DDL's 3 BEST ACTOR Wins - Can Any Current Male Equal?

"People keep talking about Hanks winning again as well, and while I think it's unlikely because he tends to play it too safe, it isn't impossible either."

Hanks is a big threat actually - because at least in 2022 he has a lead role, an emotional film and a primo release date Dec. 25th.

Hanks problem is - like Washington a bit - except that he has 2 BA not 1 - as you get older you run into the "Spencer Tracy" syndrome - where he got 6 nominations over 25+ years but kept on losing - often to guys who were "owed" (Steiger, Lancaster in Tracy's case).

Hanks to me is far more likely to win in BSA for something but his window in 2022 at least is one to watch.......Washington is more likely to win on his 10th nod - but not win again after that to get to 3 BA imo.....

That's what makes DiCap so interesting to and different from Hanks - if he wins for Flower Moon - that's 2 BA wins under 50 - and gives a lot of room for a 3rd particularly since he has time with baity projects. That mimics the Nicholson arc - without a BSA win......

It's hard to get 3 BA because you have to get the first early enough to allow time to pass.........Driver is a possibilty if he wins for White Noise because he blocks DiCaprio and Hanks in 2022.........and he's under 40 .......and clearly has ambition at least and chases auteurs.......though it's hard to pick a guy with just 1 (or 0 atm) to eventually get to 3.......the real problem is you don't know what the arc is after a 2nd or 1st win.

Which two are the all timers for you? I’m assuming Fargo and…?
You’re response does make me wonder why these discussions are almost always so male centric on here.

Right - but the thread topic in the OP was specified as an "acting record that's hard to beat" - McDormand doesn't have a record by doing the same thing as him - he has a unique record for males  that's his alone......I gave a few examples - Pacino Triple Crown wins, Mirren double Triple Crown (US & UK) etc.........but both of those are likely to fall very soon.

I'm not sure DDL's record is likely to fall ..........unless it is Hanks in 2022.......

McDormand's achievement is meaningless to this particular thread tbh.

Is it meaningless? Her accomplishment is pretty similar to his: three leading wins off of six nominations.

I mean, I'm not actually sure what the record you're trying to tout for Day-Lewis even is right now.

Really - you don't see how 3 BA wins is a record that's his alone?  You're awfully disingenious today stephen - maybe this isn't the thread for you ............it's ok, it happens - there's plenty of other threads you are quite clear on - thank you for your marvelous contributions so far in this one though 

and yeah - they are meaningless stephen -  in a thread about men who could get 3 BA wins - utterly fucking meaningless......

I'm not being disingenuous. Your original post was vague and I had no idea what the hell you were getting at, and your random elliptical asides weren't helping. Are you trying to say that Day-Lewis's record is that he is the only male actor to win three leading prizes? Because if that's the case, then no, it's not untouchable. Glass ceilings are there to be shattered, but once they are, you find a lot more people able to rise above. And the Oscars have only been around for ninety-four years, and just within the last ten we've had three people win their third acting prize. These things are inevitable.

But even so, Day-Lewis's male-centric record feels like trying to go for an overly narrow descriptor, because again, while Day-Lewis is the only man to accomplish this goal, two women have done the same (one of which following an almost exact blueprint of nomination-to-win ratio as DDL), and Hepburn still holds the record.

To the first sentence I'd quote Harold Pinter  through Jeremy Irons from Betrayal "I'm not trying to say anything, I'm saying exactly what I mean" - but yes    

On the 2nd sentence it is not "overly narrow" - it is rather accurately narrow. The fact that two women have done it in the last 10 years - and weren't the first - and when a man did it - no one else in the history of movies ever had done did it - makes it interesting to discuss in a more specific way.

Ymmv...........and that's.........ok.

I wasn’t really just criticizing this thread (though I think it would have been more interesting if it was a discussion of actors of both genders who could get a third) just noticing how male centric this board usually is compared the the actress obsessed rest of the internet.

This actually brings up an interesting question: when has someone won off the back of an "overdue" narrative, then won a second Oscar soon after that?

A huge part of DiCaprio's win was that it was his time, and even a lot of people were saying that the time that it was a career/makeup win (similarly to Winslet, and we've seen how tough it's been for her to get back on Oscar's radar since despite being a huge favorite of theirs). If DiCaprio is going to win a second Oscar, I think it's going to have to be for a truly undeniable role (which is why I have my doubts that it'll be for Killers of the Flower Moon).

Definitely. I think what sets the bar very high for any actor to reach DDL's record is that DDL won those three Oscar with his very distinct and personal style, with full-on method acting and with the narrative of being one of the greatest of all time at that. Anybody who gets close to three Lead wins will have to fight that more than the record itself.