With his supporting actor Oscar nomination for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Robert De Niro has already achieved some milestones at the Academy Awards, and he would achieve more with a win.
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De Niro's acting nomination for “Flower Moon” is his eighth. He joins…
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… other people in history with eight or more acting nominations.
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De Niro is the second-oldest person to receive an eighth acting nomination, after Judi Dench, who was 87 when she was nominated for her supporting role in “Belfast.”” in 2022.
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De Niro is seeking his third Oscar, after winning his first nomination for “The Godfather Part II” (1974) and for his leading role in “Raging Bull” (1980).
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If he wins this year, he would be the second oldest. winner in supporting, after Christopher Plummer (82 when he won in 2012 for “Beginners”).
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With a win this year, De Niro would join seven others in one of the most exclusive groups at the Academy Awards: three-time Oscar winners as actors.
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At 43, De Niro's span between Oscar wins would be the longest among three-time Oscar winners.
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De Niro and Jodie Foster are nominated for the Oscars again (Foster as a supporting cast, for “Nyad”) 47 years after they were both nominated for “Taxi Driver.”
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The second time Foster and De Niro competed for acting awards that same year. De Niro lost in the cast of “Cape Fear,” but Foster won a second Oscar as a leading man, for “The Silence of the Lambs.”
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Foster could also win a third acting Oscar in March. If they both win…
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…It would be the first time that two performers won third performance awards in the same year.
