6 Actors With The Most Oscar Wins

4. Walter Brennan

FILE - In this March 30, 1975 file photo, actor Jack Nicholson, named best actor of 1975 by the Motion Picture Academy, holds the Oscar he won for his role in
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Number of Oscars: 3

Won For: Come and Get It (Best Supporting Actor - 1936), Kentucky (Best Supporting Actor - 1939), The Westerner (Best Supporting Actor - 1940)

Walter Brennan was the first person to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, and in the categories early years had something of a monopoly on it.

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