This next Sunday, Sacha Baron Cohen is probably going to win at least one Golden Globe, whether for his Oscar-aiming turn in Trial of the Chicago 7 or his second go-around as Borat. I'm especially interested in that last potential victory since it would put him in a pretty exclusive club. To my knowledge, only one actor has managed to win more than one Globe for film by playing the same character multiple times. While franchises and sequels tend to dominate the box office, they don't generally score a lot of gold for their actors so it's notable when someone manages to buck the trend. Did they all deserve to? That's another story altogether.
By my count, 15 thespians have managed multiple nominations for the same character. Come discover who they are and what double victor Sacha Baron Cohen will join if he wins for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm…
Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson
- Best Actor – Drama, The Hustler (1961)
- Best Actor – Drama, The Color of Money (1986)
Peter O'Toole as King Henry II
- Best Actor – Drama, Becket (1964) *WINNER*
- Best Actor – Drama, The Lion in Winter (1968) *WINNER*
Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- Best Actor - Comedy/Musical, The Pink Panther (1964)
- Best Actor – Comedy/Musical, The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- Best Actor – Comedy/Musical, The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Barbra Streisand as Fanny Bryce
- Best Actress – Comedy/Musical, Funny Girl (1968) *WINNER*
- Best Actress – Comedy/Musical, Funny Lady (1975)
Gene Hackman as Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
- Best Actor – Drama, The French Connection (1971) *WINNER*
- Best Actor – Drama, The French Connection II (1975)
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
- Best Actor – Drama, The Godfather (1972)
- Best Actor – Drama, The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Best Actor – Drama, The Godfather Part III (1990)
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa
- Best Actor – Drama, Rocky (1976)
- Best Supporting Actor, Creed (2015) *WINNER*
Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko
- Best Actor – Drama, Wall Street (1987) *WINNER*
- Best Supporting Actor, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Anjelica Huston as Morticia Adams
- Best Actress – Comedy/Musical, The Addams Family (1991)
- Best Actress – Comedy/Musical, Addams Family Values (1993)
Judi Dench as Queen Victoria
- Best Actress – Drama, Mrs. Brown (1997) *WINNER*
- Best Actress – Comedy/Musical, Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I
- Best Actress – Drama, Elizabeth (1998) *WINNER*
- Best Actress – Drama, Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones
- Best Actress – Comedy/Musical, Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)
- Best Actress – Comedy/Musical, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo aka The Bride aka Black Mamba
- Best Actress – Drama, Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
- Best Actress – Drama, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
- Best Actor – Comedy/Musical, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Best Actor – Comedy/Musical, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev
- Best Actor – Comedy/Musical, Borat (2006) *WINNER*
- Best Actor – Comedy/Musical, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Did I forget anyone? Please sound off on the comments if you think Sacha Baron Cohen deserves to follow Peter O'Toole and win a second Golden Globe for the same character.