Actors Nominated For Best Actor 3 Years in a Row

Nominated for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) , Viva Zapata (1952), Julius Caesar (1953) and On the Waterfront (1954 Winner)

Nominated for Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Nominated for San Francisco (1936) Captain Courageous (1937 Winner) and Boys Town (1938 Winner)

Nominated for Sergeant York (1941 Winner) The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Nominated for The Keys of the Kingdom (1945) The Yearling (1946) and Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Nominated for Becket (1964) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)

Nominated for The Last Detail (1973) Chinatown (1974) and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975 Winner)

Nominated for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985 Winner) Children of a Lesser God (1986) Broadcast News (1987)

Nominated for The Insider (1999) Gladiator (2000 Winner) A Beautiful Mind (2001)