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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).

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