How many people have won Oscars for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor?

Answer 1

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.

1. Spencer Tracy
2. Fredric March
3. Gary Cooper
4. Marlon Brando
5. Dustin Hoffman
6. Tom Hanks
7. Jack Nicholson
8. Daniel Day-Lewis
9. Sean Penn

Answer 2

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).

Answer 3

There have been six winners of both the Best Actor and Best Supporting actor awards:

1. Jack Lemmon --

• Best Supporting Actor: "Mister Roberts" (1955).
• Best Actor: "Save the Tiger" (1973).

2. Robert De Niro --

• Best Supporting Actor: "The Godfather Part II" (1974).
• Best Actor: "Raging Bull" (1980).

3. Gene Hackman --

• Best Actor: "The French Connection" (1971).
• Best Supporting Actor: "Unforgiven" (1992).

4. Jack Nicholson --

• Best Actor: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975).
• Best Supporting Actor: "Terms of Endearment" (1983).
• Best Actor: "As Good As It Gets" (1997).

5. Kevin Spacey --

• Best Supporting Actor: "The Usual Suspects" (1995).
• Best Actor: "American Beauty" (1999).

6. Denzel Washington --

• Best Supporting Actor: "Glory" (1989).
• Best Actor: "Training Day" (2001).

Answer 4

They are: Paul Newman, with one win; and Spencer Tracy, with two.

Answer 5

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).