The Hosts

Nine time host Billy Crystal poses onstage following the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, 26 February 2012.

More than 60 different people — and one cartoon character — have hosted the annual Oscar ceremony, and 25 of them have done it more than once.

People who have hosted or co-hosted four time or more include: Bob Hope: 19 times (14 solo, 5 with others); Billy Crystal: 9 times (solo); Johnny Carson: 5 times (solo); Whoopi Goldberg: 4 times (solo) and Jack Lemmon: 4 times (2 solo, 2 with others). Jimmy Kimmel returns to host solo for a fourth time in 2024.

  • 2024 – 96th Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel
  • 2023 – 95th Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel
  • 2022 – 94th Oscars: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes
  • 2021 – 93rd Oscars: No Host
  • 2020 – 92nd Oscars: No Host
  • 2019 – 91st Oscars: No Host
  • 2018 – 90th Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel
  • 2017 – 89th Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel
  • 2016 – 88th Oscars: Chris Rock
  • 2015 – 87th Oscars: Neil Patrick Harris
  • 2014 – 86th Oscars: Ellen DeGeneres
  • 2013 – 85th Oscars: Seth MacFarlane
  • 2012 – 84th Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 2011 – 83rd Oscars: James Franco and Anne Hathaway
  • 2010 – 82nd Oscars: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin
  • 2009 – 81st Oscars: Hugh Jackman
  • 2008 – 80th Oscars: Jon Stewart
  • 2007 – 79th Oscars: Ellen DeGeneres
  • 2006 – 78th Oscars: Jon Stewart
  • 2005 – 77th Oscars: Chris Rock
  • 2004 – 76th Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 2003 – 75th Oscars: Steve Martin
  • 2002 – 74th Oscars: Whoopi Goldberg
  • 2001 – 73rd Oscars: Steve Martin
  • 2000 – 72nd Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 1999 – 71st Oscars: Whoopi Goldberg
  • 1998 – 70th Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 1997 – 69th Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 1996 – 68th Oscars: Whoopi Goldberg
  • 1995 – 67th Oscars: David Letterman
  • 1994 – 66th Oscars: Whoopi Goldberg
  • 1993 – 65th Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 1992 – 64th Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 1991 – 63rd Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 1990 – 62nd Oscars: Billy Crystal
  • 1989 – 61st Oscars: No Host
  • 1988 – 60th Oscars: Chevy Chase
  • 1987 – 59th Oscars: Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, and Paul Hogan
  • 1986 – 58th Oscars: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, and Robin Williams
  • 1985 – 57th Oscars: Jack Lemmon, Co-hosts: Candice Bergen, Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, Gregory Hines, William Hurt, Amy Irving, Diana Ross, Tom Selleck, and Kathleen Turner
  • 1984 – 56th Oscars: Johnny Carson
  • 1983 – 55th Oscars: Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, and Richard Pryor
  • 1982 – 54th Oscars: Johnny Carson
  • 1981 – 53rd Oscars: Johnny Carson
  • 1980 – 52nd Oscars: Johnny Carson
  • 1979 – 51st Oscars: Johnny Carson
  • 1978 – 50th Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1977 – 49th Oscars: Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, and Richard Pryor
  • 1976 – 48th Oscars: Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal, and Robert Shaw
  • 1975 – 47th Oscars: Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, and Frank Sinatra
  • 1974 – 46th Oscars: John Huston, David Niven, Burt Reynolds, and Diana Ross
  • 1973 – 45th Oscars: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson
  • 1972 – 44th Oscars: Sammy Davis Jr., Helen Hayes, Alan King, and Jack Lemmon
  • 1971 – 43rd Oscars: No Host
  • 1970 – 42nd Oscars: No Host
  • 1969 – 41st Oscars: No Host
  • 1968 – 40th Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1967 – 39th Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1966 – 38th Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1965 – 37th Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1964 – 36th Oscars: Jack Lemmon
  • 1963 – 35th Oscars: Frank Sinatra
  • 1962 – 34th Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1961 – 33rd Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1960 – 32nd Oscars: Bob Hope
  • 1959 – 31st Oscars: Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Tony Randall, and Mort Sahl
  • 1958 – 30th Oscars: Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart, and Donald Duck (on film)
  • 1957 – 29th Oscars: Jerry Lewis (with Celeste Holm in New York)
  • 1956 – 28th Oscars: Jerry Lewis (with Claudette Colbert and Joseph L. Mankiewicz in New York)
  • 1955 – 27th Oscars: Bob Hope (with Thelma Ritter in New York)
  • 1954 – 26th Oscars: Donald O’Connor (with Fredric March in New York)
  • 1953 – 25th Oscars: Bob Hope (with Conrad Nagel in New York)
  • 1952 – 24th Oscars: Danny Kaye
  • 1951 – 23rd Oscars: Fred Astaire
  • 1950 – 22nd Oscars: Paul Douglas
  • 1949 – 21st Oscars: Robert Montgomery
  • 1948 – 20th Oscars: No Host
  • 1947 – 19th Oscars: Jack Benny (last half only for radio broadcast)
  • 1946 – 18th Oscars: Bob Hope and James Stewart
  • 1945 – 17th Oscars: John Cromwell and Bob Hope
  • 1944 – 16th Oscars: Jack Benny (last half only for radio broadcast)
  • 1943 – 15th Oscars: Bob Hope (last half only for radio broadcast)
  • 1942 – 14th Oscars: Bob Hope (last half only for radio broadcast)
  • 1941 – 13th Oscars: Bob Hope (last half only for radio broadcast)
  • 1940 – 12th Oscars: Bob Hope (last half only for radio broadcast)
  • 1939 – 11th Oscars: Frank Capra, Academy President
  • 1938 – 10th Oscars: Bob Burns
  • 1937 – 9th Oscars: George Jessel
  • 1936 – 8th Oscars: Frank Capra, Academy President
  • 1935 – 7th Oscars: Irvin S. Cobb
  • 1934 – 6th Oscars: Will Rogers
  • 1932 – 5th Oscars: Conrad Nagel, Academy President
  • 1931 – 4th Oscars: Lawrence Grant, Academy Governor – Actors Branch)
  • 1930 – 3rd Oscars: Conrad Nagel
  • 1930 – 2nd Oscars: William C. deMille, Academy President
  • 1929 – 1st Oscars: Douglas Fairbanks, Academy President, and William C. de Mille, Academy Vice President