Tom Hanks Academy Awards Best Actor

May 22, 2012 | Author admin

Academy Awards?

Who has been nominated for the Best Actor award (Academy Awards only) the most?
Tom Hanks has been 6 times.
Is there anyone more than that?

Yes, there are quite a few…..but Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier lead the pack with 9 nominations each….check out the list:

Spencer Tracy (9) – with two wins (1937, 1938); three were consecutive nominations (from 1936-1938), and two others were consecutive nominations (from 1960-1961)
Laurence Olivier (9) – with one win (1948); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940)
Jack Nicholson (8) – with three wins (two B.A. wins in 1975, 1997); three were consecutive nominations (from 1973-1975)
Paul Newman (8) – with one win (1986); two were consecutive nominations (from 1981-1982)
Peter O’Toole (8) – with no wins; two were consecutive nominations (from 1968-1969)
Marlon Brando (7) – with two wins (1954, 1972); four were consecutive nominations (from 1951-1954)
Dustin Hoffman (7) – with two wins (1979, 1988)
Jack Lemmon (7) – with two wins (one B.A. win in 1973); two were consecutive nominations (from 1959-1960)
Richard Burton (6) – with no wins; three were consecutive nominations (from 1964-1966)
Tom Hanks (5) – with two wins (1993, 1994); two were consecutive nominations (from 1993-1994)
Fredric March (5) – with two wins (1931/32, 1946); two were consecutive nominations (from 1930/31-1931/32)
Gary Cooper (5) – with two wins (1941, 1952); three were consecutive nominations (from 1941-1943)
Robert DeNiro (5) – with two wins (one B.A. win in 1980); two were consecutive nominations (from 1990-1991)
Paul Muni (5) – with one win (1936); two were consecutive nominations (from 1936-1937)
Al Pacino (5) – with one win (1992); three were consecutive nominations (from 1973-1975)
Gregory Peck (5) – with one win (1962); three were consecutive nominations (from 1945-1947)
James Stewart (5) – with one win (1940); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940)
Ronald Colman (4) – with one win (1947); two were in the same year (1929/30)
Denzel Washington (3) – with one win (2001); highest for an African-American
William Hurt (3) – with one win (1985); three were consecutive nominations (from 1985-1987)
Russell Crowe (3) – with one win (2000); three were consecutive nominations (from 1999-2001)
Humphrey Bogart (3) – with one win (1951)

OSCAR NOMINATED BEST PICTURES….82th Academy Awards

Best of the Silver Screen Series: The Academy Awards 1989 (Best Actor), including Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Gene Hackman, Edward James Olmos, et.al.

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Best of the Silver Screen Series: The Academy Awards 1994 (Best Actor), including Tom Hanks, Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Fishburne, et.al.

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