Actor | Number | Palme d'Or winners | Notes |
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| 3 | M*A*S*H (1970), The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now ° (1979) | ° Oscar nominee |
| 3 | Miss Julie (1951), Pelle the Conqueror ° (1987), The Best Intentions (1992) | ° Oscar nominee |
| 3 | Taxi Driver (1976), The Piano (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994) | |
| 3 | Kagemusha (1980), The Ballad of Narayama (1983), The Eel (1997) | |
| 2 | The Third Man (1949), Othello (1951) | |
| 2 | La Dolce Vita (1960), A Man and a Woman ° (1966) | ° Oscar nominee |
| 2 | Blowup (1967), The Hireling (1973) | |
| 2 | Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974) | |
| 2 | The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979) | |
| 2 | The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979) | |
| 2 | Taxi Driver ° (1976), The Mission (1986) | ° Oscar nominee |
| 2 | Paris, Texas (1984), Wild at Heart (1990) | |
| 2 | Paris, Texas (1984), Wild at Heart (1990) | |
| 2 | Miss Julie (1951), The Best Intentions (1992) | |
| 2 | Pelle the Conqueror (1987), The Best Intentions (1992) | |
| 2 | Barton Fink (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994) | |
| 2 | When Father Was Away on Business (1985), Underground (1995) | |
| 2 | When Father Was Away on Business (1985), Underground (1995) | |
| 2 | When Father Was Away on Business (1985), Underground (1995) | |
| 2 | The Ballad of Narayama (1983), The Eel (1997) | |
| 2 | The Ballad of Narayama (1983), The Eel (1997) | |
| 2 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Dancer in the Dark (2000) | |
| 2 | Padre Padrone (1977), The Son's Room (2001) | |
| 2 | Rosetta (1999), L'Enfant (2005) | |
| 2 | Rosetta (1999), L'Enfant (2005) | |
| 2 | The Tin Drum (1979), The White Ribbon (2009) | |
| 2 | A Man and a Woman (1966), Amour (2012) | |
| 2 | The Eel (1997), Shoplifters (2018) | |
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