Actors who won both a Tony and an Oscar form an elite club of roughly twenty-nine performers with competitive Broadway and Academy acting prizes. This six-slide guide names the icons and explains how the roster breaks down.
Viola Davis won Tonys for King Hedley II and Fences before her Oscar for Fences — becoming the first Black Triple Crown winner among actors who won both a Tony and an Oscar. She later added a Grammy to complete the EGOT.
Al Pacino collected two Tonys — for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and Pavlo Hummel — before his Oscar for Scent of a Woman. He remains among the most celebrated actors who won both a Tony and an Oscar still working today.
Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, and Viola Davis each won Tony and Oscar trophies plus Grammys to complete the EGOT — the rarest extension of the actors who won both a Tony and an Oscar achievement.
Helen Hayes, Shirley Booth, and Ingrid Bergman opened the actors who won both a Tony and an Oscar ledger decades before modern Broadway-to-film transfers became awards-season fixtures every June and Oscar Sunday.