List of EGOT winners

"EGOT" redirects here. For other uses, see EGOT (disambiguation).

EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of the major American art awards.^[1][2] Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and Broadway theatre.^[3] Achieving the EGOT has been referred to as the "grand slam" of show business.^[1][4] As of 2023,^[update] 18 people have won a competitive EGOT, and 6 others have earned the distinction with honorary or special awards.^[5]

Background

The EGOT acronym was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in late 1984, when his role on Miami Vice brought him instant fame, and he stated a desire to achieve the EGOT within five years.^[6][7] The acronym gained wider recognition following a 2009 episode of 30 Rock that introduced EGOT status as a recurring plotline.^[8] In 2023, TheaterMania writer Zachary Stewart criticized the practice of "selling" producer credits for shows favored to win a Tony as a "shortcut" to EGOT status. He drew a distinction between the producers who actually do the work of organizing the production of a show and investing producers who merely help finance it, often late in the award season.^[9]

EGOT winners

Name	Emmy	Grammy	Oscar	Tony	EGOT completed	Year span	Age at completion	Category(s)
Richard Rodgers	1962	1960^[n 1]	1946	1950^[n 1]^[n 2]	1962	16	59 years, 10 months	Composer, producer
Helen Hayes^[n 3]	1953	1977	1932^[n 1]	1947^[n 1]^[n 2]	1977	45	76 years, 4 months	Actress
Rita Moreno^[n 3]	1977^[n 1]	1972	1962	1975	1977	15	45 years, 9 months	Actress, singer, dancer
John Gielgud	1991	1979	1982	1961^[n 1]^,^[n 2]	1991	29	87 years, 4 months	Actor, director
Audrey Hepburn	1993^[n 4]	1994^[n 4]	1954^[n 2]	1954^[n 2]	1994	40	63 years, 8 months^[n 4]	Actress
Marvin Hamlisch	1995^[n 1]	1974^[n 1]	1974^[n 1]	1976	1995	21	51 years, 3 months	Composer
Jonathan Tunick	1982	1988	1978	1997	1997	19	59 years, 1 month	Orchestrator, music arranger, composer, conductor
Mel Brooks	1967^[n 1]	1998^[n 1]	1969	2001^[n 1]	2001	34	74 years, 11 months	Writer, director, songwriter, actor
Mike Nichols	2001^[n 1]	1961	1968	1964^[n 1]	2001	40	69 years, 11 months	Director, comedian
Whoopi Goldberg	2002^[n 1]^[n 5]	1986	1991	2002	2002	16	46 years, 6 months	Comedian, actress, host, producer, author
Scott Rudin	1984	2012	2008	1994^[n 1]	2012	28	53 years, 6 months	Producer
Robert Lopez^[n 6]	2008^[n 1]^[n 7]	2012^[n 1]	2014^[n 1]	2004^[n 1]	2014	10	39 years	Composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber	2018^[n 8]	1980^[n 1]^[n 2]	1997	1980^[n 1]^[n 2]	2018	38	70 years, 5 months	Composer, producer
Tim Rice	2018^[n 8]	1980^[n 1]	1993^[n 1]	1980^[n 1]	2018	38	73 years, 9 months	Lyricist, librettist, producer
John Legend	2018^[n 8]	2006^[n 1]	2015	2017	2018	12	39 years, 8 months	Singer, composer, producer
Alan Menken	2020^[n 5]^[n 2]	1991^[n 1]	1990^[n 1]	2012	2020	30	70 years, 11 months	Composer, producer
Jennifer Hudson	2021^[n 5]	2009	2007	2022	2022	15	40 years, 9 months	Singer, actress, producer, talk show host
Viola Davis^[n 3]	2015	2023	2017	2001^[n 1]	2023^[11]	22	57 years, 5 months	Actress, producer

Non-competitive EGOT

Six additional artists have received all four awards, though one was bestowed for an honorary or similar non-competitive distinction: Barbra Streisand has no competitive Tony, Liza Minnelli has no competitive Grammy, and Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, and Frank Marshall have no competitive Oscar.

Artist	1st Award		2nd Award		3rd Award		4th Award		Year span	Category(s)
Barbra Streisand	1964	Grammy	1965	Emmy	1969	Oscar	1970	Special Tony Award	6	Actress and singer
Liza Minnelli	1965	Tony	1973	Oscar	1973	Emmy	1990	Grammy Legend Award	25	Actress and singer
James Earl Jones	1969	Tony	1977	Grammy	1991	Emmy	2011	Academy Honorary Award (Oscar)	42	Actor and voice actor
Harry Belafonte	1954	Tony	1960	Emmy	1961	Grammy	2014	Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar)	60	Activist, actor and singer
Quincy Jones	1964	Grammy	1977	Emmy	1994	Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar)	2016	Tony	52	Activist, arranger, composer, conductor, musician, and record producer
Frank Marshall	2019	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (Oscar)	2022	Tony	2023	Grammy	2023^[n 9]	Emmy	4	Director and producer

Notes

1. The artist also subsequently won one or more additional competitive awards.
2. The artist also received one or more honorary or non-competitive awards.
3. The artist also earned the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in the Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards.
4. The artist was awarded posthumously.
5. The artist has won a Daytime Emmy, not a Primetime Emmy Award; some distinguish the Daytime prize and other types of Emmy competitions as subordinate to the Primetime honor.^[10]
6. The songwriter is the only person who has won all four awards at least twice (Emmys [4], Grammys [3], Oscars [2] and Tonys [3]). Lopez is also the youngest person to achieve EGOT status (39 years, 8 days) and completed his first EGOT in the shortest time (9 years, 8 months). His second set of wins has established a new shortest time at 7 years, 8 months.
7. Lopez won Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008 & 2010, followed by a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021, followed by a Children's & Family Emmy in 2022.
8. Legend, Lloyd Webber, and Rice achieved EGOT status simultaneously with their shared Emmy Award for producing Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
9. Marshall has won a Sports Emmy, not a Primetime Emmy Award; some distinguish the other types of Emmy competitions as subordinate to the Primetime honor.^[10]

EGOT winners synopsis

Richard Rodgers

 

In 1962, Richard Rodgers became the first person to win all four awards.

American composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) received his fourth distinct award in 1962. Between 1946 and 1979, Rodgers received a total of 10 competitive awards. He was the first person to win all four and was primarily a composer.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1946: Best Song – "It Might as Well Be Spring" (from State Fair)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1962: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television – Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1960: Best Show Album (Original Cast) – The Sound of Music
2. 1962: Best Original Cast Show Album – No Strings

• Tony Awards:

1. 1950: Best Musical – South Pacific
2. 1950: Producers (Musical) – South Pacific
3. 1950: Best Score – South Pacific
4. 1952: Best Musical – The King and I
5. 1960: Best Musical – The Sound of Music
6. 1962: Best Composer – No Strings

• Special Awards:

1. 1962: Special Tony Award "for all he has done for young people in the theatre and for taking the men of the orchestra out of the pit and putting them onstage in No Strings"
2. 1972: Special Tony Award
3. 1979: Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre

Helen Hayes

 

In 1977, Helen Hayes became the second person and first woman to win all four awards.

American actress Helen Hayes (1900–1993) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1932 and 1980, Hayes received a total of 6 competitive awards. She was the first woman and the first performer to win all four. Hayes was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards, winning her third in 1953. Counting only the first award of each type, she also has the distinction of the longest timespan (45 years) between her first and fourth award of any showbiz Grand Slam winner.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1932: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
2. 1971: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Airport

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1953: Best Actress – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (Episode: "Not a Chance")

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1977: Best Spoken Word Recording – Great American Documents

• Tony Awards:

1. 1947: Best Actress in a Play – Happy Birthday
2. 1958: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Time Remembered

• Special Awards:

1. 1980: Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre

Rita Moreno

 

In 1977, Rita Moreno became the third person and first Hispanic American to win all four awards.

Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer Rita Moreno (born 1931) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of five awards.^[12] She is also the first Latina winner and the first winner to win a Grammy as their second award (both previous winners won Tonys as their second award). In addition, she became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2015 and on March 28, 2019, it was announced that she would receive a Peabody Award.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1962: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – West Side Story

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1977: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music – The Muppet Show
2. 1978: Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series – The Rockford Files (Episode: "The Paper Palace")

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1972: Best Recording for Children – The Electric Company

• Tony Awards:

1. 1975: Best Featured Actress in a Play – The Ritz

Sir John Gielgud

 

In 1991, John Gielgud became the fourth person to win all four awards, the oldest (at age 87), the first LGBT person, and the first non-American.

English actor and theatre director Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000) received his fourth distinct award in 1991. Between 1948 and 1991, Gielgud received a total of 5 competitive awards. Gielgud was the first winner to win any award other than the Oscar as their first award (his first award was a Tony). At age 87 when he won his Emmy, he was also the oldest winner, is the first LGBT winner, and the first non-American.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1981: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Arthur

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1991: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special – Summer's Lease

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1979: Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording – Ages of Man

• Tony Awards:

1. 1948: Outstanding Foreign Company – The Importance of Being Earnest
2. 1961: Best Director of a Drama – Big Fish, Little Fish

• Special Awards:

1. 1959: Special Tony Award "for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play Ages of Man"

Audrey Hepburn

 

In 1994, Audrey Hepburn became the fifth person to win all four awards, and the first to do so posthumously.

British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) received her fourth distinct award posthumously in 1994. Between 1954 and 1994, Hepburn received a total of 4 competitive awards. She was the fifth person to complete the feat and the first to do so posthumously. She was also the first winner to win two of their awards in consecutive awards shows (the 1994 Grammys were the first Grammys since her posthumous win at the 1993 Emmys). She is one of the only two EGOT winners (the other being Jonathan Tunick) to not win multiple awards in any of the four award fields.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1954: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Roman Holiday

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1993: Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming – Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1994: Best Spoken Word Album for Children – Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales

• Tony Awards:

1. 1954: Distinguished Dramatic Actress – Ondine

• Special Awards:

1. 1968: Special Tony Award
2. 1993: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Marvin Hamlisch

 

In 1995, Marvin Hamlisch became the sixth person to win all four awards.

American composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) received his fourth distinct award in 1995. Between 1974 and 2001, Hamlisch received a total of 12 awards. Before Alan Menken joined the group in 2020, Hamlisch had the most Oscars of any Grand Slam winners (three - all won in the same year). In 1974 he became the first winner to have won a "General Field" Grammy – taking Song of the Year and Best New Artist. He was also the first Grand Slam winner to have won multiple legs of the feat for the same work – an Oscar and a Grammy for the song "The Way We Were".

• Academy Awards:

1. 1974: Best Original Dramatic Score – The Way We Were
2. 1974: Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation – The Sting
3. 1974: Best Song – "The Way We Were" (from The Way We Were)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1995: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction – Barbra: The Concert
2. 1995: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – "Ordinary Miracles" (from Barbra: The Concert)
3. 1999: Outstanding Music and Lyrics – "A Ticket to Dream" from AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
4. 2001: Outstanding Music Direction – Timeless: Live in Concert

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1974: Best New Artist
2. 1974: Song of the Year – "The Way We Were"
3. 1974: Best Pop Instrumental Performance – "The Entertainer"
4. 1974: Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special – The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording

• Tony Awards:

1. 1976: Best Musical Score – A Chorus Line

Jonathan Tunick

American orchestrator, musical director, and composer Jonathan Tunick (born 1938) received his fourth distinct award in 1997. Between 1977 and 1997, Tunick received a total of four awards. Tunick is the first Grand Slam winner to have won an Emmy as their second award as well as the first to win the Tony as their fourth award. He is also the second person (after Audrey Hepburn) to not win multiple awards in any of the four award fields.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1978: Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score – A Little Night Music

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1982: Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction – Night of 100 Stars

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1989: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) – "No One is Alone" (vocals by Cleo Laine)

• Tony Awards:

1. 1997: Best Orchestrations – Titanic

Mel Brooks

 

In 2001, Mel Brooks became the eighth person to win all four awards.

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker Mel Brooks (born 1926) received his fourth distinct award in June 2001. Between 1968 and 2002, Brooks received a total of 11 awards.^[13] Brooks was the first person to win the Emmy as the first award, and the first winner to have won his Oscar for screenwriting.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1969: Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen – The Producers

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1967: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety – The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
2. 1997: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You
3. 1998: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You
4. 1999: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1998: Best Spoken Comedy Album – The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000
2. 2002: Best Long Form Music Video – Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
3. 2002: Best Musical Show Album – The Producers

• Tony Awards:

1. 2001: Best Musical – The Producers
2. 2001: Best Book of a Musical – The Producers
3. 2001: Best Original Score – The Producers

When he appeared on the January 30, 2015 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Brooks called himself an EGOTAK, noting that he had also received awards from the American Film Institute and Kennedy Center.

In 2023, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that he will receive an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards on November 18.^[14]

Mike Nichols

 

In November 2001, Mike Nichols became the ninth EGOT winner, ultimately receiving 15 awards over a record span of 51 years.

American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian Mike Nichols (1931–2014) received his fourth distinct award in November 2001. Between 1961 and 2012, Nichols received a total of 15 awards. Nichols was the first slam winner to win the Grammy as their first award, the first winner to have won multiple awards (an Oscar, several Tonys, and two Emmys) for directing. When counting all awards won—not just the first of each type—Nichols has the longest timespan of awards among Grand Slam winners, at 51 years.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1968: Best Director – The Graduate

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2001: Outstanding Made for Television Movie – Wit
2. 2001: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie – Wit
3. 2004: Outstanding Miniseries – Angels in America
4. 2004: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special – Angels in America

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1961: Best Comedy Performance – An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

• Tony Awards:

1. 1964: Best Direction of a Play – Barefoot in the Park
2. 1965: Best Direction of a Play – Luv and The Odd Couple
3. 1968: Best Direction of a Play – Plaza Suite
4. 1972: Best Direction of a Play – The Prisoner of Second Avenue
5. 1977: Best Musical – Annie
6. 1984: Best Play – The Real Thing
7. 1984: Best Direction of a Play – The Real Thing
8. 2005: Best Direction of a Musical – Monty Python's Spamalot
9. 2012: Best Direction of a Play – Death of a Salesman

Whoopi Goldberg

 

In 2002, Whoopi Goldberg became the tenth person to win all four awards, the first African American and the first to win two of their awards in the same year.

American actor, comedian, author, and television personality Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955) received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, Goldberg received a total of 5 competitive awards.^[15] Goldberg is the first African American winner, the first to win the Oscar as their second award, and the first to win two of their different awards in the same year (she won both her first Daytime Emmy and her Tony in 2002).

• Academy Awards:

1. 1991: Best Supporting Actress – Ghost

• Daytime Emmy Awards:

1. 2002: Outstanding Special Class Special – Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2. 2009: Outstanding Talk Show Host – The View

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1986: Best Comedy Album – Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording)

• Tony Awards:

1. 2002: Best Musical – Thoroughly Modern Millie

• Special Awards:

1. 1997: Special Emmy Award, Governors Award, for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials

Scott Rudin

 

In 2012, Scott Rudin became the twelfth person and first producer to win all four awards.

American film, television, and theatre producer Scott Rudin (born 1958) received his fourth distinct award in 2012. Between 1984 and 2021, Rudin received a total of 21 awards making him, tying with Alan Menken for winning the most EGOT awards. Rudin is the first winner who is primarily a producer.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2008: Best Picture – No Country for Old Men

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1984: Outstanding Children's Program – He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'

• Grammy Awards:

1. 2012: Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording

• Tony Awards:

1. 1994: Best Musical – Passion
2. 2000: Best Play – Copenhagen
3. 2002: Best Play – The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
4. 2005: Best Play – Doubt
5. 2006: Best Play – The History Boys
6. 2009: Best Play – God of Carnage
7. 2010: Best Revival of a Play – Fences
8. 2011: Best Musical – The Book of Mormon
9. 2012: Best Revival of a Play – Death of a Salesman
10. 2014: Best Revival of a Play – A Raisin in the Sun
11. 2015: Best Play – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
12. 2015: Best Revival of a Play – Skylight
13. 2016: Best Play – The Humans
14. 2016: Best Revival of a Play – A View From the Bridge
15. 2017: Best Revival of a Musical – Hello, Dolly!
16. 2019: Best Play – The Ferryman
17. 2019: Best Revival of a Play – The Boys in the Band
18. 2021: Best Play – The Inheritance

Robert Lopez

 

In 2014, Robert Lopez became the twelfth person to win all four awards, the first Asian American, the youngest at age 39, and the fastest to achieve the feat (just under 10 years). As the only person to receive a second set of 4 wins, Lopez has broken his own fastest to achieve record, establishing the new fastest interval at 7 years, 8 months.

American songwriter Robert Lopez (born 1975) received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 2004 and 2022, Lopez received a total of 12 awards. Lopez is the first Filipino and Asian to achieve this feat. He is also the youngest winner to receive all four awards in competitive categories, as well as the fastest to complete his qualifying run of EGOT award wins (9 years, 8 months). Lopez is the first (and to date only) person to win each EGOT award twice, a "double EGOT".^[16][17] Since his second series of wins would independently qualify Lopez for EGOT status, he has broken his own 'fastest to complete' record, establishing a new fastest interval at 7 year, 8 months (June 27th, 2010 Emmy through March 4th, 2018 Academy Award).

His initial Emmy prizes were Daytime Emmys, eventually winning a Primetime Emmy in 2021 for WandaVision. He is the second EGOT recipient (after John Legend) to follow a Daytime Emmy win with a subsequent Primetime Emmy.

He received his Grammy Award for The Book of Mormon in collaboration with fellow EGOT winner Scott Rudin (among others), making them the first pair of Grand Slam winners to co-win the same award. Lopez is also the first person to have won the Oscar last, a prize shared with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez.^[18]

• Academy Awards:

1. 2014: Best Original Song – "Let It Go" (from Frozen)
2. 2018: Best Original Song – "Remember Me" (from Coco)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2021: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics – "Agatha All Along" (from WandaVision)

• Daytime Emmy Awards:

1. 2008: Outstanding Music Direction and Composition – Wonder Pets!
2. 2010: Outstanding Music Direction and Composition – Wonder Pets!

• Children's and Family Emmy Awards:

1. 2022: Outstanding Short Form Program – We the People

• Grammy Awards:

1. 2012: Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
2. 2015: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Frozen
3. 2015: Best Song Written for Visual Media – "Let It Go" (from Frozen)

• Tony Awards:

1. 2004: Best Original Score – Avenue Q
2. 2011: Best Book of a Musical – The Book of Mormon
3. 2011: Best Original Score – The Book of Mormon

Andrew Lloyd Webber

 

In 2018, Andrew Lloyd Webber became the thirteenth person to win all four awards.

English composer and impresario of musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 1980 and 2018, Lloyd Webber received a total of 11 competitive awards.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1997: Best Original Song – "You Must Love Me" (from Evita)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2018: Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1980: Best Cast Show Album – Evita
2. 1983: Best Cast Show Album – Cats
3. 1986: Best Contemporary Composition – Requiem

• Tony Awards:

1. 1980: Best Original Score – Evita
2. 1983: Best Musical – Cats
3. 1983: Best Original Score – Cats
4. 1988: Best Musical – The Phantom of the Opera
5. 1995: Best Musical – Sunset Boulevard
6. 1995: Best Original Score – Sunset Boulevard

• Special Awards:

1. 1990: Grammy Legend Award
2. 2018: Special Tony Award

Tim Rice

 

In 2018, Tim Rice became the fourteenth person to win all four awards.

English lyricist and author Tim Rice (born 1944) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 1980 and 2018, Rice received a total of 12 awards, and shares some of his awards with his regular collaborator Andrew Lloyd Webber.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1993: Best Original Song – "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)
2. 1995: Best Original Song – "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (from The Lion King)
3. 1997: Best Original Song – "You Must Love Me" (from Evita)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2018: Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1980: Best Cast Show Album – Evita
2. 1993: Song of the Year – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)"
3. 1993: Best Musical Album for Children – Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
4. 1993: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (from Aladdin)
5. 2000: Best Musical Show Album – Aida

• Tony Awards:

1. 1980: Best Book of a Musical – Evita
2. 1980: Best Original Score – Evita
3. 2000: Best Original Score – Aida

John Legend

 

In 2018, John Legend became the fifteenth person to win all four awards, the first African American man,^[19] and first to have won both competitive Primetime and Daytime Emmy Awards.

American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer John Legend (born 1978) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 2006 and 2022, Legend received a total of 18 awards. Legend has won the most Grammy Awards, 12, of any EGOT recipient. In addition to being the first black man to achieve EGOT status,^[20] Legend is the first person to receive the four awards in four consecutive years.^[21] He was also the first EGOT recipient to have won both a competitive Primetime and Daytime Emmy Award, an accomplishment matched by Robert Lopez in 2021. Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice all simultaneously became EGOT recipients on September 9, 2018, when they were collectively awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.^[22]

• Academy Awards:

1. 2015: Best Original Song – "Glory" (from Selma)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2018: Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

• Daytime Emmy Awards:

1. 2019: Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program – Crow: The Legend
2. 2022: Outstanding Daytime Special – Shelter Me: Soul Awakened
3. 2022: Outstanding Short Form Daytime Program – Cornerstones: Founding Voices of the Black Church

• Grammy Awards:

1. 2006: Best New Artist
2. 2006: Best R&B Album – Get Lifted
3. 2006: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance – "Ordinary People"
4. 2007: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance – "Heaven"
5. 2007: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "Family Affair"
6. 2009: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "Stay with Me (By the Sea)"
7. 2011: Best R&B Song – "Shine"
8. 2011: Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – "Hang on in There"
9. 2011: Best R&B Album – Wake Up!
10. 2016: Best Song Written for Visual Media – "Glory" (from Selma)
11. 2020: Best Rap/Sung Performance – "Higher"
12. 2021: Best R&B Album – Bigger Love

• Tony Awards:

1. 2017: Best Revival of a Play – Jitney

Alan Menken

 

In 2020, Alan Menken became the sixteenth person to win all four awards.

American composer Alan Menken (born 1949) received his fourth distinct award in 2020.^[23] Between 1990 and 2020, Menken received a total of 21 competitive awards, tying with Scott Rudin for winning the most EGOT awards . He has the most Oscar wins (8) by a grand slam winner and is the second most prolific Oscar winner in the music categories after Alfred Newman. He is also notable for frequently having multiple songs from the same film nominated for major awards.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1990: Best Original Score – The Little Mermaid
2. 1990: Best Original Song – "Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid)
3. 1992: Best Original Score – Beauty and the Beast
4. 1992: Best Original Song – "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
5. 1993: Best Original Score – Aladdin
6. 1993: Best Original Song – "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)
7. 1996: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score – Pocahontas
8. 1996: Best Original Song – "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas)

• Daytime Emmy Awards:

1. 2020: Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program – "Waiting in the Wings" (from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1991: Best Recording for Children – The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
2. 1991: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid)
3. 1993: Best Album for Children – Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
4. 1993: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television – Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
5. 1993: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
6. 1994: Song of the Year – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (from Aladdin)
7. 1994: Best Musical Album for Children – Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8. 1994: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television – Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9. 1994: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (from Aladdin)
10. 1996: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas)
11. 2012: Best Song Written for Visual Media – "I See the Light" (from Tangled)

• Tony Awards:

1. 2012: Best Original Score – Newsies

• Special Awards:

1. 1990: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contribution to the success of the academy's anti-drug special for children – "Wonderful Ways to Say No" from the TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

Jennifer Hudson

 

In 2022, Jennifer Hudson became the seventeenth person to win all four awards.

American singer, actress, talk show host, and producer Jennifer Hudson (born 1981) received her fourth distinct award in 2022.^[24] Between 2007 and 2022, Hudson received a total of 5 competitive awards, making her currently the youngest female EGOT winner in history.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2007: Best Supporting Actress – Dreamgirls

• Daytime Emmy Awards:

1. 2021: Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program – Baba Yaga

• Grammy Awards:

1. 2009: Best R&B Album – Jennifer Hudson
2. 2017: Best Musical Theater Album – The Color Purple

• Tony Awards:

1. 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop

Viola Davis

 

In 2023, Viola Davis became the eighteenth person to win all four awards.

American actress and producer Viola Davis (born 1965) received her fourth distinct award in 2023.^[25] Between 2001 and 2023, Davis received a total of five competitive awards. Davis acknowledged her new title upon accepting her Grammy.^[26]

• Academy Awards:

1. 2017: Best Supporting Actress – Fences

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2015: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – How to Get Away with Murder

• Grammy Awards:

1. 2023: Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording – Finding Me

• Tony Awards

1. 2001: Best Featured Actress in a Play – King Hedley II
2. 2010: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Fences

Non-competitive EGOT synopsis

Six additional artists have received all four awards, though one was bestowed for an honorary or similar non-competitive distinction: Barbra Streisand has no competitive Tony, Liza Minnelli has no competitive Grammy, and Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, and Frank Marshall have no competitive Oscar.

Barbra Streisand

 

Barbra Streisand’s Tony is a non-competitive award.

American singer, actress, and director Barbra Streisand (born 1942) received her fourth distinct award in 1970. Between 1963 and 2001, Streisand received a total of 18 awards. Having completed the showbiz Grand Slam at age 28, she is the youngest winner, and with just six years elapsing between her first award (a 1964 Grammy) and her final award (a 1970 Special Tony), Streisand held the record for completing the Grand Slam in the shortest amount of time, before being surpassed by Frank Marshall. She is the only EGOT to win an Oscar in both a music and an acting category. Streisand is the only winner to have three competitive awards for debut performances: first studio album, first feature film, and first television special. Additional distinctions include the Peabody Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the National Medal of Arts, the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1969: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Funny Girl
2. 1977: Best Original Song – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (from A Star Is Born)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1965: Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment – Actors and Performers – My Name is Barbra
2. 1995: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program – Barbra Streisand: The Concert
3. 1995: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special – Barbra Streisand: The Concert
4. 2001: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program – Timeless: Live in Concert

• Daytime Emmy Awards:

1. 2001: Outstanding Special Class Special – Reel Models: The First Women of Film

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1964: Best Vocal Performance, Female – The Barbra Streisand Album
2. 1964: Album of the Year (Other Than Classical) – The Barbra Streisand Album
3. 1965: Best Vocal Performance, Female – "People"
4. 1966: Best Vocal Performance, Female – My Name Is Barbra
5. 1978: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
6. 1978: Song of the Year – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
7. 1981: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb)
8. 1987: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – The Broadway Album
9. 1992: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive)
10. 1995: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (non-competitive)

• Tony Awards:

1. 1970: Special Tony Award: Star of the Decade (non-competitive)

Liza Minnelli

 

Liza Minnelli’s Grammy is a non-competitive award.

American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer Liza Minnelli (born 1946) received her fourth distinct award in 1990. Between 1965 and 2009, Minnelli received a total of 7 awards.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1973: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Cabaret

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1973: Outstanding Single Program − Variety and Popular Music – Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1990: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive)

• Tony Awards:

1. 1965: Best Leading Actress in a Musical – Flora the Red Menace
2. 1974: Special Tony Award for "adding lustre to the Broadway season" (non-competitive)
3. 1978: Best Leading Actress in a Musical – The Act
4. 2009: Best Special Theatrical Event – Liza's at The Palace...!

James Earl Jones

 

James Earl Jones’s Oscar is a non-competitive award.

American actor James Earl Jones (born 1931) received his fourth distinct award in 2011. Between 1969 and 2011, Jones received a total of 7 awards.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2011: Academy Honorary Award (non-competitive)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1991: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Gabriel's Fire
2. 1991: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special – Heat Wave

• Daytime Emmy Awards:

1. 2000: Outstanding Performer − Children's Special – Summer's End

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1977: Best Spoken Word Recording – Great American Documents

• Tony Awards:

1. 1969: Best Leading Actor in a Play – The Great White Hope
2. 1987: Best Leading Actor in a Play – Fences
3. 2017: Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (non-competitive)

Harry Belafonte

 

Harry Belafonte’s Oscar is a non-competitive award.

American singer, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 1954 and 2014, Belafonte received a total of 6 awards.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2014: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (non-competitive)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1960: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program – Tonight with Belafonte – The Revlon Revue

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1961: Best Performance – Folk – Swing Dat Hammer
2. 1966: Best Folk Performance – An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
3. 2000: Grammy Hall of Fame Award

• Tony Awards:

1. 1954: Distinguished Supporting or Featured Musical Actor – John Murray Anderson's Almanac

Quincy Jones

 

Quincy Jones’s Oscar is a non-competitive award.

American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer Quincy Jones (born 1933) received his fourth distinct award in 2016. Between 1964 and 2019, Jones received a total of 31 awards — the highest number of awards of any grand slam winner. He has 28 Grammy Awards and a Grammy Legend Award received in 1992.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1994: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (non-competitive)

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1977: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – Roots

• Grammy Awards:

1. 1964: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "I Can't Stop Loving You"
2. 1970: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group – Walking in Space
3. 1972: Best Pop Instrumental Performance – Smackwater Jack
4. 1974: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "Summer in the City"
5. 1979: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "The Wiz Main Title (Overture, Part One)"
6. 1981: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "Dinorah, Dinorah"
7. 1982: Producer of the Year
8. 1982: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) – "Ai No Corrida" (with Jerry Hey)
9. 1982: Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording – "Velas"
10. 1982: Best Cast Show Album – Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
11. 1982: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "The Dude"
12. 1984: Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
13. 1984: Best Recording for Children – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
14. 1984: Album of the Year – Thriller
15. 1984: Record of the Year – "Beat It"
16. 1985: Best Arrangement on an Instrumental – "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" (with Jeremy Lubbock)
17. 1986: Best Music Video, Short Form – "We Are the World – The Video Event"
18. 1986: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "We Are the World"
19. 1986: Record of the Year – "We Are the World"
20. 1991: Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
21. 1991: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) – "The Places You Find Love"
22. 1991: Best Arrangement on an Instrumental – "Birdland"
23. 1991: Best Jazz Fusion Performance – "Birdland"
24. 1991: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group – "Back on the Block"
25. 1991: Album of the Year – Back on the Block
26. 1994: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance – Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
27. 2002: Best Spoken Word Album – Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
28. 2019: Best Music Film – Quincy

• Tony Awards:

1. 2016: Best Revival of a Musical – The Color Purple

Frank Marshall

 

Frank Marshall’s Oscar is a non-competitive award.

American film producer and director Frank Marshall (born 1946) received his fourth distinct award in 2023. Between 2019 and 2023, Marshall received a total of 4 awards. He is the only grand slam winner to have won a Sports Emmy Award and to have received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. With just four years elapsing between his first award (a 2019 honorary Oscar) and his final award (a 2023 Emmy Award), Marshall completed the Grand Slam in the shortest amount of time.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2019: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (non-competitive)

• Sports Emmy Awards:

1. 2023: Outstanding Long Documentary – The Redeem Team

• Grammy Awards:

1. 2023: Best Music Film – Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

• Tony Awards:

1. 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop

Three competitive awards

The following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in competitive categories.^[27]

Without an Emmy

1. Henry Fonda^{†, ◊}
2. Oscar Hammerstein II^{†, PP}
3. Elton John^◊
4. Alan Jay Lerner^†
5. Frank Loesser^{†, PP}
6. Benj Pasek^◊
7. Justin Paul^◊
8. Stephen Sondheim^{†, PP}
9. Jule Styne^†

Without a Grammy

1. Jack Albertson^{†, TC}
2. Anne Bancroft^{†, TC}
3. Ingrid Bergman^{†, TC}
4. Shirley Booth^{†, TC}
5. Ralph Burns^{†, ◊}
6. Ellen Burstyn^{◊, TC}
7. Melvyn Douglas^{†, TC}
8. Bob Fosse^†
9. Jeremy Irons^{◊, TC}
10. Glenda Jackson^{†, TC}
11. Jessica Lange^TC
12. Frances McDormand^TC
13. Liza Minnelli^{◊, NCA}
14. Helen Mirren^TC
15. Thomas Mitchell^{†, TC}
16. Al Pacino^{◊, TC}
17. Christopher Plummer^{[note 1]†, ◊, TC}
18. Vanessa Redgrave^{◊, TC}
19. Jason Robards^{†, ◊, TC}
20. Geoffrey Rush^TC
21. Paul Scofield^{†, ◊, TC}
22. Maggie Smith^TC
23. Maureen Stapleton^{†, ◊, TC}
24. Peter Stone^†
25. Jessica Tandy^{†, TC}
26. Tony Walton^{†[note 2]}

Without an Oscar

1. Harry Belafonte^{†, NCA}
2. Leonard Bernstein^{†, ◊}
3. Jerry Bock^{†, PP}
4. Martin Charnin^{†, PA}
5. Cy Coleman^{†, ◊}
6. André De Shields
7. Fred Ebb^{†, ◊}
8. Cynthia Erivo^◊
9. Anne Garefino^PA
10. George Grizzard^†
11. Julie Harris^{†, ◊}
12. Hugh Jackman^◊
13. James Earl Jones^{◊, NCA}
14. Quincy Jones^{◊, NCA}
15. Rachel Bay Jones
16. John Kander^◊
17. Tom Kitt^PP
18. Alex Lacamoire
19. Stan Lathan^PA
20. Cyndi Lauper
21. Katrina Lenk
22. Frank Marshall^{◊, NCA}
23. Audra McDonald
24. Bette Midler^◊
25. Lin-Manuel Miranda^{◊, PP}
26. Cynthia Nixon
27. Trey Parker^{[note 3]◊, PA}
28. Ben Platt
29. Billy Porter
30. Scott Sanders
31. Marc Shaiman^◊
32. Bill Sherman^[28]
33. Ari'el Stachel
34. Matt Stone^PA
35. Charles Strouse^PA
36. Lily Tomlin^{◊, PA}
37. Dick Van Dyke
38. James Whitmore^{†, ◊}
39. David Yazbek

Without a Tony

1. John Addison^†
2. Adele
3. Kristen Anderson-Lopez^◊
4. Julie Andrews^{[note 4]◊}
5. Burt Bacharach^{†, ◊}
6. Alan Bergman
7. Marilyn Bergman^†
8. Jon Blair
9. George Burns^†
10. Cher
11. Common
12. Eminem
13. Rob Epstein^PA
14. James Gay-Rees
15. Michael Giacchino
16. Alex Gibney
17. Alex Gibson
18. Ludwig Göransson
19. Brian Grazer^◊
20. Hildur Guðnadóttir
21. H.E.R.
22. Ron Howard
23. Paul McCartney
24. James Moll^PA
25. Shawn Murphy
26. Morgan Neville
27. Randy Newman
28. Sid Ramin^†
29. Trent Reznor
30. Caitrin Rogers
31. Atticus Ross
32. Martin Scorsese
33. Ringo Starr
34. Barbra Streisand^{◊, PA, NCA}
35. Peter Ustinov^{†, ◊}
36. John Williams
37. Robin Williams^†
38. Kate Winslet

Notes

† – Person is deceased.

◊ – Person has been nominated at least once for a competitive category of the missing award but has failed to win.

NCA – Person won a non-competitive award in this category (see section above).

PA – Person has won the Peabody Award

PP – Person has won the Pulitzer Prize

TC – Person has joined EGOT winners Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, and Viola Davis as winners of the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards.

1. With his 2012 Oscar win, Plummer became the oldest (82) to win the "Triple Crown of Acting".
2. Tony Walton is the only costume/set designer to win three different awards.
3. Trey Parker placed second in the narrative/dramatic division of 1993's Student Academy Awards for his college short American History.
4. In 1996, Julie Andrews declined a Tony Award nomination for her role in Victor/Victoria in protest that the production received no other nominations, despite being seen as the favorite.^[29] She was also Tony-nominated for My Fair Lady and Camelot.

Three non-competitive awards

In addition to the above winners, the following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in either competitive categories or non-competitive special and honorary categories.

1. Howard Ashman^{†, ◊} won two competitive Oscars, five competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Emmy Award.
2. Fred Astaire^† won three competitive Emmy Awards, a Special Academy Award, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
3. Robert Russell Bennett^† won a competitive Emmy Award, a competitive Oscar, and two Special Tony Awards.
4. Irving Berlin^† won an Academy Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a competitive Tony award.
5. Carol Burnett won six competitive Emmy Awards, one competitive Grammy award, and a Special Tony Award.
6. David Byrne won an Academy Award, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
7. Walt Disney^† won 22 competitive Academy Awards, 4 non-competitive Academy Awards, seven competitive Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Trustees Award.
8. Ray Dolby^† won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award, two Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, and a Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award.
9. Michael J. Fox won five competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Grammy Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award.
10. Judy Garland^{†, ◊} won an Academy Juvenile Award, two competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Tony Award.
11. Eileen Heckart^† won a competitive Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
12. Danny Kaye^† won a competitive Emmy Award, a Special Tony Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award.
13. Barry Manilow won two competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
14. Steve Martin^◊ won the Honorary Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and five competitive Grammy Awards.
15. Elaine May won the Honorary Academy Award, a competitive Tony Award, and a competitive Grammy Award.
16. Laurence Olivier^{†, ◊} won two competitive Oscars, five competitive Emmy Awards, and a Special Tony Award.
17. Stephen Schwartz won three competitive Oscars, three competitive Grammys and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, a non-competitive Tony Award.
18. Bruce Springsteen^◊ won 20 competitive Grammys, a competitive Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
19. Thomas Stockham^† won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award, a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award, and a Technical Grammy Award.
20. Cicely Tyson^† won three competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Tony Award, and an Academy Honorary Award.
21. Eli Wallach^† won a competitive Tony Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and an Academy Honorary Award.
22. Diane Warren won a competitive Grammy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and an Academy Honorary Award.
23. Oprah Winfrey won competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Tony Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award.

Notes

† – Person is deceased.

◊ – Person has been nominated at least once for a competitive category of the missing award but has failed to win.

Four nominations

The following people have not won all four awards in competitive categories but have received at least one nomination for each of them:

1. Lynn Ahrens
2. Alan Alda
3. Joan Allen
4. Woody Allen
5. Judith Anderson^†
6. Kristen Anderson-Lopez
7. Julie Andrews
8. Alan Arkin^†
9. Howard Ashman^{[note 1]†}
10. Burt Bacharach^†
11. Lauren Bacall^†
12. Ed Begley^†
13. Elmer Bernstein^†
14. Leonard Bernstein^†
15. Ralph Burns^†
16. Ellen Burstyn
17. Richard Burton^†
18. Sammy Cahn^†
19. Keith Carradine
20. Diahann Carroll^†
21. Stockard Channing
22. Don Cheadle
23. Glenn Close
24. Cy Coleman^†
25. Fred Ebb^†
26. Cynthia Erivo
27. José Ferrer^†
28. Henry Fonda^†
29. Jane Fonda
30. Morgan Freeman
31. Judy Garland^{[note 2]†}
32. Jack Gilford^†
33. Elliot Goldenthal
34. Brian Grazer
35. Joel Grey
36. Julie Harris^†
37. Katharine Hepburn^†
38. Jeremy Irons
39. Hugh Jackman
40. Elton John
41. James Earl Jones
42. Quincy Jones
43. John Kander
44. Tony Kushner
45. Angela Lansbury^†
46. Michel Legrand^†
47. Jack Lemmon^†
48. John Lithgow
49. Kenny Loggins
50. Frank Marshall
51. Max Martin
52. Steve Martin^{[note 3]}
53. Bette Midler
54. Liza Minnelli
55. Lin-Manuel Miranda
56. Paul Newman^†
57. Laurence Olivier^†
58. Leslie Odom Jr.
59. Al Pacino
60. Trey Parker
61. Dolly Parton
62. Benj Pasek
63. Justin Paul
64. Christopher Plummer^†
65. Sidney Poitier^†
66. André Previn^†
67. Lynn Redgrave^{[note 4]†}
68. Vanessa Redgrave
69. Jason Robards^†
70. Mark Ruffalo
71. Adam Schlesinger^†
72. Paul Scofield^†
73. Marc Shaiman
74. David Shire
75. Paul Simon
76. Glenn Slater
77. Will Smith
78. Tom Snow
79. Kevin Spacey
80. Bruce Springsteen^{[note 5]}
81. Sting
82. Maureen Stapleton^†
83. Barbra Streisand
84. Meryl Streep
85. Lily Tomlin
86. Stanley Tucci
87. Peter Ustinov^†
88. Jimmy Van Heusen^†
89. Denzel Washington
90. Sigourney Weaver
91. James Whitmore^†
92. Scott Wittman
93. Hans Zimmer

Notes

† – Person is deceased.

1. Howard Ashman was never nominated for an Emmy, but won a special Emmy Award for his contributions to Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.
2. Judy Garland was never nominated for a Tony, but did receive a Special Tony Award.
3. Steve Martin has not received an Oscar nomination, but has won an Academy Honorary Award.
4. Lynn Redgrave is the only person to date to be nominated at least once for each of the four awards, without winning any.
5. Bruce Springsteen has not received a Tony nomination, but received a Special Tony Award.

Variations

PEGOT

There are conflicting definitions for the PEGOT. Some say the "P" refers to the Peabody Award,^[30] others say it is the Pulitzer Prize.^[31][32][33] As of 2019^[update], Mike Nichols, Rita Moreno, and Barbra Streisand (if her Special Tony Award is considered) have achieved this status by winning the Peabody;^[34] while Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch have achieved it by winning the Pulitzer.^[35]

EGOT winners who have also won a Peabody Award:

1. Barbra Streisand^{[30][note 1]}
2. Mike Nichols^[30]
3. Rita Moreno^[32]

EGOT winners who have also won a Pulitzer Prize:

1. Richard Rodgers^[31]
2. Marvin Hamlisch^[31]

People who have won a Peabody, and lack only one EGOT award:

1. Carol Burnett^{[note 2]} (missing an Oscar)
2. Martin Charnin (missing an Oscar)
3. Rob Epstein (missing a Tony)
4. Anne Garefino (missing an Oscar)
5. James Moll (missing a Tony)
6. Trey Parker (missing an Oscar)
7. Matt Stone (missing an Oscar)
8. Charles Strouse (missing an Oscar)
9. Lily Tomlin (missing an Oscar)
10. Cicely Tyson^{[note 3]} (missing a Grammy)
11. Oprah Winfrey^{[note 4]} (missing a Grammy)

Parker and Tomlin were nominated for a 1999 Oscar for Best Original Song and 1975 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, respectively, but did not win.

People who have won a Pulitzer, and lack only one EGOT award:

1. Jerry Bock (missing an Oscar)
2. Oscar Hammerstein II (missing an Emmy)
3. Tom Kitt (missing an Oscar)
4. Frank Loesser (missing an Emmy)
5. Lin-Manuel Miranda (missing an Oscar)
6. Stephen Sondheim (missing an Emmy)

Miranda was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song in both 2017 and 2022 but did not win either.^[31]

Notes

1. Streisand's Tony Award was non-competitive.
2. Burnett's Tony Award was non-competitive.
3. Tyson's Academy Award was non-competitive.
4. Winfrey's Academy Award was non-competitive.

REGOT

Another variation is the REGOT, which includes being awarded a Razzie.^[36][37] Alan Menken has a REGOT due to his Razzie win with Jack Feldman for Worst Original Song for "High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies.^[38] With her Razzie win for Worst Actress for Rent-a-Cop and Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Liza Minnelli has a REGOT if her non-competitive Grammy Legend Award is considered.^[39]

Equivalent honours outside the United States

The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards are presided over by industry bodies based in the United States, and as of 2023, 14 out of the 18 EGOT winners were American nationals. The remaining four ― John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice ― were British. Many countries hold their own equivalent awards ceremonies honouring their own television, music, film, and theatre industries. In some cases, commentators in other countries have derived their own acronyms for individuals who have won at all four ceremonies.

Canada

In 2018, Leah Collins of CBC Arts proposed a Canadian equivalent of the EGOT: the Canadian Screen Awards (and their predecessors, the Gemini and Genie Awards) for film and television, the Juno Awards for music, and the Dora Mavor Moore Awards for theatre.^[40] Toronto-based game show Trivia Club referred to this combination as the "Two-Can-Ju-Do".^[41] No individual has won in all four categories.

Australia

In 2019, Caitlin Welsh of Nova Entertainment proposed the "LAHA" as an Australian equivalent: the Logie Awards for television, the ARIA Music Awards for music, the Helpmann Awards for theatre, and the AACTA Awards for film.^[42] She also could not identify any winners of all four awards, although Noni Hazlehurst has received nominations in all four.

See also

• Academy Awards
• Emmy Awards
  • Children's and Family Emmy Awards
  • Daytime Emmy Awards
  • International Emmy Awards
  • News and Documentary Emmy Awards
  • Primetime Emmy Awards
  • Sports Emmy Awards
  • Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards
• Grammy Awards
• Tony Awards
• Triple Crown of Acting
• British Triple Crown

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Further reading

• Bereznak, Alyssa (February 21, 2019). ""Who's an EGOT?" How '30 Rock' Made a Fake Award Into a Real-Life Goal". The Ringer. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

External links

Entertainment Weekly: 18 stars who are EGOT winners