Unique Oscar achievement
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ZawmerAmaden — 11 years ago(June 09, 2014 11:09 AM)
A couple of people have cited Laurence Olivier as having an Oscar for producing Hamlet as well as his acting Oscar for that movie. However, IMDb doesn't appear to have producer credit for him for that movie, and it says he has just won the one Oscar for Best Actor. Anyone have any more intel?
Also someone mentioned Lee Grant as having an Oscar for Best Documentary. Again, IMDb only shows her having the one Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. Can someone elaborate on the situation with her potential Documentary award? Which documentary is it?
Someone also mentioned Ben Affleck, but he doesn't have an acting Oscar. He has one for writing and one for producing, a feat shared by the likes of James L. Brooks and the Coen brothers. However, the original question was about people who have Oscars for acting as well as something other than acting.
Someone pointed out that Matt Damon might eventually fall into this category; I agree and hope he eventually does! I personally don't think Ben Affleck is a strong enough actor to be a likely candidate for this. He has no acting nominations to date. (Uh-oh, have I stirred up another fierce opinion debate? ;)) -
ZawmerAmaden — 11 years ago(June 11, 2014 11:10 AM)
Oh, and hey I just realized another very close one. Roberto Benigni won Best Actor for Life is Beautiful. He also wrote and directed that film, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Technically, the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award is "Italy"; the director traditionally accepts the award on behalf of the winning country, but is not officially an Oscar winner. If you're not being really strict with the rules, though, you might consider Benigni as part of the elite club of people who have won Oscars for acting and something other than acting.
I'm more interested in the official rules though! -
ZawmerAmaden — 11 years ago(March 07, 2015 10:51 PM)
So this question stayed on my mind enough that one night (this very night, in fact) I decided to look it up to find the actual answer. I clicked on each and every IMDb listing for everyone who has won an acting Oscar to see if any of them had more than just the acting Oscars. And I can confirm that the four that have come up in this discussion are, indeed, the only four people to have Oscars for acting as well as in a category other than acting! Here are those four again:
- Barbra Streisand (Best Actress 1968, Best Original Song 1976)
- Michael Douglas (Best Picture 1975, Best Actor 1987)
- Emma Thompson (Best Actress 1992, Best Adapted Screenplay 1995)
- George Clooney (Best Supporting Actor 2005, Best Picture 2012)
And again, I only counted Oscar wins in competitive categories. So there you have it!
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jajceboy — 10 years ago(September 06, 2015 04:42 AM)
Roberto benigni won the Oscar while being nominated for both writing and directing. That's quite unique.
I know Keith Carradine won the Best Song Oscar, though he hasn't been nominated for acting. But it's an achievement in itself seeing how song writing isn't what he's usually known for.
There are many actors who get nominated for doing short films. Christine Lahti won the Oscar for making a short film, and she was also nominated as an actress for Swing Shift.
And Brad Pitt won the Best Picture Oscar for 12 Years A Slave.
I know none of this would qualify for your list but I think it's quite impressing to see actors win or get nominated for doing something else besides acting.
