Leonardo DiCaprio has joined an elite group of names who have each earned a record seven BAFTA best actor nominations. In doing so he’s also broken a record himself, becoming the youngest to reach that figure.
Following the BAFTA Film Awards nominations on Tuesday, DiCaprio was, perhaps unsurprisingly, listed in the leading actor category for “One Battle After Another.” But his seventh nomination — after “The Aviator,” “The Departed,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “The Revenant” (for which he won), “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Don’t Look Up” — puts him among some esteemed company.
Only six other actors have achieved this feat, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Jack Lemmon, Peter Finch and Dustin Hoffman. And at 51, DiCaprio is now the youngest to hit the magical number of seven (Hoffman was 52 when he was nominated for “Rain Man”).
On home soil in the U.S., where DiCaprio was Oscar-nominated last week for “One Battle After Another,” he also now has seven best actor nominations, plus a supporting actor nod for “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” And there he’s also won one, for “The Revenant.”
It should be noted that, when it comes to BAFTA best actress nominations, the achievements of DiCaprio, Day-Lewis, Caine and all pale in comparison to Meryl Streep, who holds that record with 12 nominations.
As for BAFTA nominations across all the performance categories, Streep and Judi Dench tie with 15 each. Dench, meanwhile, goes home with the top crown for most wins, with six.
From Variety US
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