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Most Decorated Golden Globe Winners of All Time

Cheyenne Buckingham, Charles Stockdale

Published: December 28, 2017 1:18 pm

Last Updated: January 12, 2020 5:02 am

The much-anticipated Golden Globe Awards ceremony has been held for 75 years, just 14 years shy of the renowned Academy Awards. And over that time, a select few actors have earned a cornucopia of awards.

The 2018 Golden Globes will start the awards season on Jan. 7, 2018 at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated 70 actors – in addition to directors, writers, and composers – from myriad cinema and shows for this year’s awards that highlight the best of the best.

A diverse range of actors with different accolades and acting experiences have been nominated. For example, 22 of the 70 actors have never been nominated, let alone won, a Golden Globe. Others who have been nominated have accumulated a trove of awards for their work over the past several decades.

24/7 Wall St. has identified the most decorated Golden Globe winners of all time.

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29. Rock Hudson
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 0 nominations
> First win: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites), 1959
> Known for: Giant; Come September; Pillow Talk
> Acting credits: 73

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28. Dimitri Tiomkin
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 1 nominations
> First win: Best Original Score – Motion Picture, 1953
> Known for: High Noon; The Guns of Navarone; The High and the Mighty
> Music department credits: 144

27. Sean Connery
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 1 nominations
> First win: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites), 1966
> Known for: The Rock; The Untouchables; Thunderball
> Acting credits: 93

26. Ann-Margret
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 5 nominations
> First win: New Star Of The Year – Actress, 1962
> Known for: Bye Bye Birdie; Grumpy Old Men; Carnal Knowledge
> Acting credits: 83

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25. Ed Asner
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 6 nominations
> First win: Actor In A Supporting Role – Series Or Television Movie, 1972
> Known for: Up; Mary Tyler Moore Show; Elf
> Acting credits: 372

24. Sidney Poitier
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 6 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, 1964
> Known for: The Heat of the Night; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Lilies of the Field
> Acting credits: 54

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23. Fred Zinnemann
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 6 nominations
> First win: Promoting International Understanding, 1949
> Known for: A Man for All Seasons; From Here to Eternity; High Noon
> Directing credits: 47

22. Clint Eastwood
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 7 nominations
> First win: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites), 1971
> Known for: Gran Torino; Million Dollar Baby; Unforgiven
> Acting credits: 70

21. Jessica Lange
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 10 nominations
> First win: New Star Of The Year – Actress, 1977
> Known for: Tootsie; King Kong; Blue Skye
> Acting credits: 43

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20. Carol Burnett
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 11 nominations
> First win: Actress In A Television Series, 1968
> Known for: Annie; The Carol Burnett Show; Carol & Company
> Acting credits: 73

19. Al Pacino
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 13 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, 1974
> Known for: Serpico; The Godfather; Dog Day Afternoon
> Acting credits: 56

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18. Jack Lemmon
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 5 wins, 18 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, 1960
> Known for: The Apartment; Some Like it Hot; Glengarry Glen Ross
> Acting credits: 98

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17. Gregory Peck
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 3 nominations
> First win: Actor In A Leading Role, 1947
> Known for: To Kill a Mockingbird; Roman Holiday; The Guns of Navarone
> Acting credits: 58

16. Elizabeth Taylor
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 3 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, 1960
> Known for: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Suddenly, Last Summer
> Acting credits: 78

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15. Marlon Brando
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 4 nominations
> First win: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites), 1955
> Known for: Apocalypse Now; The Godfather; Last Tango in Paris
> Acting credits: 45

14. Robert Redford
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 4 nominations
> First win: New Star Of The Year – Actor, 1966
> Known for: All is Lost; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Company You Keep
> Acting credits: 48

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13. Doris Day
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 6 nominations
> First win: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites), 1955
> Known for: Pillow Talk; Lover Come Back; Move Over, Darling
> Acting credits: 112

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12. Robin Williams
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 6 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, 1979
> Known for: Mrs. Doubtfire; Good Morning, Vietnam; Good Will Hunting
> Acting credits: 105

11. Dustin Hoffman
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 8 nominations
> First win: New Star Of The Year – Actor, 1968
> Known for: Rain Man; The Graduate; Tootsie
> Acting credits: 84

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10. Angela Lansbury
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 9 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture, 1946
> Known for: The Manchurian Candidate; Anastasia; Beauty and the Beast
> Acting credits: 112

9. Alan Alda
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 6 wins, 10 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, 1975
> Known for: M*A*S*H; Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Four Seasons
> Acting credits: 64

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8. Sophia Loren
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 7 wins, 3 nominations
> First win: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites), 1964
> Known for: Arabesque; Two Women; A Special Day
> Acting credits: 94

7. Julie Andrews
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 7 wins, 7 nominations
> First win: Actress In A Leading Role – Musical Or Comedy, 1965
> Known for: The Sound of Music; Mary Poppins; Victor Victoria
> Acting credits: 45

6. Jane Fonda
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 7 wins, 8 nominations
> First win: New Star Of The Year – Actress, 1962
> Known for: Klute; Barbarella; Youth
> Acting credits: 57

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5. Paul Newman
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 7 wins, 9 nominations
> First win: New Star Of The Year – Actor, 1957
> Known for: The Hustler; Cool Hand Luke; The Color of Money
> Acting credits: 83

4. Jack Nicholson
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 7 wins, 11 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, 1975
> Known for: Chinatown; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; As Good as It Gets
> Acting credits: 75

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3. Shirley MacLaine
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 7 wins, 14 nominations
> First win: New Star Of The Year – Actress, 1955
> Known for: Terms of Endearment; The Apartment; Steel Magnolias
> Acting credits: 76

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2. Barbra Streisand
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 8 wins, 8 nominations
> First win: Actress In A Leading Role – Musical Or Comedy, 1969
> Known for: Funny Girl; Yentl; The Mirror Has Two Faces
> Acting credits: 23

1. Meryl Streep
> Lifetime wins & nominations: 9 wins, 23 nominations
> First win: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture, 1980
> Known for: Out of Africa; August: Osage County; The Devil Wears Prada
> Acting credits: 81

Many of the most decorated Golden Globe nominees first found success during the “New Hollywood” period, which ranged from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. Twelve of the actors featured on this list won their first Golden Globe in the 1960s, and seven won their first Golden Globe in the 1970s.

The vast majority of nominees are actors, with the exceptions of director Fred Zinnemann and composer Dimitri Tiomkin. Twelve of the 27 actors are women, including seven of the top 10 most decorated. The Golden Globes grant actor- and actress-specific awards.

To identify the most decorated Golden Globe winners of all time, 24/7 Wall St. listed the individuals who have won the most Golden Globe awards, including special achievement awards that did not require a nomination. The number of nominations; whether an individual was the recipient of a special achievement award; and the length of a given person’s career were used to break ties. All Golden Globe data come from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Information including credits and the work an individual is most known for came from online movie database IMDb.com.