Triple Threat: 22 Actors Who Swept Award Season

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With award season raging in Hollywood, we're starting to get a sense of the movies that are poised to win big (we're looking at you, La La Land). The biggest honor someone can pull off during these months is the Triple Crown: when one actor takes home the Globe, the SAG Award, and the Oscar. There are many men (and women!) who have succeeded to do this in the past, so if you're curious to see the talented people who took home all three for their work all in the same year, just take a look at this list of triple winners.

— Additional reporting by Maggie Pehanick and Quinn Keaney

01

Tom Hanks

  • Year: 1995
  • Film: Forrest Gump
  • Award: Best actor
02

Nicolas Cage

  • Year: 1996
  • Film: Leaving Las Vegas
  • Award: Best actor
03

Geoffrey Rush

  • Year: 1997
  • Film: Shine
  • Award: Best actor
04

Jack Nicholson

  • Year: 1998
  • Film: As Good as It Gets
  • Award: Best actor
05

Benicio Del Toro

  • Year: 2001
  • Film: Traffic
  • Award: Best supporting actor (Golden Globe, Oscar), best actor (SAG)
06

Tim Robbins

  • Year: 2004
  • Film: Mystic River
  • Award: Best supporting actor
07

Jamie Foxx

  • Year: 2005
  • Film: Ray
  • Award: Best actor
08

Philip Seymour Hoffman

  • Year: 2006
  • Film: Capote
  • Award: Best actor
09

Forest Whitaker

  • Year: 2007
  • Film: The Last King of Scotland
  • Award: Best actor
10

Daniel Day-Lewis

  • Year: 2008
  • Film: There Will Be Blood
  • Award: Best actor
11

Javier Bardem

  • Year: 2008
  • Film: No Country For Old Men
  • Award: Best supporting actor
12

Christoph Waltz

  • Year: 2010
  • Film: Inglourious Basterds
  • Award: Best supporting actor
13

Jeff Bridges

  • Year: 2010
  • Film: Crazy Heart
  • Award: Best actor
14

Christian Bale

  • Year: 2011
  • Film: The Fighter
  • Award: Best supporting actor
15

Colin Firth

  • Year: 2011
  • Film: The King's Speech
  • Award: Best actor
16

Christopher Plummer

  • Year: 2012
  • Film: Beginners
  • Award: Best supporting actor
17

Daniel Day-Lewis

  • Year: 2013
  • Film: Lincoln
  • Award: Best actor
18

Jared Leto

  • Year: 2014
  • Film: Dallas Buyers Club
  • Award: Best supporting actor
19

Matthew McConaughey

  • Year: 2014
  • Film: Dallas Buyers Club
  • Award: Best actor
20

J.K. Simmons

  • Year: 2015
  • Film: Whiplash
  • Award: Best supporting actor
21

Eddie Redmayne

  • Year: 2015
  • Film: The Theory of Everything
  • Award: Best actor
22

Leonardo DiCaprio

  • Year: 2016
  • Film: The Revenant
  • Award: Best actor
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