This list of Academy Award records is current as of the 96th Academy Awards, with the ceremony taking place on March 10, 2024.
These people won Academy Awards for their debut performances in film:
These people won Academy Awards for their directing debuts:
Three films have received the Big Five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay (Original or Adapted; all won for Best Adapted Screenplay).[6][7][8]
Nomination | Name | Age | Film | Year | Date of birth | Date of nomination |
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2nd | Sal Mineo | 22 years, 17 days | Exodus | 1960 | January 10, 1939 | January 27, 1961 |
3rd | Marlon Brando | 29 years, 318 days | Julius Caesar | 1953 | April 3, 1924 | February 15, 1954 |
4th | Marlon Brando | 30 years, 315 days | On the Waterfront | 1954 | April 3, 1924 | February 12, 1955 |
5th | Marlon Brando | 33 years, 321 days | Sayonara | 1957 | April 3, 1924 | February 18, 1958 |
6th | Richard Burton | 44 years, 98 days | Anne of the Thousand Days | 1969 | November 10, 1925 | February 16, 1970 |
7th | Jack Nicholson | 46 years, 300 days | Terms of Endearment | 1983 | April 22, 1937 | February 16, 1984 |
8th | Jack Nicholson | 48 years, 289 days | Prizzi's Honor | 1985 | April 22, 1937 | February 5, 1986 |
9th | Jack Nicholson | 50 years, 301 days | Ironweed | 1987 | April 22, 1937 | February 17, 1988 |
10th | Jack Nicholson | 55 years, 302 days | A Few Good Men | 1992 | April 22, 1937 | February 18, 1993 |
Nomination | Name | Age | Film | Year | Date of birth | Date of nomination |
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2nd | Angela Lansbury | 20 years, 103 days | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1945 | October 16, 1925 | January 27, 1946 |
3rd | Jennifer Lawrence | 23 years, 154 days | American Hustle | 2013 | August 15, 1990 | January 16, 2014 |
4th | Jennifer Lawrence | 25 years, 152 days | Joy | 2015 | August 15, 1990 | January 14, 2016 |
5th | Kate Winslet | 31 years, 110 days | Little Children | 2006 | October 5, 1975 | January 23, 2007 |
6th | Kate Winslet | 33 years, 109 days | The Reader | 2008 | October 5, 1975 | January 22, 2009 |
7th | Bette Davis | 36 years, 304 days | Mr. Skeffington | 1944 | April 5, 1908 | February 3, 1945 |
8th | Meryl Streep | 39 years, 238 days | A Cry in the Dark | 1988 | June 22, 1949 | February 15, 1989 |
9th | Meryl Streep | 41 years, 236 days | Postcards from the Edge | 1990 | June 22, 1949 | February 13, 1991 |
10th | Meryl Streep | 46 years, 236 days | The Bridges of Madison County | 1995 | June 22, 1949 | February 13, 1996 |
Actor | Actress | ||||
Time in h:mm:ss | Shortest | Longest | Shortest | Longest | |
Lead | Won | David Niven in Separate Tables (1958) 23:39[29] |
Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur (1959) 2:01:23 |
Patricia Neal in Hud (1963) 21:51[30] |
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939) 2:23:32 |
Nominated | Spencer Tracy in San Francisco (1936) 14:58 |
Denzel Washington in Malcolm X (1992) 2:21:58 |
Eleanor Parker in Detective Story (1951) 20:10 | ||
Supporting | Won | Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show (1971) 9:54[31] |
Mahershala Ali in Green Book (2018) 1:06:38 |
Beatrice Straight in Network (1976) 5:02 |
Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon (1973) 1:06:58 |
Nominated | Ned Beatty in Network (1976) 6:00[32] |
Frank Finlay in Othello (1965) 1:30:43 |
Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top (1959) 2:19 |
Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away (1944) 1:15:38 |
There have been six two-way ties
The following films with at least two nominations won all of their categories.