Robert De Niro
49 years
First nomination: The Godfather Part II [1975] *win
Last nomination: Killers of the Flower Moon [2024]
Total acting nominations: 8 (2 wins)
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Poll: Oscar Nominee Time Span
The following actors have the longest time span between their first and last Oscar nomination (35 years or more). Who is your favorite actor?
Note: the year in brackets is the year they were nominated
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Katharine Hepburn
48 yearsFirst nomination: Morning Glory [1934] *win
Last nomination: On Golden Pond [1982] *win
Total acting nominations: 12 (4 wins)
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Jodie Foster
47 yearsFirst nomination: Taxi Driver [1977]
Last nomination: Nyad [2024]
Total acting nominations: 5 (2 wins)
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Al Pacino
47 yearsFirst nomination: The Godfather [1973]
Last nomination: The Irishman [2020]
Total acting nominations: 9 (1 win)
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Alan Arkin
46 yearsFirst nomination: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming [1967]
Last nomination: Argo [2013]
Total acting nominations: 4 (1 win)
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Jeff Bridges
45 yearsFirst nomination: The Last Picture Show [1972]
Last nomination: Hell or High Water [2017]
Total acting nominations: 7 (1 win)
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Paul Newman
44 yearsFirst nomination: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [1959]
Last nomination: Road to Perdition [2003]
Total acting nominations: 9 (1 win)
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Peter O'Toole
44 yearsFirst nomination: Lawrence of Arabia [1963]
Last nomination: Venus [2007]
Total acting nominations: 8
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Judd Hirsch
42 yearsFirst nomination: Ordinary People [1981]
Last nomination: The Fabelmans [2023]
Total acting nominations: 2
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Robert Duvall
42 yearsFirst nomination: The Godfather [1973]
Last nomination: The Judge [2015]
Total acting nominations: 7 (1 win)
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Julie Christie
42 yearsFirst nomination: Darling [1966] *win
Last nomination: Away from Her [2008]
Total acting nominations: 4 (1 win)
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Henry Fonda
41 yearsFirst nomination: The Grapes of Wrath [1941]
Last nomination: On Golden Pond [1982] *win
Total acting nominations: 2 (1 win)
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Mickey Rooney
40 yearsFirst nomination: Babes in Arms [1940]
Last nomination: The Black Stallion [1980]
Total acting nominations: 4
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Joe Pesci
39 yearsFirst nomination: Raging Bull [1981]
Last nomination: The Irishman [2020]
Total acting nominations: 3 (1 win)
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Meryl Streep
39 yearsFirst nomination: The Deer Hunter [1979]
Last nomination: The Post [2018]
Total acting nominations: 21 (3 wins)
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Laurence Olivier
39 yearsFirst nomination: Wuthering Heights [1940]
Last nomination: The Boys from Brazil [1979]
Total acting nominations: 10 (1 win)
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Helen Hayes
39 yearsFirst nomination: The Sin of Madelon Claudet [1932] *win
Last nomination: Airport [1971] *win
Total acting nominations: 2
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Jack Palance
39 yearsFirst nomination: Sudden Fear [1953]
Last nomination: City Slickers [1992] *win
Total acting nominations: 3 (1 win)
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Glenn Close
38 yearsFirst nomination: The World According to Garp [1983]
Last nomination: Hillbilly Elegy [2021]
Total acting nominations: 8
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Marlon Brando
38 yearsFirst nomination: A Streetcar Named Desire [1952]
Last nomination: A Dry White Season [1990]
Total acting nominations: 8 (2 wins)
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Albert Finney
37 yearsFirst nomination: Tom Jones [1964]
Last nomination: Erin Brockovich [2001]
Total acting nominations: 5
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Michael Caine
36 yearsFirst nomination: Alfie [1967]
Last nomination: The Quiet American [2003]
Total acting nominations: 6 (2 wins)
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Maggie Smith
36 yearsFirst nomination: Othello [1966]
Last nomination: Gosford Park [2002]
Total acting nominations: 6 (2 wins)
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Alec Guinness
36 yearsFirst nomination: The Lavender Hill Mob [1953]
Last nomination: Little Dorrit [1989]
Total acting nominations: 5 (1 win)
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Bruce Dern
35 yearsFirst nomination: Coming Home [1979]
Last nomination: Nebraska [2014]
Total acting nominations: 2
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Ingrid Bergman
35 yearsFirst nomination: For Whom the Bell Tolls [1944]
Last nomination: Höstsonaten [1979]
Total acting nominations: 7 (3 wins)
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Ralph Richardson
35 yearsFirst nomination: The Heiress [1950]
Last nomination: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes [1985]
Total acting nominations: 2
