This is a list of Jewish winners and nominees of Academy Awards. It includes ethnic Jews and those who converted to Judaism.
Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actor in a Leading RoleYearNameFilmRoleStatusMilestone / Notes 1928/1929 Paul Muni The Valiant James Dyke First Jewish actor nominated for an Academy Award 1930/1931 Jackie Cooper Skippy Skippy Skinner Jewish father 1932/1933 Leslie Howard Berkeley Square Peter Standish Paul Muni I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang James Allen 1935 Black Fury Joe Radek 1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur First Jewish actor to win an Academy Award 1937 The Life of Emile Zola Émile Zola 1938 Leslie Howard Pygmalion Professor Henry Higgins 1941 Cary Grant Penny Serenade Roger Adams As to his – disputed – Jewishness, see here. 1943 Paul Lukas Watch on the Rhine Kurt Muller 1944 Cary Grant None but the Lonely Heart Ernie Mott 1945 Cornel Wilde A Song to Remember Frédéric Chopin 1946 Larry Parks The Jolson Story Al Jolson 1947 John Garfield Body and Soul Charlie Davis 1949 Kirk Douglas Champion Michael "Midge" Kelly 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful Jonathan Shields 1956 Lust for Life Vincent van Gogh 1958 Tony Curtis The Defiant Ones John 'Joker' Jackson Paul Newman Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Brick Pollitt Jewish father 1959 Laurence Harvey Room at the Top Joe Lampton Paul Muni The Last Angry Man Dr. Sam Abelman 1961 Paul Newman The Hustler Eddie Felson Stuart Whitman The Mark Jim Fuller 1963 Paul Newman Hud Hud Bannon 1964 Peter Sellers Dr. Strangelove Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove 1966 Alan Arkin The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Lt. Rozanov 1967 Dustin Hoffman The Graduate Benjamin Braddock Paul Newman Cool Hand Luke Lucas "Cool Hand Luke" Jackson 1968 Alan Arkin The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter John Singer Ron Moody Oliver! Fagin 1969 Dustin Hoffman Midnight Cowboy Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" "Rico" Rizzo 1970 Melvyn Douglas I Never Sang for My Father Tom Garrison Jewish father Ryan O'Neal Love Story Oliver Barrett IV Jewish maternal grandmother 1971 Walter Matthau Kotch Joseph P. Kotcher Topol Fiddler on the Roof Tevye 1974 Dustin Hoffman Lenny Lenny Bruce 1975 Walter Matthau The Sunshine Boys Willy Clark 1976 Sylvester Stallone Rocky Rocky Balboa Jewish maternal grandfather 1977 Richard Dreyfuss The Goodbye Girl Elliot Garfield Woody Allen Annie Hall Alvy Singer 1979 Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer Peter Sellers Being There Chance the Gardener/Chauncey Gardiner 1981 Paul Newman Absence of Malice Michael Colin Gallagher 1982 Dustin Hoffman Tootsie Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels Paul Newman The Verdict Frank Galvin 1985 Harrison Ford Witness Detective Captain John Book 1986 Paul Newman The Color of Money Fast Eddie Felson 1987 Michael Douglas Wall Street Gordon Gekko Jewish father 1988 Dustin Hoffman Rain Man Raymond Babbitt 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Christy Brown Jewish Mother 1992 Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Jewish father 1993 Daniel Day-Lewis In the Name of the Father Gerry Conlon 1994 Paul Newman Nobody's Fool Donald "Sully" Sullivan 1995 Richard Dreyfuss Mr. Holland's Opus Glenn Holland Sean Penn Dead Man Walking Matthew Poncelet 1997 Dustin Hoffman Wag the Dog Stanley Motss 1999Sean Penn Sweet and Lowdown Emmet Ray 2001 I Am Sam Sam Dawson 2002 Adrien Brody The Pianist Władysław Szpilman Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting 2003 Sean Penn Mystic River Jimmy Markum Jewish father 2005 Joaquin Phoenix Walk the Line Johnny Cash 2007 Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview 2008 Sean Penn Milk Harvey Milk 2010 Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg James Franco 127 Hours Aron Ralston 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Joaquin Phoenix The Master Freddie Quell 2016 Andrew Garfield Hacksaw Ridge Desmond T. Doss 2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Reynolds Woodcock Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Elio Perlman 2019 Joaquin Phoenix Joker Arthur Fleck / Joker 2021 Andrew Garfield tick, tick... BOOM! Jonathan Larson 2024 Adrien Brody The Brutalist László Tóth Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown Bob Dylan 2025 Marty Supreme Marty Mauser
Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading RoleYearNameFilmRoleStatusMilestone / Notes1929/1930Norma Shearer The Divorcee Jerry Bernard Martin Converted to Judaism. First Jewish actress to win an Academy Award. Their Own Desire Lucia Marlett 1930/1931 A Free Soul Jan Ashe 1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street Elizabeth Barrett 1935 Elisabeth Bergner Escape Me Never Gemma Jones 1936 Luise Rainer The Great Ziegfeld Anna Held First Jewish born actress to win an Academy Award Norma Shearer Romeo and Juliet Juliet Capulet 1937 Luise Rainer The Good Earth O-Lan 1938 Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette 1950 Judy Holliday Born Yesterday Emma "Billie" Dawn Eleanor Parker Caged Marie Allen Converted to Judaism 1951 Shelley Winters A Place in the Sun Alice Tripp Eleanor Parker Detective Story Mary McLeod 1955 Interrupted Melody Marjorie Lawrence 1956 Carroll Baker Baby Doll Baby Doll Meighan Converted to Judaism 1957 Raintree County Susanna Drake Converted to Judaism in 1959 1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt 1959 Room at the Top Alice Aisgill Suddenly, Last Summer Catherine Holly 1960 BUtterfield 8 Gloria Wandrous 1961 Piper Laurie The Hustler Sarah Packard 1964 Kim Stanley Séance on a Wet Afternoon Myra Savage Converted to Judaism 1965 Ship of Fools La Contessa 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha Converted to Judaism; Jewish father 1968 Barbra Streisand Funny Girl Fanny Brice Tied with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter 1970 Ali MacGraw Love Story Jennifer Cavalleri-Barrett 1971 Janet Suzman Nicholas and Alexandra Empress Alexandra of Russia 1973 Barbra Streisand The Way We Were Katie Morosky 1975 Carol Kane Hester Street Gitl 1978 Jill Clayburgh An Unmarried Woman Erica Benton Jewish father 1979 Starting Over Marilyn Holmberg Bette Midler The Rose Mary Rose Foster 1980 Goldie Hawn Private Benjamin Judy Benjamin 1982Debra Winger An Officer and a Gentleman Paula Pokrifki 1983 Terms of Endearment Emma Greenway Horton 1986 Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God Sarah Norman At age 21, she is the youngest Best Actress winner. 1991 Bette Midler For the Boys Dixie Leonard 1993 Debra Winger Shadowlands Joy Davidman 1994 Winona Ryder Little Women Josephine "Jo" March Jewish father 1997 Helen Hunt As Good as It Gets Carol Connelly Jewish father Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove Kate Croy 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love Viola de Lesseps/Thomas Kent Jewish father 2010 Natalie Portman Black Swan Nina Sayers 2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle Leblanc Huppert is of Hungarian-Jewish descent Natalie Portman Jackie Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 2019 Scarlett Johansson Marriage Story Nicole Barber 2021 Kristen Stewart Spencer Diana, Princess of Wales (née Spencer) Jewish mother 2024 Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva 2025 Kate Hudson Song Sung Blue Claire Sardina
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Actor in a Supporting RoleYearNameFilmRoleStatusMilestone / Notes 1936 Mischa Auer My Man Godfrey Carlo 1937 Joseph Schildkraut The Life of Emile Zola Captain Alfred Dreyfus 1938 John Garfield Four Daughters Mickey Borden 1945 Spellbound 1948 Oscar Homolka I Remember Mama Uncle Chris Halverson 1950 Sunset Boulevard Jeff Chandler Broken Arrow Cochise 1951 Quo Vadis Petronius Peter Ustinov Nero Death of a Salesman 1953 Robert Strauss Stalag 17 Sgt. Stanislas "Animal" Kasava 1954 Lee J. Cobb On the Waterfront Johnny Friendly 1957 Red Buttons Sayonara Airman Joe Kelly 1958 Theodore Bikel The Defiant Ones Sheriff Max Muller Lee J. Cobb The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Karamazov 1959 Ed Wynn The Diary of Anne Frank Albert Dussell 1960 Peter Ustinov Spartacus Lentulus Batiatus Peter Falk Murder, Inc. Abe "Kid Twist" Reles Jack Kruschen The Apartment Dr. Dreyfuss 1961 Peter Falk Pocketful of Miracles Joy Boy 1963 Melvyn Douglas Hud Homer Bannon Jewish father 1964 Peter Ustinov Topkapi Arthur Simon Simpson 1965 Martin Balsam A Thousand Clowns Arnold Burns 1966 Walter Matthau The Fortune Cookie Willie Gingrich George Segal Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nick 1968 Jack Albertson The Subject Was Roses John Cleary Gene Wilder The Producers Leo Bloom 1969 Elliott Gould Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Ted Henderson 1970 John Marley Love Story Phil Cavalleri 1971 Leonard Frey Fiddler on the Roof Motel Kamzoil 1972 Joel Grey Cabaret Master of Ceremonies James Caan The Godfather Sonny Corleone 1973 John Houseman The Paper Chase Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. Jewish father Jack Gilford Save the Tiger Phil Greene 1974 Fred Astaire The Towering Inferno Harlee Claiborne Jewish father Lee Strasberg The Godfather Part II Hyman Roth 1975 George Burns The Sunshine Boys Al Lewis 1979 Melvyn Douglas Being There Benjamin Turnbull Rand 1980 Judd Hirsch Ordinary People Dr. Tyrone C. Berger 1987 Albert Brooks Broadcast News Aaron Altman 1988 Kevin Kline A Fish Called Wanda Otto West Jewish father Martin Landau Tucker: The Man and His Dream Abe Karatz River Phoenix Running on Empty Danny Pope 1989 Martin Landau Crimes and Misdemeanors Judah Rosenthal 1991 Harvey Keitel Bugsy Mickey Cohen Michael Lerner Barton Fink Jack Lipnick 1992 David Paymer Mr. Saturday Night Stan Young 1994 Martin Landau Ed Wood Bela Lugosi 2000 Joaquin Phoenix Gladiator Commodus Jewish maternal grandfather and Jewish maternal grandmother 2002 Paul Newman Road to Perdition John Rooney Jewish father 2005 Jake Gyllenhaal Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist 2006 Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine Edwin Hoover 2008 Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder Kirk Lazarus 2011 Jonah Hill Moneyball Peter Brand 2012 Alan Arkin Argo Lester Siegel 2013 Jonah Hill The Wolf of Wall Street Donnie Azoff 2015 Sylvester Stallone Creed Rocky Balboa Jewish maternal grandfather 2020/2021 Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7 Abbie Hoffman 2022 Judd Hirsch The Fabelmans Boris Podgorny 2023 Robert Downey Jr. Oppenheimer Lewis Strauss Jewish father. 2024 Jeremy Strong The Apprentice Roy Cohn 2025 Sean Penn One Battle After Another Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw
Best Actress in a Supporting Role