The elusive, prestigious EGOT—ascribed to any person who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony—has only been achieved by 15 people who are EGOT winners (not counting recipients of honorary awards, or Tracy Morgan on 30 Rock). John Legend just got the statue he needed to become an EGOT winner. He won Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Creative Arts Emmy Awards a the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and became the first black man to achieve this status. Though Legend, at 39, is among the youngest EGOT winners, he is not actually the youngest. That distinction goes to songwriter Robert Lopez, who achieved EGOT status at age 38. He achieved EGOT status alongside Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
He joined the esteemed company of artists like composer Richard Rogers (the first person to complete an EGOT, in 1962), Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks and Whoopi Goldberg. Below are some of the artists are “almost egot winners” also known as, just one award away from becoming an EGOT winner.
Lin-Manuel Miranda

Won: One Emmy, two Grammys, three Tonys
Needs: Oscar
James Earl Jones

Won: Three Emmys, one Grammy, two Tonys
Needs: A competitive Oscar (he won an Honorary Oscar in 2011)
Elton John

Won: Five Grammys, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Emmy
Cher

Won: One Emmy, one Grammy, one Oscar
Needs: Tony
Al Pacino

Won: Two Emmys, one Oscar, two Tonys
Needs: Grammy
Cynthia Nixon

Won: Two Emmys, one Grammy, one Tony
Needs: Oscar
Martin Scorsese

Won: Three Emmys, one Grammy, one Oscar
Needs: Tony
Maggie Smith

Won: Three Emmys, two Oscars, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Helen Mirren

Won: Four Emmys, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Julie Andrews

Won: Two Emmys, one competitive Grammy (and one Lifetime Achievement Grammy), one Oscar
Needs: Tony
Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Won: Five Emmys, one Grammy, four Tonys
Needs: Oscar
Kate Winslet

Won: One Emmy, one Grammy, one Oscar
Needs: Tony
Jessica Lange

Won: Three Emmys, two Oscars, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Stephen Sondheim

Won: Eight Grammys, 12 competitive Tonys (and a Lifetime Achievement Tony), one Oscar
Needs: Emmy
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Won: Four Grammys, one Oscar, seven Tonys
Needs: Emmy
Ellen Burstyn

Won: Two Emmys, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Vanessa Redgrave

Won: Two Emmys, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Christopher Plummer

Won: Two Emmys, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Lily Tomlin

Won: Six Emmys, one Grammy, one competitive Tony (and one Lifetime Achievement Tony)
Needs: Oscar
Dick Van Dyke

Won: Four Emmys, one Grammy, one Tony
Needs: Oscar
Cyndi Lauper

Won: One Emmy, two Grammys, one Tony
Needs: Oscar
Burt Bacharach

Won: One Emmy, seven competitive Grammys (and a Lifetime Achivement Grammy), three Oscars
Needs: Tony
Randy Newman

Won: Three Emmys, five Grammys, two Oscars
Needs: Tony
Frances McDormand

Won: One Emmy, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Audra McDonald

Won: One Emmy, two Grammys, six Tonys
Needs: Oscar
Harry Belafonte

Won: One Emmy, three Grammys, one Tony
Needs: competitive Oscar (won the James Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2014)
Jeremy Irons

Won: Three Emmys, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Geoffrey Rush

Won: One Emmy, one Oscar, one Tony
Needs: Grammy
Barbara Streisand

Won: Five Emmys, eight competitve Grammys (and a Grammy Legend Award and Lifetime Achievement Grammy), two Oscars
Needs: Tony
Liza Minelli

Won: One Emmy, one Oscar, four Tonys
Needs: competitive Grammy (received a Grammy Living Legend Award in 1990)
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