Timothée Chalamet, 22, is the youngest Best Actor nominee since 1939. If he won, he'd be the youngest- ever winner in that category.
Jackie Cooper, 'Skippy' (1931)
It seems absolutely insane that a 9-year-old got a nomination for Best Actor.
Chalamet, who turned 30 on Dec. 27, would become the second-youngest best-actor winner in academy history: Adrien Brody was 29 when he won for “The Pianist” and remains the sole man in his 20s to triumph in that top category.
Tatum O'Neal is the youngest Oscar winner of all time, winning the award for Best Supporting Actress at age 10 in 1974. She earned the honor for her role in Paper Moon, starring opposite her famous father, Ryan O'Neal.
"Adolescence" star Owen Cooper makes history as the youngest Golden Globe winner for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television.
Anna Marie “Patty” Duke was an Oscar-winning American actress and mental health advocate who worked across stage, film, and television. At age 16, she won the 1963 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, making her the youngest person to ever receive the award.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds skipped the 2025 Golden Globes amid Lively's high-profile legal dispute with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, though sources suggested the decision to miss the ceremony was made earlier and wasn't directly tied to the lawsuit, even as the scandal dominated headlines as Reynolds' film Deadpool & Wolverine received a nomination.
Celebrities Who Refused an Oscar
A significant generational shift happened at the Oscars earlier this year, and you may not have even noticed. Winning the best actress award for Anora, 25-year-old Mikey Madison (born in 1999) became the first member of Gen Z to win an acting Oscar.
The only man to have won three Best Actor Oscars is Daniel Day-Lewis, who achieved this historic feat with his performances in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012). He is renowned for his intense method acting and complete immersion in his roles.
Walt Disney received a record 26 Oscars, the most by any individual, with 22 competitive awards and 4 honorary ones, including a unique set for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (one large and seven small) and a posthumous win for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. He was nominated 59 times, winning primarily in animated short and documentary categories.
The reality star attended the awards show to support Timothée Chalamet, who was nominated for actor in a leading role for his work in “A Complete Unknown.” Right before best actor was announced, Jenner appears to have switched seats so that the actor's mother, Nicole Flender, could be by his side.
Timothée Chalamet was disappointed about losing the Oscar for best actor earlier this year. “If there's five people at an awards show, and four people go home losing, you don't think those four people are at the restaurant like, 'Damn, we didn't win?
But here's the twist: no cash prize. That golden statue doesn't come with a paycheck. However, it opens massive doors. As Jo Piazza puts it, an Oscar win is a “seal of approval” for your brand, making studios eager to pay you big bucks.
Richard Burton, who was nominated seven times.
Craft and Technical. At the 90th Academy Awards, James Ivory became the oldest 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.
Great Hollywood Artists who NEVER won an Oscar
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner tops the ranking as the most influential Gen Z star of 2025.
Billie Eilish became the youngest two-time Oscar winner at the age of 22 at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. Eilish, along with her brother Finneas O'Connell, won the Academy Award for best original song for the power ballad, “What Was I Made For?” from the blockbuster Barbie.
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In a film career spanning more than thirty years, Pitt has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide.
At the time, we didn't know any of these types of symptoms were part of his Parkinson's disease,” Reynolds explains. “Like a lot of caregivers, my mom mostly tried to carry these burdens alone. I wish I'd known Parkinson's disease wasn't limited to only motor symptoms.
The pair's friendship halted after Swift was brought into Lively's legal battle against her It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni. Swift announced the release of her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, earlier this month.
Christine Lahti. Christine was in the bathroom when she won her Golden Globe in 1998 and now makes light of this whenever presenting or receiving an award. In 1999, she purposely presented at the Golden Globe Awards with a piece of toilet paper attached to her shoe.