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.^[1]

Best Director

Oldest winners

Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Directing: Oldest/Youngest Directing Nominees/Winners: AMPAS Awards Database^[2]

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1	74 years, 272 days	Eastwood, ClintClint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	2004	May 31, 1930	February 27, 2005	Has held record for 11 years (2005–2016)
2	69 years, 217 days	Polanski, RomanRoman Polanski	The Pianist	2002	August 18, 1933	March 23, 2003	Held record for 2 years (2003–2005)
3	65 years, 272 days	Cukor, GeorgeGeorge Cukor	My Fair Lady	1964	July 7, 1899	April 5, 1965	Held record for 38 years (1965–2003)
4	64 years, 100 days	Scorsese, MartinMartin Scorsese	The Departed	2006	November 17, 1942	February 25, 2007
5	62 years, 302 days	Eastwood, ClintClint Eastwood	Unforgiven	1992	May 31, 1930	March 29, 1993
6	62 years, 105 days	Reed, CarolCarol Reed	Oliver!	1968	December 30, 1906	April 14, 1969
7	59 years, 346 days	Zinnemann, FredFred Zinnemann	A Man for All Seasons	1966	April 29, 1907	April 10, 1967
8	59 years, 225 days	Attenborough, RichardRichard Attenborough	Gandhi	1982	August 29, 1923	April 11, 1983
9	59 years, 46 days	Ford, JohnJohn Ford	The Quiet Man	1952	February 1, 1894	March 19, 1953	Held record for 12 years (1953–1965)
10	58 years, 124 days	Lee, AngAng 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	79 years, 184 days	Huston, JohnJohn Huston	Prizzi's Honor	1985	August 5, 1906	February 5, 1986	Has held record for 30 years (1986–2016)
2	78 years, 193 days	Crichton, CharlesCharles Crichton	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	August 6, 1910	February 15, 1989
3	76 years, 357 days	Altman, RobertRobert Altman	Gosford Park	2001	February 20, 1925	February 12, 2002
4	76 years, 318 days	Lean, DavidDavid Lean	A Passage to India	1984	March 25, 1908	February 6, 1985	Held record for 1 year (1985–1986)
5	76 years, 237 days	Eastwood, ClintClint Eastwood	Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	May 31, 1930	January 23, 2007
6	76 years, 54 days	Allen, WoodyWoody Allen	Midnight In Paris	2011	December 1, 1935	January 24, 2012
7	75 years, 319 days	Kurosawa, AkiraAkira Kurosawa	Ran	1985	March 23, 1910	February 5, 1986
8	74 years, 239 days	Eastwood, ClintClint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	2004	May 31, 1930	January 25, 2005	Winner
9	73 years, 241 days		Mystic River	2003	May 31, 1930	January 27, 2004
10	71 years, 181 days	DeMille, Cecil B.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	32 years, 260 days	Taurog, NormanNorman Taurog	Skippy	1930/31	February 23, 1899	November 10, 1931	Has held record for 84 years (1931–2015)
2	33 years, 228 days	Milestone, LewisLewis Milestone	Two Arabian Knights	1927/28	September 30, 1895	May 16, 1929	Held record for 2 years (1929–1931)
3	34 years, 238 days	Mendes, SamSam Mendes	American Beauty	1999	August 1, 1965	March 26, 2000
4	35 years, 23 days	Borzage, FrankFrank Borzage	7th Heaven	1927/28	April 23, 1894	May 16, 1929
5	35 years, 36 days	Milestone, LewisLewis Milestone	All Quiet on the Western Front	1929/30	September 30, 1895	November 5, 1930
6	35 years, 313 days	Richardson, TonyTony Richardson	Tom Jones	1963	June 5, 1928	April 13, 1964
7	36 years, 1 day	Coppola, Francis FordFrancis Ford Coppola	The Godfather Part II	1974	April 7, 1939	April 8, 1975
8	36 years, 51 days	Mann, DelbertDelbert Mann	Marty	1955	January 30, 1920	March 21, 1956
9	36 years, 66 days	Costner, KevinKevin Costner	Dances with Wolves	1990	January 18, 1955	March 25, 1991
10	36 years, 156 days	Nichols, MikeMike 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	24 years, 44 days	Singleton, JohnJohn Singleton	Boyz n the Hood	1991	January 6, 1968	February 19, 1992	Has held record for 24 years (1992–2016)
2	26 years, 279 days	Welles, OrsonOrson Welles	Citizen Kane	1941	May 6, 1915	February 9, 1942	Held record for 50 years (1942–1992)
3	29 years, 66 days	Branagh, KennethKenneth Branagh	Henry V	1989	December 10, 1960	February 14, 1990
4	29 years, 113 days	Lelouch, ClaudeClaude Lelouch	A Man and a Woman	1966	October 30, 1937	February 20, 1967
5	29 years, 193 days	Shyamalan, M. NightM. Night Shyamalan	The Sixth Sense	1999	August 6, 1970	February 15, 2000
6	29 years, 281 days	Lucas, GeorgeGeorge Lucas	American Graffiti	1973	May 14, 1944	February 19, 1974
7	30 years, 88 days	Zeitlin, BenhBenh Zeitlin	Beasts of the Southern Wild	2012	October 14, 1982	January 10, 2013
8	30 years, 95 days	Reitman, JasonJason Reitman	Juno	2007	October 19, 1977	January 22, 2008
9	30 years, 116 days	Jonze, SpikeSpike Jonze	Being John Malkovich	1999	October 22, 1969	February 15, 2000
10	31 years, 65 days	Spielberg, StevenSteven 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^[3]

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1	76 years, 317 days	Fonda, HenryHenry Fonda	On Golden Pond	1981	May 16, 1905	March 29, 1982	Has held record for 33 years (1982–2015)
2	62 years, 316 days	Wayne, JohnJohn Wayne	True Grit	1969	May 26, 1907	April 7, 1970	Held record for 12 years (1970–1982)
3	62 years, 209 days	Arliss, GeorgeGeorge Arliss	Disraeli	1929/30	April 10, 1868	November 5, 1930	Held record for 40 years (1930–1970)
4	62 years, 63 days	Newman, PaulPaul Newman	The Color of Money	1986	January 26, 1925	March 30, 1987
5	60 years, 335 days	Nicholson, JackJack Nicholson	As Good as It Gets	1997	April 22, 1937	March 23, 1998
6	60 years, 181 days	Finch, PeterPeter Finch	Network	1976	September 28, 1916	March 28, 1977	Posthumous award
7	60 years, 93 days	Bridges, JeffJeff Bridges	Crazy Heart	2009	December 4, 1949	March 7, 2010
8	57 years, 40 days	Colman, RonaldRonald Colman	A Double Life	1947	February 9, 1891	March 20, 1948
9	57 years, 31 days	Harrison, RexRex Harrison	My Fair Lady	1964	March 5, 1908	April 5, 1965
10	56 years, 155 days	Carney, ArtArt 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	79 years, 167 days	Farnsworth, RichardRichard Farnsworth	The Straight Story	1999	September 1, 1920	March 22, 2000	Has held record for 15 years (2000–2015)
2	77 years, 226 days	Dern, BruceBruce Dern	Nebraska	2013	June 6, 1936	January 16, 2014
3	76 years, 271 days	Fonda, HenryHenry Fonda	On Golden Pond	1981	May 16, 1905	March 29, 1982	Winner Held record for 18 years (1982–2000)
4	74 years, 239 days	Eastwood, ClintClint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	2004	May 31, 1930	January 25, 2005
5	74 years, 174 days	O'Toole, PeterPeter O'Toole	Venus	2006	August 2, 1932	January 23, 2007
6	72 years, 246 days	Freeman, MorganMorgan Freeman	Invictus	2009	June 1, 1937	February 2, 2010
7	71 years, 274 days	Olivier, LaurenceLaurence Olivier	The Boys from Brazil	1978	May 22, 1907	February 20, 1979	Held record for 3 years (1979–1982)
8	71 years, 21 days	Langella, FrankFrank Langella	Frost/Nixon	2008	January 1, 1938	January 22, 2009
9	70 years, 19 days	Newman, PaulPaul Newman	Nobody's Fool	1994	January 26, 1925	February 14, 1995
10	69 years, 334 days	Caine, MichaelMichael 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	29 years, 343 days	Brody, AdrienAdrien Brody	The Pianist	2002	April 14, 1973	March 23, 2003	Has held record for 12 years (2003–2015)
2	30 years, 156 days	Dreyfuss, RichardRichard Dreyfuss	The Goodbye Girl	1977	October 29, 1947	April 3, 1978	Held record for 25 years (1978–2003)
3	30 years, 361 days	Brando, MarlonMarlon Brando	On the Waterfront	1954	April 3, 1924	March 30, 1955	Held record for 23 years (1955–1978)
4	31 years, 122 days	Schell, MaximilianMaximilian Schell	Judgment at Nuremberg	1961	December 8, 1930	April 9, 1962
5	32 years, 78 days	Cage, NicolasNicolas Cage	Leaving Las Vegas	1995	January 7, 1964	March 25, 1996
6	32 years, 283 days	Stewart, JamesJames Stewart	The Philadelphia Story	1940	May 20, 1908	February 27, 1941	Held record for 14 years (1941–1955)
7	32 years, 331 days	Day-Lewis, DanielDaniel Day-Lewis	My Left Foot	1989	April 29, 1957	March 26, 1990
8	33 years, 47 days	Redmayne, EddieEddie Redmayne	The Theory of Everything	2014	January 6, 1982	February 22, 2015
9	34 years, 26 days	Gable, ClarkClark Gable	It Happened One Night	1934	February 1, 1901	February 27, 1935	Held record for 6 years (1935–1941)
10	34 years, 258 days	Laughton, CharlesCharles 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	9 years, 20 days	Cooper, JackieJackie Cooper	Skippy	1930/31	September 15, 1922	October 5, 1931	Has held record for 84 years (1931–2015)
2	19 years, 142 days	Rooney, MickeyMickey Rooney	Babes in Arms	1939	September 23, 1920	February 12, 1940
3	23 years, 137 days		The Human Comedy	1943	September 23, 1920	February 7, 1944
4	24 years, 3 days	Travolta, JohnJohn Travolta	Saturday Night Fever	1977	February 18, 1954	February 21, 1978
5	25 years, 10 days	Dean, JamesJames Dean	East of Eden	1955	February 8, 1931	February 18, 1956	Posthumous nomination
6	26 years, 10 days		Giant	1956	February 8, 1931	February 18, 1957	Posthumous nomination
7	26 years, 72 days	Gosling, RyanRyan Gosling	Half Nelson	2006	November 12, 1980	January 23, 2007
8	26 years, 279 days	Welles, OrsonOrson Welles	Citizen Kane	1941	May 6, 1915	February 9, 1942
9	26 years, 302 days	Ledger, HeathHeath Ledger	Brokeback Mountain	2005	April 4, 1979	January 31, 2006
10	27 years, 112 days	Eisenberg, JesseJesse 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^[3]

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1	80 years, 292 days	Tandy, JessicaJessica Tandy	Driving Miss Daisy	1989	June 7, 1909	March 26, 1990	Has held record for 25 years (1990–2015)
2	74 years, 321 days	Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn	On Golden Pond	1981	May 12, 1907	March 29, 1982	Held record for 8 years (1982–1990)
3	63 years, 1 day	Dressler, MarieMarie Dressler	Min and Bill	1930/31	November 9, 1868	November 10, 1931	Held record for 51 years (1931–1982)
4	62 years, 249 days	Streep, MerylMeryl Streep	The Iron Lady	2011	June 22, 1949	February 26, 2012
5	61 years, 337 days	Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn	The Lion in Winter	1968	May 12, 1907	April 14, 1969
6	61 years, 214 days	Mirren, HelenHelen Mirren	The Queen	2006	July 26, 1945	February 25, 2007
7	61 years, 122 days	Page, GeraldineGeraldine Page	The Trip to Bountiful	1985	November 22, 1924	March 24, 1986
8	60 years, 334 days	Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	1967	May 12, 1907	April 10, 1968
9	54 years, 201 days	Booth, ShirleyShirley Booth	Come Back, Little Sheba	1952	August 30, 1898	March 19, 1953
10	54 years, 81 days	Moore, JulianneJulianne 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	85 years, 321 days	Riva, EmmanuelleEmmanuelle Riva	Amour	2012	February 24, 1927	January 10, 2013	Has held record for 3 years (2013–2016)
2	80 years, 252 days	Tandy, JessicaJessica Tandy	Driving Miss Daisy	1989	June 7, 1909	February 14, 1990	Winner Held record for 23 years (1990–2013)
3	80 years, 11 days	Evans, EdithEdith Evans	The Whisperers	1967	February 8, 1888	February 19, 1968	Held record for 22 years (1968–1990)
4	79 years, 38 days	Dench, JudiJudi Dench	Philomena	2013	December 9, 1934	January 16, 2014
5	75 years, 313 days	Robson, MayMay Robson	Lady for a Day	1932/33	April 19, 1858	February 26, 1934	Held record for 34 years (1934–1968)
6	74 years, 275 days	Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn	On Golden Pond	1981	May 12, 1907	February 11, 1982	Winner
7	72 years, 45 days	Dench, JudiJudi Dench	Notes on a Scandal	2006	December 9, 1934	January 23, 2007
8	71 years, 53 days		Mrs Henderson Presents	2005	December 9, 1934	January 31, 2006
9	69 years, 343 days	Rampling, CharlotteCharlotte Rampling	45 Years	2015	February 5, 1946	January 14, 2016
10	69 years, 116 days	Montenegro, FernandaFernanda 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	21 years, 218 days	Matlin, MarleeMarlee Matlin	Children of a Lesser God	1986	August 24, 1965	March 30, 1987	Has held record for 28 years (1987–2015)
2	22 years, 193 days	Lawrence, JenniferJennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	2012	August 15, 1990	February 24, 2013
3	22 years, 222 days	Gaynor, JanetJanet Gaynor	7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise	1927/28	October 6, 1906	May 16, 1929	Held record for 58 years (1929–1987)
4	24 years, 127 days	Fontaine, JoanJoan Fontaine	Suspicion	1941	October 22, 1917	February 26, 1942
5	24 years, 325 days	Hepburn, AudreyAudrey Hepburn	Roman Holiday	1953	May 4, 1929	March 25, 1954
6	25 years, 0 days	Jones, JenniferJennifer Jones	The Song of Bernadette	1943	March 2, 1919	March 2, 1944
7	25 years, 4 days	Christie, JulieJulie Christie	Darling	1965	April 14, 1941	April 18, 1966
8	25 years, 138 days	Kelly, GraceGrace Kelly	The Country Girl	1954	November 12, 1929	March 30, 1955
9	25 years, 240 days	Swank, HilaryHilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	1999	July 30, 1974	March 26, 2000
10	26 years, 116 days	Leigh, VivienVivien 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	9 years, 135 days	Wallis, QuvenzhanéQuvenzhané Wallis	Beasts of the Southern Wild	2012	August 28, 2003	January 10, 2013	Has held record for 3 years (2013–2016)
2	13 years, 309 days	Castle-Hughes, KeishaKeisha Castle-Hughes	Whale Rider	2003	March 24, 1990	January 27, 2004	Held record for 9 years (2004–2013)
3	20 years, 163 days	Lawrence, JenniferJennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone	2010	August 15, 1990	January 25, 2011
4	20 years, 235 days	Adjani, IsabelleIsabelle Adjani	The Story of Adele H.	1975	June 27, 1955	February 17, 1976	Held record for 28 years (1976–2004)
5	20 years, 311 days	Knightley, KeiraKeira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice	2005	March 26, 1985	January 31, 2006
6	20 years, 335 days	Page, EllenEllen Page	Juno	2007	February 21, 1987	January 22, 2008
7	21 years, 171 days	Matlin, MarleeMarlee Matlin	Children of a Lesser God	1986	August 24, 1965	February 11, 1987	Winner
8	21 years, 277 days	Ronan, SaoirseSaoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	2015	April 12, 1994	January 14, 2016
9	22 years, 60 days	Hartman, ElizabethElizabeth Hartman	A Patch of Blue	1965	December 23, 1943	February 21, 1966	Held record for 10 years (1966–1976)
10	22 years, 128 days	Winslet, KateKate 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^[3]

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1	82 years, 75 days	Plummer, ChristopherChristopher Plummer	Beginners	2011	December 13, 1929	February 26, 2012	Oldest winner in any acting category [4] Has held record for 4 years (2012–2016)
2	80 years, 69 days	Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	The Sunshine Boys	1975	January 20, 1896	March 29, 1976	Held record for 36 years (1976–2012)
3	79 years, 9 days	Douglas, MelvynMelvyn Douglas	Being There	1979	April 5, 1901	April 14, 1980
4	77 years, 349 days	Gielgud, JohnJohn Gielgud	Arthur	1981	April 14, 1904	March 29, 1982
5	77 years, 297 days	Ameche, DonDon Ameche	Cocoon	1985	May 31, 1908	March 24, 1986
6	73 years, 41 days	Palance, JackJack Palance	City Slickers	1991	February 18, 1919	March 30, 1992
7	72 years, 336 days	Arkin, AlanAlan Arkin	Little Miss Sunshine	2006	March 26, 1934	February 25, 2007
8	71 years, 192 days	Houseman, JohnJohn Houseman	The Paper Chase	1973	September 22, 1902	April 2, 1974	Held record for 2 years (1974–1976)
9	70 years, 202 days	Coburn, JamesJames Coburn	Affliction	1998	August 31, 1928	March 21, 1999
10	70 years, 176 days	Gwenn, EdmundEdmund 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	84 years, 10 days	Duvall, RobertRobert Duvall	The Judge	2014	January 5, 1931	January 15, 2015	Has held the record for 1 year (2015-2016).
2	82 years, 339 days	Holbrook, HalHal Holbrook	Into the Wild	2007	February 17, 1925	January 22, 2008	Held the record for 7 years (2008–2015)
3	82 years, 289 days	von Sydow, MaxMax von Sydow	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	2011	April 10, 1929	January 24, 2012
4	82 years, 49 days	Richardson, RalphRalph 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	82 years, 42 days	Plummer, ChristopherChristopher Plummer	Beginners	2011	December 13, 1929	January 24, 2012	Winner
6	80 years, 51 days		The Last Station	2009	December 13, 1929	February 2, 2010
7	80 years, 28 days	Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	The Sunshine Boys	1975	January 20, 1896	February 17, 1976	Winner Held record for 9 years (1976–1985)
8	78 years, 326 days	Douglas, MelvynMelvyn Douglas	Being There	1979	April 5, 1901	February 25, 1980	Winner
9	78 years, 290 days	Arkin, AlanAlan Arkin	Argo	2012	March 26, 1934	January 10, 2013
10	78 years, 16 days	Newman, PaulPaul 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	20 years, 227 days	Hutton, TimothyTimothy Hutton	Ordinary People	1980	August 16, 1960	March 31, 1981	Has held record for 34 years (1981–2015)
2	27 years, 205 days	Chakiris, GeorgeGeorge Chakiris	West Side Story	1961	September 16, 1934	April 9, 1962	Held record for 19 years (1962–1981)
3	29 years, 81 days	Gooding, Jr., CubaCuba Gooding, Jr.	Jerry Maguire	1996	January 2, 1968	March 24, 1997
4	29 years, 324 days	Ledger, HeathHeath Ledger	The Dark Knight	2008	April 4, 1979	February 22, 2009	Posthumous award
5	31 years, 42 days	Lemmon, JackJack Lemmon	Mister Roberts	1955	February 8, 1925	March 21, 1956	Held record for 6 years (1956–1962)
6	31 years, 234 days	De Niro, RobertRobert De Niro	The Godfather Part II	1974	August 17, 1943	April 8, 1975
7	32 years, 81 days	Heflin, VanVan Heflin	Johnny Eager	1942	December 13, 1910	March 4, 1943	Held record for 13 years (1943–1956)
8	33 years, 58 days	Russell, HaroldHarold Russell	The Best Years of Our Lives	1946	January 14, 1914	March 13, 1947	Sole winner of two Academy Awards for same performance
9	34 years, 34 days	del Toro, BenicioBenicio del Toro	Traffic	2000	February 19, 1967	March 25, 2001
10	35 years, 88 days	Washington, DenzelDenzel 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	8 years, 276 days	Henry, JustinJustin 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	11 years, 311 days	Osment, Haley JoelHaley Joel Osment	The Sixth Sense	1999	April 10, 1988	February 15, 2000
3	11 years, 312 days	deWilde, BrandonBrandon deWilde	Shane	1953	April 9, 1942	February 15, 1954	Held record for 26 years (1954–1980)
4	16 years, 147 days	Wild, JackJack Wild	Oliver!	1968	September 30, 1952	February 24, 1969
5	17 years, 39 days	Mineo, SalSal Mineo	Rebel Without a Cause	1955	January 10, 1939	February 18, 1956
6	18 years, 176 days	Phoenix, RiverRiver Phoenix	Running on Empty	1988	August 23, 1970	February 15, 1989
7	19 years, 90 days	DiCaprio, LeonardoLeonardo DiCaprio	What's Eating Gilbert Grape	1993	November 11, 1974	February 9, 1994
8	20 years, 185 days	Hutton, TimothyTimothy Hutton	Ordinary People	1980	August 16, 1960	February 17, 1981	Winner
9	22 years, 48 days	Mineo, SalSal Mineo	Exodus	1960	January 10, 1939	February 27, 1961
10	22 years, 80 days	Bridges, JeffJeff 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^[3]

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1	77 years, 93 days	Ashcroft, PeggyPeggy Ashcroft	A Passage to India	1984	December 22, 1907	March 25, 1985	Has held record for 30 years (1985–2015)
2	74 years, 85 days	Hull, JosephineJosephine Hull	Harvey	1950	January 3, 1877	March 29, 1951	Held record for 34 years (1951–1985)
3	72 years, 166 days	Gordon, RuthRuth Gordon	Rosemary's Baby	1968	October 30, 1896	April 14, 1969
4	71 years, 338 days	Rutherford, MargaretMargaret Rutherford	The V.I.P.s	1963	May 11, 1892	April 13, 1964
5	70 years, 187 days	Hayes, HelenHelen Hayes	Airport	1970	October 10, 1900	April 15, 1971
6	65 years, 212 days	Barrymore, EthelEthel Barrymore	None But the Lonely Heart	1944	August 15, 1879	March 15, 1945	Held record for 6 years (1945–1951)
7	64 years, 102 days	Dench, JudiJudi Dench	Shakespeare in Love	1998	December 9, 1934	March 21, 1999
8	62 years, 238 days	Straight, BeatriceBeatrice Straight	Network	1976	August 2, 1914	March 28, 1977
9	61 years, 135 days	Darwell, JaneJane Darwell	The Grapes of Wrath	1940	October 15, 1879	February 27, 1941	Held record for 4 years (1941–1945)
10	59 years, 222 days	Bergman, IngridIngrid 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	87 years, 221 days	Stuart, GloriaGloria Stuart	Titanic	1997	July 4, 1910	February 10, 1998	Oldest nominee in any category Has held record for 18 years (1998-2016)
2	85 years, 87 days	Dee, RubyRuby Dee	American Gangster	2007	October 27, 1922	January 22, 2008
3	84 years, 71 days	Squibb, JuneJune Squibb	Nebraska	2013	November 6, 1929	January 16, 2014
4	82 years, 257 days	Tandy, JessicaJessica Tandy	Fried Green Tomatoes	1991	June 7, 1909	February 19, 1992	Held record for 6 years (1992–1998)
5	82 years, 37 days	Le Gallienne, EvaEva Le Gallienne	Resurrection	1980	January 11, 1899	February 17, 1981	Held record for 11 years (1981–1992)
6	79 years, 26 days	Sothern, AnnAnn Sothern	The Whales of August	1987	January 22, 1909	February 17, 1988
7	77 years, 234 days	Whitty, MayMay Whitty	Mrs. Miniver	1942	June 19, 1865	February 8, 1943	Held record for 38 years (1943–1981)
8	77 years, 46 days	Ashcroft, PeggyPeggy Ashcroft	A Passage to India	1984	December 22, 1907	February 6, 1985	Winner
9	77 years, 15 days	Evans, EdithEdith Evans	The Chalk Garden	1964	February 8, 1888	February 23, 1965
10	76 years, 67 days	Cooper, GladysGladys 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	10 years, 148 days	O'Neal, TatumTatum 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	11 years, 240 days	Paquin, AnnaAnna Paquin	The Piano	1993	July 24, 1982	March 21, 1994
3	16 years, 115 days	Duke, PattyPatty Duke	The Miracle Worker	1962	December 14, 1946	April 8, 1963	Held record for 11 years (1963–1974)
4	23 years, 310 days	Baxter, AnneAnne Baxter	The Razor's Edge	1946	May 7, 1923	March 13, 1947	Held record for 16 years (1947–1963)
5	24 years, 128 days	Wright, TeresaTeresa Wright	Mrs. Miniver	1942	October 27, 1918	March 4, 1943	Held record for 4 years (1943–1947)
6	24 years, 137 days	Hawn, GoldieGoldie Hawn	Cactus Flower	1969	November 21, 1945	April 7, 1970
7	24 years, 296 days	Jolie, AngelinaAngelina Jolie	Girl, Interrupted	1999	June 4, 1975	March 26, 2000
8	25 years, 166 days	Hudson, JenniferJennifer Hudson	Dreamgirls	2006	September 12, 1981	February 25, 2007
9	27 years, 17 days	Jones, ShirleyShirley Jones	Elmer Gantry	1960	March 31, 1934	April 17, 1961
10	27 years, 148 days	Vikander, AliciaAlicia 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	10 years, 106 days	O'Neal, TatumTatum O'Neal	Paper Moon	1973	November 5, 1963	February 19, 1974	Winner Has held record for 42 years (1974–2016)
2	10 years, 141 days	Badham, MaryMary Badham	To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	October 7, 1952	February 25, 1963	Held record for 11 years (1963–1974)
3	10 years, 192 days	Cummings, QuinnQuinn Cummings	The Goodbye Girl	1977	August 13, 1967	February 21, 1978
4	10 years, 284 days	Breslin, AbigailAbigail Breslin	Little Miss Sunshine	2006	April 14, 1996	January 23, 2007
5	11 years, 181 days	McCormack, PattyPatty McCormack	The Bad Seed	1956	August 21, 1945	February 18, 1957	Held record for 6 years (1957–1963)
6	11 years, 200 days	Paquin, AnnaAnna Paquin	The Piano	1993	July 24, 1982	February 9, 1994	Winner
7	13 years, 285 days	Ronan, SaoirseSaoirse Ronan	Atonement	2007	April 12, 1994	January 22, 2008
8	14 years, 5 days	Granville, BonitaBonita Granville	These Three	1936	February 2, 1923	February 7, 1937	Held record for 20 years (1937–1957)
9	14 years, 45 days	Steinfeld, HaileeHailee Steinfeld	True Grit	2010	December 11, 1996	January 25, 2011
10	14 years, 83 days	Foster, JodieJodie 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^[3]

Academy Honorary Award

Oldest honorees

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Notes
1	98 years, 137 days	Boyle, Robert F.Robert F. Boyle		2007	October 10, 1909	February 24, 2008	Has held record for 8 years (2008–2016)
2	94 years, 341 days	Wallach, EliEli Wallach		2010	December 7, 1915	November 13, 2010
3	94 years, 83 days	O'Hara, MaureenMaureen O'Hara		2014	August 17, 1920	November 8, 2014
4	92 years, 86 days	Roach, HalHal Roach		1983	January 14, 1892	April 9, 1984	Held record for 24 years (1984–2008)
5	89 years, 195 days	Kazan, EliaElia Kazan		1998	September 7, 1909	March 21, 1999
6	89 years, 139 days	Smith, DickDick Smith		2011	June 26, 1922	November 12, 2011
7	88 years, 31 days	Lansbury, AngelaAngela Lansbury		2013	October 16, 1925	November 16, 2013
8	87 years, 139 days	Pennebaker, D.A.D.A. Pennebaker		2012	July 15, 1925	December 1, 2012
9	86 years, 221 days	De Forest, LeeLee De Forest		1959	August 26, 1873	April 3, 1960	Held record for 24 years (1960–1984)
10	86 years, 220 days	Tosi, PieroPiero 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	94 years, 341 days	Wallach, EliEli Wallach		2010	December 7, 1915	November 13, 2010	Has held record for 5 years (2010–2015)
2	94 years, 83 days	O'Hara, MaureenMaureen O'Hara		2014	August 17, 1920	November 8, 2014
3	88 years, 31 days	Lansbury, AngelaAngela Lansbury		2013	October 16, 1925	November 16, 2013
4	85 years, 235 days	Loy, MyrnaMyrna Loy		1990	August 2, 1905	March 25, 1991	Held record for 19 years (1991–2010)
5	85 years, 148 days	Rowlands, GenaGena Rowlands		2015	June 19, 1930	November 14, 2015
6	85 years, 59 days	Bacall, LaurenLauren Bacall		2009	September 16, 1924	November 14, 2009
7	83 years, 182 days	Marx, GrouchoGroucho Marx		1973	October 2, 1890	April 2, 1974	Held record for 17 years (1974–1991)
8	82 years, 360 days	Chaplin, CharlieCharlie Chaplin		1971	April 16, 1889	April 10, 1972	Held record for 2 years (1972–1974)
9	82 years, 356 days	Pickford, MaryMary Pickford		1975	April 8, 1893	March 29, 1976
10	82 years, 286 days	Bellamy, RalphRalph 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	6 years, 310 days	Temple, ShirleyShirley Temple		1934	April 23, 1928	February 27, 1935	Has held record for 81 years (1935–2016)
2	7 years, 91 days	Winter, VincentVincent Winter	The Little Kidnappers	1954	December 29, 1947	March 30, 1955
3	8 years, 59 days	O'Brien, MargaretMargaret O'Brien	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	January 15, 1937	March 15, 1945
4	10 years, 39 days	Whiteley, JonJon Whiteley	The Little Kidnappers	1954	February 19, 1945	March 30, 1955
5	12 years, 59 days	Jandl, IvanIvan Jandl	The Search	1948	January 24, 1937	March 24, 1949
6	12 years, 167 days	Jarman, Jr., ClaudeClaude Jarman, Jr.	The Yearling	1946	September 27, 1934	March 13, 1947
7	13 years, 20 days	Driscoll, BobbyBobby Driscoll		1949	March 3, 1937	March 23, 1950
8	14 years, 32 days	Garner, Peggy AnnPeggy Ann Garner	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	1945	February 3, 1932	March 7, 1946
9	14 years, 364 days	Mills, HayleyHayley Mills	Pollyanna	1960	April 18, 1946	April 17, 1961
10	17 years, 81 days	Durbin, DeannaDeanna 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	Stuart, GloriaGloria Stuart	Age 87	Duvall, RobertRobert Duvall	Age 84	Stuart, GloriaGloria Stuart	Age 87
Oldest Winner	Plummer, ChristopherChristopher Plummer	Age 82	Plummer, ChristopherChristopher Plummer	Age 82	Tandy, JessicaJessica Tandy	Age 80
Youngest Winner	O'Neal, TatumTatum O'Neal	Age 10	Hutton, TimothyTimothy Hutton	Age 20	O'Neal, TatumTatum O'Neal	Age 10
Youngest Nominee	Henry, JustinJustin Henry	Age 8	Henry, JustinJustin Henry	Age 8	Wallis, QuvenzhanéQuvenzhané 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

References

1. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2008-02-24). "The Official Academy Awards Database". oscars.org (AMPAS). Retrieved 2008-07-27. The [searchable] Academy Awards Database contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees. The data is complete through the 2008 (81st) Academy Awards. ... The ["Academy Award Statistics" in the "Directing" and "Acting" sections of the Awards Database] are based on the most reliable birthdate information available to us at the time of publishing. We welcome any information from primary sources that might indicate a different birthdate for an individual. Such sources might be birth or death certificates or databases based on such records, published interviews with the individual or published documents that cite their sources. This would not include the Internet Movie Database or other web sites that do not cite primary sources for their information. N.B.: Ages (including for those persons receiving nominations and/or awards posthumously) are computed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS); for nominations, all ages are computed "from date of birth to date of nominations announcement"; for awards won, all ages are computed "from date of birth to date of awards ceremony."
2. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (March 2008). "Oldest/Youngest Directing Nominees/Winners". Awards Database. oscars.org (AMPAS). Retrieved 2008-07-27. Statistics are valid through the 2007 (80th) Awards, presented on February 24, 2008. [document last updated 3/08] ... (* indicates a win).
3. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (March 2008). "Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Category". Awards Database. oscars.org (AMPAS). Retrieved 2008-07-27. Statistics are valid through the 2007 (80th) Awards, presented on February 24, 2008. [document last updated 3/08] ... (* indicates a win).
4. "Christopher Plummer becomes oldest acting Oscar winner". CBS News. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2014-08-26.

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.