21 people who have won an EGOT, the most coveted award in Hollywood

• The ultimate achievement in Hollywood is achieving an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (an EGOT).

• There are 21 actors, producers, directors, and composers who have been awarded all four.

• Songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul were the most recent to earn an EGOT at the 2024 Emmy Awards.

Mel Brooks got his EGOT by acting, writing for TV, and writing a musical.

Emmy Awards
Outstanding writing achievement in variety, "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special" (1967)
Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1997)
Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1998)
Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1999)

Grammy Awards
Best spoken comedy album, "The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000" (1998)
Best long form music video, "Recording The Producers – A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks" (2001)
Best musical show album, "The Producers" (2001)

Academy Award
Best writing, story and screenplay – written directly for the screen, "The Producers" (1969)

Tony Awards
Best book of a musical, "The Producers" (2001)
Best musical, "The Producers" (2001)
Best original score, "The Producers" (2001)

Whoopi Goldberg secured her EGOT with a comedy recording, a movie role, her hosting gig on "The View," and a producer credit on Broadway.

Emmy Awards
Outstanding special class special, "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel" (2002)
Outstanding talk show host, "The View" (2009)

Grammy Award
Best comedy recording, "Whoopi Goldberg – Original Broadway Show Recording" (1985)

Academy Award
Best actress in a supporting role, "Ghost" (1991)

Tony Award
Best musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (2002)

Composer Richard Rodgers (of the famed Rodgers and Hammerstein duo) was the first person to complete the EGOT.

Emmy Award
Outstanding achievement in original music composed for television, "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years"(1962)

Grammy Awards
Best show album, "The Sound of Music" (1960)
Best show album, "No Strings" (1962)

Academy Award
Best original song, "State Fair"(1945)

Tony Awards
Best musical, "South Pacific" (1950)
Best producers, "South Pacific" (1950)
Best original score, "South Pacific" (1950)
Best musical, "The King and I" (1952)
Best musical, "The Sound of Music," (1960)
Best original score, "No Strings" (1962)
Special award (1962)
Special award (1972)
Lawrence Langner memorial award for distinguished lifetime achievement in the American theatre (1979)

It took 45 years for actress Helen Hayes to get her EGOT — longer than anyone else on this list.

Emmy Award
Best actress (1953)

Grammy Award
Best spoken word recording, "Great American Documents" (1976)

Academy Awards
Best actress in a leading role, "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1932)
Best actress in a leading role, "Airport" (1971)

Tony Awards
Best actress in a play, "Happy Birthday" (1947)
Best actress in a play, "Time Remembered" (1958)
Lawrence Langner memorial award for distinguished lifetime achievement in the American theatre (1980)

Rita Moreno kicked off her EGOT with an Oscar for playing Anita in "West Side Story."

Emmy Awards
Outstanding performance by a supporting actress in variety or music series, "The Muppet Show" (1977)
Outstanding lead actress for a single appearance in a drama or comedy series, "The Rockford Files" (1978)

Grammy Award
Best recording for children, "The Electric Company" (1972)

Academy Award
Best actress in a supporting role, "West Side Story" (1962)

Tony Award
Best featured actress in a play, "The Ritz" (1975)

English actor John Gielgud was renowned for his Shakespeare skills, and earned his EGOT in 1991.

Emmy Award
Outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a special, "Summer's Lease" (1991)

Grammy Award
Best spoken word, documentary or drama recording, "Ages Of Man – Readings From Shakespeare" (1979)

Academy Award
Best actor in a supporting role, "Arthur" (1982)

Tony Awards
Special award (1959)
Best direction of a play, "Big Fish, Little Fish" (1961)

Audrey Hepburn's performance in "Roman Holiday" helped her clinch the EGOT.

Emmy Award
Outstanding individual achievement – informational programming, "Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn" (1993)

Grammy Award
Best spoken word recording for children, "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales" (1993)

Academy Awards
Best actress in a leading role, "Roman Holiday" (1953)
Jean Hersholt humanitarian award (1993)

Tony Award
Best actress in a play, "Ondine" (1954)

In 1995, Marvin Hamlisch became the second composer to win an EGOT.

Emmy Awards
Outstanding individual achievement in music direction, "Barbra: The Concert" (1995)
Outstanding individual achievement in music and lyrics, "Barbra: The Concert" (1995) Outstanding music and lyrics, "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies" (1999)
Outstanding music direction, "Timeless: Live in Concert" (2001)

Grammy Awards
Album of best original score written for a motion picture or a television special, "The Way We Were" (1974)
Best pop instrumental performance, "The Entertainer" (1974)
Best new artist (1974)
Song of the year, "The Way We Were" (1974)

Academy Awards
Best original dramatic score, "The Way We Were" (1974)
Best original song score and/or adaptation, "The Sting" (1974)
Best original song, "The Way We Were" (1974)

Tony Award
Best original score, "A Chorus Line" (1976)

Jonathan Tunick is another composer who won all four awards. Sensing a trend?

Emmy Award
Outstanding achievement in music direction, "Night of 100 Stars" (1982)

Grammy Award
Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocal(s), "No One Is Alone" (1988)

Academy Award
Best adaptation score, "A Little Night Music" (1978)

Tony Award
Best orchestrations, "Titanic" (1997)

Mike Nichols directed classic films like "The Graduate" and Broadway smash hits like "Monty Python's Spamalot." He got the EGOT in 2001.

Emmy Awards
Outstanding directing for a miniseries, movie, or special, "Wit" (2001)
Outstanding made for television Movie, "Wit" (2001)
Outstanding directing for a miniseries, movie, or dramatic special, "Angels in America" (2004)
Outstanding miniseries, "Angels in America" (2004)

Grammy Award
Best comedy performance, "An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May" (1961)

Academy Award
Best director, "The Graduate" (1968)

Tony Awards
Best direction of a play, "Barefoot in the Park" (1964)
Best direction of a play, "Luv" and "The Odd Couple" (1965)
Best direction of a play, "Plaza Suite" (1968)
Best direction of a play, "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1972)
Best musical, "Annie" (1977)
Best direction of a play, "The Real Thing" (1984)
Best direction of a musical, "Monty Python's Spamalot" (2005)
Best direction of a play, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman" (2012)

Scott Rudin won a boatload of Tonys as a theater producer. "The Book of Mormon" original cast recording helped him nab a Grammy.

Emmy Awards
Outstanding children's program, "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'" (1984)

Grammy Award
Best musical theater album, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)

Academy Award
Best motion picture of the year, "No Country for Old Men" (2008)

Tony Awards
Best musical, "Passion" (1994)
Best play, "Copenhagen" (2000)
Best play, "Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?" (2002)
Best play, "Doubt" (2005)
Best play, "The History Boys" (2006)
Best play, "God of Carnage" (2009)
Best revival of a play, "Fences" (2010)
Best musical, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)
Best revival of a play, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman" (2012)
Best revival of a play, "A Raisin in the Sun" (2014)
Best play, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (2015)
Best revival of a play, "Skylight" (2015)
Best play, "The Humans" (2016)
Best revival of a play, "Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge" (2016)

Composer Robert Lopez is the first person in history to double-EGOT: He's won at least two Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, and Oscars.

Emmy Awards
Outstanding music direction and composition, "Wonder Pets!" (2008)
Outstanding music direction and composition, "Wonder Pets!" (2010)

Grammy Awards
Best musical theater album, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)
Best song written for visual media, "Let It Go" (2014)
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media, "Frozen" (2014)

Academy Award
Best original song, "Let It Go" (2014)
Best original song, "Remember Me" (2018)

Tony Awards
Best original score, "Avenue Q" (2004)
Best book of a musical, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)
Best original score, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)

Andrew Lloyd Webber won plenty of awards for his work as a composer.

Emmy Award
Outstanding variety special (live), "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (2018)

Grammy Awards
Best cast show album, "Evita" (1980)
Best cast show album, "Cats" (1983)
Best contemporary composition (1986)
Grammy legend award (1990)

Academy Award
Best original song, "You Must Love Me" (1996)

Tony Awards
Best original score, "Evita" (1980)
Best musical, "Cats" (1983)
Best original score, "Cats" (1983)
Best musical, "Phantom of the Opera" (1988)
Best musical, "Sunset Boulevard" (1995)
Best original score, "Sunset Boulevard" (1995)
Lifetime achievement in the theatre (2018)

John Legend is a newer member of the EGOT club thanks to his participation in "Jesus Christ Superstar Live."

Emmy Award
Outstanding variety special (live), "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (2018)

Grammy Awards
Best new artist (2006)
Best R&B album, "Get Lifted" (2006)
Best male R&B vocal performance, "Ordinary People" (2006)
Best male R&B vocal performance, "Heaven" (2007)
Best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals, "Family Affair" (2007)
Best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals, "Stay With Me (By the Sea)" (2009)
Best R&B song, "Shine" (2011) 
Best traditional R&B vocal performance, "Hang on in There" (2011)
Best R&B album, "Wake Up!" (2011)
Best song written for visual media, "Glory" (2016)

Academy Award
Best original song, "Glory" (2015)

Tony Awards
Best revival of a play, "Jitney" (2017)

You might recognize Tim Rice for his award-winning musical contributions to Disney films like "The Lion King" and "Aladdin."

Emmy Awards
Outstanding variety special (live), "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (2018)

Grammy Awards
Best musical theater album, "Evita" (1981)
Best musical album for children, "Aladdin" (1994) 
Best song written for visual media, "A Whole New World" (1994)
Song of the year, "A Whole New World" (1994)
Best musical theater album, "Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida" (2001)

Academy Award
Best original song, "A Whole New World" (1993)
Best original song, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1995)
Best original son, "You Must Love Me" (1997)

Tony Awards
Best book of a musical, "Evita" (1980)
Best original score, "Evita" (1980)
Best original score, "Aida" (2000)

EGOT winner Alan Menken is the musician behind some of the most popular Disney songs.

Emmy Awards
Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children, "Wonderful Ways to Say No" from the TV special "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue" (1990, non-competitive)
Outstanding original song in a children's, young Adult or animated program, "Waiting in the Wings" from "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure" (2020)

Grammy Awards
Best recording for children, "The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack" (1991)                                                     
Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "Under the Sea" (1991) 
Best album for children, "Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1993)
Best instrumental composition written for a motion picture or for television, "Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1993)
Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "Beauty and the Beast" (1993)
Song of the year, "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (1994)
Best musical album for children, "Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1994)
Best instrumental composition written for a motion picture or for television, "Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1994)
Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "A Whole New World" (1994)
Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "Colors of the Wind" (1996)
Best song written for visual media, "I See the Light" (2012)

Academy Awards
Best original score, "The Little Mermaid" (1989)
Best original score, "Under the Sea" (1989)
Best original score, "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
Best original song, "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
Best original song, "Aladdin" (1992)
Best original song, "A Whole New World" (1992)
Best original musical or comedy score, "Pocahontas" (1995)
Best original song, "Colors of the Wind" (1995)

Tony Award
Best original score, "Newsies" (2012)

Jennifer Hudson reached EGOT status in 2022, more than a decade after she won an Oscar for her role in "Dreamgirls."

Emmy Award
Outstanding interactive media for a daytime program, "Baba Yaga" (2021)

Grammy Awards
Best R&B album, "Jennifer Hudson" (2009)
Best musical theater album, "The Color Purple" (2017)

Academy Award
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role, "Dreamgirls" (2006)

Tony Award
Best musical, "A Strange Loop" (2022)

Viola Davis achieved EGOT status at the 2023 Grammys.

Emmy Award
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series, "How to Get Away With Murder" (2015)

Grammy Award
Best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording, "Finding Me" (2023)

Academy Award
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role, "Fences" (2017)

Tony Award
Best featured actress in a play, "King Hedley II" (2001)
Best leading actress in a play, "Fences" (2010)

Elton John earned his EGOT through "Aida," "The Lion King," a variety special, and more.

Emmy Award
Outstanding variety special (live), "Elton John: Farewell From Dodger Stadium" (2024)

Grammy Award
Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal, "That's What Friends Are For" (1987)
Best instrumental composition, "Basque" (1992)
Best male pop vocal performance, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1995)
Best male pop vocal performance, "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1998)
Grammy legend award (1999)
Best musical show album, "Elton John & Time Rice's Aida" (2001)

Academy Award
Best original song, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994)
Best original song, "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (2019)

Tony Award
Best original score, "Aida" (2000)

Songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul earned EGOT status through "La La Land," "Dear Evan Hanse," and "Only Murders in the Building."

Emmy Award
Outstanding original music and lyrics, "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" from "Only Murders in the Building" (2024)

Grammy Award
Best musical theater album, "Dear Evan Hansen" (2018)
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media, "The Greatest Showman" (2019)

Academy Award
Best original song, "City of Stars" from "La La Land" (2017)

Tony Award
Best original score, "Dear Evan Hansen" (2017)
Best musical, "A Strange Loop" (2022)

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