Trent Reznor and 12 Other Popular Musicians Who’ve Won Academy Awards
Trent Reznor celebrates his birthday today (May 17), and when he started Nine Inch Nails in 1988, the last thing he likely expected to become was an Academy Award winner….
HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 27: Composers Atticus Ross (L) and Trent Reznor, winners of the award for Best Original Score for ‘The Social Network’, pose in the press room during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesTrent Reznor celebrates his birthday today (May 17), and when he started Nine Inch Nails in 1988, the last thing he likely expected to become was an Academy Award winner.
Along with partner Atticus Ross, Reznor won the Oscar for Best Original Music Score for The Social Network. Reznor and Ross are part of a unique club of popular musicians that have also won Academy Awards. In honor of his birthday, browse through the gallery below to see which other musicians join him in this honor.
Trent Reznor (2011)
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesBest Original Music Score for ‘The Social Network’
David Byrne (1988)
Alessandra del Bene/Getty ImagesBest Original Score for ‘The Last Emperor’
Stevie Wonder (1984)
Kevin Winter/One Voice: Somos Live!/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from ‘The Woman in Red’
Elton John (1994)
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from ‘The Lion King’
Carly Simon (1988)
Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Let the River Run” from ‘Working Girl’
Lionel Richie (1985)
John Sciulli/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Say You, Say Me” from ‘White Nights’
Jared Leto (2013)
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesBest Supporting Actor for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
Prince (1984)
Karrah Kobus/NPG Records via Getty ImagesBest Original Song Score for ‘Purple Rain’
Bruce Springsteen (1993)
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Streets of Philadelphia” from ‘Philadelphia’
Melissa Etheridge (2006)
Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “I Need to Wake Up” from ‘An Inconvenient Truth’
Phil Collins (1999)
David McNew/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “You’ll Be in My Heart” from ‘Tarzan’
Bob Dylan (2000)
Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Things Have Changed” from ‘Wonder Boys’
Lady Gaga (2019)
Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for "Shallow" from ‘A Star is Born’
