Al Pacino has received a total of nine nominations for Oscar including five for Best Actor and four for supporting actor. He has won one Oscar amongst these nine nominations.
Laurence Olivier received nine nominations for Oscar. However, He won it one time for his movie Hamlet.
Paul Newman also received nine Oscar nominations including one for Best Supporting Actor and eight for Best Actor. Among all his nominations, He won one Oscar in 1986.
Denzel Washington has won two Academy Awards. However, He has received a total of nine Oscar nominations in his career.
Spencer Tracy who won two Academy Awards also received a total of nine Oscar nominations in his career.
Bette Davis received a total of ten nominations for Oscars, All in the Best Actress category. She achieved two Academy Awards in her career.
Jack Nicholson received 12 nominations for the Oscars, which is the highest number of nominations any male actor has achieved. He won a total of 3 Oscars amongst all nominations.
Katharine Hepburn received a total of 12 nominations for her performance at Oscars. She won 4 of them in her career which is the highest number of Oscars won by any individual.
The Person with the Highest number of Oscar nominations is none other than Actress Meryl Streep. She has received a total of 21 nominations for Oscar and has won three times.