Life should have been good forMiami Vice ’s Philip Michael Thomas in 1985 . He was the star of one of television ’s biggest hits , had released his first album as part of a multimillion - dollar sign pile with Atlantic Records , and was spend a penny a name for himself in the style world ( or at least try on to ) with his very own char ’s vesture descent . But Thomas still had gallant finish , both in mind and on the gold laurel wreath he was so adoring of don . That dreaming was an EGOT .
Though Thomassworethat the engraved letters E , G , O , and T on his prized necklace stood for energy , growth , opportunity , and talent , those around the then-36 - year - old worker unanimously gift a different translation : Emmy , Grammy , Oscar , and Tony — the four awards Thomas had intended to pull ahead over the next few age . It ’s now nearly 40 years afterwards and Thomas has yet to even be nominated for any one of these honour .
While an EGOT may seem unlikely for Thomas , other artists have hit the jackpot . On January 15 , 2024 , the golf club added a newfangled member : Elton Johnearned his 4th large honor — an Emmy — for “ Elton John Live : Farewell from Dodger Stadium , ” which won Outstanding Variety Special ( Live ) . Here are the 19 official EGOT winners , some SHEGOTS , and several artists who are just one accolade away .
1. Richard Rodgers
Before there was even a name for it , American composer Richard Rodgers became the first someone to EGOT ( yes , the acronym can also be used as a verb ) when he won an Emmy for the television documentaryWinston Churchill : The Valiant Years . His Oscar came in 1945 , when his “ It Might as Well Be Spring ” fromState Fairwas named Best Song . He pull in Grammys in both 1960 and 1962 , for the original cast recordings ofThe auditory sensation of MusicandNo Strings , severally . Between 1950 and 1962 , he won six Tony Awards , three of them in that first class forSouth Pacific . The same year , South Pacificalso realize Rodgers a Pulitzer Prize for Drama , which we gauge makes him a PEGOT .
2. Helen Hayes
In 1977 , 15 years after Rodgers inaugurated the honour , actress Helen Hayes joined him as the first distaff EGOT — an honor that took her 45 years to achieve , the long of any of her EGOT match . Her road get down in 1932 , when she won the Oscar forThe Sin of Madelon Claudet(she win a 2d Oscar for 1970’sAirport ) . Her first Tony come in 1947 , forHappy Birthday , watch by another in 1958 forTime Remembered . And she deliver the goods a Best Actress Emmy in 1953 for an sequence ofSchlitz Playhouse of Stars . But it would take more than two tenner for her to apprehend that baffling second missive , which she did for Best Spoken Word Recording forGreat American Documents .
3. Rita Moreno
Seven months after Hayes earned her EGOT , actress Rita Moreno did the same when she win her first of two consecutive Emmys for a guest spot onThe Muppet Showin 1977 ( the next year she won one for an show onThe Rockford Files ) . But Moreno did it in just 16 yr , which was an EGOT record until 2014 , when Robert Lopez came along ( more on that later ) . Her Oscar came in 1961 as Best Supporting Actress inWest Side Story , follow by a Best Recording for Children Grammy in 1972 , forThe Electric Company . In 1975 , Moreno nabbed a Tony bring Googie Gomez in Terrence McNally’sThe Ritz , a role she reprised in the 1976 big - screen version .
4. John Gielgud
Unlike his three predecessors , the Oscar was n’t the first laurels John Gielgud gain to earn his EGOT . alternatively it was the Tony , which he first won in 1948 forThe Importance of Being businesslike . He won a second Tony in 1961 , as the director ofBig Fish , Little Pisces the Fishes . Next came the Grammy , in 1979 , for his dramatic transcription ofAges of Man . In 1981 , Gielgud took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his iconic persona as Dudley Moore ’s butler / sidekick inArthur . And when he won the Emmy in 1991 , for Outstanding Lead Actor inSummer ’s Lease , he was 87 years old , making him the one-time EGOT - getter .
5. Audrey Hepburn
regrettably , Audrey Hepburndidn’t live long enough to enjoy her EGOT . Two of her awards — her 1994 Grammy for the children ’s albumAudrey Hepburn ’s Enchanted Talesand her 1993 Emmy for the informationalGardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn — were awarded after her passing on January 20 , 1993 , which made her the first posthumous EGOT recipient . She did , however , have the chance to bask in the glow of her 1953 Oscar forRoman Holiday , and a Tony forOndineone twelvemonth later .
6. Marvin Hamlisch
There ’s a distinctively heavy emphasis on the “ O ” in composer Marvin Hamlisch ’s EGOT , as he is the most Academy Award - winning of the gang , with a total of three . All of them were awarded in 1973 — two forThe fashion We Wereand one for his score forThe Sting . It was the song , “ The Way We Were , ” that earn him his first of four Grammys , too , in 1974 . His collaboration withBarbra Streisandcontinued , and earned him two Emmys in 1995 , forBarbra : The Concert . Hamlisch ’s Tony fall in 1976 forA Chorus Line , the musical comedy that also set out him a Pulitzer Prize , making him the only other PEGOT on this lean .
7. Jonathan Tunick
Composer / director Jonathan Tunick ’s path to EGOT glory was a straight shot over the course of study of 20 years : In 1977 he won an Oscar forA Little Night Music , pursue by an Emmy for Music Direction in 1982 forNight of 100 superstar , a 1988 Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for Cleo Laine ’s “ No One is Alone , ” and , at last , a 1997 Tony for Best Orchestrations forTitanic .
8. Mel Brooks
Yes , Mel Brookscan do it all . In June 2001 he became the world ’s eighth EGOT winner , just a few weeks shy of his 75th birthday , when he earned three Tony Awards — for Best Musical , Best Original Score , and Best Book of a Musical — forThe Producers . It wasThe Producersthat brought Brooks his Oscar as well , for Best Original Screenplay ( albeit 33 years earlier ) . Brooks ’s first accolade came in 1967 , when he win the Emmy for writingThe Sid Caesar , Imogene Coca , Carl Reiner , Howard Morris Special . Beginning in 1997 , he get ahead three consecutive Emmys , this clock time as a guest player on the sitcomMad About You . It was during that same period that he also succeed his first of three Grammys , in 1998 for Best Spoken Comedy Album forThe 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 . In a 2013 NPR consultation , Brooks cite this crowning achievement , saying , “ I ’m an EGOT , so I do n’t need any more [ awards ] . ”
9. Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols take in his EGOT in the same year as Mel Brooks , though it took him a full 40 years to get there ( versus Brooks ’s 34 ) . The late comic - turned - director ’s course lead off with a 1961 Best Comedy Performance Grammy forAn Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May . In 1964 , he won his first of nine Tony Awards forBarefoot in the Park(his secondment came a year later forThe Odd Couple ) . In 1967 he was named Best Director at the Oscars forThe Graduate . And in 2001 he won his first two of four Emmys — for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Made for Television Movie — forWit .
10. Whoopi Goldberg
If Philip Michael Thomas make up the approximation of the EGOT , Tracy Morgan — as Tracy Jordan — brought the phrase back into popular use on30 Rock , when he set the same goal and even get into the necklace . And they even got real - life history EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg to play along and poke fun at the debate over whether she should really be included as her Emmy is a Daytime one . ( “ It still matter , ” she told Tracy . “ Girl ’s got ta eat ! ” ) Goldberg ’s first laurels was a 1985 Grammy for Best Comedy Recording ofWhoopi Goldberg — Original Broadway Show Recording . Next came a 1990 Best Supporting Actress Oscar forGhost . In 2002 she get her E and T : an Emmy for hostingBeyond Tara : The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDanieland a Tony as conscientious objector - producer ofThoroughly Modern Millie , which won Best Musical .
11. Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin is the first producer to EGOT . He clear his gold medallion in 2012 whenThe Book of Mormon : Original Broadway Cast Recordingearned a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album ( an award Rudin shares with fellow EGOT Robert Lopez ) . Rudin ’s first accolade — an Emmy — came in 1984 , for the kid ’s showHe make Me Feel Like Dancin’ . He pull in his first of 18 Tony Awards in 1994 forPassion , and his most recent in 2020 forThe Inheritance . While Rudin is plausibly best have it off as a film producer , he has just one Oscar to his recognition , a 2007 Best Picture statue for the Coen brothers’No Country for Old Men .
12. Robert Lopez
In 2014 , songwriter Robert Lopez became an EGOT when he and his wife , Kristen Anderson - Lopez , drive home the Oscar for Best Original Song forFrozen ’s “ allow It Go . ” ( The pair won a 2nd figurine in 2018 for the song “ recollect Me ” fromCoco . ) Lopez attain the honor in criminal record time , taking just 10 age to earn all four awards , beginning with a 2004 Tony Award for Best Score forAvenue Q , followed by two Daytime Emmys in 2008 and 2010 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition forWonder Pets . In 2012 , Lopez and Rudin shared the Grammy forThe Book of Mormon , making them the first pair of EGOTs to have a shared award get them into the circle .
13., 14., and 15. Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend, and Tim Rice
September 9 , 2018 is an important date in EGOT history , as the night club bestow a amount of three new extremity . surprisingly , it ’s for a shared award . Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert ’s Emmy win for Outstanding Variety Special ( Live ) made official EGOT members of all three of its producers — John Legend , Tim Rice , and Andrew Lloyd Webber .
16. Alan Menken
The Daytime Emmy came into play again for composer / songwriter Alan Menken , who won the Tony for Best Original Score for the Broadway version ofNewsiesin 2012 . While he did come through an Emmy in 1990 for his donation to “ Wonderful Ways to Say No , ” an anti - drug toon special , it was an honorary one — leaving him one official honor unawares of an EGOT . That changed in 2020 , when Menken deliver the goods a Daytime Emmy for compose a song for the Disney Channel ’s television receiver seriesRapunzel’sTangled Adventure , “ Waiting in the Wings . ”
17. Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson may well be known as a vocaliser and actor , but her Tony Award come up by way of a producing reference on the bang musicalA Strange Loopin 2022 . That put theTin her EGOT , making her the 17th fellow member of the baseball club .
18. Viola Davis
The EGOT club welcomed a unexampled appendage in 2023 , when Viola Davis won the Grammy for Best Audio Book , Narration & Storytelling Recording for recite her own memoir , Finding Me . Davis proffer a nod to her EGOT status while accepting the award . Her EGOT route begin in 2015 , when she won the Emmy for her employment inHow to Get by with Murder . She won an Oscar in 2016 for Best sustain Actress inFences ; she won one of her two Tony accolade for her Best lead Actress performance in that play in 2010 . She also nabbed a Best Featured Actress Tony forKing Hedley IIin 2001 .
19. Elton John
Elton John ’s EGOT path begin all the elbow room back in 1987 , when he won his first Grammy ( of five , and reckoning ) for Best Pop carrying into action by a Duo or Group with Vocal for “ That ’s What Friends Are For , ” which he perform with Dionne Warwick , Gladys Knight , and Stevie Wonder . He pull ahead Best Original Song Oscars forThe Lion KingandRocketman , and a Tony for Best Original Score forAidain 2000 .
(SH)EGOTs
Though the prescribed figure of EGOT winners is 19 , it ’s worth noting that there are a smattering of other rather famed faces who have also realise all four awards … but because at least one of them is a special or honorary laurels only — not a private-enterprise one — their inclusion in the official golf-club is confutable . get ’s call them SHEGOTs ?
1. Barbra Streisand
Amazingly , the only Tony Award that Barbra Streisand has on her mantel is a non - militant one ; in 1970 , she was named Star of the Decade .
2. Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli may have been handed a Grammy Legend Award in 1990 — but this legend has no private-enterprise Grammy to speak ( or sing ) of .
3. James Earl Jones
Though he has been a Hollywood picture for decades , James Earl Jones ’s only Oscar win was an honorary one in 2012 . He did receive a Best Actor nomination in 1971 forThe Great White Hope , but lost out to George C. Scott forPatton . ( It ’s deserving noting that Scott had alerted the honorary society ahead of time that herefusedthe nominating address , so it was hardly surprising that he was n’t there to accept the factual honor . )
4. Harry Belafonte
In 2014 , Harry Belafonte , who passed by in 2023 , was awarded the academy ’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award — put him in the elect class of a half - twelve ( SH)EGOTs .
5. Quincy Jones
Music producer Quincy Jones may be one of the human beings ’s most award - winning artist , but a competitive Oscar has so far elude him . Like Belafonte , the only Academy Award he has won is the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award ( which he received in 1994 ) . Beyond that , he is a seven - time Oscar campaigner .
Almost EGOTs
While there are a number of artist who came nigh to EGOT’ing during their lifetimes — includingRobin Williams(who was short a Tony ) , Jessica Tandy ( she was miss a Grammy ) , Henry Fonda ( who was minus an Emmy ) , and Leonard Bernstein ( who never won an Oscar)—the EGOT dream is still alive for dozens of artist .
1. Julie Andrews
It ’s hard to consider thatJulie Andrewshas yet to win a Tony Award ( though she ’s been nominated for three ) . If and when she does , she can add EGOT to her resume .
2. Lin-Manuel Miranda
TheHamiltoncreator camesocloseto EGOT’ing in March 2022 . But something tells us it wo n’t be long before he ’s seat into this elect group of artists .
3. Martin Scorsese
He may be one of the world ’s most applaud film producer , but it take away Martin Scorsese more than a tail - century to earn his first ( and so far only ) Oscar . Hopefully , a Tony will be next . Goodfellas : The Musicalanyone ?
4. Frances McDormand
Just below the EGOT , there ’s what is known as the Triple Crown of Acting : a performer who has acquire an Oscar , Emmy , and a Tony ( but is miss a Grammy ) . Frances McDormand is among that group .
5. Randy Newman
It charter 20 long time and 16 nomination , but Randy Newman finally became an Oscar winner in 2002 when he won the prize for Best Original Song for “ If I Did n’t Have You ” fromMonsters , Inc. He still needs a Tony though .
6. Al Pacino
Al Pacino may be one of the most celebrated worker live , but he is no Grammy winner .
7. John Williams
The iconic composer may hold the record for the most Oscar nomination for a go person , but John Williams has yet to receive a single Tony Award nominating speech .
8. Cher
The iconic singer is one Tony Award shortly of an EGOT .
9. and 10. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
Longtime produce partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have seemingly conquered every medium , but neither onehas yetwon a Tony ( though Grazer has come closer ; he was nominated in 2008 ) .
11. and 12. Trey Parker and Matt Stone
TheSouth Parkcreators are just an Oscar short of the EGOT goalpost . ( Though they clear an Oscar nomination in 2000 for the song “ Blame Canada ” fromSouth Park : Bigger , Longer & Uncut . )
A version of this story run in 2019 ; it has been update for 2024 .
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