List of oldest living Academy Award winners and nominees


This is a list of oldest living Academy Award winners and nominees. This also contains a list of earliest surviving Academy Award winners and nominees.
This information is current as of the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 9, 2020, which honored the best films of 2019. This list encompasses Academy Awards in directing and acting categories only.

Oldest living winners

Academy AwardOldest Living WinnerDate of BirthCurrent Age
Best Director years old
Best Actor years old
Best Actress years old
Best Supporting Actor years old
Best Supporting Actress years old

Oldest living nominees

Academy AwardOldest Living NomineeDate of BirthCurrent Age
Best Director years old
Best Actor years old
Best Actress years old
Best Supporting Actor years old
Best Supporting Actress years old

Earliest surviving winners

Academy AwardEarliest Surviving WinnerAward CeremonyYears Ago
Best Director44th Academy Awards years ago
Best Actor36th Academy Awards years ago
Best Actress30th Academy Awards years ago
Best Supporting Actor34th Academy Awards years ago
Best Supporting Actress27th Academy Awards years ago

Earliest surviving nominees

Academy AwardEarliest Surviving NomineeAward CeremonyYears Ago
Best Director39th Academy Awards years ago
Best Actor31st Academy Awards years ago
Best Actress26th Academy Awards years ago
Best Supporting Actor29th Academy Awards years ago
Best Supporting Actress17th Academy Awards years ago

Superlatives

Among the oldest living and earliest surviving winners and nominees of Academy Awards in directing and acting categories, the following emerge:
SuperlativeNameDate of BirthCurrent Age
Oldest Living Winner years old
Oldest Living Nominee years old
SuperlativeNameAward CeremonyYears Ago
Earliest Surviving Winner27th Academy Awards years ago
Earliest Surviving Nominee17th Academy Awards years ago

Chronology of record holders

Oldest living Academy Award winners and nominees

DateBest Actor WinnerBest Actor NomineeBest Actress WinnerBest Actress NomineeBest Supporting Actor WinnerBest Supporting Actor NomineeBest Supporting Actress WinnerBest Supporting Actress Nominee
May 16, 1929
April 3, 1930
November 5, 1930
November 10, 1931
March 16, 1934
July 28, 1934
March 4, 1937
March 10, 1938
February 27, 1941
February 26, 1942
March 2, 1944
March 2, 1944
May 29, 1948
December 3, 1949
March 29, 1951
May 15, 1952
November 15, 1954
October 2, 1956
March 12, 1957
June 18, 1959
November 7, 1959
August 30, 1961
June 24, 1962
April 24, 1965
October 18, 1965
August 13, 1967
May 14, 1970
August 15, 1971
September 7, 1971
January 1, 1972
May 22, 1972
May 25, 1974
April 14, 1975
October 14, 1976
December 25, 1977
May 29, 1979
January 11, 1981
January 30, 1982
July 30, 1983
March 5, 1984
March 24, 1984
September 25, 1984
August 28, 1985
March 30, 1986
May 12, 1986
November 29, 1986
July 11, 1989
June 2, 1990
October 16, 1992
February 27, 1993
March 17, 1993
December 18, 1994
April 25, 1995
March 9, 1996
July 30, 1996
December 30, 1996
July 2, 1997
April 8, 2000
May 21, 2000
August 5, 2000
March 15, 2001
June 3, 2001
May 14, 2003
June 12, 2003
June 29, 2003
March 2, 2004
April 23, 2005-
May 26, 2005-
July 1, 2009-
September 11, 2010-
September 26, 2010-
September 29, 2010-
July 8, 2012-
July 15, 2012
January 1, 2014-
April 6, 2014-
December 30, 2014-
July 21, 2015-
February 28, 2016--
July 15, 2017--
January 19, 2018-
February 5, 2020-
July 26, 2020-