'Star Wars' Actors Who Have Won An Oscar
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The Star Wars franchise has been in existence since 1977, spanning multiple installments in television, film, and digital media. As a result, the associated work put into making Star Wars has often attracted the attention of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, resulting in a number of different Academy Award acknowledgements for a number of individuals. Here are those people:
16. Rick Baker
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Rick Baker played Figrin D’an, the Bith leader of the band in the Mos Eisley Cantina in A New Hope. The now-retired Baker’s occupation was as a special effects makeup creator; in that role, he is the record holder for the Academy Award for Best Makeup, with a total of 11 nominations and 7 wins.
Years Won: 1982, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2011
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15. John Williams
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Composer John Williams appeared in The Rise of Skywalker as Kijimi bartender Oma Tres. As a composer, he has composed the scores for all the films in the Skywalker Saga; beyond that, he has created an infinite number of other compositions. He holds the record for living person with the most Academy Award nominations, with a total of 52; out of those nominations, he has amassed five wins.
Years Won: 1972, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1994
14. Ben Burtt
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Sound designer Ben Burtt appeared in Revenge of the Sith as Loshras Dofine; he has also provided the voice of Chewbacca in Solo: A Star Wars Story and Episodes VII-IX of the Skywalker Saga. As a sound designer, he has been nominated for seven Academy Awards, along with one nomination as a short film director; out of these nominations, he has won two awards for Best Sound Effects Editing. He has also received two Special Achievement Awards for his work.
Years Won: 1977, 1981, 1982, 1989
13. Mark Coulier
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Makeup artist and prosthetic makeup expert Mark Coulier appeared in The Phantom Menace as Aks Moe, a member of the Galactic Senate. As a makeup artist, he has won two Academy Awards, sharing the first with J. Roy Helland and the second with Frances Hannon.
Years Won: 2011, 2015
12. Phil Tippett
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Phil Tippett appeared as an alien in the Mos Eisley Cantina in A New Hope; he also served as a puppeteer for another alien in the Cantina. As a visual effects supervisor and producer, he has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of 6 times, winning 2; he shared both his wins with fellow artists.
Years Won: 1984, 1993
11. Riz Ahmed
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Riz Ahmed in the Star Wars prequel film Rogue One as defecting Imperial cargo pilot Bodhi Rook. As a filmmaker, he has received two Academy Award nominations, with one win in the Best Live Action Short Film category.
Years Won: 2022
10. Samuel L. Jackson
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Samuel L. Jackson appeared in the first three installments of the Skywalker Saga as well as the Clone Wars animated film as Jedi Master Mace Windu. In his other work as an actor, he has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor trophy for his role in Pulp Fiction; he received an Honorary Academy Award in 2022.
Years Won: 2022
9. Forest Whitaker
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Actor Forest Whitaker appeared as the rebel Saw Gerrera in the prequel film Rogue One as well as the upcoming series Andor. In his other work as an actor, he has won a single Academy Award- Best Actor- for his role in The Last King of Scotland.
Years Won: 2006
8. Laura Dern
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Actress Laura Dern appeared as Vice-Admiral Amilyn Holdo in The Last Jedi. In her other work as an actress, she has been nominated for an Academy Award three times, winning a Best Supporting Actress trophy for her role in Marriage Story.
Years Won: 2020
7. Benicio Del Toro
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Actor Benicio del Toro appeared as a Slicer named DJ in The Last Jedi. In his other work as an actor, he has been nominated for an Academy Award twice, winning once for Best Supporting Actor in Traffic.
Years Won: 2001
6. Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness appeared in A New Hope as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Throughout his long acting career, he accrued a total of five Academy Award nominations, winning a Best Actor trophy for the Bridge on the River Kwai. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1980.
Years Won: 1957, 1980
5. Lupita Nyong’o
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Actress Lupita Nyong’o appeared in Episodes VII-IX of the Skywalker saga, voicing the ancient space pirate Maz Kanata. In her other acting work, she has received one Academy Award nomination, winning the trophy for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years A Slave.
Years Won: 2014
4. Sofia Coppola
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Actress and filmmaker Sofia Coppola appears in The Phantom Menace as Saché, the youngest handmaiden of Padmé Amidala. In her other work, she has been nominated for three Academy Awards, winning the Best Original Screenplay trophy for her movie Lost in Translation.
Years Won: 2003
3. Natalie Portman
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Actress Natalie Portman appears in Episodes I-III of the Skywalker saga as Padmé Amidala of Naboo. As an actress and filmmaker, her work has earned her a total of three Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress trophy for her role in Black Swan.
Years Won: 2011
2. James Earl Jones
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Acclaimed actor James Earl Jones has voiced the character of Darth Vader in Episodes III-VI of the Skywalker saga and the prequel film Rogue One, as well as the series Rebels and Obi-Wan Kenobi. His extensive body of work has earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, as well as an Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement; the latter technically makes him a rare recipient of an EGOT- winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.
Years Won: 2011
1. George Lucas
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Star Wars creator George Lucas appears as Pantoran Senator Baron Papanoida in Revenge of the Sith. In his role as both a director and a screenwriter, he has received a total of four Academy Award nominations. In 1992, he was the recipient of the Academy’s Irving G. Thalberg Award, which is awarded to “creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.”
Years Won: 1992
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