Liza Minelli at the 1973 Academy Awards, with her father Vincente Minelli.Getty Images.
Liza Minnelli (not competing) – February 21, 1990
Liza Minnelli was the first to begin their EGOT journey with a Tony Award (best actress in a musical, Flora’s Red Menace). In 1973, she consecutively won Oscars and Emmys for pub And Liza with the letter Z, respectively. Her Grammy came in 1990, with the Grammy Legend Award. She accepted the honor by performing a disco version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Losing My Mind” and said in her acceptance speech, “Mostly, I want to thank the people who bought the record because they made it all come true.”
John Gielgud – August 25, 1991
Sir John Gielgud is the first British EGOT winner, the first gay EGOT winner and the only male EGOT to win an Academy Award for acting (Best supporting actor, Arthur). His 1980 Spoken Word Grammy Award was for The age of man—a collection of Shakespeare’s speeches—also earned him a special Tony Award when he performed it on stage more than two decades ago. Gielgud also won two competitive acting Tony Awards: one foreign company award for The importance of being serious in 1948, and was the best television director for Big fish, small fish in 1961. Gielgud became the oldest person to cross the EGOT finish line when he won the Emmy for miniseries Summer lease at age 87.
Audrey Hepburn – March 1, 1994
“It’s too much,” Audrey Hepburn said sheepishly as she accepted the film’s Oscar Roman holidays in 1954. But the awards didn’t stop despite her modesty: She won a Tony Award for having lunch three days later. Hepburn remained beloved in her final days, becoming the first and only posthumous EGOT winner. Also Ms. Emmy (information programming, World Garden with Audrey Hepburn) and Grammy (children’s spoken word album, The enchanting stories of Audrey Hepburn) was awarded upon her death.
Marvin Hamlisch – September 9, 1995
Without those pesky Emmys, Marvin Hamlisch would have risen quickly to the position of EGOT. At the 1974 Academy Awards, he took home three Oscars—one of only 14 people to earn that many in a single ceremony—for the music of The way we used to be And Sting. At the next Grammys, he won four awards, including best new artist (one of only two people on this list to win that award). In 1976, he won a Tony Award for his first score in the Broadway play Juggernaut. A chorus line. But his EGOT wasn’t earned until 1995, when Hamlish received two Emmys for his work. Barbra: Concert, HBO broadcast of Barbra Streisand’s first concert in decades.
Jonathan Tunick – June 1, 1997
If you think you have to be a household name to dominate the most coveted awards, think again! Jonathan Tunick won the EGOT in a decades-long career as a conductor, music director and composer, crossing the EGOT finish line in 1997 by winning the Best Orchestral Tony Award for the musical the Titanic. He previously won an Oscar in 1978 for adapting the soundtrack (a category that no longer exists) for the film A little night music. His Emmy Award came in 1982 for musical direction 100 Stars Night, and his Grammy Award in 1989, for his instrumental arrangements Cleo Laineversion of “No One is Alone.” He recently won his second orchestral Tony for the revival of Happily we roll along.
Mel Brooks – June 3, 2001
Mel Brooks was one of the few people to start their EGOT with an Emmy, winning for writing a variety show in 1967. His Oscar went to the original screenplay of Manufacturers, making Brooks the only person on this list to win a screenwriting Oscar. A guest run is underway Crazy about you embarked on a late-career awards run, which began in 1997. Brooks won three consecutive Emmys for the series, a comedy album Grammy in 1999, and a trio of Tonys in 2001 for the film adapted from the stage. Manufacturers. With the 2023 honorary Oscar, Brooks becomes the second person to win a double EGOT, with at least two wins for each award.
Mike Nichols – November 4, 2001
In spite of Mike Nichols won a Grammy Award for comedy performance with Elaine May in 1962, he was the only one of the EGOT winners to be awarded a directing award—he received an Oscar for Graduate, and his first nine Tonys for directing Walk barefoot in the park. In 2001, he earned the title of EGOT with multiple Emmy awards for HBO. intelligence. At Nichols’ AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, host Julia Roberts commented on his EGOT status—at a time when fewer than half of EGOT winners exist today.
Whoopi Goldberg – June 2, 2002
Like Nichols and Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg earned a “G” in her EGOT for a comedy recording, and her “G” was for a recording of her one-man Broadway show in 1986. After winning the award Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in Ghost and a special Emmy in 1997 for a Comic Relief benefit special, her EGOT story was completed with the Tony — not to revive her solo act but to produce the musical dramatic. Millie is thoroughly modern. Goldberg is the first black EGOT winner.
James Earl Jones (not competing) – November 12, 2011
James Earl Jones began his EGOT trajectory with Tony for the title role in The Great White Hope; he was nominated for an Oscar for his on-screen reinterpretation of the role but didn’t win. Like Hayes, his Grammy was in the spoken word category: Jones won for Great American documents. (Surely there has never been another voice in human existence that we would rather hear read the Constitution than his.) In 1991, he won an Emmy for lead actor in a TV series for a one-season wonder Gabriel’s Flame, making him the only male performer on this list with an acting Emmy not for a guest role or miniseries. Jones’ honorary Oscar in 2011 made him the first complete Their EGOT with the Oscars.
Scott Rudin – February 12, 2012
Even industry the most notorious characters can attain a place in the entertainment Hall of Fame, as producer Scott Rudin—the first person to win an Emmy for a children’s program He makes me feel like I’m dancing. He became EGOT thanks to the Grammy he won for his recording cast of the Broadway musical Book of Mormon, after winning the Oscar for best picture There is no country for old men and Tony’s numerous wins began with a 1994 best musical win for Passion. After Rudin’s alleged history of physical and verbal abuse was exposed in 2021, and the Broadway community called for Rudin to relinquish his producing duties on ongoing and upcoming productions eye, he issued a statement said, “After a period of reflection, I have decided to withdraw from active participation in our Broadway productions, effective immediately.”
Robert Lopez – March 2, 2014
While almost all EGOT winners have additional awards to their credits, composer Robert Lopez is the only double EGOT winner ever for purely competitive categories—meaning he has won (at least) two EGOT awards each time. He is also the only Asia and Philippines EGOT winner. His awards run began in 2004, when he won a Tony Award for his original score for Avenue Q. In 2008, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for music composition. Miraculous Pets, and in 2012, won a Grammy Award for best musical theater album for Book of Mormon. With many more songwriting awards included frozen, coconut, and “Agatha All Together”, Lopez won his first EGOT when he received the Oscar for best original song for “Let It Go” a week after his 39th birthday, which made him an EGOT winner youngest ever.
Harry Belafonte (not competing) – November 8, 2014
The legend and activist earned three-quarters of his EGOT over the span of a decade, starting with a Tony Award for outstanding achievement in Almanac by John Murray Anderson In 1954 (at the same ceremony where the Audrey Hepburn Award was presented), the Emmy Award for variety show went to Revlon Revue in 1960 and won the Best Folk Performance Grammy in 1961 for his album Rotate Dat Hammer. Like James Earl Jones, Belafonte joined the EGOT club with a tribute Oscar. In a moving speech accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Belafonte mused about Hollywood’s potential to create social change, saying, “Maybe we, as artists and those with vision, for the greater good in human hearts and souls, can influence the people.” everywhere in the world to see the better side of humanity and who we are as humans.”
