EGOT
EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award, is the designation given to people who have won all four awards. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and theatre. Achieving the EGOT has been referred to as the "grand slam" of show business. As of 2020, 16 people have accomplished this feat.
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. 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. 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.
Competetive EGOT Winners
- Richard Rodgers
- Helen Hayes
- Rita Moreno
- John Gielgud
- Audrey Hepburn
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Jonathan Tunick
- Mel Brooks
- Mike Nichols
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Scott Rudin
- Robert Lopez
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Tim Rice
- John Legend
- Alan Menken
- Jennifer Hudson
- Viola Davis
Non-competetive EGOT Winners
- Barbra Streisand
- Liza Minedlli
- James Earl Jones
- Harry Belafonti
- Quincy Jones
Three competitive awards
The following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in competitive categories.
Without an Emmy
- Henry Fonda
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Elton John
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Frank Loesser
- Benj Pasek
- Justin Paul
- Stephen Sondheim
- Jule Styne
Without a Grammy
- Jack Albertson
- Anne Bancroft
- Ingrid Bergman
- Shirley Booth
- Ralph Burns
- Ellen Burstyn
- Melvyn Douglas
- Bob Fosse
- Jeremy Irons
- Glenda Jackson
- Jessica Lange
- Frances McDormand
- Liza Minnelli
- Helen Mirren
- Thomas Mitchell
- Al Pacino
- Christopher Plummer
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Jason Robards
- Geoffrey Rush
- Paul Scofield
- Maggie Smith
- Maureen Stapleton
- Jessica Tandy
- Tony Walton
Without an Oscar
- Harry Belafonte
- Leonard Bernstein
- Jerry Bock
- Martin Charnin
- Cy Coleman
- André De Shields
- Fred Ebb
- Cynthia Erivo
- Anne Garefino
- George Grizzard
- Julie Harris
- Hugh Jackman
- James Earl Jones
- Quincy Jones
- Rachel Bay Jones
- John Kander
- Tom Kitt
- Alex Lacamoire
- Stan Lathan
- Cyndi Lauper
- Katrina Lenk
- Audra McDonald
- Bette Midler
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Cynthia Nixon
- Trey Parker
- Ben Platt
- Billy Porter
- Marc Shaiman
- Bill Sherman
- Ari'el Stachel
- Matt Stone
- Charles Strouse
- Lily Tomlin
- Dick Van Dyke
- James Whitmore
- David Yazbek
Without a Tony
- John Addison
- Adele
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez
- Julie Andrews
- Burt Bacharach
- Alan Bergman
- AMarilyn Bergman
- Jon Blair
- George Burns
- Cher
- Common (rapper)
- Eminem
- Rob Epstein
- James Gay-Rees
- Michael Giacchino
- Alex Gibney
- Alex Gibson
- Ludwig Göransson
- Brian Grazer
- Hildur Guðnadóttir
- H.E.R.
- Ron Howard
- Paul McCartney
- James Moll
- Shawn Murphy (sound engineer)
- Morgan Neville
- Randy Newman
- Sid Ramin
- Trent Reznor
- Caitrin Rogers
- Atticus Ross
- Martin Scorsese
- Ringo Starr
- Barbra Streisand
- Peter Ustinov
- John Williams
- Robin Williams
- Kate Winslet
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