A list of actors who received four the most prestigious cinema awards of the world: Oscar, as well as prizes of the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. In the whole history, only six actors were able to do this.
The absolute record for the number of the most prestigious acting awards in the history of cinematography, according to CUT insight, made Jack Lemmon. No one else succeeded in winning two actors’ prizes in Cannes, Berlin and Venice, as well as two Oscars.
In the list below, not only the acting awards were taken into account, but also the prizes for the contribution in cinema:
Benicio Del Toro
Cannes: «Che: Part One» (2008)
Berlin: «Traffic» (2001)
Venice: «21 Grams» (2003)
Oscar: «Traffic» (2001)
Sean Penn
Cannes: «She’s So Lovely» (1997)
Berlin: «Dead Man Walking» (1996)
Venice: «21 Grams» (2003) and «Hurlyburly» (1998)
Oscar: «Mystic River» (2004) and «Milk» (2009)
Jack Lemmon
Cannes: «The China Syndrome» (1979) and «Missing» (1982)
Berlin: «Tribute» (1981) and Honorary Golden Bear (1996)
Venice: «Glengarry Glen Ross» (1992) and «Short Cuts» (1993)
Oscar: «Mister Roberts» (1956) and «Save the Tiger» (1974)
Julianne Moore
Cannes: «Maps to the Stars» (2014)
Berlin: «The Hours» (2003)
Venice: «Short Cuts» (1993) and «Far from Heaven» (2002)
Oscar: «Still Alice» (2015)
Juliette Binoche
Cannes: «Certified Copy» (2010)
Berlin: «The English Patient» (1997)
Venice: : «Three Colors: Blue» (1993)
Oscar: «The English Patient» (1997)
Sophia Loren
Cannes: «Two Women» (1962)
Berlin: Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «The Black Orchid» (1958) and Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1998)
Oscar: «Two Women» (1962) and Honorary Academy Award (1991)
In the future, this list can be replenished by Nicole Kidman, Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro and Sally Field who today lack one award only.
Four more actors were able to collect the prizes of the three most authoritative European film festivals, but they did not win a statuette of the American Film Academy:
Gian Maria Volontе
Cannes: «The Death of Mario Ricci» (1983)
Berlin: «The Moro Affair» (1987)
Venice: Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1991)
Jeanne Moreau
Cannes: «Moderato cantabile» (1960) and Honorary Golden Palm (2003)
Berlin: Honorary Golden Bear (2000)
Venice: Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1992)
Catherine Deneuve
Cannes: Honorary Golden Palm (2008)
Berlin: «8 Women» (2002) and Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «Place Vendоme» (1998)
Isabelle Huppert
Cannes: «Violette Noziеre» (1978) and «The Piano Teacher» (2001)
Berlin: «8 Women» (2002)
Venice: «Story of Women» (1988), «Сeremony» (1995) and Special Lion (2005)
List of actors who were twice awarded at the Cannes Film Festival:
Barbara Hershey
Cannes: «Shy People» (1987) and «A World Apart» (1988)
Helen Mirren
Cannes: «Cal» (1984) and «The Madness of King George» (1995)
Venice: «The Queen» (2006)
Oscar: «The Queen» (2006)
Vanessa Redgrave
Cannes: «Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment» (1966) and «Isadora» (1969)
Venice: «Little Odessa» (1994)
Oscar: «Julia» (1978)
Dean Stockwell
Cannes: «Compulsion» (1959) and «Long Day’s Journey Into Night» (1962)
Marcello Mastroianni
Cannes: «The Pizza Triangle» (1970) and «Dark Eyes» (1987)
Venice: «What time is it?» (1989) and «1, 2, 3, Sun» (1993)
Isabelle Huppert
Cannes: «Violette Nozière» (1978) and «The Piano Teacher» (2001)
Berlin: «8 Women» (2002)
Venice: «Story of Women» (1988), «Сeremony» (1995) and Special Lion (2005)
Jack Lemmon
Cannes: «The China Syndrome» (1979) and «Missing» (1982)
Berlin: «Tribute» (1981) and Honorary Golden Bear (1996)
Venice: «Glengarry Glen Ross» (1992) and «Short Cuts» (1993)
Oscar: «Mister Roberts» (1956) and «Save the Tiger» (1974)
Jeanne Moreau
Cannes: «Moderato cantabile» (1960) and Honorary Golden Palm (2003)
Berlin: Honorary Golden Bear (2000)
Venice: Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1992)
The list of actors who were twice awarded at the Berlin Film Festival:
James Stewart
Berlin: «Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation» (1962) and Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «Anatomy of a Murder» (1959)
Oscar: «The Philadelphia Story» (1941) and Honorary Academy Award (1985)
Sidney Poitier
Berlin: «The Defiant Ones» (1958) and «Lilies of the Field» (1963)
Oscar: «Lilies of the Field» (1964) and Honorary Academy Award
Shirley MacLaine
Berlin: «Ask Any Girl» (1959), «Desperate Characters» (1971) and Honorary Golden Bear (1999)
Venice: «The Apartment» (1960) and «Madame Sousatzka» (1988)
Oscar: «Terms of Endearment» (1984)
Hanna Schygulla
Berlin: «The Marriage of Maria Braun» (1979) and Honorary Golden Bear (2010)
Cannes: «The Story of Piera» (1983)
Denzel Washington
Berlin: «Malcolm X» (1993) and «The Hurricane» (2000)
Oscar: «Glory» (1990) and «Training Day» (2002)
Fernando Fernаn Gоmez
Berlin: «El anacoreta» (1977), «Stico» (1985) and Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «Stilts» (1984)
Meryl Streep
Berlin: «The Hours» (2003) and Honorary Golden Bear (2012)
Cannes: «A Cry in the Dark» (1989)
Oscar: «Kramer vs. Kramer» (1980), «Sophie’s Choice» (1983) and «The Iron Lady» (2012)
Jean Gabin
Berlin: «The Magnificent Tramp» (1959) and «Cat» (1971)
Venice: «Night is my kingdom» (1951) and «Air of Paris» (1954)
Catherine Deneuve
Cannes: Honorary Golden Palm (2008)
Berlin: «8 Women» (2002) and Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «Place Vendôme» (1998)
Jack Lemmon
Cannes: «The China Syndrome» (1979) and «Missing» (1982)
Berlin: «Tribute» (1981) and Honorary Golden Bear (1996)
Venice: «Glengarry Glen Ross» (1992) and «Short Cuts» (1993)
Oscar: «Mister Roberts» (1956) and «Save the Tiger» (1974)
List of actors who were twice awarded at the Venice Film Festival:
Laurence Olivier
Oscar: «Henry V» (1944), Hamlet (1948) and For the unique achievements of his entire career and his lifetime of contribution to the art of film (1979)
Berlin: Richard III (1955)
Venice: «Henry V» (1944) and Hamlet (1948)
Fredric March
Berlin: «Inherit the Wind» (1960)
Venice: «Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» (1932), «Death of a Salesman» (1952) and «Executive Suite» (Special Jury Prize, 1954)
Oscar: «Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» (1932) and «The Best Years of Our Lives» (1947)
Javier Bardem
Cannes: «Biutiful» (2010)
Venice: «Before Night Falls» (2000) and «The Sea Inside» (2004)
Oscar: «No Country for Old Men» (2008)
Isabelle Huppert
Cannes: «Violette Nozière» (1978) and «The Piano Teacher» (2001)
Berlin: «8 Women» (2002)
Venice: «Story of Women» (1988), «Сeremony» (1995) and Special Lion (2005)
Matthew Modine
Venice: «Streamers» (1983) and «Short Cuts» (1993)
Toshirо Mifune
Venice: «Вodyguard» (1961) and «Red Beard» (1965)
Marcello Mastroianni
Cannes: «The Pizza Triangle» (1970) and «Dark Eyes» (1987)
Venice: «What time is it?» (1989) and «1, 2, 3, Sun» (1993)
Gеrard Depardieu
Cannes: «Cyrano de Bergerac» (1990)
Venice: «Police» (1985) and Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1997)
Carlo Delle Piane
Venice: «A School Outing» (1983) and «Christmas Present» (1986)
Jack Lemmon
Cannes: «The China Syndrome» (1979) and «Missing» (1982)
Berlin: «Tribute» (1981) and Honorary Golden Bear (1996)
Venice: «Glengarry Glen Ross» (1992) and «Short Cuts» (1993)
Oscar: «Mister Roberts» (1956) and «Save the Tiger» (1974)
Sean Penn
Cannes: «She’s So Lovely» (1997)
Berlin: «Dead Man Walking» (1996)
Venice: «21 Grams» (2003) and «Hurlyburly» (1998)
Oscar: «Mystic River» (2004) and «Milk» (2009)
Julianne Moore
Cannes: «Maps to the Stars» (2014)
Berlin: «The Hours» (2003)
Venice: «Short Cuts» (1993) and «Far from Heaven» (2002)
Oscar: «Still Alice» (2015)
Jean Gabin
Berlin: «The Magnificent Tramp» (1959) and «Cat» (1971)
Venice: «Night is my kingdom» (1951) and «Air of Paris» (1954)
Sophia Loren
Cannes: «Two Women» (1962)
Berlin: Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «The Black Orchid» (1958) and Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1998)
Oscar: «Two Women» (1962) and Honorary Academy Award (1991)
Shirley MacLaine
Berlin: «Ask Any Girl» (1959), «Desperate Characters» (1971) and Honorary Golden Bear (1999)
Venice: «The Apartment» (1960) and «Madame Sousatzka» (1988)
Oscar: «Terms of Endearment» (1984)
Valeria Golino
Venice: «A Tale of Love» (1986) and «For the sake of love» (2015)
List of actors who have received more than two Oscars:
Elizabeth Taylor
Oscar: BUtterfield 8 (1960), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Berlin: Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
Francis Sinatra
Oscar: Honorary Award (1946), From Here to Eternity (1953) and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Katharine Hepburn
Oscar: «Morning Glory» (1934), «Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner» (1968), «The Lion in Winter» (1969) and «On Golden Pond» (1982)
Cannes: «Long Day’s Journey Into Night» (1962)
Venice: «Little Women» (1934)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Oscar: «My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown» (1990), «There Will Be Blood» (2008) and «Lincoln» (2013)
Meryl Streep
Cannes: «A Cry in the Dark» (1989)
Berlin: «The Hours» (2003) and Honorary Golden Bear (2012)
Oscar: «Kramer vs. Kramer» (1980), «Sophie’s Choice» (1983) and «The Iron Lady» (2012)
Ingrid Bergman
Oscar: «Gaslight» (1945), «Anastasia» (1957) and «Murder on the Orient Express» (1975)
Jack Nicholson
Cannes: «The Last Detail» (1974)
Oscar: «One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest» (1976), «Terms of Endearment» (1984) and «As Good as It Gets» (1998)
Walter Brennan
Oscar: «Come and Get It» (1937), «Kentucky» (1939) and «The Westerner» (1941)
List of actors who received two Oscars:
Marlon Brando
Oscar: The Godfather (1972) and On the Waterfront (1954)
Cannes: Viva Zapata! (1952)
Gene Hackman
Oscar: The French Connection (1972) and Unforgiven (1993)
Berlin: Mississippi Burning (1989)
Dustin Lee Hoffman
Oscar: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988)
Berlin: Honorary Golden Bear (1989)
Venice: Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1992)
Robert De Niro
Oscar: The Godfather, Part 2 (1974) and Raging Bull (1980)
Venice: Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1993)
Berlin: Honorary Golden Bear (2000)
Henry Fonda
Oscar: Award for outstanding contribution to the development of film art (1981) and On Golden Pond (1982)
Gary Cooper
Oscar: Sergeant York (1942), High Noon (1952) and for the contribution to the development of American cinema (1961)
Kevin Spacey
Oscar: The Usual Suspects (1995) and American Beauty (1999)
Charlton Heston
Oscar: Ben-Hur (1959) and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1978)
Michael Douglas
Oscar: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976) and Wall Street (1988)
Luise Rainer
Oscar: The Good Earth (1938) and The Great Ziegfeld (1937)
Shelley Winters
Oscar: The Diary of Anne Frank (1960) and A Patch of Blue (1965)
Spencer Tracy
Oscar: Captains Courageous (1938) and Boys Town (1939)
Cate Blanchett
Oscar: The Aviator (2004) and Blue Jasmine (2013)
Venice: I’m Not There. (2007)
Maggie Smith
Oscar: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978)
Jessica Lange
Oscar: Tootsie (1982) and Blue Sky (1994)
Dianne Wiest
Oscar: Hannah and Her Sisters (1987) and Bullets over Broadway (1995)
Helen Hayes
Oscar: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970)
Venice: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
George Clooney
Oscar: Syriana (2006) and Argo 2013
Venice: Pasinetti Award for best film (Good Night, and Good Luck, 2005)
Tom Hanks
Oscar: Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)
Berlin: Philadelphia (1993)
Christoph Waltz
Oscar: Inglourious Basterds (2010) and Django Unchained (2012)
Cannes: Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Alec Guinness
Oscar: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958) and Academy Honorary Award (1980)
Jodie Foster
Oscar: The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Berlin: Berlinale Camera (1996)
Melvyn Douglas
Oscar: Hud (1963) and Being There (1979)
Jane Fonda
Oscar: Klute (1972) and Coming Home (1979)
Cannes: Golden Palm (2007)
Venice: Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
Emma Thompson
Oscar: Howards End (1993) and Sense and Sensibility (1996, for the best script)
Hilary Swank
Oscar: Boys Don’t Cry (2000) and Million Dollar Baby (2005)
Sally Field
Oscar: Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984)
Cannes: Norma Rae (1979)
Berlin: Berlinale Camera (1996)
Michael Caine
Oscar: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and The Cider House Rules (1999)
Venice: Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award for film My Generation (2017)
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr.
Oscar: All the President’s Men (1977) and Julia (1978)
Peter Ustinov
Oscar: Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964)
Berlin: Special Silver Bear (1972)
Anthony Quinn
Oscar: Viva Zapata! (1952) and Lust for Life (1956)
Bette Davis
Oscar: Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938)
Cannes: All About Eve (1950)
Venice: acting award for two films Kid Galahad (1937) and Marked Woman (1937)
Mary Pickford
Oscar: Coquette (1930) and Honorary Award (1976)
Vivien Leigh
Oscar: Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1952)
Venice: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Olivia de Havilland
Oscar: To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949)
Venice: The Snake Pit (1948)
Glenda May Jackson
Oscar: Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1974)
James Stewart
Berlin: «Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation» (1962) and Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «Anatomy of a Murder» (1959)
Oscar: «The Philadelphia Story» (1941) and Honorary Academy Award (1985)
Sidney Poitier
Berlin: «The Defiant Ones» (1958) and «Lilies of the Field» (1963)
Oscar: «Lilies of the Field» (1964) and Honorary Academy Award
Denzel Washington
Berlin: «Malcolm X» (1993) and «The Hurricane» (2000)
Oscar: «Glory» (1990) and «Training Day» (2002)
Sophia Loren
Oscar: «Two Women» (1962) and Honorary Academy Award (1991)
Cannes: «Two Women» (1962)
Berlin: Honorary Golden Bear
Venice: «The Black Orchid» (1958) and Golden Lion for contribution to cinematography (1998)
Jack Lemmon
Cannes: «The China Syndrome» (1979) and «Missing» (1982)
Berlin: «Tribute» (1981) and Honorary Golden Bear (1996)
Venice: «Glengarry Glen Ross» (1992) and «Short Cuts» (1993)
Oscar: «Mister Roberts» (1956) and «Save the Tiger» (1974)
Sean Penn
Cannes: «She’s So Lovely» (1997)
Berlin: «Dead Man Walking» (1996)
Venice: «21 Grams» (2003) and «Hurlyburly» (1998)
Oscar: «Mystic River» (2004) and «Milk» (2009)
