Question: who has been nominated for the most best actor oscars
Answer: Actor Total Wins Nominated films Jack Nicholson 12 Easy Rider ( 1969 ) , Five Easy Pieces ( 1970 ) , The Last Detail ( 1973 ) , Chinatown ( 1974 ) , One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest ( 1975 ) , Reds ( 1981 ) , Terms of Endearment ( 1983 ) , Prizzi 's Honor ( 1985 ) , Ironweed ( 1987 ) , A Few Good Men ( 1992 ) , As Good as it Gets ( 1997 ) , About Schmidt ( 2002 ) Laurence Olivier 10 Wuthering Heights ( 1939 ) , Rebecca ( 1940 ) , Henry V ( 1946 ) , Hamlet ( 1948 ) , Richard III ( 1956 ) , The Entertainer ( 1960 ) , Othello ( 1965 ) , Sleuth ( 1972 ) , Ma