Oscar wins are hard to come by, and those actors who have won multiple Academy Awards are an exclusive club.
This year, past winners that are nominated include Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Nicole Kidman, JK Simmons, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, and Denzel Washington. All but Washington won once before and have a chance to join that club (Washington won twice).
Last year, Frances McDormand entered the three-Oscars club for her performance in "Nomadland" (she also won an award for best picture since she produced "Nomadland"). She joined other actors like Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep who have three acting Oscars.
Anthony Hopkins also won his second Oscar last year for "The Father," nearly three decades after he won his first Oscar for "The Silence of the Lambs."
John Lynch contributed to an earlier version of this post.
Here are the 44 actors who have won multiple Academy Awards in acting categories:
Anthony Hopkins — 2 wins, 6 nominations
Sony Pictures Classics
Best actor: "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), "The Father" (2020)
Renée Zellweger — 2 wins, 4 nominations"Judy"
LD Entertainment
Best actress: "Judy" (2019)
Best supporting actress: "Cold Mountain" (2003)
Mahershala Ali — 2 wins, 2 nominationsMahershala Ali accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for "Green Book" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Associated Press
Best supporting actor: "Moonlight" (2016), "Green Book" (2018)
Christoph Waltz — 2 wins, 2 nominations"Inglorious Basterds."
Weinstein Company via Netflix
Best supporting actor: "Inglorious Basterds" (2009), "Django Unchained" (2012)
Hilary Swank — 2 wins, 2 nominations"Million Dollar Baby."
Warner Bros.
Best actress: "Boys Don't Cry" (1999), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004)
Kevin Spacey — 2 wins, 2 nominations"The Usual Suspects."
Gramercy Pictures
Best actor: "American Beauty" (1999)
Best supporting actor: "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
Luise Rainer — 2 wins, 2 nominations"The Great Ziegfeld."
MGM
Best actress: "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936), "The Good Earth" (1937)
Vivien Leigh — 2 wins, 2 nominations"A Streetcar Named Desire."
Warner Bros.
Best actress: "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951)
Helen Hayes — 2 wins, 2 nominations"Airport."
Universal Pictures
Best actress: "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1931)
Best supporting actress: "Airport" (1970)
Dianne Wiest — 2 wins, 3 nominationsWiest with Woody Allen in "Hannah and Her Sisters."
Orion Pictures
Best supporting actress: "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), "Bullets over Broadway" (1994)
Peter Ustinov — 2 wins, 3 nominations"Spartacus."
Universal
Best supporting actor: "Spartacus" (1960), "Topkapi" (1964)
Jason Robards — 2 wins, 3 nominations"All the President's Men."
Warner Bros.
Best supporting actor: "All the President's Men" (1976), "Julia" (1977)
Sally Field — 2 wins, 3 nominations"Norma Rae."
20th Century Fox
Best actress: "Norma Rae" (1979), "Places in the Heart" (1984)
Melvyn Douglas — 2 wins, 3 nominationsDouglas (L) with Peter Sellers in "Being There."
United Artists
Best supporting actor: "Hud" (1963), "Being There" (1979)
Shelley Winters — 2 wins, 4 nominations"A Patch of Blue."
MGM
Best supporting actress: "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959), "A Patch of Blue" (1965)
Anthony Quinn — 2 wins, 4 nominationsQuinn (L) with Kirk Douglas in "Lust for Life."
MGM
Best supporting actor: "Viva Zapata!" (1952), "Lust for Life" (1956)
Glenda Jackson — 2 wins, 4 nominations"Women in Love."
United Artists
Best actress: "Women in Love" (1970), "A Touch of Class" (1973)
Jodie Foster — 2 wins, 4 nominations"The Silence of the Lambs."
Orion Pictures/"Silence of the Lambs"
Best actress: "The Accused" (1988), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Elizabeth Taylor — 2 wins, 5 nominations"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Warner Bros.
Best actress: "Butterfield 8" (1960), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966)
Sean Penn — 2 wins, 5 nominations"Milk."
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Best actor: "Mystic River" (2003), "Milk" (2008)
Fredric March — 2 wins, 5 nominations"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
Paramount Pictures
Best actor: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1931), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)
Tom Hanks — 2 wins, 6 nominations"Forrest Gump."
Paramount
Best actor: "Philadelphia" (1993), "Forrest Gump" (1994)
Gene Hackman — 2 wins, 5 nominations"The French Connection."
20th Century Fox
Best actor: "The French Connection" (1971)
Best supporting actor: "Unforgiven" (1992)
Olivia de Havilland — 2 wins, 5 nominations"The Heiress."
Paramount Pictures
Best actress: "To Each His Own" (1946), "The Heiress" (1949)
Gary Cooper — 2 wins, 5 nominations"High Noon."
United Artists
Best actor: "Sergeant York" (1941), "High Noon" (1952)
Maggie Smith — 2 wins, 6 nominations"California Suite."
Columbia Pictures
Best actress: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969)
Best supporting actress: "California Suite" (1978)
Jessica Lange — 2 wins, 6 nominationsLange (L) with Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie."
Columbia Pictures
Best actress: "Blue Sky" (1994)
Best supporting actress: "Tootsie" (1982)
Michael Caine — 2 wins, 6 nominations"The Cider House Rules."
Miramax
Best supporting actor: "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), "The Cider House Rules" (1999)
Dustin Hoffman — 2 wins, 7 nominationsHoffman (R) with Tom Cruise in "Rain Man"
United Artists
Best actor: "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), "Rain Man" (1988)
Jane Fonda — 2 wins, 7 nominations"Klute."
Warner Bros.
Best actress: "Klute" (1971), "Coming Home" (1978)
Robert De Niro — 2 wins, 7 nominations"The Godfather Part II."
Paramount
Best actor: "Raging Bull" (1980)
Best supporting actor: "The Godfather Part II" (1974)
