Who is the second youngest Best Actor Oscar winner?

Answer 1

On March 21, 1994, Anna Paquin was 11 years and 240 days old when she received the 1993 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in "The Piano." The youngest-ever Oscar winner for acting was Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 years and 148 days old on April 2, 1974, when she won the 1973 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in "Paper Moon."

Answer 2

The three youngest Oscar winners all won for Best Supporting Actress: 10-year-old Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon(1973), 11-year-old Anna Paquin for The Piano (1993) and 16-year-old Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker(1962).

Answer 3

Richard Dreyfuss was 30 years and 156 days old when he won the 1977 Best Actor Award for "The Goodbye Girl" on April 3, 1978. He was the youngest winner in the category until March 23, 2003, when Adrian Brody won the 2002 Best Actor award for his performance in "The Pianist."

Brody was was 29 years and 343 days old when he won.

Answer 4

Kate Winslet is the youngest actress to be nominated two times for an Oscar in any category. She was 22 years and 4 months old when she received her second nomination for Titanic for Best Actress in Leading Role category. Her first nomination was for Sense and Sensibility for the Best Supporting Actress category, she was 20 years old when she received her first nomination.

Many said that Jennifer Lawrence is the youngest actress to received two nominations. Jennifer Lawrence is the youngest actress to receive two nomination for the Best Leading Actress category, making her the second youngest actress to receive two nominations for any category. Lawrence received her second nomination at the age of 22 years and 7 months for her role in Silver Linings Playbook. Lawrence was born on August 15 while Winslet was born on October 5, thus, Winslet still holds the record for the youngest person to receive two nominations in ANY CATEGORY.