List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories "acting" and "directing".

This list is based on "statistics valid through the nomination announcement for the 2015 (88th Academy Awards), announced on January 14, 2016", as documented in The Official Academy Awards Database.

Best Director

Oldest winners

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Directing: Oldest/Youngest Directing Nominees/Winners: AMPAS Awards Database

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	2004	May 31, 1930	February 27, 2005	Has held record for 11 years (2005–2016)
2		Roman Polanski	The Pianist	2002	August 18, 1933	March 23, 2003	Held record for 2 years (2003–2005)
3		George Cukor	My Fair Lady	1964	July 7, 1899	April 5, 1965	Held record for 38 years (1965–2003)
4		Martin Scorsese	The Departed	2006	November 17, 1942	February 25, 2007
5		Clint Eastwood	Unforgiven	1992	May 31, 1930	March 29, 1993
6		Carol Reed	Oliver!	1968	December 30, 1906	April 14, 1969
7		Fred Zinnemann	A Man for All Seasons	1966	April 29, 1907	April 10, 1967
8		Richard Attenborough	Gandhi	1982	August 29, 1923	April 11, 1983
9		John Ford	The Quiet Man	1952	February 1, 1894	March 19, 1953	Held record for 12 years (1953–1965)
10		Ang Lee	Life of Pi	2012	October 23, 1954	February 24, 2013

Oldest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		John Huston	Prizzi's Honor	1985	August 5, 1906	February 5, 1986	Has held record for 30 years (1986–2016)
2		Charles Crichton	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	August 6, 1910	February 15, 1989
3		Robert Altman	Gosford Park	2001	February 20, 1925	February 12, 2002
4		David Lean	A Passage to India	1984	March 25, 1908	February 6, 1985	Held record for 1 year (1985–1986)
5		Clint Eastwood	Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	May 31, 1930	January 23, 2007
6		Woody Allen	Midnight In Paris	2011	December 1, 1935	January 24, 2012
7		Akira Kurosawa	Ran	1985	March 23, 1910	February 5, 1986
8		Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	2004	May 31, 1930	January 25, 2005	Winner
9			Mystic River	2003	May 31, 1930	January 27, 2004
10		Cecil B. DeMille	The Greatest Show on Earth	1952	August 12, 1881	February 9, 1953	Held record for 32 years (1953–1985)

Youngest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Norman Taurog	Skippy	1930/31	February 23, 1899	November 10, 1931	Has held record for 85 years (1931–2016)
2		Lewis Milestone	Two Arabian Knights	1927/28	September 30, 1895	May 16, 1929	Held record for 2 years (1929–1931)
3		Sam Mendes	American Beauty	1999	August 1, 1965	March 26, 2000
4		Frank Borzage	7th Heaven	1927/28	April 23, 1894	May 16, 1929
5		Lewis Milestone	All Quiet on the Western Front	1929/30	September 30, 1895	November 5, 1930
6		Tony Richardson	Tom Jones	1963	June 5, 1928	April 13, 1964
7		Francis Ford Coppola	The Godfather Part II	1974	April 7, 1939	April 8, 1975
8		Delbert Mann	Marty	1955	January 30, 1920	March 21, 1956
9		Kevin Costner	Dances with Wolves	1990	January 18, 1955	March 25, 1991
10		Mike Nichols	The Graduate	1967	November 6, 1931	April 10, 1968

Youngest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		John Singleton	Boyz n the Hood	1991	January 6, 1968	February 19, 1992	Has held record for 24 years (1992–2016)
2		Orson Welles	Citizen Kane	1941	May 6, 1915	February 9, 1942	Held record for 50 years (1942–1992)
3		Kenneth Branagh	Henry V	1989	December 10, 1960	February 14, 1990
4		Claude Lelouch	A Man and a Woman	1966	October 30, 1937	February 20, 1967
5		M. Night Shyamalan	The Sixth Sense	1999	August 6, 1970	February 15, 2000
6		George Lucas	American Graffiti	1973	May 14, 1944	February 19, 1974
7		Benh Zeitlin	Beasts of the Southern Wild	2012	October 14, 1982	January 10, 2013
8		Jason Reitman	Juno	2007	October 19, 1977	January 22, 2008
9		Spike Jonze	Being John Malkovich	1999	October 22, 1969	February 15, 2000
10		Steven Spielberg	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	December 18, 1946	February 21, 1978

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actor [in a Leading Role]", AMPAS Awards Database

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Henry Fonda	On Golden Pond	1981	May 16, 1905	March 29, 1982	Has held record for 34 years (1982–2016)
2		John Wayne	True Grit	1969	May 26, 1907	April 7, 1970	Held record for 12 years (1970–1982)
3		George Arliss	Disraeli	1929/30	April 10, 1868	November 5, 1930	Held record for 40 years (1930–1970)
4		Paul Newman	The Color of Money	1986	January 26, 1925	March 30, 1987
5		Jack Nicholson	As Good as It Gets	1997	April 22, 1937	March 23, 1998
6		Peter Finch	Network	1976	September 28, 1916	March 28, 1977	Posthumous award
7		Jeff Bridges	Crazy Heart	2009	December 4, 1949	March 7, 2010
8		Ronald Colman	A Double Life	1947	February 9, 1891	March 20, 1948
9		Rex Harrison	My Fair Lady	1964	March 5, 1908	April 5, 1965
10		Art Carney	Harry and Tonto	1974	November 4, 1918	April 8, 1975

Oldest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Richard Farnsworth	The Straight Story	1999	September 1, 1920	March 22, 2000	Has held record for 16 years (2000–2016)
2		Bruce Dern	Nebraska	2013	June 6, 1936	January 16, 2014
3		Henry Fonda	On Golden Pond	1981	May 16, 1905	March 29, 1982	Winner Held record for 18 years (1982–2000)
4		Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	2004	May 31, 1930	January 25, 2005
5		Peter O'Toole	Venus	2006	August 2, 1932	January 23, 2007
6		Morgan Freeman	Invictus	2009	June 1, 1937	February 2, 2010
7		Laurence Olivier	The Boys from Brazil	1978	May 22, 1907	February 20, 1979	Held record for 3 years (1979–1982)
8		Frank Langella	Frost/Nixon	2008	January 1, 1938	January 22, 2009
9		Paul Newman	Nobody's Fool	1994	January 26, 1925	February 14, 1995
10		Michael Caine	The Quiet American	2002	March 14, 1933	February 11, 2003

Youngest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Adrien Brody	The Pianist	2002	April 14, 1973	March 23, 2003	Has held record for 12 years (2003–2015)
2		Richard Dreyfuss	The Goodbye Girl	1977	October 29, 1947	April 3, 1978	Held record for 25 years (1978–2003)
3		Marlon Brando	On the Waterfront	1954	April 3, 1924	March 30, 1955	Held record for 23 years (1955–1978)
4		Maximilian Schell	Judgment at Nuremberg	1961	December 8, 1930	April 9, 1962
5		Nicolas Cage	Leaving Las Vegas	1995	January 7, 1964	March 25, 1996
6		James Stewart	The Philadelphia Story	1940	May 20, 1908	February 27, 1941	Held record for 14 years (1941–1955)
7		Daniel Day-Lewis	My Left Foot	1989	April 29, 1957	March 26, 1990
8		Eddie Redmayne	The Theory of Everything	2014	January 6, 1982	February 22, 2015
9		Clark Gable	It Happened One Night	1934	February 1, 1901	February 27, 1935	Held record for 6 years (1935–1941)
10		Charles Laughton	The Private Life of Henry VIII	1932/33	July 1, 1899	March 16, 1934	Held record for 1 year (1934–1935)

Youngest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Jackie Cooper	Skippy	1930/31	September 15, 1922	October 5, 1931	Has held record for 84 years (1931–2015)
2		Mickey Rooney	Babes in Arms	1939	September 23, 1920	February 12, 1940
3			The Human Comedy	1943	September 23, 1920	February 7, 1944
4		John Travolta	Saturday Night Fever	1977	February 18, 1954	February 21, 1978
5		James Dean	East of Eden	1955	February 8, 1931	February 18, 1956	Posthumous nomination
6			Giant	1956	February 8, 1931	February 18, 1957	Posthumous nomination
7		Ryan Gosling	Half Nelson	2006	November 12, 1980	January 23, 2007
8		Orson Welles	Citizen Kane	1941	May 6, 1915	February 9, 1942
9		Heath Ledger	Brokeback Mountain	2005	April 4, 1979	January 31, 2006
10		Jesse Eisenberg	The Social Network	2010	October 5, 1983	January 25, 2011

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actress [in a Leading Role]", AMPAS Awards Database

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Jessica Tandy	Driving Miss Daisy	1989	June 7, 1909	March 26, 1990	Has held record for 25 years (1990–2015)
2		Katharine Hepburn	On Golden Pond	1981	May 12, 1907	March 29, 1982	Held record for 8 years (1982–1990)
3		Marie Dressler	Min and Bill	1930/31	November 9, 1868	November 10, 1931	Held record for 51 years (1931–1982)
4		Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	2011	June 22, 1949	February 26, 2012
5		Katharine Hepburn	The Lion in Winter	1968	May 12, 1907	April 14, 1969
6		Helen Mirren	The Queen	2006	July 26, 1945	February 25, 2007
7		Geraldine Page	The Trip to Bountiful	1985	November 22, 1924	March 24, 1986
8		Katharine Hepburn	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	1967	May 12, 1907	April 10, 1968
9		Shirley Booth	Come Back, Little Sheba	1952	August 30, 1898	March 19, 1953
10		Julianne Moore	Still Alice	2014	December 3, 1960	February 22, 2015

Oldest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Emmanuelle Riva	Amour	2012	February 24, 1927	January 10, 2013	Has held record for 3 years (2013–2016)
2		Jessica Tandy	Driving Miss Daisy	1989	June 7, 1909	February 14, 1990	Winner Held record for 23 years (1990–2013)
3		Edith Evans	The Whisperers	1967	February 8, 1888	February 19, 1968	Held record for 22 years (1968–1990)
4		Judi Dench	Philomena	2013	December 9, 1934	January 16, 2014
5		May Robson	Lady for a Day	1932/33	April 19, 1858	February 26, 1934	Held record for 34 years (1934–1968)
6		Katharine Hepburn	On Golden Pond	1981	May 12, 1907	February 11, 1982	Winner
7		Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal	2006	December 9, 1934	January 23, 2007
8			Mrs Henderson Presents	2005	December 9, 1934	January 31, 2006
9		Charlotte Rampling	45 Years	2015	February 5, 1946	January 14, 2016
10		Fernanda Montenegro	Central Station	1998	October 16, 1929	February 9, 1999

Youngest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Marlee Matlin	Children of a Lesser God	1986	August 24, 1965	March 30, 1987	Has held record for 28 years (1987–2015)
2		Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	2012	August 15, 1990	February 24, 2013
3		Janet Gaynor	7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise	1927/28	October 6, 1906	May 16, 1929	Held record for 58 years (1929–1987)
4		Joan Fontaine	Suspicion	1941	October 22, 1917	February 26, 1942
5		Audrey Hepburn	Roman Holiday	1953	May 4, 1929	March 25, 1954
6		Jennifer Jones	The Song of Bernadette	1943	March 2, 1919	March 2, 1944
7		Julie Christie	Darling	1965	April 14, 1941	April 18, 1966
8		Grace Kelly	The Country Girl	1954	November 12, 1929	March 30, 1955
9		Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	1999	July 30, 1974	March 26, 2000
10		Vivien Leigh	Gone with the Wind	1939	November 5, 1913	February 29, 1940

Youngest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Quvenzhané Wallis	Beasts of the Southern Wild	2012	August 28, 2003	January 10, 2013	Has held record for 3 years (2013–2016)
2		Keisha Castle-Hughes	Whale Rider	2003	March 24, 1990	January 27, 2004	Held record for 9 years (2004–2013)
3		Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone	2010	August 15, 1990	January 25, 2011
4		Isabelle Adjani	The Story of Adele H.	1975	June 27, 1955	February 17, 1976	Held record for 28 years (1976–2004)
5		Keira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice	2005	March 26, 1985	January 31, 2006
6		Ellen Page	Juno	2007	February 21, 1987	January 22, 2008
7		Marlee Matlin	Children of a Lesser God	1986	August 24, 1965	February 11, 1987	Winner
8		Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	2015	April 12, 1994	January 14, 2016
9		Elizabeth Hartman	A Patch of Blue	1965	December 23, 1943	February 21, 1966	Held record for 10 years (1966–1976)
10		Kate Winslet	Titanic	1997	October 5, 1975	February 10, 1998

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actor [in a Supporting Role]", AMPAS Awards Database

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Christopher Plummer	Beginners	2011	December 13, 1929	February 26, 2012	Oldest winner in any acting category Has held record for 4 years (2012–2016)
2		George Burns	The Sunshine Boys	1975	January 20, 1896	March 29, 1976	Held record for 36 years (1976–2012)
3		Melvyn Douglas	Being There	1979	April 5, 1901	April 14, 1980
4		John Gielgud	Arthur	1981	April 14, 1904	March 29, 1982
5		Don Ameche	Cocoon	1985	May 31, 1908	March 24, 1986
6		Jack Palance	City Slickers	1991	February 18, 1919	March 30, 1992
7		Alan Arkin	Little Miss Sunshine	2006	March 26, 1934	February 25, 2007
8		John Houseman	The Paper Chase	1973	September 22, 1902	April 2, 1974	Held record for 2 years (1974–1976)
9		James Coburn	Affliction	1998	August 31, 1928	March 21, 1999
10		Edmund Gwenn	Miracle on 34th Street	1947	September 26, 1877	March 20, 1948	Held record for 26 years (1948–1974)

Oldest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Robert Duvall	The Judge	2014	January 5, 1931	January 15, 2015	Has held the record for 1 year (2015-2016).
2		Hal Holbrook	Into the Wild	2007	February 17, 1925	January 22, 2008	Held the record for 7 years (2008–2015)
3		Max von Sydow	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	2011	April 10, 1929	January 24, 2012
4		Ralph Richardson	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	1984	December 19, 1902	February 6, 1985	Posthumous nomination Held record for 23 years (1985–2008)
5		Christopher Plummer	Beginners	2011	December 13, 1929	January 24, 2012	Winner
6			The Last Station	2009	December 13, 1929	February 2, 2010
7		George Burns	The Sunshine Boys	1975	January 20, 1896	February 17, 1976	Winner Held record for 9 years (1976–1985)
8		Melvyn Douglas	Being There	1979	April 5, 1901	February 25, 1980	Winner
9		Alan Arkin	Argo	2012	March 26, 1934	January 10, 2013
10		Paul Newman	Road to Perdition	2002	January 26, 1925	February 11, 2003

Youngest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Timothy Hutton	Ordinary People	1980	August 16, 1960	March 31, 1981	Has held record for 34 years (1981–2015)
2		George Chakiris	West Side Story	1961	September 16, 1934	April 9, 1962	Held record for 19 years (1962–1981)
3		Cuba Gooding, Jr.	Jerry Maguire	1996	January 2, 1968	March 24, 1997
4		Heath Ledger	The Dark Knight	2008	April 4, 1979	February 22, 2009	Posthumous award
5		Jack Lemmon	Mister Roberts	1955	February 8, 1925	March 21, 1956	Held record for 6 years (1956–1962)
6		Robert De Niro	The Godfather Part II	1974	August 17, 1943	April 8, 1975
7		Van Heflin	Johnny Eager	1942	December 13, 1910	March 4, 1943	Held record for 13 years (1943–1956)
8		Harold Russell	The Best Years of Our Lives	1946	January 14, 1914	March 13, 1947	Sole winner of two Academy Awards for same performance
9		Benicio del Toro	Traffic	2000	February 19, 1967	March 25, 2001
10		Denzel Washington	Glory	1989	December 28, 1954	March 26, 1990

Youngest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Justin Henry	Kramer vs. Kramer	1979	May 25, 1971	February 25, 1980	Youngest nominee in any category Has held record for 36 years (1980–2016)
2		Haley Joel Osment	The Sixth Sense	1999	April 10, 1988	February 15, 2000
3		Brandon deWilde	Shane	1953	April 9, 1942	February 15, 1954	Held record for 26 years (1954–1980)
4		Jack Wild	Oliver!	1968	September 30, 1952	February 24, 1969
5		Sal Mineo	Rebel Without a Cause	1955	January 10, 1939	February 18, 1956
6		River Phoenix	Running on Empty	1988	August 23, 1970	February 15, 1989
7		Leonardo DiCaprio	What's Eating Gilbert Grape	1993	November 11, 1974	February 9, 1994
8		Timothy Hutton	Ordinary People	1980	August 16, 1960	February 17, 1981	Winner
9		Sal Mineo	Exodus	1960	January 10, 1939	February 27, 1961
10		Jeff Bridges	The Last Picture Show	1971	December 4, 1949	February 22, 1972

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Actress [in a Supporting Role]", AMPAS Awards Database

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Peggy Ashcroft	A Passage to India	1984	December 22, 1907	March 25, 1985	Has held record for 30 years (1985–2015)
2		Josephine Hull	Harvey	1950	January 3, 1877	March 29, 1951	Held record for 34 years (1951–1985)
3		Ruth Gordon	Rosemary's Baby	1968	October 30, 1896	April 14, 1969
4		Margaret Rutherford	The V.I.P.s	1963	May 11, 1892	April 13, 1964
5		Helen Hayes	Airport	1970	October 10, 1900	April 15, 1971
6		Ethel Barrymore	None But the Lonely Heart	1944	August 15, 1879	March 15, 1945	Held record for 6 years (1945–1951)
7		Judi Dench	Shakespeare in Love	1998	December 9, 1934	March 21, 1999
8		Beatrice Straight	Network	1976	August 2, 1914	March 28, 1977
9		Jane Darwell	The Grapes of Wrath	1940	October 15, 1879	February 27, 1941	Held record for 4 years (1941–1945)
10		Ingrid Bergman	Murder on the Orient Express	1974	August 29, 1915	April 8, 1975

Oldest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Gloria Stuart	Titanic	1997	July 4, 1910	February 10, 1998	Oldest nominee in any category Has held record for 18 years (1998-2016)
2		Ruby Dee	American Gangster	2007	October 27, 1922	January 22, 2008
3		June Squibb	Nebraska	2013	November 6, 1929	January 16, 2014
4		Jessica Tandy	Fried Green Tomatoes	1991	June 7, 1909	February 19, 1992	Held record for 6 years (1992–1998)
5		Eva Le Gallienne	Resurrection	1980	January 11, 1899	February 17, 1981	Held record for 11 years (1981–1992)
6		Ann Sothern	The Whales of August	1987	January 22, 1909	February 17, 1988
7		May Whitty	Mrs. Miniver	1942	June 19, 1865	February 8, 1943	Held record for 38 years (1943–1981)
8		Peggy Ashcroft	A Passage to India	1984	December 22, 1907	February 6, 1985	Winner
9		Edith Evans	The Chalk Garden	1964	February 8, 1888	February 23, 1965
10		Gladys Cooper	My Fair Lady	1964	December 18, 1888	February 23, 1965

Youngest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Tatum O'Neal	Paper Moon	1973	November 5, 1963	April 2, 1974	Youngest winner in any category Has held record for 42 years (1974–2016)
2		Anna Paquin	The Piano	1993	July 24, 1982	March 21, 1994
3		Patty Duke	The Miracle Worker	1962	December 14, 1946	April 8, 1963	Held record for 11 years (1963–1974)
4		Anne Baxter	The Razor's Edge	1946	May 7, 1923	March 13, 1947	Held record for 16 years (1947–1963)
5		Teresa Wright	Mrs. Miniver	1942	October 27, 1918	March 4, 1943	Held record for 4 years (1943–1947)
6		Goldie Hawn	Cactus Flower	1969	November 21, 1945	April 7, 1970
7		Angelina Jolie	Girl, Interrupted	1999	June 4, 1975	March 26, 2000
8		Jennifer Hudson	Dreamgirls	2006	September 12, 1981	February 25, 2007
9		Shirley Jones	Elmer Gantry	1960	March 31, 1934	April 17, 1961
10		Alicia Vikander	The Danish Girl	2015	October 3, 1988	February 28, 2016

Youngest nominees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Nomination	Notes
1		Tatum O'Neal	Paper Moon	1973	November 5, 1963	February 19, 1974	Winner Has held record for 42 years (1974–2016)
2		Mary Badham	To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	October 7, 1952	February 25, 1963	Held record for 11 years (1963–1974)
3		Quinn Cummings	The Goodbye Girl	1977	August 13, 1967	February 21, 1978
4		Abigail Breslin	Little Miss Sunshine	2006	April 14, 1996	January 23, 2007
5		Patty McCormack	The Bad Seed	1956	August 21, 1945	February 18, 1957	Held record for 6 years (1957–1963)
6		Anna Paquin	The Piano	1993	July 24, 1982	February 9, 1994	Winner
7		Saoirse Ronan	Atonement	2007	April 12, 1994	January 22, 2008
8		Bonita Granville	These Three	1936	February 2, 1923	February 7, 1937	Held record for 20 years (1937–1957)
9		Hailee Steinfeld	True Grit	2010	December 11, 1996	January 25, 2011
10		Jodie Foster	Taxi Driver	1976	November 19, 1962	February 10, 1977

Honorary Awards

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category: Acting Honorary Award Winners", AMPAS Awards Database

Academy Honorary Award

Oldest honorees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Robert F. Boyle		2007	October 10, 1909	February 24, 2008	Has held record for 8 years (2008–2016)
2		Eli Wallach		2010	December 7, 1915	November 13, 2010
3		Maureen O'Hara		2014	August 17, 1920	November 8, 2014
4		Hal Roach		1983	January 14, 1892	April 9, 1984	Held record for 24 years (1984–2008)
5		Elia Kazan		1998	September 7, 1909	March 21, 1999
6		Dick Smith		2011	June 26, 1922	November 12, 2011
7		Angela Lansbury		2013	October 16, 1925	November 16, 2013
8		D.A. Pennebaker		2012	July 15, 1925	December 1, 2012
9		Lee De Forest		1959	August 26, 1873	April 3, 1960	Held record for 24 years (1960–1984)
10		Piero Tosi		2013	April 10, 1927	November 16, 2013

Oldest acting honorees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Eli Wallach		2010	December 7, 1915	November 13, 2010	Has held record for 5 years (2010–2015)
2		Maureen O'Hara		2014	August 17, 1920	November 8, 2014
3		Angela Lansbury		2013	October 16, 1925	November 16, 2013
4		Myrna Loy		1990	August 2, 1905	March 25, 1991	Held record for 19 years (1991–2010)
5		Gena Rowlands		2015	June 19, 1930	November 14, 2015
6		Lauren Bacall		2009	September 16, 1924	November 14, 2009
7		Groucho Marx		1973	October 2, 1890	April 2, 1974	Held record for 17 years (1974–1991)
8		Charlie Chaplin		1971	April 16, 1889	April 10, 1972	Held record for 2 years (1972–1974)
9		Mary Pickford		1975	April 8, 1893	March 29, 1976
10		Ralph Bellamy		1986	June 17, 1904	March 30, 1987

Honorary Juvenile Award

Youngest honorees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1		Shirley Temple		1934	April 23, 1928	February 27, 1935	Has held record for 81 years (1935–2016)
2		Vincent Winter	The Little Kidnappers	1954	December 29, 1947	March 30, 1955
3		Margaret O'Brien	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	January 15, 1937	March 15, 1945
4		Jon Whiteley	The Little Kidnappers	1954	February 19, 1945	March 30, 1955
5		Ivan Jandl	The Search	1948	January 24, 1937	March 24, 1949
6		Claude Jarman, Jr.	The Yearling	1946	September 27, 1934	March 13, 1947
7		Bobby Driscoll		1949	March 3, 1937	March 23, 1950
8		Peggy Ann Garner	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	1945	February 3, 1932	March 7, 1946
9		Hayley Mills	Pollyanna	1960	April 18, 1946	April 17, 1961
10		Deanna Durbin		1938	December 4, 1921	February 23, 1939

Superlatives

Among the oldest and youngest winners and nominees of Academy Awards in standard competitive categories, the following superlatives emerge:

Superlative	Overall		Actor		Actress
Oldest Nominee	Gloria Stuart	Age 87	Robert Duvall	Age 84	Gloria Stuart	Age 87
Oldest Winner	Christopher Plummer	Age 82	Christopher Plummer	Age 82	Jessica Tandy	Age 80
Youngest Winner	Tatum O'Neal	Age 10	Timothy Hutton	Age 20	Tatum O'Neal	Age 10
Youngest Nominee	Justin Henry	Age 8	Justin Henry	Age 8	Quvenzhané Wallis	Age 9

See also

• Academy Award
• Academy Juvenile Award
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
• List of Best Actor winners by age
• List of Best Actress winners by age
• List of Best Director winners by age
• List of Best Supporting Actor winners by age
• List of Best Supporting Actress winners by age
• List of earliest surviving Academy Award winners and nominees
• List of oldest living Academy Award winners and nominees
• List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees
• List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees

External links

• "Academy Award Statistics" – Index ("Statistics Menu") published in The Official Academy Awards Database (Awards Database), on the official AMPAS website. ("Statistics are arranged by award category and represent eighty years of Academy Awards history through the 80th Academy Awards, presented on February 24, 2008." [Documents for "Directing" and "Acting" both last updated March 2008.])
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) – Official website.