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List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees

Anthony Hopkins and Tatum O'Neal are the oldest and youngest winners of acting Oscars, winning at age 83 and age 10 respectively.

This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories.

This list is based on "statistics valid through the nomination announcement for the 88th Academy Awards, announced on January 14, 2016", as documented in The Official Academy Awards Database.[1]

Superlatives

Among the oldest and youngest winners and nominees of Academy Awards in standard competitive categories, the following superlatives emerge:

Craft and Technical

At the 90th Academy Awards, James Ivory became the oldest-ever Oscar winner in any category, at age 89, after receiving the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Call Me by Your Name.[2] At the 93rd Academy Awards, Ann Roth became the oldest-ever woman to win an Oscar in any category, at age 89, after receiving the award for Best Costume Design for her work on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.[3]

At the 95th Academy Awards, John Williams became the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at age 90, after receiving his 53rd Oscar nomination for Best Original Score for his work on The Fabelmans.[4] At the 96th Academy Awards, he beat the record again, at age 91, after receiving his 54th Oscar nomination for Best Original Score for his work on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.[5][6]

Multiple winners

There are only five people in Oscar history who have won two Oscars by the age of 30 or younger:

Rainer, Foster, and Swank won their awards in the Best Actress category, while Eilish and O'Connell won theirs in the Best Original Song category. Eilish is the youngest person to have won two Oscars, aged 22 at the time of her second win.

There are only five people in Oscar history who have won two or more Oscars by the age of 60 or older:

Best Director

Oldest winners

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Directing: Oldest/Youngest Directing Nominees/Winners: AMPAS Awards Database[7]

Oldest nominees

Youngest winners

Youngest nominees

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actor [in a Leading Role]", AMPAS Awards Database[8]

Oldest winners

Oldest nominees

Youngest winners

Youngest nominees

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actress [in a Leading Role]", AMPAS Awards Database[8]

Oldest winners

Oldest nominees

Youngest winners

Youngest nominees

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actor [in a Supporting Role]", AMPAS Awards Database[8]

Oldest winners

Oldest nominees

Youngest winners

Youngest nominees

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actress [in a Supporting Role]", AMPAS Awards Database[8]

Oldest winners

Oldest nominees

Youngest winners

Youngest nominees

Honorary Awards

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Acting Honorary Award Winners", AMPAS Awards Database[8]

Academy Honorary Award

Oldest honorees

Oldest acting honorees

Honorary Juvenile Award

Youngest honorees

See also

References

  1. ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2008-02-24). "The Official Academy Awards Database". oscars.org (AMPAS). Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-27. The [searchable] Academy Awards Database contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees. The data is complete through the 2008 (81st) Academy Awards. ... The ["Academy Award Statistics" in the "Directing" and "Acting" sections of the Awards Database] are based on the most reliable birthdate information available to us at the time of publishing. We welcome any information from primary sources that might indicate a different birthdate for an individual. Such sources might be birth or death certificates or databases based on such records, published interviews with the individual or published documents that cite their sources. This would not include the Internet Movie Database or other web sites that do not cite primary sources for their information. N.B.: Ages (including for those persons receiving nominations and/or awards posthumously) are computed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS); for nominations, all ages are computed "from date of birth to date of nominations announcement"; for awards won, all ages are computed "from date of birth to date of awards ceremony."
  2. ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (March 4, 2018). "James Ivory Becomes Oldest Oscar Winner on Record in Any Category". The Wrap. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Ordoña, Michael (April 25, 2021). "Ann Roth is now the oldest woman to win a competitive Oscar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 24, 2023). "John Williams Sets Record For Oldest Oscar Nominee; Judd Hirsch Becomes Second-Oldest Acting Nominee 42 Years After His First Nom". Deadline. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  5. ^ France, Lisa Respers (2024-01-23). "Oscar nominations 2024: See the full list of nominees". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  6. ^ France, Lisa Respers (2024-01-23). "Martin Scorsese and John Williams just made Oscars history". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  7. ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (March 2008). "Oldest/Youngest Directing Nominees/Winners". Awards Database. oscars.org (AMPAS). Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-27. Statistics are valid through the 2007 (80th) Awards, presented on February 24, 2008. [document last updated 3/08] ... ( indicates a win).
  8. ^ a b c d e Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (March 2008). "Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category". Awards Database. oscars.org (AMPAS). Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-27. Statistics are valid through the 2007 (80th) Awards, presented on February 24, 2008. [document last updated 3/08] ... ( indicates a win).

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