EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of the major performing art awards in the United States. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, audio recording/music, film, and theatre. Achieving the EGOT has been referred to as the "grand slam" of American show business. Including those with honorary or special awards, 28 people have achieved this status. Only one person, Robert Lopez, has won all four awards twice. == Background == The EGOT acronym was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in late 1984. While starring in Miami Vice, he stated a desire to achieve the EGOT within five years. The acronym gained wider recognition following a 2009 episode of 30 Rock that introduced EGOT status as a recurring plotline. There is some debate over whether only the Primetime Emmy Award should count towards an EGOT, as some (including Thomas himself) distinguish the other types of Emmy competitions as subordinate to the Primetime honor. Starting in 2016, the Daytime Emmy Awards had a category for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, which was removed after the 2019 ceremony because three of the four winners were Broadway ensembles, which between them included five people (Cynthia Erivo, Rachel Bay Jones, Katrina Lenk, Ben Platt, and Ari'el Stachel) who had already won Tony and Grammy awards for the shows they were in, and with their Daytime Emmy wins only needed Oscars to complete their EGOT status. In 2023, TheaterMania writer Zachary Stewart criticized the practice of "selling" producer credits for shows favored to win a Tony as a "shortcut" to EGOT status. He drew a distinction between the producers who actually do the work of organizing the production of a show and investing producers who merely help finance it, often late in the award season. == EGOT winners == === Competitive EGOT === === Non-competitive EGOT === Notes == Competitive EGOT awardees == === Richard Rodgers === American composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) received his fourth distinct award in 1962. Between 1946 and 1979, Rodgers received a total of 10 competitive awards. He was the first person to win all four and was primarily a composer. Academy Awards: 1946: Best Song – "It Might as Well Be Spring" (from State Fair) Primetime Emmy Awards: 1962: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television – Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years Grammy Awards: 1961: Best Show Album (Original Cast) – The Sound of Music 1963: Best Original Cast Show Album – No Strings Tony Awards: 1950: Best Musical – South Pacific 1950: Producers (Musical) – South Pacific 1950: Best Score – South Pacific 1952: Best Musical – The King and I 1960: Best Musical – The Sound of Music 1962: Best Composer – No Strings Special Awards: 1962: Special Tony Award "for all he has done for young people in the theatre and for taking the men of the orchestra out of the pit and putting them onstage in No Strings" 1972: Special Tony Award 1979: Special Tony Award – Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre === Helen Hayes === American actress Helen Hayes (1900–1993) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1932 and 1980, Hayes received a total of six competitive awards. She was the first woman and the first performer to win all four. Hayes was also the first EGOT recipient to win the Triple Crown of Acting (with individual acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards). Counting only the first award of each type, she also has the longest interval (45 years) between her first and fourth award of any EGOT winner. Academy Awards: 1932: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1971: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Airport Primetime Emmy Awards: 1953: Best Actress – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (Episode: "Not a Chance") Grammy Awards: 1977: Best Spoken Word Recording – Great American Documents Tony Awards: 1947: Best Actress in a Play – Happy Birthday 1958: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Time Remembered Special Awards: 1980: Special Tony Award – Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre === Rita Moreno === Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer Rita Moreno (born 1931) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of five awards. She is also the first Latina winner and the first winner to win a Grammy as their second award (both previous winners won Tonys as their second award). In addition, she became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2015 and a Peabody Award winner in 2019. Moreno is also the second EGOT recipient and the first Hispanic actress to win the Triple Crown of Acting. Academy Awards: 1962: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – West Side Story Primetime Emmy Awards: 1977: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music – The Muppet Show (Episode: "Rita Moreno") 1978: Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series – The Rockford Files (Episode: "The Paper Palace") Grammy Awards: 1973: Best Recording for Children – The Electric Company Tony Awards: 1975: Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play – The Ritz === John Gielgud === English actor and theatre director John Gielgud (1904–2000) received his fourth distinct award in 1991. Between 1948 and 1991, Gielgud received a total of five competitive awards. Gielgud was the first winner to win any award other than the Oscar as their first award (his first award was a Tony). At age 87 when he won his Emmy, he also became the oldest winner, the first male performer, the first LGBTQ winner, and the first non-American. Academy Awards: 1982: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Arthur Primetime Emmy Awards: 1991: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special – Summer's Lease Grammy Awards: 1980: Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording – Ages of Man Tony Awards: 1948: Outstanding Foreign Company – The Importance of Being Earnest 1961: Best Director of a Drama – Big Fish, Little Fish Special Awards: 1959: Special Tony Award "for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play Ages of Man." === Audrey Hepburn === British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) received her fourth distinct award posthumously in 1994. Between 1954 and 1994, Hepburn received a total of four competitive awards. She was the fifth person to complete the feat and the first to do so posthumously. She was also the first winner to win two of their awards in consecutive awards shows (the 1994 Grammys were the first Grammys since her posthumous win at the 1993 Emmys). She is the only EGOT winner to not win multiple awards in any of the four award fields. Academy Awards: 1954: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Roman Holiday Primetime Emmy Awards: 1993: Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming – Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn (Episode: "Flower Gardens") Grammy Awards: 1994: Best Spoken Word Album for Children – Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales Tony Awards: 1954: Distinguished Dramatic Actress – Ondine Special Awards: 1968: Special Tony Award 1993: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award === Marvin Hamlisch === American composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) received his fourth distinct award in 1995. Between 1974 and 2001, Hamlisch received a total of 12 competitive awards. Before Alan Menken joined the group in 2020, Hamlisch had the most Oscars of any EGOT winner (three – all won in the same year). In 1974 he would win "General Field" Grammys, taking Song of the Year and Best New Artist, making him first EGOT to have this distinction. Hamlisch was also the first EGOT winner to have won multiple, qualifying awards for the same work – both an Oscar and a Grammy for the song "The Way We Were". Academy Awards: 1974: Best Original Dramatic Score – The Way We Were 1974: Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation – The Sting 1974: Best Song – "The Way We Were" (from The Way We Were) Primetime Emmy Awards: 1995: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction – Barbra: The Concert 1995: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – "Ordinary Miracles" (from Barbra: The Concert) 1999: Outstanding Music and Lyrics – "A Ticket to Dream" (from AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies) 2001: Outstanding Music Direction – Timeless: Live in Concert Grammy Awards: 1975: Best New Artist 1975: Song of the Year – "The Way We Were" 1975: Best Pop Instrumental Performance – "The Entertainer" 1975: Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special – The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording Tony Awards: 1976: Best Musical Score – A Chorus Line === Jonathan Tunick === American orchestrator, musical director, and composer Jonathan Tunick (born 1938) received his fourth distinct award in 1997. Between 1977 and 2024, Tunick received a total of five awards. Tunick is the first EGOT winner to have won an Emmy as their second award as well as the first to win the Tony as their fourth award. Academy Awards: 1978: Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score – A Little Night Music Primetime Emmy Awards: 1982: Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction – Night of 100 Stars Grammy Awards: 1989: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) – "No One is Alone" (vocals by Cleo Laine) Tony Awards: 1997: Best Orchestrations – Titanic 2024: Best Orchestrations – Merrily We Roll Along === Mel Brooks === American actor, comedian, and filmmaker Mel Brooks (born 1926) received his fourth distinct award in June 2001. Between 1968 and 2002, Brooks received a total of 11 awards. Brooks was the first person to win the Emmy as the first award, and the first winner to have won his Oscar for screenwriting. He is the only person to have won the Triple Crown of Writing, having won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony in writing categories. Academy Awards: 1969: Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen – The Producers Primetime Emmy Awards: 1967: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety – The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special 1997: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You (Episodes: "The Grant" and "The Penis") 1998: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You (Episode: "Uncle Phil and the Coupons") 1999: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You (Episode: "Uncle Phil Goes Back to High School") Grammy Awards: 1999: Best Spoken Comedy Album – The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 2002: Best Long Form Music Video – Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks 2002: Best Musical Show Album – The Producers Tony Awards: 2001: Best Musical – The Producers 2001: Best Book of a Musical – The Producers 2001: Best Original Score – The Producers Special Awards 2023: Academy Honorary Award – "Mel Brooks lights up our hearts with his humor, and his legacy has made a lasting impact on every facet of entertainment." Brooks is one of only two people to have two awards of each type, though unlike the other (Robert Lopez) one of Brooks's Oscars was honorary. When he appeared on the January 30, 2015 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Brooks called himself an EGOTAK, noting that he had also received awards from the American Film Institute and Kennedy Center. === Mike Nichols === American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian Mike Nichols (1931–2014) received his fourth distinct award in November 2001. Between 1961 and 2012, Nichols received a total of 15 awards. Nichols was the first EGOT winner to win the Grammy as their first award, the first winner to have won multiple awards for directing (an Oscar, several Tonys, and two Emmys) . When counting all awards won—not just the first of each type—Nichols has the longest timespan of awards among EGOT winners, at 51 years. He is one of only 2 people, the other being Bob Fosse, to achieve the Triple Crown of Directing, having won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony in directing categories. Academy Awards: 1968: Best Director – The Graduate Primetime Emmy Awards: 2001: Outstanding Made for Television Movie – Wit 2001: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie – Wit 2004: Outstanding Miniseries – Angels in America 2004: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special – Angels in America Grammy Awards: 1962: Best Comedy Performance – An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May Tony Awards: 1964: Best Direction of a Play – Barefoot in the Park 1965: Best Direction of a Play – Luv and The Odd Couple 1968: Best Direction of a Play – Plaza Suite 1972: Best Direction of a Play – The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1977: Best Musical – Annie 1984: Best Play – The Real Thing 1984: Best Direction of a Play – The Real Thing 2005: Best Direction of a Musical – Monty Python's Spamalot 2012: Best Direction of a Play – Death of a Salesman === Whoopi Goldberg === American actress, comedian and author Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955) received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, she received a total of five competitive awards. Goldberg is the first African American winner, the first to win the Oscar as their second award, and the third person after Audrey Hepburn (1954) and Marvin Hamlisch (1974) to win two of their qualifying awards in the same year (she won both her Tony and her first competitive Emmy in 2002). Academy Awards: 1991: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Ghost Daytime Emmy Awards: 2002: Outstanding Special Class Special – Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel 2009: Outstanding Talk Show Host – The View Grammy Awards: 1986: Best Comedy Recording – Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording Tony Awards: 2002: Best Musical – Thoroughly Modern Millie Special Awards: 1997: Primetime Emmy Governors Award "for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials" === Scott Rudin === American film, television, and theatre producer Scott Rudin (born 1958) received his fourth distinct award in 2012. Between 1984 and 2021, Rudin received a total of 21 awards, tying with Alan Menken for winning the most competitive EGOT awards. Rudin is currently the only EGOT winner who is solely a producer and did not win any of his four awards for a creative endeavor (i.e. singing, writing, acting). Academy Awards: 2008: Best Picture – No Country for Old Men Primetime Emmy Awards: 1984: Outstanding Children's Program – He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' Grammy Awards: 2012: Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording Tony Awards: 1994: Best Musical – Passion 2000: Best Play – Copenhagen 2002: Best Play – The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? 2005: Best Play – Doubt 2006: Best Play – The History Boys 2009: Best Play – God of Carnage 2010: Best Revival of a Play – Fences 2011: Best Musical – The Book of Mormon 2012: Best Revival of a Play – Death of a Salesman 2014: Best Revival of a Play – A Raisin in the Sun 2015: Best Play – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2015: Best Revival of a Play – Skylight 2016: Best Play – The Humans 2016: Best Revival of a Play – A View From the Bridge 2017: Best Revival of a Musical – Hello, Dolly! 2019: Best Play – The Ferryman 2019: Best Revival of a Play – The Boys in the Band 2021: Best Play – The Inheritance === Robert Lopez === American songwriter Robert Lopez (born 1975) received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 2004 and 2022, he received a total of 12 awards. He is the first Filipino and Asian to achieve this feat. He is the youngest winner (39 years, 8 days) to receive all four awards in competitive categories, as well as, at the time, the fastest to complete his qualifying run of EGOT wins (9 years, 8 months). His second series of wins set a new shortest interval of 7 years, 8 months (June 27, 2010 Emmy through March 4th, 2018 Academy Award) until 2024 when both Benj Pasek and Justin Paul topped this record with a qualifying run of 7 years and 7 months. Lopez is the first person to win each EGOT award twice. As of 2025, he is one Oscar away from becoming the first triple EGOT winner as well. He is currently the only winner to have two of each EGOT award in competitive categories, as Mel Brooks' second Oscar in 2023 was a special award. His first two Emmys were Daytime Emmys, followed by a Primetime Emmy in 2021 for WandaVision. He is the only EGOT recipient to follow a Daytime Emmy win with a subsequent Primetime Emmy win. Lopez received his Grammy Award for The Book of Mormon in collaboration with fellow EGOT winner Scott Rudin (among others), making them the first pair of EGOT winners to co-win the same award. Lopez is also the first person to have won the Oscar last, a prize he shared then, and again in 2018, with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez. As of 2024, Kristen Anderson-Lopez lacks only a Tony to achieve EGOT status in her own right. Academy Awards: 2014: Best Original Song – "Let It Go" (from Frozen) 2018: Best Original Song – "Remember Me" (from Coco) Primetime Emmy Awards: 2021: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics – "Agatha All Along" (from WandaVision — Episode: "Breaking the Fourth Wall") Daytime Emmy Awards: 2008: Outstanding Music Direction and Composition – Wonder Pets! 2010: Outstanding Music Direction and Composition – Wonder Pets! Children's and Family Emmy Awards: 2022: Outstanding Short Form Program – We the People Grammy Awards: 2012: Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording 2015: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Frozen 2015: Best Song Written for Visual Media – "Let It Go" (from Frozen) Tony Awards: 2004: Best Original Score – Avenue Q 2011: Best Book of a Musical – The Book of Mormon 2011: Best Original Score – The Book of Mormon === Andrew Lloyd Webber === English composer and impresario of musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 1948) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 1980 and 2025, Lloyd Webber received a total of 12 competitive awards. On September 9, 2018, Lloyd Webber, John Legend, and Tim Rice all simultaneously became EGOTs when they were collectively awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Academy Awards: 1997: Best Original Song – "You Must Love Me" (from Evita) Primetime Emmy Awards: 2018: Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Grammy Awards: 1981: Best Cast Show Album – Evita: Premier American Recording 1984: Best Cast Show Album – Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording 1986: Best Contemporary Composition – Lloyd Webber: Requiem Tony Awards: 1980: Best Original Score – Evita 1983: Best Musical – Cats 1983: Best Original Score – Cats 1988: Best Musical – The Phantom of the Opera 1995: Best Musical – Sunset Boulevard 1995: Best Original Score – Sunset Boulevard 2025: Best Revival of a Musical – Sunset Boulevard Special Awards: 1990: Grammy Legend Award 2018: Special Tony Award === Tim Rice === English lyricist and librettist Tim Rice (born 1944) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 1980 and 2018, Rice received a total of 12 awards, and shares all of his awards with fellow EGOTs Elton John, John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Alan Menken. On September 9, 2018, Lloyd Webber, Legend, and Rice all simultaneously became EGOTs when they were collectively awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Academy Awards: 1993: Best Original Song – "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) 1995: Best Original Song – "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (from The Lion King) 1997: Best Original Song – "You Must Love Me" (from Evita) Primetime Emmy Awards: 2018: Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Grammy Awards: 1981: Best Cast Show Album – Evita: Premier American Recording 1994: Song of the Year – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" 1994: Best Musical Album for Children – Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1994: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (from Aladdin) 2001: Best Musical Show Album – Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida Tony Awards: 1980: Best Book of a Musical – Evita 1980: Best Original Score – Evita 2000: Best Original Score – Aida === John Legend === American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer John Legend (born 1978) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 2006 and 2025, Legend received a total of 21 awards. Legend has won the most Grammy Awards, 12, of any competitive EGOT recipient. In addition to being the first African American man to achieve EGOT status, Legend is the first person to receive the four awards in four consecutive years. Legend was also the first EGOT recipient to have won both a competitive Primetime and Daytime Emmy Award, an accomplishment matched by Robert Lopez in 2021. Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice all simultaneously became EGOTs on September 9, 2018, when they were collectively awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Academy Awards: 2015: Best Original Song – "Glory" (from Selma) Primetime Emmy Awards: 2018: Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Daytime Emmy Awards: 2019: Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program – Crow: The Legend 2022: Outstanding Daytime Special – Shelter Me: Soul Awakened 2022: Outstanding Short Form Daytime Program – Cornerstones: Founding Voices of the Black Church Children's and Family Emmy Awards: 2023: Outstanding Non-Fiction Program – 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed 2025: Outstanding Non-Fiction Program – Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School Grammy Awards: 2006: Best New Artist 2006: Best R&B Album – Get Lifted 2006: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance – "Ordinary People" 2007: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance – "Heaven" 2007: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "Family Affair" 2009: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "Stay with Me (By the Sea)" 2011: Best R&B Song – "Shine" 2011: Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – "Hang on in There" 2011: Best R&B Album – Wake Up! 2016: Best Song Written for Visual Media – "Glory" (from Selma) 2020: Best Rap/Sung Performance – "Higher" 2021: Best R&B Album – Bigger Love 2025: Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella – "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Tony Awards: 2017: Best Revival of a Play – Jitney === Alan Menken === American composer Alan Menken (born 1949) received his fourth distinct award in 2020. Between 1990 and 2020, Menken received a total of 21 competitive awards, tying with Scott Rudin for the most awards to individuals whose EGOT status was achieved solely by competitive wins. If Menken's special (non-competitive) Emmy Award is counted, he becomes the fully competing EGOT with the most overall awards. If EGOT status is recognized without regard to any qualifying awards being non-competitive, then Quincy Jones holds the record with his 30 fully competitive awards, including 29 Grammys. Alan Menken has the most Oscar wins (8) by an EGOT. Academy Awards: 1990: Best Original Score – The Little Mermaid 1990: Best Original Song – "Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid) 1992: Best Original Score – Beauty and the Beast 1992: Best Original Song – "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast) 1993: Best Original Score – Aladdin 1993: Best Original Song – "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) 1996: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score – Pocahontas 1996: Best Original Song – "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas) Daytime Emmy Awards: 2020: Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program – "Waiting in the Wings" (from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure — Episode: "Rapunzel and the Great Tree") Grammy Awards: 1991: 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" (from The Little Mermaid) 1993: 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" (from Beauty and the Beast) 1994: Song of the Year – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (from Aladdin) 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 (Aladdin's Theme)" (from Aladdin) 1996: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas) 2012: Best Song Written for Visual Media – "I See the Light" (from Tangled) Tony Awards: 2012: Best Original Score – Newsies Special Awards: 1990: Primetime Emmy Award for 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 === Jennifer Hudson === American singer, actress, talk show host, and producer Jennifer Hudson (born 1981) received her fourth distinct award in 2022. Hudson received a total of five competitive awards between 2007 and 2022, making her the youngest competitive female EGOT to date. Academy Awards: 2007: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Dreamgirls Daytime Emmy Awards: 2021: Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program – Baba Yaga Grammy Awards: 2009: Best R&B Album – Jennifer Hudson 2017: Best Musical Theater Album – The Color Purple Tony Awards: 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop === Viola Davis === American actress and producer Viola Davis (born 1965) received her fourth distinct award in 2023. Between 2001 and 2023, Davis received a total of five competitive awards becoming the eighteenth person to competitively win each of the four awards. Davis acknowledged her new EGOT status while accepting her 2023 Grammy. Davis is also the third EGOT recipient and the first African American actress to win the Triple Crown of Acting. Academy Awards: 2017: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Fences Primetime Emmy Awards: 2015: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – How to Get Away with Murder Grammy Awards: 2023: Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording – Finding Me Tony Awards 2001: Best Featured Actress in a Play – King Hedley II 2010: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Fences === Elton John === English singer, composer, pianist, and producer Elton John (born 1947) received his fourth distinct award in 2024. Between 1987 and 2024, John received a total of nine competitive awards becoming the nineteenth person to competitively win each of the four awards. Academy Awards: 1995: Best Original Song – "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (from The Lion King) 2020: Best Original Song – "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (from Rocketman) Primetime Emmy Awards: 2024: Outstanding Variety Special (Live) – Elton John: Farewell from Dodger Stadium Grammy Awards: 1987: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "That's What Friends Are For" 1992: Best Instrumental Composition – "Basque" 1995: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance – "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" 1998: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance – "Candle in the Wind 1997" 2001: Best Musical Show Album – Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida Tony Awards: 2000: Best Original Score – Aida Special Awards: 1999: Grammy Legend Award === Benj Pasek === American composer, lyricist, and producer Benj Pasek (born 1985) received his fourth distinct award in 2024. Pasek and Justin Paul set a new record for achieving EGOT status in the fastest time by winning all four awards within 7 years and 7 months. Between 2017 and 2025, Pasek received a total of seven competitive awards becoming the twentieth person to competitively win each of the four awards. Pasek shares all seven of his competitive award wins with his writing partner and fellow EGOT-recipient Justin Paul. Academy Awards: 2017: Best Original Song – "City of Stars" (from La La Land) Primetime Emmy Awards: 2024: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics – "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" (from Only Murders in the Building — Episode: "Sitzprobe") Children's and Family Emmy Awards: 2025: Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program – "That's Why We Love Nature" (from Sesame Street — Episode: "Tamir's Water Works") Grammy Awards: 2018: Best Musical Theater Album – Dear Evan Hansen 2019: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – The Greatest Showman Tony Awards: 2017: Best Original Score – Dear Evan Hansen 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop === Justin Paul === American composer, lyricist, and producer Justin Paul (born 1985) received his fourth distinct award in 2024. Paul and Benj Pasek set a new record for achieving EGOT status in the fastest time by winning all four awards within 7 years and 7 months. Between 2017 and 2025, Paul received a total of seven competitive awards becoming the twenty-first person to competitively win each of the four awards. Paul shares all seven of his competitive award wins with his writing partner and fellow EGOT-recipient Benj Pasek. Academy Awards: 2017: Best Original Song – "City of Stars" (from La La Land) Primetime Emmy Awards: 2024: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics – "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" (from Only Murders in the Building — Episode: "Sitzprobe") Children's and Family Emmy Awards: 2025: Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program – "That's Why We Love Nature" (from Sesame Street — Episode: "Tamir's Water Works") Grammy Awards: 2018: Best Musical Theater Album – Dear Evan Hansen 2019: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – The Greatest Showman Tony Awards: 2017: Best Original Score – Dear Evan Hansen 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop === Steven Spielberg === American director and producer Steven Spielberg (born 1946) received his fourth distinct award in 2026. Between 1991 and 2026, Spielberg has won 3 Academy Awards, 13 competitive Emmy awards, a Grammy, and a Tony. Spielberg received the Tony in 2022 for the musical A Strange Loop, for which Spielberg is included in the award listing as "et al" due to the large number of people involved in the production, and thus received the award despite not being explicitly named. Additionally, Spielberg has received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and the International Emmy Founders Award. Academy Awards: 1994: Best Picture – Schindler's List 1994: Best Director – Schindler's List 1999: Best Director – Saving Private Ryan Primetime Emmy Awards: 1996: Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) – A Pinky and the Brain Christmas 2002: Outstanding Miniseries – Band of Brothers 2003: Outstanding Miniseries – Taken 2010: Outstanding Miniseries – The Pacific Daytime Emmy Awards: 1991: Outstanding Animated Program – Tiny Toon Adventures 1993: Outstanding Children's Animated Program – Tiny Toon Adventures 1996: Outstanding Children's Animated Program – Animaniacs 1997: Outstanding Children's Animated Program – Animaniacs 1997: Outstanding Special Class Animated Program – Freakazoid! 1999: Outstanding Special Class Animated Program – Pinky and the Brain 2000: Outstanding Children's Animated Program – Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain Sports Emmy Awards: 2025: Outstanding Open/Tease – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad: "Land of Stories" 2025: The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award – Short Form – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad: "Land of Stories" Grammy Awards: 2026: Best Music Film – Music by John Williams Tony Awards: 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop Special Awards: 1987: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 2006: International Emmy Founders Award == Non-competitive EGOT awardees == Six additional artists have received all four awards, though one was bestowed for an honorary or similar non-competitive distinction: Barbra Streisand does not have a competitive Tony; Liza Minnelli does not have a competitive Grammy; and Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, and Frank Marshall are all without a competitive Oscar. === Barbra Streisand === American singer, actress, and director Barbra Streisand (born 1942) received her fourth distinct award in 1970. Between 1963 and 2001, Streisand received a total of 18 awards, three of which were non-competitive. Having obtained her fourth award with a special Tony at age 28, she is the youngest special EGOT winner. With just six years elapsing between her first award, a 1964 Grammy, and her 1970 Tony, Streisand held the record for completing the fastest special EGOT until 2023 when Frank Marshall did so within four years. Streisand is the only EGOT to win an Oscar in both a music and an acting category. She is the only winner to have three competitive awards for debut performances: first studio album, first feature film, and first television special. Additional distinctions include the Peabody Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the National Medal of Arts, the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Academy Awards: 1969: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Funny Girl 1977: Best Original Song – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (from A Star Is Born) Primetime Emmy Awards: 1965: Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment – Actors and Performers – My Name is Barbra 1995: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program – Barbra Streisand: The Concert 1995: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special – Barbra Streisand: The Concert 2001: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program – Timeless: Live in Concert Daytime Emmy Awards: 2001: Outstanding Special Class Special – Reel Models: The First Women of Film Grammy Awards: 1964: Best Vocal Performance, Female – The Barbra Streisand Album 1964: Album of the Year (Other Than Classical) – The Barbra Streisand Album 1965: Best Vocal Performance, Female – "People" 1966: Best Vocal Performance, Female – My Name Is Barbra 1978: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" 1978: Song of the Year – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" 1981: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb) 1987: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – The Broadway Album 1992: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive) 1995: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (non-competitive) Tony Awards: 1970: Special Tony Award: Star of the Decade (non-competitive) === Liza Minnelli === American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer Liza Minnelli (born 1946) received her fourth distinct award in 1990. Between 1965 and 2009, Minnelli received a total of seven awards, two of which were special. Academy Awards: 1973: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Cabaret Primetime Emmy Awards: 1973: Outstanding Single Program − Variety and Popular Music – Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television Grammy Awards: 1990: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive) Tony Awards: 1965: Best Leading Actress in a Musical – Flora the Red Menace 1974: Special Tony Award for "adding luster to the Broadway season" (non-competitive) 1978: Best Leading Actress in a Musical – The Act 2009: Best Special Theatrical Event – Liza's at The Palace...! === James Earl Jones === American actor James Earl Jones (1931–2024) received his fourth distinct award in 2011. Between 1969 and 2017, Jones received a total of eight awards, two of which were special. Academy Awards: 2011: Academy Honorary Award (non-competitive) Primetime Emmy Awards: 1991: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Gabriel's Fire 1991: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special – Heat Wave Daytime Emmy Awards: 2000: Outstanding Performer − Children's Special – Summer's End Grammy Awards: 1977: Best Spoken Word Recording – Great American Documents Tony Awards: 1969: Best Leading Actor in a Play – The Great White Hope 1987: Best Leading Actor in a Play – Fences 2017: Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (non-competitive) === Harry Belafonte === American singer, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 1954 and 2014, Belafonte received a total of six awards, including a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (special awards). Academy Awards: 2014: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (non-competitive) Primetime Emmy Awards: 1960: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program – Tonight with Belafonte – The Revlon Revue Grammy Awards: 1961: Best Performance – Folk – Swing Dat Hammer 1966: Best Folk Performance – An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba 2000: Grammy Hall of Fame Award Tony Awards: 1954: Distinguished Supporting or Featured Musical Actor – John Murray Anderson's Almanac === Quincy Jones === American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer Quincy Jones (1933–2024) received his fourth distinct award in 2016. Between 1964 and 2024, Jones received a total of 33 awards—the highest number so far of any EGOT winner. He competed for and won 28 Grammys, one Tony, and one Emmy, also receiving a special Grammy Legend Award and two special Oscars (the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Academy Honorary Award). Quincy's final qualifying award was a fully competitive 2016 Tony for The Color Purple. Academy Awards: 1994: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (non-competitive) 2024: Academy Honorary Award (non-competitive) Primetime Emmy Awards: 1977: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – Roots: Part 1 Grammy Awards: 1964: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "I Can't Stop Loving You" 1970: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group – Walking in Space 1972: Best Pop Instrumental Performance – Smackwater Jack 1974: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "Summer in the City" 1979: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "The Wiz Main Title (Overture, Part One)" 1981: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "Dinorah, Dinorah" 1982: Producer of the Year 1982: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) – "Ai No Corrida" (with Jerry Hey) 1982: Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording – "Velas" 1982: Best Cast Show Album – Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music 1982: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "The Dude" 1984: Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) 1984: Best Recording for Children – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1984: Album of the Year – Thriller 1984: Record of the Year – "Beat It" 1985: Best Arrangement on an Instrumental – "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" (with Jeremy Lubbock) 1986: Best Music Video, Short Form – "We Are the World – The Video Event" 1986: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "We Are the World" 1986: Record of the Year – "We Are the World" 1991: Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) 1991: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) – "The Places You Find Love" 1991: Best Arrangement on an Instrumental – "Birdland" 1991: Best Jazz Fusion Performance – "Birdland" 1991: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group – "Back on the Block" 1991: Album of the Year – Back on the Block 1992: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive) 1994: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance – Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux 2002: Best Spoken Word Album – Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones 2019: Best Music Film – Quincy Tony Awards: 2016: Best Revival of a Musical – The Color Purple === Frank Marshall === American film producer and director Frank Marshall (born 1946) received his fourth distinct award in 2023. Between 2019 and 2026, Marshall received a total of five awards. He is the only EGOT winner to have won a Sports Emmy Award and to have received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. With just four years elapsing between his first award (a 2019 honorary Oscar), a long format TV sports documentary, and competitive Grammy and Tony music awards, Marshall completed his EGOT collection in the shortest time of all persons to have reached this status. Academy Awards: 2019: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (non-competitive) Sports Emmy Awards: 2023: Outstanding Long Documentary – The Redeem Team Grammy Awards: 2023: Best Music Film – Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story 2026: Best Music Film – Music by John Williams Tony Awards: 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop == Three competitive awards == The following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in competitive categories. As of July 2025, 75 living people are one award away from achieving (competitive) EGOT status. === Without an Emmy === === Without a Grammy === === Without an Oscar === === Without a Tony === Notes † – Person is deceased. ◊ – Person has been nominated at least once for a competitive category of the missing award but has failed to win. NCA – Person won a non-competitive award in this category (see section above). PA – Person has won the Peabody Award PP – Person has won the Pulitzer Prize TC – Person has joined EGOT winners Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, and Viola Davis as winners of the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards. == Three, including non-competitive awards == In addition to the above winners, the following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in either competitive categories or non-competitive special and honorary categories. As of June 2025, 12 additional living individuals are one award away from achieving EGOT status (including non-competitive awards). Howard Ashman†, ◊ won two competitive Oscars, five competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Emmy Award. Fred Astaire† won three competitive Emmy Awards, a Special Academy Award, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Robert Russell Bennett† won a competitive Emmy Award, a competitive Oscar, and two Special Tony Awards. Irving Berlin† won an Academy Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a competitive Tony Award. Barbara Broccoli won a competitive Emmy Award, two competitive Tony Awards, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, a non-competitive Academy Award. Carol Burnett won seven competitive Emmy Awards, one competitive Grammy award, and a Special Tony Award. David Byrne◊ won an Academy Award, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award. Walt Disney† won 22 competitive Academy Awards, four non-competitive Academy Awards, seven competitive Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Trustees Award. Ray Dolby† won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award, two Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, and a Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award. Michael J. Fox won five competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Grammy Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award. Judy Garland†, ◊ won an Academy Juvenile Award, two competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Tony Award. Eileen Heckart† won a competitive Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and a Special Tony Award. Danny Kaye† won a competitive Emmy Award, a Special Tony Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award. Barry Manilow won two competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award. Steve Martin◊ won the Honorary Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and five competitive Grammy Awards. Elaine May won the Honorary Academy Award, a competitive Tony Award, and a competitive Grammy Award. Dolly Parton◊ won 11 competitive Grammy Awards, a competitive Emmy Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award. Stephen Schwartz won three competitive Oscars, three competitive Grammys and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, a non-competitive Tony Award. Bruce Springsteen◊ won 20 competitive Grammys, a competitive Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award. Thomas Stockham† won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award, a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award, and a Technical Grammy Award. Cicely Tyson† won three competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Tony Award, and an Academy Honorary Award. Eli Wallach† won a competitive Tony Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and an Academy Honorary Award. Diane Warren won a competitive Grammy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and an Academy Honorary Award. Oprah Winfrey won competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Tony Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award. Notes † – Person is deceased. ◊ – Person has been nominated at least once for a competitive category of the missing award but has failed to win. == Four nominations == The following people have not won all four awards in competitive categories but have received at least one nomination for each of them: Notes † – Person is deceased. == Variations == === PEGOT === There are conflicting definitions for the PEGOT. Some say the "P" refers to the Peabody Award, others say it is the Pulitzer Prize. As of 2024, Mel Brooks, Rita Moreno, Mike Nichols, and Barbra Streisand have achieved this status by winning the Peabody while Marvin Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers have achieved it by winning the Pulitzer. EGOT winners who also won at least one Peabody Award: Mel Brooks Rita Moreno Mike Nichols† Barbra Streisand EGOT winners who also won at least one Pulitzer Prize: Marvin Hamlisch† Richard Rodgers† People who won a Peabody, lacking only one EGOT award: Carol Burnett (missing an Oscar) Martin Charnin† (missing an Oscar) Rob Epstein (missing a Tony) Anne Garefino (missing an Oscar) James Moll (missing a Tony) Trey Parker (missing an Oscar) Matt Stone (missing an Oscar) Charles Strouse (missing an Oscar) Lily Tomlin (missing an Oscar) Cicely Tyson† (missing a Grammy) Oprah Winfrey (missing a Grammy) People who won a Pulitzer, lacking only one EGOT award: Jerry Bock† (missing an Oscar) Oscar Hammerstein II† (missing an Emmy) Tom Kitt (missing an Oscar) Frank Loesser† (missing an Emmy) Lin-Manuel Miranda (missing an Oscar) Stephen Sondheim† (missing an Emmy) Notes † – Person is deceased. === REGOT === Another variation is the REGOT, which includes being awarded a Razzie Award. Alan Menken has a REGOT due to his Razzie win (with Jack Feldman) for Worst Original Song for "High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies. With her Razzie win for Worst Actress for Rent-a-Cop and Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Liza Minnelli has a REGOT if her non-competitive Grammy Legend Award is considered. Lady Gaga reordered the acronym as EGORT, when she hosted Saturday Night Live and poked fun at her win for Worst Screen Combo (with Joaquin Phoenix) from Joker: Folie à Deux. Alternatively, publications such as Vulture have listed the REGOT as including an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The only person to have such a REGOT is Elton John although Harry Belafonte and Quincy Jones would be included if counting non-competitive awards. == Equivalent honors outside the United States == The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards are presided over by industry bodies based in the United States, and as of 2024, 17 out of the 22 EGOT winners were American nationals. The remaining five―John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice―were British. Many countries hold their own equivalent awards ceremonies honouring their own television, music, film, and theatre industries. In some cases, commentators in other countries have derived their own acronyms for individuals who have won at all four ceremonies. === Canada === In 2018, Leah Collins of CBC Arts proposed a Canadian equivalent of the EGOT: the Canadian Screen Awards (and their predecessors, the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards) for film and television, the Juno Awards for music, and the Dora Mavor Moore Awards for theatre. Toronto-based game show Trivia Club referred to this combination as the "Two-Can-Ju-Do". No individual has won in all four categories. === Australia === In 2019, Caitlin Welsh of Nova Entertainment proposed the "LAHA" as an Australian equivalent: the Logie Awards for television, the ARIA Music Awards for music, the Helpmann Awards for theatre, and the AACTA Awards for film. She also could not identify any winners of all four awards, although Noni Hazlehurst has received nominations in all four. == See also == Academy Awards Emmy Awards Children's and Family Emmy Awards Daytime Emmy Awards International Emmy Awards News and Documentary Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Sports Emmy Awards Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards Grammy Awards Tony Awards Triple Crown of Acting British Triple Crown == References == == Further reading == Bereznak, Alyssa (February 21, 2019). ""Who's an EGOT?" How '30 Rock' Made a Fake Award Into a Real-Life Goal". The Ringer. Retrieved October 4, 2023. == External links == Entertainment Weekly: 18 stars who are EGOT winners