There are currently 45 actors who have been nominated 4 times for an acting Academy Award. Twenty-seven won once; Anthony Quinn, Shelley Winters, Glenda Jackson, and Jodie Foster won twice; and Walter Brennan won thrice. Seven will never win since they are already dead while 6 may still get nominated and win: Marsha Mason, Jane Alexander, Warren Beatty (already won for Best Director and has nominations for Adapted and Original Screenplay and Producing), Ed Harris, Annette Bening (wife to Warren Beatty), and Leonardo DiCaprio.
L-R: Marsha Mason, Jane Alexander, Warren Beatty, Ed Harris, and Annette Bening.
Among the six living Oscar-less 4-time nominees, only Leo is in contention for a fifth acting nomination this year for his performance in The Revenant (2015). He already has won the Best Actor - Drama prize at the Golden Globes and was nominated at the BAFTA, Critics Choice, and SAG Awards. He further won a slew of prizes from regional critics' groups. Oscar pundits heavily favor him to finally win an Oscar come 28 February. His previous Oscar nominations were for his supporting turn in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) and his leading turns in The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). His two other Golden Globes were for The Aviator and The Wolf of Wall Street; he has a total of 11 nominations.
