As of January 24, 2017, 24 performers have been nominated for seven or more Academy Awards for acting:
1. Meryl Streep (19 nominations, three wins).
2. Katharine Hepburn (12 nominations, four wins).
3. Jack Nicholson (12 nominations, three wins).
4. Bette Davis (10 nominations, two wins).
5. Sir Laurence Olivier (10 nominations, one win).
6. Spencer Tracy (nine nominations, two wins).
7. Paul Newman (nine nominations, one win).
8. Marlon Brando (eight nominations, two wins).
9. Jack Lemmon (eight nominations, two wins).
10. Al Pacino (eight nominations, one win).
11. Geraldine Page (eight nominatons, one win).
12. Peter O'Toole (eight nominations, no wins).
13. Ingrid Bergman (seven nominations, three wins).
14. Robert De Niro (seven nominations, two wins).
15. Jane Fonda (seven nominations, two wins).
16. Dustin Hoffman (seven nominations, two wins).
17. Cate Blanchett (seven nominations, two wins).
18. Denzel Washington (seven nominations, two wins).
19. Greer Garson (seven nominations, one win).
20. Dame Judi Dench (seven nominations, one win).
21. Robert Duvall (seven nominations, one win).
22. Kate Winslet (seven nominations, one win).
23. Jeff Bridges (seven nominations, one win).
24. Richard Burton (seven nominations, no wins).
No. The 2008 Will Smith drama received no Academy Awards nominations.
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Richard Burton was nominated 7 times and never won. (6 times as Best Actor, once for Best Supporting Actor) Peter O'Toole was nominated 8 times for Best Actor, including once after he was awarded an honorary award. As for non-actors: Composer James Newton Howard is 0 for 7, as are cinematographers John Seitz and Roger Dickens, soundmen Michael J. Kohut and William B. Kaplan, producer-director Norman Jewison, producer-composer Quiny Jones and art director Carroll Clark. The last three have received special Oscars. for OODLES Deborah Kerr
At the 8th Academy Awards ceremony on March 5, 1936. "Mutiny on the Bounty" won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1934. It was the only award the film received despite seven other nominations.
The Academy Award for Best Actor of 1988 was presented to Dustin Hoffman for his performance in "Rain Man." It was his second Oscar win, following the1979 Best Actor award he received for his work in "Kramer vs. Kramer." Hoffman has earned seven overall Oscar nominations -- all in the Best Actor category.
No. The 2008 Will Smith drama received no Academy Awards nominations.
"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).
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Robert De Niro played the title character in "The Deer Hunter" (1978), which earned him one of his seven Oscar nominations.
Jennifer Lawrence, who stars as huntress and archer Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" (2012), has won Best Actress nominations for her performances in "Winter's Bone" (2010) and "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012). Another answer is Robert De Niro, who played the title character in "The Deer Hunter" (1978), which produced one of his seven Oscar nominations.
Titanic won best picture in 1997.The Oscar(s) went to: Titanic, As Good As It Gets, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, The Full Monty, Men in Black.
Charles Laughton, Robert Shaw and Richard Burton received Academy Award nominations for their portrayals of England's King Henry VIII. Laughton won the 1932-33 Best Actor award for his work as the British monarch in "The Private Life of Henry VIII." Three decades later, Shaw was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as the Tudor king in "A Man For All Seasons" (1966). Burton received the sixth of his seven Oscar nominations for his work as Henry in "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969). At the time, it was Burton's fifth Best Actor nod.
Mississippi Burning (1988) was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Actor (Gene Hackman) and Best Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand).
Richard Burton was nominated 7 times and never won. (6 times as Best Actor, once for Best Supporting Actor) Peter O'Toole was nominated 8 times for Best Actor, including once after he was awarded an honorary award. As for non-actors: Composer James Newton Howard is 0 for 7, as are cinematographers John Seitz and Roger Dickens, soundmen Michael J. Kohut and William B. Kaplan, producer-director Norman Jewison, producer-composer Quiny Jones and art director Carroll Clark. The last three have received special Oscars. for OODLES Deborah Kerr
Here are the overall Oscar nominations and wins for actors honored at the 85th Academy Awards, held on February 24, 2013. The 2012 winners are in bold.Best Actor:Bradley Cooper,"Silver Linings Playbook" (first nomination).Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" (five nominations, three wins).Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables" (first nomination).Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" (three nominations, no wins).Denzel Washington, "Flight" (six nominations, two wins).Best Actress:Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty" (two nominations, no wins).Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook" (two nominations, one win).Emmanuelle Riva,"Amour" (first nomination).Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (first nomination).Naomi Watts in "The Impossible" (two nominations, no wins).Best Supporting Actor:Alan Arkin, "Argo" (four nominations, one win).Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook" (seven nominations, two wins).Philip Seymour Hoffman,"The Master" (four nominations, one win).Tommy Lee Jones,"Lincoln" (four nominations, one win).Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained" (two nominations, two wins).Best Supporting Actress:Amy Adams, "The Master" (four nominations, no wins).Sally Field, "Lincoln" (three nominations, two wins).Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables" (two nominations, one win).Helen Hunt, "The Sessions" (two nominations, one win).Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook" (two nominations, no wins).
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1985 went to "Out of Africa," which won seven Oscars in 11 nominations. "The Color Purple" also was nominated for 11 awards, but did not win any.
At the 8th Academy Awards ceremony on March 5, 1936. "Mutiny on the Bounty" won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1934. It was the only award the film received despite seven other nominations.