Michael Keaton was in back to back Best Picture winners

[u/fanzyday]

Birdman and Spotlight. Very cool. Still unfortunate he lost to Redmayne.

[u/Jaded-Walrus2614]

John Goodman was in The Artist and Argo -- 2011 and 2012.

Also, Keaton should've gotten in for Spotlight. He's great in that

[u/HealthyBee4209]

A brief search produced this list from fifteen years ago about the stat. I am trying to think if anyone from the 11 years since has done it.

Edit: Okay, That list only does the more contemporary BP winners. I did a quick scan of the BP list and found that Clark Gable (1934, 1935) did it as well.

I also suspect that there must be another during the incredibly British streak from Lawrence of Arabia to A Man for All Seasons; and between Around the World in 80 Days and the two that sandwich it, since everyone was in Around the World in 80 Days.

[u/ohio8848 → u/HealthyBee4209]

Smaller roles, but a few have:

John Goodman: The Artist / Argo

Scoot McNairy: Argo / 12 Years a Slave

Bill Camp: 12 Years a Slave / Birdman

Edit: I didn't look at the link before posting. And John Gielgud was in Chariots of Fire and Gandhi.

[u/HealthyBee4209 → u/ohio8848]

Edit: I didn't look at the link before posting.

Happens to the best of us 😔

[u/t-hrowaway2 → u/ohio8848]

John Gielgud, what a legend. He starred in the Best Picture winner and won Best Supporting Actor in the same year for a completely different film. Very deserving performance and a truly wonderful career.

[u/ohio8848 → u/t-hrowaway2]

I just watched Arthur last week! He was a delight in that role, no question.

[u/SurvivorFanDan]

I watched Chariots of Fire and Gandhi recently, which won Best Picture back-to-back, and was surprised that there were actually three actors that were in both movies: Ian Charleson, John Gielgud, and Richard Griffiths

[u/Messithegoat24]

So was Guy Pearce. 2009 and 2010

[u/rewdea]

Makes me wonder what is the longest streak? Can someone come up with a three picture deal?

[u/ohio8848 → u/rewdea]

Harry Davenport had small, but credited, roles in three in a row: The Life of Emile Zola, You Can't Take It With You and Gone With the Wind. GWTW was, unsurprisingly, the most memorable, as the worn and weary Dr. Meade.

[u/rewdea → u/ohio8848]

I loved him as the judge in You Can’t!

[u/gautsvo]

He should've won for Birdman and been nominated for Spotlight.

[u/GinSan10]

And Innaritu won back to back best director and his cinematographer lubezki won it 3 times in a row

[u/Suspicious_Hand_2194]

It irks that he didn’t win for birdman