age 9 (Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012)Youngest Best Actor winner Adrien Brody, age 29 (The Pianist, 2002) Youngest Best Actor nominee Jackie Cooper, age 9 (Skippy, 1931) Youngest winner of an Oscar Shirley Temple, age 6, who was awarded the inaugural (now retired) non-competitive Academy Juvenile Award in 1934 Youngest winner of an award for Best Original Screenplay Ben Affleck, age 25 (Good Will Hunting, 1997) Youngest Best Director winner Damien Chazelle, age 32 (La La Land, 2016) Youngest Best Director nominee John Singleton, age 24 (Boyz n the Hood, 1991) Oldest Best Director winner Clint Eastwood, age 74 (Million Dollar Baby, 2004) Oldest Best Director nominee John Huston, age 79 (Prizzi's Honor, 1985) Oldest winner of an acting award Anthony Hopkins, age 83 (Best Actor, The Father, 2020)Oldest nominee for an acting award Christopher Plummer, age 88 (Best Supporting Actor, All the Money in the World, 2017) Oldest Best Actress winner Jessica Tandy, age 80 (Driving Miss Daisy, 1989) Oldest Best Actress nominee Emmanuelle Riva, age 85 (Amour, 2012) Oldest Best Actor winner/nomineeAnthony Hopkins, age 83 (The Father, 2020) Oldest competitive Oscar winner James Ivory, age 89 (Best Adapted Screenplay, Call Me by Your Name, 2017) Ann Roth, age 89 (Best Costume Design, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 2020) Oldest competitive Oscar nominee John Williams, age 90 (Best Original Score, The Fabelmans, 2022) Oldest living Oscar nominee Glynis Johns, age 99 (Best Supporting Actress, The Sundowners, 1961) Earliest-born Oscar winner by birth year George Arliss, born 10 April 1868 (Best Actor, Disraeli, 1929) Earliest-born Oscar nominee by birth year May Robson, born 19 April 1858 (Best Actress, Lady for a Day, 1933) Year where all four Acting winners had the oldest age average 1981 with a combined average age of 70.5 years old. Henry Fonda (aged 77) Katharine Hepburn (72) John Gielgud (77) Maureen Stapleton (56) Year where all four Acting winners had the youngest age average 1961 with a combined average age of just under 29 years old. Maximilian Schell (aged 31) Sophia Loren (27) George Chakiris (27) Rita Moreno (30) Youngest multiple nominees for an acting award (Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor) Youngest multiple nominees for an acting award (Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress)Film records Most Oscars without winning Best Picture Cabaret (1972) won 8 awards Most nominations without winning Best Picture La La Land (2016) with 14 nominations Most nominations without any wins Two