Age of Academy Awards winners in acting categories 1929-2022, by decade

Published by
Laura Carollo,
Aug 1, 2024
As of October 2022, the average age of a winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor added up to almost 50 years upon receiving the trophy. Meanwhile, the average for a winner of the Oscar for Best Actress stood just below 37 years. Historically, most Best Actor winners were aged 40 years and over, whereas the majority of the Best Actress winners were aged 39 and below.

Average age of Academy Awards winners in acting categories as of 2022, by decade

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October 2022

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Worldwide

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1929 to 2022

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as of September 9, 2021; the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories were released in 1937

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Statista calculated the figures based on the source's data.

Part of the data was retrieved from other releases: Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.

The date of release is the date of access.
Numbers have been rounded,

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