These 2 Actors Have Appeared in More Best Picture Nominee...

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So get this: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro hold the record for appearing in the most Best Picture nominees ever.

These 2 Actors Have Appeared in More Best Picture Nominees Than Anyone Else in History Director Martin Scorsese and Lily Gladstone, who plays Mollie Burkhart, in Killers of the Flower Moon Image via Apple TV+ By Liam Gaughan Published Mar 14, 2026, 8:29 AM EDT Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. (plot twist fr)

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Plus to reviewing, writing, and commentating on both new and old releases, Liam has interviewed talent such as Mark Wahlberg, Jesse Plemons, Sam Mendes, Billy Eichner, Dylan O’Brien, Luke Wilson, and B. Liam aims to get his spec scripts produced and rn writes short films and stage plays.

Sign in to your Collider account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro have often been associated with one another because of their d connection with Martin Scorsese . Because of the consistent quality of DiCaprio’s current output, he is considered to be the “De Niro” of his generation.

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Both men have been highly awarded ; De Niro has a total of nine nominations (including Best Picture as a producer on The Irishman ) and two wins, and DiCaprio has eight nominations (including Best Picture as a producer on The Wolf of Wall Street ) and one single victory in the Best Actor category for The Revenant . Perhaps more wild is the fact that both DiCaprio and De Niro have been in twelve films that were nominated for Best Picture.

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