List of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners

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This is a list of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. As of 2018, 91 films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Each of the actors in this list has appeared in two or more such films. This list contains a total of 163 actors and collectively represents their 363 appearances in 88 Best Picture-winning films. This list, although still incomplete, contains appearances through the 91st Academy Awards ceremony held on February 24, 2019.

List of actors[]

Actor Number Best Pictures Notes
John Abbott 2 Mrs. Miniver (1942), Gigi (1958)
Ben Affleck 2 Shakespeare in Love (1998), Argo (2012)
Mahershala Ali 2 Moonlight (2016), Green Book (2018)
Harry Allen 3 Cavalcade (1932/1933), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Eddie Anderson 2 You Can't Take It with You (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)
Irving Bacon 3 It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)
William Bakewell 2 All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/1930), Gone with the Wind (1939)
Ian Bannen 2 Gandhi (1982), Braveheart (1995)
Lionel Barrymore 2 Grand Hotel (1931/1932), You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Billy Bevan 3 Cavalcade (1932/1933), Rebecca (1940), Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Ward Bond 3 It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939) A
Ernest Borgnine 2 From Here to Eternity (1953), Marty (1955)
Marlon Brando 2 On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972)
Richard Bright 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Avis Bunnage 2 Tom Jones (1963), Gandhi (1982)
James Caan 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Simon Callow 2 Amadeus (1984), Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Bill Camp 2 12 Years a Slave (2013), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Leslie Caron 2 An American in Paris (1951), Gigi (1958)
Sue Casey 2 An American in Paris (1951), American Beauty (1999)
Dick Cavett 2 Annie Hall (1977), Forrest Gump (1994)
John Cazale 3 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Deer Hunter (1978) B
Howland Chamberlain 2 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Eddy Chandler 3 It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)
Ian Charleson 2 Chariots of Fire (1981), Gandhi (1982)
Wallis Clark 5 It Happened One Night (1934), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)
Heinie Conklin 3 All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/1930), Cimarron (1930/1931), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Gladys Cooper 2 Rebecca (1940), My Fair Lady (1964)
Melville Cooper 2 Rebecca (1940), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Sofia Coppola 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Roger Corman 2 The Godfather Part II (1974), The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Gino Corrado 3 Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940), Casablanca (1943)
Donald Crisp 3 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Bing Crosby 2 Going My Way (1944), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Russell Crowe 2 Gladiator (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001) J
Willem Dafoe 2 Platoon (1986), The English Patient (1996)
Harry Davenport 3 The Life of Emile Zola (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)
Nigel Davenport 2 A Man for All Seasons (1966), Chariots of Fire (1981)
Keith David 2 Platoon (1986), Crash (2005)
Robert De Niro 2 The Godfather Part II (1974), The Deer Hunter (1978)
Reginald Denny 2 Rebecca (1940), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Danny DeVito 2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983) C
Leonardo DiCaprio 2 Titanic (1997), The Departed (2006)
Garret Dillahunt 2 No Country for Old Men (2007), 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Brad Dourif 2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) D
Robert Duvall 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Clint Eastwood 2 Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004) E
Billy Engle 3 It Happened One Night (1934), Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Herbert Evans 4 Grand Hotel (1931/1932), How Green Was My Valley (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Casablanca (1943)
Franklyn Farnum 7 The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Going My Way (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), All About Eve (1950), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Mary Field 3 How Green Was My Valley (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Ralph Fiennes 3 Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996), The Hurt Locker (2009)
Colin Firth 3 The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The King's Speech (2010)
Frances Fisher 2 Unforgiven (1992), Titanic (1997)
Barry Fitzgerald 2 How Green Was My Valley (1941), Going My Way (1944),
Pat Flaherty 3 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), You Can't Take It with You (1938), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Tommy Flanagan 2 Braveheart (1995), Gladiator (2000)
Bess Flowers 5 It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938), All About Eve (1950), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Around the World in 80 Days (1956) F
Morgan Freeman 3 Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Clark Gable 3 It Happened One Night (1934), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Gone with the Wind (1939)
David Gant 2 Gandhi (1982), Braveheart (1995)
Victor Garber 2 Titanic (1997), Argo (2012)
Michael V. Gazzo 2 On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather Part II (1974)
John Gielgud 3 Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Chariots of Fire (1981), Gandhi (1982)
Hermione Gingold 2 Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Gigi (1958)
John Goodman 2 The Artist (2011), Argo (2012)
Beth Grant 3 Rain Man (1988), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Artist (2011)
Hugh Griffith 3 Ben-Hur (1959), Tom Jones (1963), Oliver! (1968)
Richard Griffiths 2 Chariots of Fire (1981), Gandhi (1982)
Sonny Grosso 2 The French Connection (1971), The Godfather (1972)
Alec Guinness 2 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Jack Gwillim 3 Lawrence of Arabia (1962), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Patton (1970)
Gene Hackman 2 The French Connection (1971), Unforgiven (1992)
Richard Harris 2 Unforgiven (1992), Gladiator (2000)
Jack Hawkins 3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Ben-Hur (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Charlton Heston 2 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Ben-Hur (1959)
Bill Hickman 2 Patton (1970), The French Connection (1971)
Bernard Hill 3 Gandhi (1982), Titanic (1997), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Judd Hirsch 2 Ordinary People (1980), A Beautiful Mind (2001) C
Basil Hoffman 2 Ordinary People (1980), The Artist (2011)
Dustin Hoffman 3 Midnight Cowboy (1969), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Rain Man (1988)
Stanley Holloway 2 Hamlet (1948), My Fair Lady (1964)
Celeste Holm 2 Gentleman's Agreement (1947), All About Eve (1950)
Ian Holm 2 Chariots of Fire (1981), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Bernard Horsfall 2 Gandhi (1982), Braveheart (1995)
Trevor Howard 2 Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Gandhi (1982)
Derek Jacobi 2 Gladiator (2000), The King's Speech (2010)
Anthony James 2 In the Heat of the Night (1967), Unforgiven (1992)
Richard Jenkins 2 Spotlight (2015), The Shape of Water (2017)
2 Dances with Wolves (1990), Unforgiven (1992)
Eddie Kane 3 The Broadway Melody (1929), It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Robert Karnes 4 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), All the King's Men (1949), From Here to Eternity (1953)
Roscoe Karns 2 Wings (1927/1928), It Happened One Night (1934)
Diane Keaton 3 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Annie Hall (1977)
Michael Keaton 2 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Spotlight (2015)
Rachel Kempson 2 Tom Jones (1963), Out of Africa (1985) G
Morgana King 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Ben Kingsley 2 Gandhi (1982), Schindler's List (1993)
Sean Lawlor 2 Braveheart (1995), Titanic (1997)
Anna Lee 2 How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Sound of Music (1965)
Christopher Lee 2 Hamlet (1948), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) D
Doris Lloyd 2 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Sound of Music (1965)
Peter Lorre 2 Casablanca (1942), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Myrna Loy 2 The Great Ziegfeld (1936), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Dennis Lynch[1] 2 The Departed (2006), Spotlight (2015)
Anthony Mackie 2 Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Hurt Locker (2009)
Shirley MacLaine 3 Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Apartment (1960), Terms of Endearment (1983)
Karl Malden 2 On the Waterfront (1954), Patton (1970)
Edwin Maxwell 4 All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/1930), Grand Hotel (1931/1932), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Scoot McNairy 2 Argo (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Beryl Mercer 2 All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/1930), Cavalcade (1932/1933)
James Millican 2 You Can't Take It with You (1938), The Lost Weekend (1945)
John Mills 2 Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Gandhi (1982)
2 The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Viggo Mortensen 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Green Book (2018)
Noel Neill 2 An American in Paris (1951), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Jack Nicholson 3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), The Departed (2006)
David Niven 2 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Cathy O'Donnell 2 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Ben-Hur (1959)
David O'Hara 2 Braveheart (1995), The Departed (2006)
Laurence Olivier 2 Rebecca (1940), Hamlet (1948)
Peter O'Toole 2 Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Last Emperor (1987)
Reginald Owen 2 The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Al Pacino 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Guy Pearce 2 The Hurt Locker (2009), The King's Speech (2010)
Michael Peña 2 Million Dollar Baby (2004), Crash (2005)
Lee Phelps 3 Grand Hotel (1931/1932), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)
Walter Pidgeon 2 How Green Was My Valley (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) J
Christopher Plummer 2 The Sound of Music (1965), A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Anthony Quayle 2 Hamlet (1948), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Claude Rains 2 Casablanca (1943), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Robert Redford 2 The Sting (1973), Out of Africa (1985) H
Oliver Reed 2 Oliver! (1968), Gladiator (2000)
George Reeves 2 Gone with the Wind (1939), From Here to Eternity (1953)
Liisa Repo-Martell 2 Unforgiven (1992), The English Patient (1996)
Suzanne Ridgeway 3 Gone with the Wind (1939), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Shane Rimmer 2 Gandhi (1982), Out of Africa (1985)
Bodil Rosing 3 All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/1930), Grand Hotel (1931/1932), You Can't Take it with You (1938) I
Geoffrey Rush 2 Shakespeare in Love (1998), The King's Speech (2010)
Gianni Russo 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
George Sanders 2 Rebecca (1940), All About Eve (1950)
Vincent Schiavelli 2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984)
Robert Shaw 2 A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Sting (1973)
Martin Sheen 2 Gandhi (1982), The Departed (2006)
Talia Shire 3 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Rocky (1976)
Frank Sinatra 2 From Here to Eternity (1953), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Joe Spinell 3 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Rocky (1976)
Rod Steiger 2 On the Waterfront (1954), In the Heat of the Night (1967)
James Stewart 2 You Can't Take It with You (1938), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Meryl Streep 3 The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Out of Africa (1985)
2 The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Nick Vallelonga 2 The Godfather (1972), Green Book (2018) K
Norma Varden 2 Casablanca (1942), The Sound of Music (1965)
Abe Vigoda 2 The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Christopher Walken 2 Annie Hall (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978)
M. Emmet Walsh 2 Midnight Cowboy (1969), Ordinary People (1980)
Ray Walston 2 The Apartment (1960), The Sting (1973)
Tracey Walter 2 Annie Hall (1977), The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
David Warner 2 Tom Jones (1963), Titanic (1997)
Frank Wilcox 3 Gentleman's Agreement (1947), All the King's Men (1949), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Rhys Williams 2 How Green Was My Valley (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Ian Wolfe 3 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Ben Wright 2 My Fair Lady (1964), The Sound of Music (1965)
Teresa Wright 2 Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Susannah York 2 Tom Jones (1963), A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Benny Young 2 Chariots of Fire (1981), Out of Africa (1985)
Mary Young 3 The Lost Weekend (1945), An American in Paris (1951), Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Notes[]

^A Ward Bond appeared in 13 films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In addition to appearing in the three Best Picture winners listed above, Bond also appeared in the following ten Best Picture nominees: Arrowsmith (1931/1932), Lady for a Day (1932/1933), Dead End (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Long Voyage Home (1940), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Sergeant York (1941), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), The Quiet Man (1952), and Mister Roberts (1955).[2]

^B John Cazale appeared in only five feature films, all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In addition to the three films listed above, Cazale also appeared in The Conversation (1974) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Twelve years after his death, Cazale appeared in archive footage in a sixth feature film, The Godfather Part III (1990), which was also nominated for Best Picture.

^C Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito are the only cast members of the television show Taxi that have appeared in more than one Best Picture Oscar-winning film. In addition: fellow Taxi cast members Randall Carver, Christopher Lloyd, Carol Kane and Tony Danza have respectively appeared in Best Picture Oscar winners Midnight Cowboy (1969), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Annie Hall (1977) and Crash (2005).

^D Neither Brad Dourif nor Christopher Lee appeared in the theatrical release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). However, deleted scenes including Dourif and Lee were subsequently re-inserted into the Extended Edition DVD version of the film.

^E Clint Eastwood is currently the only person ever to produce, direct, and star in two Best Picture Oscar winners.

^F Bess Flowers appeared in 23 films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In addition to appearing in the five Best Picture winners listed above, Flowers also appeared in the following eighteen Best Picture nominees: Anthony Adverse (1936), Dodsworth (1936), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), In Old Chicago (1937), One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937), Love Affair (1939), Ninotchka (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Watch on the Rhine (1943), Double Indemnity (1944), Mildred Pierce (1945), The Razor's Edge (1946), Father of the Bride (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), The Robe (1953), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).

^G In addition to appearing in the two films listed above, Robert Redford also directed Ordinary People (1980), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

^H In addition to appearing in the three Best Picture winners listed above, Bodil Rosing also appeared in Sunrise (1927). Sunrise was the only film to win the Academy Award for Best Unique and Artistic Production; after the 1st Academy Awards, this award category was discontinued.

^I In addition to her own Best Picture appearances, all three of Rachel Kempson's children appeared in Best Pictures as well. Lynn Redgrave appeared in Tom Jones (1963) and Corin Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave appeared in A Man for All Seasons (1966).

^J Walter Pidgeon, Clark Gable and Russell Crowe played the lead role in back-to-back Best Picture winners, and as of 2019 are the only actors ever to do so.

^K Nick Vallelonga was uncredited as a wedding guest in 1972's Best Picture winner The Godfather. He would go on to write the screenplay and have a small supporting role in 2018's Best Picture winner Green Book.

Superlatives[]

  • Most Appearances in Best Picture Nominees - Actors who appeared in the most Best Picture nominees are: Bess Flowers (23 films - all uncredited), Ward Bond (13 films, 4 uncredited), Robert De Niro (11 films, 1 uncredited), Franklyn Farnum (11 films - all uncredited), Jack Nicholson (10 films), Leonardo DiCaprio (9 films), William Holden (9 films), Spencer Tracy (9 films), Elizabeth Taylor (9 films, 2 uncredited), Gary Cooper (9 films), Tom Hanks (9 films), Al Pacino (8 films), Lionel Barrymore (8 films), Olivia de Havilland (8 films), Daniel Day-Lewis (8 films), Robert Duvall (8 films, 1 uncredited), Henry Fonda (8 films), Harrison Ford (8 films), John Gielgud (8 films), Dustin Hoffman (8 films), Burt Lancaster (8 films), Reginald Owen (8 films), Gregory Peck (8 films), Claude Rains (8 films), Tom Wilkinson (8 films), Brad Pitt (8 films), Cate Blanchett (7 films), Beulah Bondi (7 films), Marlon Brando (7 films), John Carradine (7 films), Wallis Clark (7 films, 6 uncredited), Gladys Cooper (7 films), Finlay Currie (7 films), Katharine Hepburn (7 films), Harvey Keitel (7 films, 1 uncredited), Deborah Kerr (7 films), Elsa Lanchester (7 films), Fredric March (7 films), Laurence Olivier (7 films, 1 uncredited), James Stewart (7 films), Bette Davis (7 films), Meryl Streep (7 films), and Michael Stuhlbarg (7 films).[3]
  • Most Appearances in Best Picture Winners - Actors who appeared in the most Best Picture winners are: Franklyn Farnum (7 films), Wallis Clark (5 films), and Bess Flowers (5 films).
  • Most Consecutive Appearances - Actors who appeared in three consecutive Best Picture winners are: Wallis Clark (1934 through 1936) and Harry Davenport (1937 through 1939).
  • Most Represented Films - Films most represented on this list are: The Godfather Part II (16 times), The Godfather (15 times), You Can't Take It With You (14 times), Gandhi (14 times), and Around the World in 80 Days (14 times).
  • Longest Span Between Appearances - Actors with the longest span between appearances in Best Picture winners are: Christopher Lee (55 years), Sue Casey (48 years), Nick Vallelonga (46 years), Christopher Plummer (36 years), David Warner (34 years), Howland Chamberlain (33 years) and Oliver Reed (32 years).

Statistics[]

  • Actors - The 163 actors listed above have collectively delivered a total of 353 appearances in 86 Best Picture-winning films:
    • 1 actor appeared in 7 Best Pictures;
    • 2 actors appeared in 5 Best Pictures;
    • 3 actors appeared in 4 Best Pictures;
    • 38 actors appeared in 3 Best Pictures; and
    • 112 actors appeared in 2 Best Pictures.
  • Films - To date, 93 films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture, only five of which are not represented in the above list:
    • West Side Story (1961);
    • Chicago (2002);
    • Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    • Parasite (2019)
    • Nomadland (2020)

References[]

  1. ^ "Dennis Lynch". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Actors and how many best picture nominees they've been in". The Sophomore Critic. 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  3. ^ "Olivia de Havilland Movies - UMR". www.ultimatemovierankings.com.
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