• Frances McDormand won her second Oscar last year, joining a club of actors who have won more than once.
  • Mahershala Ali, Rachel Weisz, and more could also add to their total wins this year.
  • Here are 41 actors who have won more than one Oscar.

Oscar wins are hard to come by, and those actors who have won multiple Academy Awards are an exclusive club.

Frances McDormand entered the club last year when she took home her second Oscar for her performance as a grieving mother in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

But McDormand still trails a list of actors and actresses with illustrious careers, including Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, and Katharine Hepburn.

Mahershala Ali, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Christian Bale, and Sam Rockwell are the nominated actors this year who have won once before. Could they add another on Sunday?

The 91st Academy Awards air Sunday on ABC at 8 p.m.

Here are the 41 actors who have won multiple Academy Awards in acting categories:


Christoph Waltz — 2 wins, 2 nominations

Foto: "Inglorious Basterds."sourceWeinstein Company via Netflix

Best supporting actor: "Inglorious Basterds" (2009), "Django Unchained" (2012)


Hilary Swank — 2 wins, 2 nominations

Foto: "Million Dollar Baby."sourceWarner Bros.

Best actress: "Boys Don't Cry" (1999), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004)


Kevin Spacey — 2 wins, 2 nominations

Foto: "The Usual Suspects."sourceGramercy Pictures

Best actor: "American Beauty" (1999)

Best supporting actor: "The Usual Suspects" (1995)


Luise Rainer — 2 wins, 2 nominations

Foto: "The Great Ziegfeld."sourceMGM

Best actress: "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936), "The Good Earth" (1937)


Vivien Leigh — 2 wins, 2 nominations

Foto: "A Streetcar Named Desire."sourceWarner Bros.

Best actress: "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951)


Helen Hayes — 2 wins, 2 nominations

Foto: "Airport."sourceUniversal Pictures

Best actress: "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1931)

Best supporting actress: "Airport" (1970)


Dianne Wiest — 2 wins, 3 nominations

Foto: Wiest with Woody Allen in "Hannah and Her Sisters."sourceOrion Pictures

Best supporting actress: "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), "Bullets over Broadway" (1994)


Peter Ustinov — 2 wins, 3 nominations

Foto: "Spartacus."sourceUniversal
Best supporting actor: "Spartacus" (1960), "Topkapi" (1964)

Jason Robards — 2 wins, 3 nominations

Foto: "All the President's Men."sourceWarner Bros.
Best supporting actor: "All the President's Men" (1976), "Julia" (1977)

Sally Field — 2 wins, 3 nominations

Foto: "Norma Rae."source20th Century Fox
Best actress: "Norma Rae" (1979), "Places in the Heart" (1984)

Melvyn Douglas — 2 wins, 3 nominations

Foto: Douglas (L) with Peter Sellers in "Being There."sourceUnited Artists
Best supporting actor: "Hud" (1963), "Being There" (1979)

Shelley Winters — 2 wins, 4 nominations

Foto: "A Patch of Blue."sourceMGM
Best supporting actress: "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959), "A Patch of Blue" (1965)

Anthony Quinn — 2 wins, 4 nominations

Foto: Quinn (L) with Kirk Douglas in "Lust for Life."sourceMGM
Best supporting actor: "Viva Zapata!" (1952), "Lust for Life" (1956)

Glenda Jackson — 2 wins, 4 nominations

Foto: "Women in Love."sourceUnited Artists
Best actress: "Women in Love" (1970), "A Touch of Class" (1973)

Jodie Foster — 2 wins, 4 nominations

Foto: "The Silence of the Lambs."sourceOrion Pictures/"Silence of the Lambs"
Best actress: "The Accused" (1988), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

Elizabeth Taylor — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"sourceWarner Bros.
Best actress: "Butterfield 8" (1960), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966)

Sean Penn — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "Milk."sourceYouTube screenshot
Best actor: "Mystic River" (2003), "Milk" (2008)

Frances McDormand — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "Fargo."sourceWorking Title

Best actress: "Fargo" (1996), "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017)


Fredric March — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."sourceParamount Pictures
Best actor: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1931), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)

Tom Hanks — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "Forrest Gump."sourceParamount
Best actor: "Philadelphia" (1993), "Forrest Gump" (1994)

Gene Hackman — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "The French Connection."source20th Century Fox

Best actor: "The French Connection" (1971)

Best supporting actor: "Unforgiven" (1992)


Olivia de Havilland — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "The Heiress."sourceParamount Pictures
Best actress: "To Each His Own" (1946), "The Heiress" (1949)

Gary Cooper — 2 wins, 5 nominations

Foto: "High Noon."sourceUnited Artists
Best actor: "Sergeant York" (1941), "High Noon" (1952)

Maggie Smith — 2 wins, 6 nominations

Foto: "California Suite."sourceColumbia Pictures

Best actress: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969)

Best supporting actress: "California Suite" (1978)


Jessica Lange— 2 wins, 6 nominations

Foto: Lange (L) with Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie."sourceColumbia Pictures

Best actress: "Blue Sky" (1994)

Best supporting actress: "Tootsie" (1982)


Michael Caine— 2 wins, 6 nominations

Foto: "The Cider House Rules."sourceMiramax
Best supporting actor: "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), "The Cider House Rules" (1999)

Dustin Hoffman — 2 wins, 7 nominations

Foto: Hoffman (R) with Tom Cruise in "Rain Man"sourceUnited Artists
Best actor: "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), "Rain Man" (1988)

Jane Fonda — 2 wins, 7 nominations

Foto: "Klute."sourceWarner Bros.
Best actress: "Klute" (1971), "Coming Home" (1978)

Robert De Niro — 2 wins, 7 nominations

Foto: "The Godfather Part II."sourceParamount

Best actor: "Raging Bull" (1980)

Best supporting actor: "The Godfather Part II" (1974)


Cate Blanchett — 2 wins, 7 nominations

Foto: "Blue Jasmine."sourceBlue Jasmine trailer

Best actress: "Blue Jasmine" (2013)

Best supporting actress: "The Aviator" (2004)


Denzel Washington — 2 wins, 8 nominations

Foto: "Training Day."sourcescreenshot/Training day

Best actor: "Training Day" (2001)

Best supporting actor: "Glory" (1989)


Jack Lemmon— 2 wins, 8 nominations

Foto: "Save the Tiger."sourceParamount Pictures

Best actor: "Save the Tiger" (1973)

Best supporting actor: "Mister Roberts" (1955)


Marlon Brando — 2 wins, 8 nominations

Foto: "The Godfather."sourceParamount

Best actor: "On the Waterfront" (1954), "The Godfather" (1972)


Spencer Tracy— 2 wins, 9 nominations

Foto: "Captains Courageous."sourceMGM

Best actor: "Captains Courageous" (1937), "Boys Town" (1938)


Bette Davis — 2 wins, 10 nominations

Foto: "Jezebel."sourceWarner Bros.
Best actress: "Dangerous" (1935), "Jezebel" (1938)

Walter Brennan — 3 wins, 4 nominations

Foto: "The Westerner."sourceUnited Artists

Best supporting actor: "Come and Get It" (1936), "Kentucky" (1938), "The Westerner" (1940)


Ingrid Bergman — 3 wins, 7 nominations

Foto: "Murder on the Orient Express."sourceEMI Films

Best actress: "Gaslight" (1944), "Anastasia" (1956)

Best supporting actress: "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974)


Jack Nicholson — 3 wins, 12 nominations

Foto: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."sourceUnited Artists via YouTube

Best actor: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), "As Good as It Gets" (1997)

Best supporting actor: "Terms of Endearment" (1983)


Meryl Streep — 3 wins, 21 nominations

Foto: "The Iron Lady."source.
Best actress: "Sophie's Choice" (1982), "The Iron Lady" (2011)
Best supporting actress: "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)

Daniel Day-Lewis — 3 wins, 6 nominations

Foto: "Lincoln."sourceWalt Disney Pictures
Best actor: "My Left Foot" (1989), "There Will Be Blood" (2007), "Lincoln" (2012)

Katharine Hepburn — 4 wins, 12 nominations

Foto: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."sourceYouTube screenshot

Best actress: "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), "On Golden Pond" (1981)