List of EGOT winners

EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four awards.^[1]^[2] Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and theatre.^[3] Achieving the EGOT has been referred to as the "grand slam" of show business.^[1]^[4] As of 2020, 16 people have accomplished this feat.^[5]

The EGOT acronym was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in late 1984, when his role on the new hit show Miami Vice brought him instant fame, and he stated a desire to achieve the EGOT within five years.^[6]^[7] However, he intended that the "E" should be for the Primetime Emmy Award, and not a Daytime Emmy nor any of the awards presented at the other types of Emmy ceremonies.^[8] Nevertheless, two of the 16 EGOT winners have won only the Daytime Emmy.

The term gained wider recognition in the 2010s after a series-long arc in the 4th season of the sitcom 30 Rock featured the character of Tracy Jordan (portrayed by Tracy Morgan) setting out to achieve the EGOT.^[9]

Variations[edit]

The only Double EGOT — a person who has won all four awards at least twice — is songwriter Robert Lopez, who is also the youngest person to achieve EGOT status, at 39 years, 8 days; and who won his first four awards in the shortest time (a span of 9 years, 8 months).

Another variation of the accomplishment is the PEGOT, though there are conflicting definitions. Some say the "P" refers to the Peabody Award,^[10]^[11] others say the Pulitzer Prize. As of 2019, Mike Nichols, Rita Moreno and Barbra Streisand (if her Special Tony Award is considered) have achieved this status by winning the Peabody;^[12] while Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch have achieved it by winning the Pulitzer.^[13]

Another variation is the REGOT, which includes a Razzie.^[14]^[15] Alan Menken has a REGOT due to his Razzie win with Jack Feldman for Worst Original Song for “High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies.^[16] Due to her Razzie win for Worst Actress for Rent-a-Cop and Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Liza Minnelli has a REGOT if her Grammy Legend Award is considered.^[17]

No one has yet achieved the all-inclusive PREGOT variation.

Lynn Redgrave is the only performer who has achieved the anti-EGOT of being nominated for all four awards and not winning any of them.^[18]

Winners of all four awards[edit]

Name	Emmy	Grammy	Oscar	Tony	Year span	Age at completion	Category(s)
Richard Rodgers	1962	1960^{[n 1]}	1945	1950^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}	17	59 years, 10 months	Composer
Helen Hayes^{[n 3]}	1953	1977	1932^{[n 1]}	1947^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}	45	76 years, 4 months	Actress
Rita Moreno^{[n 3]}	1977^{[n 1]}	1972	1961	1975	16	45 years, 9 months	Actress/Singer
John Gielgud	1991	1979	1981	1961^{[n 1]}^,^{[n 2]}	30	87 years, 4 months	Actor/Director
Audrey Hepburn	1993^{[n 4]}	1994^{[n 4]}	1953^{[n 2]}	1954^{[n 2]}	41	63 years, 8 months^{[n 4]}	Actress
Marvin Hamlisch	1995^{[n 1]}	1974^{[n 1]}	1973^{[n 1]}	1976	22	51 years, 3 months	Composer
Jonathan Tunick	1982	1988	1977	1997	20	59 years, 1 month	Composer/Conductor
Mel Brooks	1967^{[n 1]}	1998^{[n 1]}	1968	2001^{[n 1]}	34	74 years, 11 months	Writer/Composer/Actor
Mike Nichols	2001^{[n 1]}	1961	1967	1964^{[n 1]}	40	69 years, 11 months	Director/Comedian
Whoopi Goldberg	2002^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}^{[n 5]}	1986	1990	2002	16	46 years, 6 months	Comedian/Actress/Host
Scott Rudin	1984	2012	2007	1994^{[n 1]}	28	53 years, 6 months	Producer
Robert Lopez^{[n 6]}	2008^{[n 1]}	2012^{[n 1]}	2013^{[n 1]}	2004^{[n 1]}	10	39 years	Composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber	2018^{[n 7]}	1980^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}	1996	1980^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]}	38	70 years, 5 months	Composer/Producer
Tim Rice	2018^{[n 7]}	1980^{[n 1]}	1992^{[n 1]}	1980^{[n 1]}	38	73 years, 9 months	Lyricist/Producer
John Legend	2018^{[n 7]}	2006^{[n 1]}	2015	2017	12	39 years, 8 months	Singer/Composer/Producer
Alan Menken	2020^{[n 2]}^{[n 5]}	1992^{[n 1]}	1989^{[n 1]}	2012	30	70 years, 11 months	Composer/Producer

Notes:

^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab The artist also subsequently won one or more additional competitive awards.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The artist also received one or more honorary or non-competitive awards.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b The artist also earned the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in the Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c The artist was awarded posthumously.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b The artist has won a Daytime Emmy Award, not a Primetime Emmy Award.
^ The artist has subsequently achieved multiple EGOTs.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c Legend, Lloyd Webber, and Rice achieved their EGOTs simultaneously with their shared Emmy Award for producing Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

Additional recipients of all four (including non-competitive or special/honorary awards)[edit]

Five other artists—Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones, Barbra Streisand, Harry Belafonte, and Quincy Jones—have also received all four awards, but at least one of the awards was non-competitive, i.e., special or honorary in nature (Streisand's Tony, Minnelli's Grammy, and both Joneses' and Belafonte's Oscars).^[3]

Artist	1st Award		2nd Award		3rd Award		4th Award		Year span
Barbra Streisand	1964	Grammy	1965	Emmy	1968	Oscar	1970	Special Tony Award	6
Liza Minnelli	1965	Tony	1972	Oscar	1973	Emmy	1990	Grammy Legend Award	25
James Earl Jones	1969	Tony	1977	Grammy	1991	Emmy	2011	Academy Honorary Award (Oscar)	42
Harry Belafonte	1954	Tony	1960	Emmy	1961	Grammy	2014	Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar)	60
Quincy Jones	1964	Grammy	1977	Emmy	1994	Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar)	2016	Tony	52