Golden Globes win for Leonardo DiCaprio (‘Killers of the Flower Moon’) would tie him with Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks | CPT PPP Coverage

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Very few performers who became Golden Globe nominees in their teens can claim to have stayed in the organization’s good graces as adults, but, with 13 notices and three wins spread over nearly 30 years, Leonardo DiCaprio is more justified in doing so than anyone else. As it happens, the film star has picked up multiple Golden Globe bids during each decade of his adult life, and he is now working on squeezing in another just before he enters his 50s. If he winds up clinching his third Best Film Drama Actor trophy for “Killers of the Flower Moon” this winter, he will tie the illustrious record for most victories in that category.

DiCaprio’s previous Golden Globe wins came for his lead performances in the dramas “The Aviator” (2005) and “The Revenant” (2016) and the comedy “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2014). This potential new drama bid would be his ninth, following unsuccessful ones for “Titanic” (1998), “Catch Me If You Can” (2003), “Blood Diamond” (2007), “The Departed” (2007), “Revolutionary Road” (2009), and “J. Edgar” (2012). As luck would have it, this would also mark the fourth general instance of Martin Scorsese directing him to a Golden Globe nomination, after 2005, 2007 (“The Departed”), and 2014.

As of now, the only two triple champions in the Best Film Drama Actor category are Tom Hanks (“Philadelphia,” 1994; “Forrest Gump,” 1995; “Cast Away,” 2001) and Jack Nicholson (“Chinatown,” 1975; “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” 1976; “About Schmidt,” 2003). Given that both actors have taken home at least one additional comedy/musical trophy (“Big,” 1989; “Prizzi’s Honor,” 1986 and “As Good As It Gets,” 1998), they also stand as the only two male recipients of four or more Golden Globes for lead film acting. DiCaprio could, of course, join Hanks in second place in that respect, thereby breaking out of his current tie with fellow three-time lead victors Peter O’Toole, Jack Lemmon, Dustin Hoffman, and Robin Williams.

Upon earning recognition in 2020 for his comedic turn in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” DiCaprio became the sixth man with 10 or more lead film Golden Globe nominations to his name. Having most recently contended as a star of “Don’t Look Up” (2022), he is now expected to emulate Lemmon, Nicholson, and Al Pacino as the fourth male actor to collect an even dozen such notices. At 49, he will have done so at least six years faster than any of his predecessors and would also surpass Pacino (who was 50 in 1991) as the youngest man to reach a drama actor nominations total of nine.

Win or lose, DiCaprio is bound to soon strengthen his status as a bona fide Golden Globes darling, and, with so many years presumably left in his career, one can fairly surmise that it will only be a matter of time before he is promoted to the sole holder of some – if not all – of said records.

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