MOVIES

Academy Awards
Most Wins for Best Actor
This list features actors that have won the most Best Actor awards at the Academy Awards.
RANK | ACTOR | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Daniel Day-Lewis | 6 | 3 | My Left Foot (1989) There Will Be Blood (2007), Lincoln (2012) |
2 | Spencer Tracy | 9 | 2 | Captain Courageous (1938) Boys Town (1939) |
3 | Jack Nicholson | 8 | 2 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) As Good as It Gets (1997) |
4 | Marlon Brando | 7 | 2 | On the Waterfront (1954) The Godfather (1972) |
5 | Dustin Hoffman | 7 | 2 | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Rain Man (1988) |
6 | Fredric March | 5 | 2 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) |
7 | Gary Cooper | 5 | 2 | Sergeant York (1941) High Noon (1952) |
8 | Tom Hanks | 5 | 2 | Philadelphia (1993) Forrest Gump (1994) |
9 | Sean Penn | 5 | 2 | Mystic River (2003) Milk (2008) |
10 | Anthony Hopkins | 4 | 2 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) The Father (2020) |
11 | Adrien Brody | 2 | 2 | The Pianist (2002) The Brutalist (2024) |
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