Oscar Award Winners

The Oscar Awards have been given out annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1928. It is not known for certain why they are called Oscars, but it is speculated that they were named after an uncle of one of the Academy directors.

Included in this list are the winners in the Best Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress categories.

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Lupita Nyong'o2014actress12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Connelly2002actressA Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard2002directorA Beautiful Mind
Ronald Colman1948actorA Double Life
Sebastián Lelio2018directorA Fantastic Woman(Watt)
Kevin Kline1989actorA Fish Called Wanda
Lionel Barrymore1932actorA Free Soul
Joseph L. Mankiewicz1950directorA Letter to Three Wives
Paul Scofield1967actorA Man for All Seasons
Fred Zinnemann1967directorA Man for All Seasons
Peggy Ashcroft1985actressA Passage to India
Shelley Winters1966actressA Patch of Blue
George Stevens1952directorA Place in the Sun
Asghar Farhadi2013directorA Separation
Kim Hunter1952actressA Streetcar Named Desire(Cole)
Vivien Leigh1952actressA Streetcar Named Desire
Karl Malden1952actorA Streetcar Named Desire
Martin Balsam1966actorA Thousand Clowns
Glenda Jackson1974actressA Touch of Class
James Dunn1946actorA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Chris Cooper2003actorAdaptation
James Coburn1999actorAffliction
Helen Hayes1971actressAirport
Lila Kedrova1965actressAlexis Zorbas
Ellen Burstyn1975actressAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Joseph L. Mankiewicz1951directorAll About Eve
George Sanders1951actorAll About Eve
Lewis Milestone1931directorAll Quiet on the Western Front
Broderick Crawford1950actorAll the King's Men
Mercedes McCambridge1950actressAll the King's Men
Jason Robards1977actorAll the President's Men
F. Murray Abraham1985actorAmadeus
Miloš Forman1985directorAmadeus
Sam Mendes2000directorAmerican Beauty
Kevin Spacey2000actorAmerican Beauty
Louis Gossett, Jr.1983actorAn Officer and a Gentleman
Ingrid Bergman1957actressAnastasia
Woody Allen1978directorAnnie Hall(Konigsberg)
Diane Keaton1978actressAnnie Hall
Gale Sondergaard1937actressAnthony Adverse
John Gielgud1982actorArthur
Helen Hunt1998actressAs Good As It Gets
Jack Nicholson1998actorAs Good As It Gets
Frank Borzage1933directorBad Girl
Christopher Plummer2012actorBeginners
Melvyn Douglas1980actorBeing There
Hugh Griffith1960actorBen-Hur
Charlton Heston1960actorBen-Hur
William Wyler1960directorBen-Hur
Alejandro González Iñárritu2015directorBirdman
Natalie Portman2011actressBlack Swan
Jessica Lange1995actressBlue Sky
Rami Malek2019actorBohemian Rhapsody
Estelle Parsons1968actressBonnie and Clyde
Oliver Stone1990directorBorn on the Fourth of July
Judy Holliday1951actressBorn Yesterday
Patricia Arquette2015actressBoyhood
Hilary Swank2000actressBoys Don't Cry
Spencer Tracy1939actorBoys Town
Mel Gibson1996directorBraveheart
Mark Rylance2016actorBridge of Spies
Ang Lee2006directorBrokeback Mountain
Dianne Wiest1995actressBullets Over Broadway
Elizabeth Taylor1961actressButterfield 8
Eileen Heckart1973actressButterflies Are Free
Bob Fosse1973directorCabaret
Joel Grey1973actorCabaret
Liza Minnelli1973actressCabaret
Goldie Hawn1970actressCactus Flower
Maggie Smith1979actressCalifornia Suite
Philip Seymour Hoffman2006actorCapote
Spencer Tracy1938actorCaptains Courageous
Michael Curtiz1944directorCasablanca
Lee Marvin1966actorCat Ballou
Frank Lloyd1934directorCavalcade
Cliff Robertson1969actorCharly
Catherine Zeta-Jones2003actressChicago
Marlee Matlin1987actressChildren of a Lesser God
Jack Palance1992actorCity Slickers
Sissy Spacek1981actressCoal Miner's Daughter
Don Ameche1986actorCocoon
Troy Kotsur2022actorCODA
Renée Zellweger2004actressCold Mountain
Walter Brennan1937actorCome and Get It
Shirley Booth1953actressCome Back, Little Sheba
Jane Fonda1979actressComing Home
Jon Voight1979actorComing Home
George Kennedy1968actorCool Hand Luke
Mary Pickford1930actressCoquette
Jeff Bridges2010actorCrazy Heart
José Ferrer1951actorCyrano de Bergerac
Jared Leto2014actorDallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey2014actorDallas Buyers Club
Kevin Costner1991directorDances with Wolves
Bette Davis1936actressDangerous
Gary Oldman2018actorDarkest Hour
Julie Christie1966actressDarling
Susan Sarandon1996actressDead Man Walking
George Arliss1931actorDisraeli
Christoph Waltz2013actorDjango Unchained
Fredric March1933actorDr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
Jennifer Hudson2007actressDreamgirls
Jessica Tandy1990actressDriving Miss Daisy
Jo Van Fleet1956actressEast of Eden
Martin Landau1995actorEd Wood
Shirley Jones1961actressElmer Gantry
Burt Lancaster1961actorElmer Gantry
Julia Roberts2001actressErin Brockovich
Jamie Lee Curtis2023actressEverything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan2023directorEverything Everywhere All at Once
Ke Huy Quan2023actorEverything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Scheinert2023directorEverything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh2023actressEverything Everywhere All at Once(Khan)
Frances McDormand1997actressFargo
Viola Davis2017actressFences
Katina Paxinou1944actressFor Whom the Bell Tolls
Tom Hanks1995actorForrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis1995directorForrest Gump
Walter Matthau1967actorFortune Cookie
Donna Reed1954actressFrom Here to Eternity
Frank Sinatra1954actorFrom Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann1954directorFrom Here to Eternity
Barbra Streisand1969actressFunny Girl
Richard Attenborough1983directorGandhi
Ben Kingsley1983actorGandhi(Bhanji)
Ingrid Bergman1945actressGaslight
Celeste Holm1948actressGentleman's Agreement
Elia Kazan1948directorGentleman's Agreement
Whoopi Goldberg1991actressGhost(Johnson)
George Stevens1957directorGiant
Vincente Minnelli1959directorGigi
Angelina Jolie2000actressGirl, Interrupted
Russell Crowe2001actorGladiator
Denzel Washington1990actorGlory
Harry "Bing" Crosby1945actorGoing My Way
Barry Fitzgerald1945actorGoing My Way
Leo McCarey1945directorGoing My Way
Victor Fleming1940directorGone with the Wind
Vivien Leigh1940actressGone with the Wind
Hattie McDaniel1940actressGone with the Wind
Robin Williams1998actorGood Will Hunting
Robert Donat1940actorGoodbye, Mr. Chips
Joe Pesci1991actorGoodFellas
Alfonso Cuarón2014directorGravity(Orozco)
Mahershala Ali2019actorGreen Book(Gilmore)
Katharine Hepburn1968actressGuess Who's Coming to Dinner
Laurence Olivier1949actorHamlet
Michael Caine1987actorHannah and Her Sisters
Dianne Wiest1987actressHannah and Her Sisters
Art Carney1975actorHarry and Tonto
Josephine Hull1951actressHarvey
Gary Cooper1953actorHigh Noon
Donald Crisp1942actorHow Green Was My Valley
John Ford1942directorHow Green Was My Valley
Emma Thompson1993actressHowards End
Melvyn Douglas1964actorHud
Patricia Neal1964actressHud
Susan Hayward1959actressI Want to Live!
Allison Janney2018actressI, Tonya
Regina King2019actressIf Beale Street Could Talk
Warner Baxter1930actorIn Old Arizona
Alice Brady1938actressIn Old Chicago
Rod Steiger1968actorIn the Heat of the Night
Christoph Waltz2010actorInglourious Basterds
Jim Broadbent2002actorIris
Frank Capra1935directorIt Happened One Night
Claudette Colbert1935actressIt Happened One Night
Clark Gable1935actorIt Happened One Night
Cuba Gooding, Jr.1997actorJerry Maguire
Fay Bainter1939actressJezebel
Bette Davis1939actressJezebel
Jane Wyman1949actressJohnny Belinda
Van Heflin1943actorJohnny Eager
Joaquin Phoenix2020actorJoker(Bottom)
Daniel Kaluuya2021actorJudas and the Black Messiah
Maximilian Schell1962actorJudgment at Nuremberg
Renée Zellweger2020actressJudy
Vanessa Redgrave1978actressJulia
Jason Robards1978actorJulia
Walter Brennan1939actorKentucky
Claire Trevor1949actressKey Largo
Will Smith2022actorKing Richard
William Hurt1986actorKiss of the Spider Woman
Ginger Rogers1941actressKitty Foyle
Jane Fonda1972actressKlute
Robert Benton1980directorKramer vs. Kramer
Dustin Hoffman1980actorKramer vs. Kramer
Meryl Streep1980actressKramer vs. Kramer
Kim Basinger1998actressL.A. Confidential
Sophia Loren1962actressLa Ciociara
Damien Chazelle2017directorLa La Land
Emma Stone2017actressLa La Land
Marion Cotillard2008actressLa Vie en Rose
David Lean1963directorLawrence of Arabia
Nicolas Cage1996actorLeaving Las Vegas
Anne Hathaway2013actressLes Misérables
Roberto Benigni1999actorLife is Beautiful
Ang Lee2013directorLife of Pi
Sidney Poitier1964actorLilies of the Field
Daniel Day-Lewis2013actorLincoln
Alan Arkin2007actorLittle Miss Sunshine
Anthony Quinn1957actorLust for Life
Casey Affleck2017actorManchester by the Sea
Laura Dern2020actressMarriage Story
Ernest Borgnine1956actorMarty
Delbert Mann1956directorMarty
Julie Andrews1965actressMary Poppins
Mary Steenburgen1981actressMelvin and Howard
Tilda Swinton2008actressMichael Clayton
John Schlesinger1970directorMidnight Cowboy
Mira Sorvino1996actressMighty Aphrodite
Joan Crawford1946actressMildred Pierce(LeSueur)
Sean Penn2009actorMilk
Clint Eastwood2005directorMillion Dollar Baby
Morgan Freeman2005actorMillion Dollar Baby
Hilary Swank2005actressMillion Dollar Baby
Marie Dressler1932actressMin and Bill
Youn Yuh-jung2021actressMinari
Edmund Gwenn1948actorMiracle on 34th Street
Kathy Bates1991actressMisery
Jack Lemmon1956actorMister Roberts
Charlize Theron2004actressMonster
Halle Berry2002actressMonster's Ball
Mahershala Ali2017actorMoonlight(Gilmore)
Cher1988actressMoonstruck(Sarkisian)
Olympia Dukakis1988actressMoonstruck
Katharine Hepburn1934actressMorning Glory
Frank Capra1937directorMr. Deeds Goes to Town
Greer Garson1943actressMrs. Miniver
Teresa Wright1943actressMrs. Miniver
William Wyler1943directorMrs. Miniver
Ingrid Bergman1975actressMurder on the Orient Express
Marisa Tomei1993actressMy Cousin Vinny
George Cukor1965directorMy Fair Lady
Rex Harrison1965actorMy Fair Lady
Daniel Day-Lewis1990actorMy Left Foot
Brenda Fricker1990actressMy Left Foot
Sean Penn2004actorMystic River
Tim Robbins2004actorMystic River
Anne Revere1946actressNational Velvet
Faye Dunaway1977actressNetwork
Peter Finch1977actorNetwork
Beatrice Straight1977actressNetwork
Javier Bardem2008actorNo Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen2008directorNo Country for Old Men
Joel Coen2008directorNo Country for Old Men
Frances McDormand2021actressNomadland
Chloé Zhao2021directorNomadland
Ethel Barrymore1945actressNone But the Lonely Heart
Sally Field1980actressNorma Rae
Carol Reed1969directorOliver!
Henry Fonda1982actorOn Golden Pond
Katharine Hepburn1982actressOn Golden Pond
Marlon Brando1955actorOn the Waterfront
Elia Kazan1955directorOn the Waterfront
Eva Marie Saint1955actressOn the Waterfront
Brad Pitt2020actorOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood
Louise Fletcher1976actressOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Miloš Forman1976directorOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nicholson1976actorOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Robert Downey Jr.2024actorOppenheimer
Cillian Murphy2024actorOppenheimer
Christopher Nolan2024directorOppenheimer
Timothy Hutton1981actorOrdinary People
Robert Redford1981directorOrdinary People
Sydney Pollack1986directorOut of Africa
Tatum O'Neal1974actressPaper Moon
Bong Joon-ho2020directorParasite
Franklin J. Schaffner1971directorPatton
George C. Scott1971actorPatton
Tom Hanks1994actorPhiladelphia
Sally Field1985actressPlaces in the Heart
Oliver Stone1987directorPlatoon
Marcia Gay Harden2001actressPollock
Emma Stone2024actressPoor Things
Jane Campion2022directorPower of the Dog
Mo'Nique2010actressPrecious(Hicks)
Anjelica Huston1986actressPrizzi's Honor
Robert De Niro1981actorRaging Bull
Dustin Hoffman1989actorRain Man
Barry Levinson1989directorRain Man
Jamie Foxx2005actorRay(Bishop)
Warren Beatty1982directorReds
Maureen Stapleton1982actressReds
Jeremy Irons1991actorReversal of Fortune
John G. Avildsen1977directorRocky
Alfonso Cuarón2019directorRoma(Orozco)
Audrey Hepburn1954actressRoman Holiday
Brie Larson2016actressRoom
Simone Signoret1960actressRoom at the Top
Ruth Gordon1969actressRosemary's Baby
John Mills1971actorRyan's Daughter
Jack Lemmon1974actorSave the Tiger
Steven Spielberg1999directorSaving Private Ryan
Red Buttons1958actorSayonara(Chwatt)
Miyoshi Umeki1958actressSayonara
Al Pacino1993actorScent of a Woman
Steven Spielberg1994directorSchindler's List
Wendy Hiller1959actressSeparate Tables
David Niven1959actorSeparate Tables
Gary Cooper1942actorSergeant York
Frank Borzage1929directorSeventh Heaven
Janet Gaynor1929actressSeventh Heaven
Judi Dench1999actressShakespeare in Love
Gwyneth Paltrow1999actressShakespeare in Love
Lee Grant1976actressShampoo
Geoffrey Rush1997actorShine
Jennifer Lawrence2013actressSilver Linings Playbook
Norman Taurog1932directorSkippy
Danny Boyle2009directorSlumdog Millionaire
Meryl Streep1983actressSophie's Choice
Peter Ustinov1961actorSpartacus
Thomas Mitchell1940actorStagecoach
William Holden1954actorStalag 17
Julianne Moore2015actressStill Alice(Smith)
Joan Fontaine1942actressSuspicion
Ed Begley1963actorSweet Bird of Youth
George Clooney2006actorSyriana
Robert Duvall1984actorTender Mercies
James L. Brooks1984directorTerms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine1984actressTerms of Endearment
Jack Nicholson1984actorTerms of Endearment
Geena Davis1989actressThe Accidental Tourist
Jodie Foster1989actressThe Accused
Humphrey Bogart1952actorThe African Queen
Billy Wilder1961directorThe Apartment
Jean Dujardin2012actorThe Artist
Michel Hazanavicius2012directorThe Artist
Cate Blanchett2005actressThe Aviator
Leo McCarey1938directorThe Awful Truth
Gloria Grahame1953actressThe Bad and the Beautiful
Denys Arcand2004directorThe Barbarian Invasions
Edmond O'Brien1955actorThe Barefoot Contessa
Fredric March1947actorThe Best Years of Our Lives
Harold Russell1947actorThe Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler1947directorThe Best Years of Our Lives
Burl Ives1959actorThe Big Country
Sandra Bullock2010actressThe Blind Side
Alec Guinness1958actorThe Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean1958directorThe Bridge on the River Kwai
Wallace Beery1933actorThe Champ
Michael Caine2000actorThe Cider House Rules
Paul Newman1987actorThe Color of Money
Rachel Weisz2006actressThe Constant Gardener
Grace Kelly1955actressThe Country Girl
Alicia Vikander2016actressThe Danish Girl
Heath Ledger2009actorThe Dark Knight
Michael Cimino1979directorThe Deer Hunter
Christopher Walken1979actorThe Deer Hunter
Martin Scorsese2007directorThe Departed
Shelley Winters1960actressThe Diary of Anne Frank
Frank Lloyd1930directorThe Divine Lady
Norma Shearer1931actressThe Divorcee
Juliette Binoche1997actressThe English Patient
Anthony Minghella1997directorThe English Patient
Jessica Chastain2022actressThe Eyes of Tammy Faye
Loretta Young1948actressThe Farmer's Daughter
Anthony Hopkins2021actorThe Father
Olivia Colman2019actressThe Favourite
Christian Bale2011actorThe Fighter
Melissa Leo2011actressThe Fighter
Mercedes Ruehl1992actressThe Fisher King
William Friedkin1972directorThe French Connection
Gene Hackman1972actorThe French Connection
Tommy Lee Jones1994actorThe Fugitive
Marlon Brando1973actorThe Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola1975directorThe Godfather Part II
Robert De Niro1975actorThe Godfather Part II
Luise Rainer1938actressThe Good Earth
Richard Dreyfuss1978actorThe Goodbye Girl
Mike Nichols1968directorThe Graduate(Peschkowsky)
Jane Darwell1941actressThe Grapes of Wrath
John Ford1941directorThe Grapes of Wrath
Mary Astor1942actressThe Great Lie
Luise Rainer1937actressThe Great Ziegfeld
Olivia de Havilland1950actressThe Heiress
Octavia Spencer2012actressThe Help
Da'Vine Joy Randolph2024actressThe Holdovers
Nicole Kidman2003actressThe Hours
Kathryn Bigelow2010directorThe Hurt Locker
John Ford1936directorThe Informer
Victor McLaglen1936actorThe Informer
Meryl Streep2012actressThe Iron Lady
Haing S. Ngor1985actorThe Killing Fields
Yul Brynner1957actorThe King and I
Colin Firth2011actorThe King's Speech
Tom Hooper2011directorThe King's Speech
Emil Jannings1929actorThe Last Command and The Way of All Flesh
Bernardo Bertolucci1988directorThe Last Emperor
Forest Whitaker2007actorThe Last King of Scotland
Ben Johnson1972actorThe Last Picture Show
Cloris Leachman1972actressThe Last Picture Show
Joseph Schildkraut1938actorThe Life of Émile Zola
Katharine Hepburn1969actressThe Lion in Winter
Peter Jackson2004directorThe Lord of Rings: The Return of King
Ray Milland1946actorThe Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder1946directorThe Lost Weekend
Anne Bancroft1963actressThe Miracle Worker
Patty Duke1963actressThe Miracle Worker
Charles Coburn1944actorThe More the Merrier
John Houseman1974actorThe Paper Chase
James Stewart1941actorThe Philadelphia Story
Adrien Brody2003actorThe Pianist
Roman Polanski2003directorThe Pianist
Holly Hunter1994actressThe Piano
Anna Paquin1994actressThe Piano
Maggie Smith1970actressThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Charles Laughton1934actorThe Private Life of Henry VIII
Helen Mirren2007actressThe Queen
John Ford1953directorThe Quiet Man
Anne Baxter1947actressThe Razor's Edge
Kate Winslet2009actressThe Reader
Leonardo DiCaprio2016actorThe Revenant
Alejandro González Iñárritu2016directorThe Revenant
Anna Magnani1956actressThe Rose Tattoo
Guillermo del Toro2018directorThe Shape of Water(Gómez)
Jonathan Demme1992directorThe Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster1992actressThe Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins1992actorThe Silence of the Lambs
Helen Hayes1933actressThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
Jennifer Jones1944actressThe Song of Bernadette
Robert Wise1966directorThe Sound of Music
George Roy Hill1974directorThe Sting
Paul Muni1937actorThe Story of Louis Pasteur
Jack Albertson1969actorThe Subject Was Roses
George Burns1976actorThe Sunshine Boys
Eddie Redmayne2015actorThe Theory of Everything
Joanne Woodward1958actressThe Three Faces of Eve
John Huston1949directorThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Walter Huston1949actorThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Geraldine Page1986actressThe Trip to Bountiful
Sean Connery1988actorThe Untouchables
Kevin Spacey1996actorThe Usual Suspects
Margaret Rutherford1964actressThe V.I.P.s
Walter Brennan1941actorThe Westerner
Brendan Fraser2023actorThe Whale
Linda Hunt1984actressThe Year of Living Dangerously
Daniel Day-Lewis2008actorThere Will Be Blood
Gig Young1970actorThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Frances McDormand2018actressThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sam Rockwell2018actorThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
James Cameron1998directorTitanic
Olivia de Havilland1947actressTo Each His Own
Gregory Peck1963actorTo Kill a Mockingbird
Tony Richardson1964directorTom Jones
Jessica Lange1983actressTootsie
Peter Ustinov1965actorTopkapi
Benicio del Toro2001actorTraffic(Sánchez)
Steven Soderbergh2001directorTraffic
Denzel Washington2002actorTraining Day
John Wayne1970actorTrue Grit(Morrison)
Dean Jagger1950actorTwelve O'Clock High
Lewis Milestone1929directorTwo Arabian Nights
Clint Eastwood1993directorUnforgiven
Gene Hackman1993actorUnforgiven
Penélope Cruz2009actressVicky Cristina Barcelona
Anthony Quinn1953actorViva Zapata!
Reese Witherspoon2006actressWalk the Line
Michael Douglas1988actorWall Street
Paul Lukas1944actorWatch on the Rhine
George Chakiris1962actorWest Side Story
Ariana DeBose2022actressWest Side Story
Rita Moreno1962actressWest Side Story
Jerome Robbins1962directorWest Side Story
Robert Wise1962directorWest Side Story
J. K. Simmons2015actorWhiplash
Sandy Dennis1967actressWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor1967actressWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Glenda Jackson1971actressWomen in Love
Dorothy Malone1957actressWritten on the Wind(Maloney)
James Cagney1943actorYankee Doodle Dandy
Frank Capra1939directorYou Can't Take It with You