting Actor awards for "Come and Get It" (1936), "Kentucky" (1938) and "The Westerner" (1940).
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoSeveral people have won exactly four Academy Awards (Oscars). The following list includes honorary awards and other awards distributed by the Academy.
- 4 L. B. Abbott
- 4 Bob Beemer
- 4 Mark Berger
- 4 John Box
- 4 Christopher Boyes
- 4 Charles Brackett
- 4 Ben Burtt
- 4 Sammy Cahn
- 4 Greg Cannom
- 4 Ethan Coen
- 4 Joel Coen
- 4 Sam Comer
- 4 Gary Demos
- 4 Linwood G. Dunn
- 4 John Ford
- 4 Arthur Freed
- 4 A. Arnold Gillespie
- 4 Keogh Gleason
- 4 Charles Guggenheim
- 4 Katharine Hepburn
- 4 Winton Hoch
- 4 George James Hopkins
- 4 Stefan Kudelski
- 4 John Livadary
- 4 Henry Mancini
- 4 Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 4 Johnny Mercer
- 4 Scott Millan
- 4 Nick Park
- 4 André Previn
- 4 Joseph Ruttenberg
- 4 Albert Saiki
- 4 Leon Shamroy
- 4 Douglas Smythe
- 4 Sam Spiegel
- 4 Steven Spielberg
- 4 Gary Summers
- 4 Dimitri Tiomkin
- 4 James Van Heusen
- 4 Stan Winston
- 4 William Wyler
- 4 Saul Zaentz
- 4 Fred Zinnemann
If you mean 4 Oscars for acting. Only one actor/actress has achieved that, and she is the late, great Katharine Hepburn.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoKatharine Hepburn and Clint Eastwood are the only two actors to win four Academy Awards (Oscars)
Katharine Hepburn is the only actor (male or female) to win four Oscars for acting.
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: On Golden Pond(1981)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Lion in Winter(1968)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Morning Glory(1933)
She also received the following nominations
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Rainmaker(1956)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Summertime(1955)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The African Queen(1951)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Woman of the Year(1942)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Alice Adams(1935)
Clint Eastwood is also an actor, and he has also won four Oscars, but none of them were in an acting category. He won two Oscars for Best Director and two Oscars for Best Picture.
- Best Achievement in Directing for: Million Dollar Baby(2004)
- Best Motion Picture of the Year for: Million Dollar Baby(2004) Shared with: Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg
- Best Director for: Unforgiven (1992)
- Best Picture for: Unforgiven (1992)
He also received the following nominations
- Best Achievement in Directing for: Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
- Best Motion Picture of the Year for: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Shared with: Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Best Director for: Mystic River (2003)
- Best Picture for: Mystic River (2003) Shared with: Robert Lorenz and Judie Hoyt
- Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Unforgiven (1992)
He also received the following memorial award, but since it is a non-competetive award, he cannot be said to have won it.
- 1995 - Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoNo actor has won five Oscars in the competitive acting awards. The most any one person has won is four. Katharine Hepburn won Best Actress awards for "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968) and "On Golden Pond" (1981).
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoKatharine Hepburn won four Oscars for Best Actress during her distinguished career. She won for the movies "Morning Glory" (1932/1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968) and "On Golden Pond" (1981).
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoKatharine Hepburn, whose distinguished film career spanned the early 1930s and the early 1990s, became the only person to win four Academy Awards for acting. She received Best Actress Oscars for her performances in "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968 -- a tie with Barbra Streisand of "Funny Girl") and "On Golden Pond" (1981).
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoAs of 2009, no one has won the Best Actor Oscar four times.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What did not win best actor in the 80's was it paul newman or Robert duval or Henry fonda or Jeremy irons?
Jeremy Irons did not win an Oscar for best actor until 1990 for his role in Reversal of Fortune.
What actor has won the most Olivier awards?
Audra McDonald has won a record six Tony Awards, followed by theater legends Julie Harris and Angela Lansbury, who won five each. Actors who have won four Tony Awards include Boyd Gaines, Frank Langella, Gwen Verdon, and Zoe Caldwell.
Clint Eastwood won four Oscars for what?
He won Best Picture and Best Director for both Unforgiven(1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
How many Oscars did terminator win?
The first and third movies weren't nominated to any Academy Awards. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) was nominated for six Oscars and won four: Best Sound, Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing and Makeup.
Who won best direct Oscar for unforgiven?
Four: Best Picture, Best Director (Clint Eastwood), Best Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) and Editing.
Who was the first to win three Best Actress Oscars and then became the first actor to win four Oscars?
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards during her distinguished career -- all for Best Actress.
How many Oscars did Rain Man win?
It won four Oscars including: best picture, best actor (Dustin Hoffman), best director (Barry Levinson), and best original screenplay.
Who won oscars for her role in Gone With the Wind and Streetcar named Desire?
Four Oscars: Best Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Art Direction.
How many Oscars did Mystic River win?
Two: Best Actor (Sean Penn) and Best Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins).
How many Oscars did No Country for Old Men win?
The movie won 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.4No Country for Old Men was the big 2008 winner, taking home Best Picture, Best Directors, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor, for a total of four Oscars.
Which actor has won the most Oscars?
Lots and lots and lots.Throughout the past 81 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 82 Best Actor awards to 73 different actorsThroughout the past 81 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 82 Best Actress awards to 68 different actresses.Throughout the past 73 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 73 Best Supporting Actor awards to 66 different actors.Throughout the past 73 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 73 Best Supporting Actress awards to 71 different actresses.In addition, actors occassionaly win awards as directors, producers and writers.
Who is the only Actor to have won four Academy Awards?
Katharine Hepburn was the only person to win four acting Oscars.
Was last samurai nominated for an Oscar?
2003's The Last Samurai was nominated for four Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, Art Direction, Costume Design and Sound.
For which movie did Clint Eastwood win his first Oscar?
Clint Eastwood has been nominated for ten Oscars and won four. In 1993 he won an Oscar for Best Director and another for Best Picture for his movie Unforgiven. In 2005 he won two more Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director for his movie Million Dollar Baby.
Did Clint win any Oscars for Million Dollar Baby?
It won four, with him winning the Best Film and the Best Director Oscars.
How many Oscars did kings speech win?
"The King's Speech" won four 2010 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler). The only other 2010 film to win four Oscars was "Inception," which won in several technical categories.
What actor or actress won the most oscars in the history of the Academy Awards?
Katharine Hepburn won the most competitive Academy Awards -- four. All were in the Best Actress category. Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis are in second place with three Oscar wins each. Day-Lewis is the only person to win three Best Actor Oscars.
