Every SAG Best Actor Winner (1994-2024)

Who Has Won PEGOT? | Entertainment's Ultimate Achievement

There are conflicting definitions for the PEGOT.

Some say the “P” refers to the Peabody Award, while others say it stands for the Pulitzer Prize.
As of now, only 4 peoples have achieved this status by winning the Peabody and 2 peoples won the Pulitzer, collectively known as “PEGOT”.

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#1 – Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks is an American actor, writer, director, producer, comedian and composer.

Over his 70‑year career in film, theatre and television, Brooks has won an Academy Award (plus an Honorary Academy Award), four Emmys, three Tony Awards and three Grammys, and he has been nominated for six Golden Globes and one BAFTA Award.

With his Tony wins for The Producers in 2001, he became one of only twenty‑one people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

He has also received a Kennedy Center Honor (2009), a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2010), the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award (2013), a British Film Institute Fellowship (2015), the National Medal of Arts (2016) and a BAFTA Fellowship (2017).

Peabody Award:
2024 – Career Peabody Award (Honored).

#2 – Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer.

With a career spanning nearly 80 years in the entertainment industry, Moreno is one of the few individuals to have won all four major American entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony (an EGOT).

She has also received a Golden Globe Award and a Peabody Award, as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award.

Moreno won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her iconic performance as Anita in West Side Story (1961).

For television work, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for guest roles on The Muppets (1977) and The Rockford Files (1978).

She won the Grammy Award for Best Children’s Music Album for The Electric Company (1973), and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Googie Gomez in The Ritz.

Peabody Award:
2019 – Career Achievement Award (Honored).

#3 – Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols was an American filmmaker, producer, comedian and theatre director.

He is one of the few entertainers to have achieved the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Academy (Oscar) and Tony Awards for his work in television, film and theatre.

His many honors include the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala tribute (1999), a Peabody Award (2001), Kennedy Center Honors (2003) and the AFI Life Achievement Award (2010).

Nichols won Primetime Emmy Awards for Wit (2001) and Angels in America (2003).

For his collaborations with Elaine May, he was nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning Best Comedy Album in 1962.

He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Graduate (1967), and on Broadway he received 16 Tony nominations and won 8 Tony Awards for productions including Barefoot in the Park (1964),

Luv / The Odd Couple (1965), Plaza Suite (1968), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1972), Annie (1977), The Real Thing (1984), Monty Python’s Spamalot (2005) and Death of a Salesman (2012).

Peabody Award:
2001 – Wit (Honored).

#4 – Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, songwriter and filmmaker.

With a career spanning seven decades, she has achieved major success in multiple fields of entertainment.

She has won two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards, four Primetime Emmys, one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, three Peabody Awards and nine Golden Globe Awards, tying her as one of the most awarded artists in Golden Globe history.

She is often cited as one of the few entertainers to have achieved an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), although several of her awards are non‑competitive or honorary.

Peabody Awards:
1965 – Area of Excellence – My Name Is Barbra.
1994 – Barbra Streisand: The Concert.
1995 – Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.

EGOT Winners Who Also Won at Least One Pulitzer Prize

#5 – Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch was an American composer and conductor.

Over his career he became one of the few people to complete the EGOT.

He received four Emmy Awards, four Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and a Tony Award.

He also received a Pulitzer Prize, making him – along with composer Richard Rodgers – one of only two people to have won all five prizes, collectively known as “PEGOT”.

Pulitzer Prize:
1976 – Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Chorus Line.

#6 – Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theatre.

With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the best‑known American composers of the 20th century and his work had a major influence on popular music.

Rodgers was the first person to win all four of the top American entertainment awards in theatre, film, recording and television – an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony – now known collectively as an EGOT.

In addition, he received a Pulitzer Prize, making him the first ever to receive all five awards (later joined by Marvin Hamlisch).

Pulitzer Prizes:
1944 – Pulitzer Prize (Special Citations and Awards) for Oklahoma!.
1950 – Pulitzer Prize for Drama for South Pacific.

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