Golden Globe Winners Who Claimed Oscars: Last Decade's Double Champions
The 2026 Golden Globes results are in, setting the stage for Oscar predictions. Here's every actor and filmmaker from the past 10 years who managed to win both prestigious awards in the same year.
The 2026 Golden Globe Awards just wrapped up, and now everyone's looking ahead to the 98th Academy Awards. These results give us solid clues about who might take home Oscar gold in March.
Winning both a Golden Globe and an Oscar isn't guaranteed. The odds sit around 49.8%, according to Vulture. Less than half make the jump. But some performers and filmmakers manage to sweep both ceremonies in the same year.
Recent Double Winners Show Clear Patterns
Adrien Brody just claimed both the 2025 Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Actor with his performance in The Brutalist. This period drama about a Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor who immigrates to America struck critics and voters alike. The film explores trauma and assimilation in post-war America.
The year before, Oppenheimer dominated everything. Cillian Murphy won Best Actor at both ceremonies for playing the titular physicist. Christopher Nolan finally got his Best Director Oscar after years of near-misses. Robert Downey Jr. added supporting actor wins to his post-Marvel career.
Breakthrough Performances That Swept Awards Season
Everything Everywhere All At Once made 2023 Michelle Yeoh's year. She won Best Actress at both shows after decades in the industry. Ke Huy Quan's comeback story reached its peak with Best Supporting Actor wins. The A24 film proved audiences wanted something completely different.
Will Smith's King Richard performance earned him his first Oscar in 2022, though the ceremony became infamous for other reasons. Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story that same year.
Nomadland made history in 2021 when Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director at the Oscars. She'd already claimed the Golden Globe weeks earlier. The film itself won both Best Picture categories.
Established Stars Finally Getting Recognition
Brad Pitt's supporting role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood got him both awards in 2020. This happened despite Parasite taking most of the major categories that year.
Rami Malek's transformation into Freddy Mercury for Bohemian Rhapsody earned double wins in 2019. Mahershala Ali also swept Best Supporting Actor for Green Book.
Gary Oldman's Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour convinced voters in 2018. Guillermo del Toro won Best Director for The Shape of Water. Frances McDormand took Best Actress for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Casey Affleck won his first major awards for Manchester by the Sea in 2017. Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his Oscar in 2016 with The Revenant, after winning the Golden Globe first. Brie Larson's intense performance in Room earned her both Best Actress awards that year.
The 98th Academy Awards air March 16, 2026, streaming on Hulu.