who has the most oscar wins for best actor
Daniel Day-Lewis
title: Academy Award for Best Actor text: is nominated for a specific performance in a single film. Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year. Since its inception, the award has been given to 80 actors. Daniel Day-Lewis has received the most awards in this category with three Oscars. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated on nine occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2018 ceremony, Gary Oldman is the most recent winner in this category for portraying former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour". In the following table, the years are title: Academy Award for Best Actress text: Loren. Since its inception, the award has been given to 75 actresses. Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category, with four Oscars. Meryl Streep, who has a total of 21 Oscar nominations (three wins), has been nominated in this category on 17 occasions, resulting in two awards. As of the 2018 ceremony, Frances McDormand is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Mildred Hayes in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los title: Saturn Award for Best Actor text: for Best Actor was first introduced in 1976 for the 1974 and 1975 years, to reward a lead performance by a male actor in film. The record for most awards is held by Robert Downey, Jr. and Mark Hamill with three wins, with Jeff Bridges and Harrison Ford as the only others to have won more than once, each winning twice. Tom Cruise is the most nominated actor in the category with ten nominations, with Arnold Schwarzenegger being second with seven (two of which for playing The Terminator) and Harrison Ford (all of them for playing either Han Solo or title: Empire Award for Best Actor text: readers of "Empire" magazine. Since its inception, the award has been given to 18 actors. Johnny Depp and James McAvoy have received the most awards in this category with two awards each. Johnny Depp was nominated on five occasions, more than any other actor. Hugh Jackman is the most recent winner in this category for his role in "Logan". In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on title: Star Awards for Best Actress text: has been given to 13 actresses. Rebecca Lim is the most recent winner in this category for her role in "The Lead". Since the ceremony held in 2014, Chen Liping, Huang Biren and Ivy Lee remain as the only actresses to win in this category thrice, surpassing Lim, Joanne Peh, Rui En, and Zoe Tay who have two wins each. Tay and Wong have been nominated on 12 occasions, more than any other actress. Jacelyn Tay holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with five. Each year is linked to the article about the Star Awards held