From Pamela Anderson to Nicolas Cage: 10 Hollywood stars who have been married four times or more

Hollywood stars who have tied the knot at least four times

Marriage is difficult, particularly when you are living life in the spotlight. Some people would never contemplate it, some get married only once, and some get married multiple times. However, a select handful appears to possess such boundless hope that they keep trying even after going through contentious divorces or messy breakups. Check out 10 such celebrities who have all been married four or more times.

1. Nicolas Cage (5 times)

Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage has been married a total of five times. Patricia Arquette and Cage were married from 1995 to 2001. He married Lisa Marie Presley for a brief time in 2002. Alice Kim, whom he remained friendly with, was Cage's longest-serving spouse from 2004 to 2016. The 'Ghost Rider' star wed Erike Koike in 2019; however, he filed for divorce four days after their Las Vegas elopement. Currently, Cage is married to Riko Shibata after they tied the knot in early 2021, per PEOPLE Magazine.

2. Elizabeth Taylor (8 times)

Elizabeth Taylor, well-known for having an astonishing number of marriages, was married to seven different men and had eight weddings. In 1950, she married Conrad Hilton Jr, heir to the Hilton Hotels chain, at 18, but the couple separated after just eight months. She got hitched to Michael Wilding in 1952; however, the two separated and got divorced in 1957. She married Mike Todd a month after her divorce from Wilding was finalized, but Todd unfortunately died in a plane crash in 1958. Taylor wed Eddie Fisher a year later, and the two parted ways in 1964. Days later, Taylor wed actor Richard Burton. Ten years later, they went through their first divorce in 1974 before once again getting married in 1975 and finally divorcing in 1976. She then went on to tie the knot with the lawyer and politician John Warner in the same year, and their relationship ended in a divorce in 1982. The star's last husband was Larry Fortensky, whom she married in 1991 at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, but they divorced just five years later in 1996. 

3. Billy Bob Thornton (6 times)

Billy Bob Thornton has been married six times. He was married to Melissa Lee Gatlin between 1978 and 1980 before getting hitched to Toni Lawrence in 1986 and divorcing her in 1988. He wed Cynda Williams in 1990, and the two parted ways two years later. Before his marriage to Angelina Jolie in 2000, he was married to Pietra Thornton from 1993 to 1997. Jolie and Billy split in 2003. Connie Angland is Billy's longest-serving spouse; the two married in 2014 following a 12-year romance and are still together.

4. David Foster (5 times)

David Foster, who is currently married to Katharine McPhee, has tied the knot five times. He was previously married to singer BJ Cook from 1972 to 1981, Rebecca Dyer from 1982 to 1986, Linda Thompson from 1991 to 2005, and Yolanda Hadid from 2011 to 2017. Foster and McPhee married in 2019 and welcomed their first child in 2020.

5. Gary Oldman (5 times)

Gary Oldman went through four marriages before he said "I do" to writer Gisele Schmidt in 2017. He was first married to actress Lesley Manville from 1987 to 1990 and then to Uma Thurman from 1990 until 1992. Donya Fiorentino and Oldman wed in 1997 and separated in 2001. He married Alexandra Edenborough in 2008, and the couple parted ways in 2015.

6. Pamela Anderson (5 or 6 times)

The former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson wed Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee in 1995, and the couple divorced in 1998. In July 2006, Anderson wed musician Kid Rock; however, the couple separated a few months later. Later that year, she married Rick Salomon, but the union was dissolved in less than half a year. In 2014, Anderson and Salomon remarried, but their union lasted only a few months. In January 2020, she tied the knot with her fourth husband, Jon Peters, but the couple announced their separation two weeks later. It's said that Anderson was never "legally married" to Peters, as per PEOPLE Magazine. In December 2020, she wed bodyguard Dan Hayhurst; however, the couple split after just a year of marriage.

7. Lisa Marie Presley (4 times)

Priscilla Presley and Elvis Presley's only daughter, Lisa Marie, married Danny Keough in 1988, and the two later divorced in 1994. She wed Michael Jackson a few days later; however, they parted ways in 1996. Following that, Presley married Nicolas Cage in 2002, but the two later got divorced in 2004. In 2006, Presley married Michael Lockwood; however, she divorced him ten years later, in 2016.

8. Melanie Griffith (4 times)

Melanie Griffith has four marriages under her belt, one to her former partner. She was only married to Don Johnson for six months in 1976. The actress then got hitched to Steven Bauer in 1981, and they were together until 1989. She remarried Johnson in 1989, and the two of them remained together until 1996. Griffith tied the knot with Antonio Banderas later in 1996, and the two stayed together until 2015.

9. Martin Scorsese (5 times)

In 1965, Martin Scorsese married Laraine Marie Brennan, but they separated in 1972. He wed Julia Cameron in 1976; however, the couple divorced a year later. Scorsese married Isabella Rosellini in 1979, and they were together until 1983. He then wed film producer Barbara De Fina in 1985, and their marriage lasted till 1991. Since 1999, Scorsese has been married to his current wife, Helen Morris, and they share a daughter, Francesca. 

10. James Cameron (5 times)

James Cameron got married in 1978 to Sharon Williams, and they stayed together till 1984. He later got hitched to Gale Ann Hurd in 1985, but they divorced in 1989. He wed Kathryn Bigelow later that year; however, their relationship ended in a divorce in 1991. Cameron married Linda Hamilton in 1997, and they ended things in 1999. In 2000, Cameron tied the knot with his current spouse, Suzy Amis, and they share one son and two daughters.