Academy Awards: Multiple - Acting

3 Academy Awards

• Walter Brennan
  • Come and Get It (1936) - Supporting
  • Kentucky (1938) - Supporting
  • The Westerner (1940) - Supporting

• Daniel Day-Lewis
  • My Left Foot (1989) - Lead
  • There Will Be Blood (2007) - Lead
  • Lincoln (2013) - Lead

• Jack Nicholson
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Lead
  • Terms of Endearment (1983) - Supporting
  • As Good As it Gets (1997) - Lead

2 Academy Awards

• Marlon Brando
  • On the Waterfront (1954) - Lead
  • The Godfather (1972) - Lead
• Michael Caine
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - Supporting
  • The Cider House Rules (1999) - Supporting
• Gary Cooper
  • Sergeant York (1941) - Lead
  • High Noon (1952) - Lead
• Robert De Niro
  • The Godfather Part II (1974) - Supporting
  • Raging Bull (1980) - Lead
• Melvyn Douglas
  • Hud (1963) - Supporting
  • Being There (1979) - Supporting
• Gene Hackman
  • The French Connection (1971) - Lead
  • Unforgiven (1992) - Lead
• Tom Hanks
  • Philadelphia (1993) - Lead
  • Forrest Gump (1994) - Lead
• Dustin Hoffman
  • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Lead
  • Rain Man (1988) - Lead
• Anthony Hopkins
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Lead
  • The Father (2020) - Lead
• Jack Lemmon
  • Mister Roberts (1955) - Supporting
  • Save the Tiger (1973) - Lead
• Fredric March
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) - Lead
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Lead
• Sean Penn
  • Mystic River (2003) - Lead
  • Milk (2008) - Lead
• Anthony Quinn
  • Viva Zapata! (1952) - Supporting
  • Lust for Life (1956) - Supporting 
• Jason Robards
  • All the President's Men (1976) - Supporting
  • Julia (1977) - Supporting
• Peter Ustinov
  • Spartacus (1960) - Supporting
  • Topkapi (1964) - Supporting
• Spencer Tracy
  • Captains Courageous (1937) - Lead
  • Boys Town (1938) - Lead
• Denzel Washington
  • Glory (1989) - Supporting
  • Training Day (2001) - Lead

12 Nominations:

• Jack Nicholson (won 3)

10 Nominations:

• Laurence Olivier (won 1)

9 Nominations:

• Spencer Tracy (won 2)
• Paul Newman (won 1)
• Al Pacino (won 1)

8 Nominations:

• Denzel Washington (won 2)
• Marlon Brando (won 2)
• Jack Lemmon (won 2)
• Peter O'Toole (won 0)

7 Nominations:

• Robert De Niro (won 2)
• Dustin Hoffman (won 2)
• Richard Burton (won 0)

6 Nominations:

• Daniel Day-Lewis (won 3)
• Michael Caine (won 2)
• Tom Hanks (won 2)
• Anthony Hopkins (won 2)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (won 1)
• Robert Duvall (won 1)

4 Academy Awards

• Katharine Hepburn
  • Morning Glory (1932/33) - Lead
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - Lead
  • The Lion in Winter (1968) - Lead
  • On Golden Pond (1981) - Lead

3 Academy Awards

• Ingrid Bergman
  • Gaslight (1944) - Lead
  • Anastasia (1956) - Lead
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - Supporting
• Frances McDormand
  • Fargo (1996) - Lead
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) - Lead
  • Nomadland (2020) - Lead
• Meryl Streep
  • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Lead
  • Sophie's Choice (1982) - Lead
  • The Iron Lady (2011) - Lead

2 Academy Awards

• Cate Blanchett
  • The Aviator (2004) - Supporting
  • Blue Jasmine (2013) - Lead
• Bette Davis
  • Dangerous (1935) - Lead
  • Jezebel (1938) - Lead
• Olivia de Havilland
  • To Each His Own (1946) - Lead
  • The Heiress (1949) - Lead
• Sally Field
  • Norma Rae (1979) - Lead
  • Places in the Heart (1984) - Lead
• Jane Fonda
  • Klute (1971) - Lead
  • Coming Home (1978) - Lead
• Jodie Foster
  • The Accused (1988) - Lead
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Lead
• Helen Hayes
  • The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931/32) - Lead
  • Airport (1970) - Supporting
• Glenda Jackson
  • Women in Love (1970) - Lead
  • A Touch of Class (1973) - Lead
• Jessica Lange
  • Tootsie (1982) - Supporting
  • Blue Sky (1994) - Lead
• Vivien Leigh
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) - Lead
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Lead
• Luise Rainer
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936) - Lead
  • The Good Earth (1937) - Lead
• Maggie Smith
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - Lead
  • California Suite (1978) - Supporting
• Hilary Swank
  • Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Lead
  • Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Lead
• Elizabeth Taylor
  • Butterfield 8 (1960) - Lead
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Lead
• Dianne Wiest
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - Supporting
  • Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Supporting
• Shelley Winters
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) - Supporting
  • A Patch of Blue (1965) - Supporting

20 Nominations:

• Meryl Streep (won 3)

12 Nominations:

• Katharine Hepburn (won 4)

10 Nominations:

• Bette Davis (won 2)

8 Nominations:

• Geraldine Page (won 1)
• Glenn Close (won 0)

7 Nominations:

• Ingrid Bergman (won 3)
• Cate Blanchett (won 2)
• Jane Fonda (won 2)
• Greer Garson (won 1)

6 Nominations:

• Frances McDormand (won 3)
• Jessica Lange (won 2)
• Maggie Smith (won 2)
• Ellen Burstyn (won 1)
• Judi Dench (won 1)
• Vanessa Redgrave (won 1)
• Norma Shearer (won 1)
• Sissy Spacek (won 1)
• Kate Winslet (won 1)
• Amy Adams (won 0)
• Deborah Kerr (won 0)
• Thelma Ritter (won 0)