Best Actors Who Have Never Won an Oscar
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor... read more Each and every movie Johnny Depp is in is worth watching. In 90% of them, if the academy weren't slipping on their drool or finding the stupidest movie to award, he'd have won ages ago, not to mention he'd have won more than once. This is why I cannot stand to watch the awards anymore. DiCaprio also deserves more than one. Thank you.
Depp wouldn't be my first choice - I don't feel that he's demonstrated quite the emotional range of some of his contemporaries - but he's quite good all the same, and I do think that he's put in some award-worthy performances. I was most impressed with him in Donnie Brasco, myself.
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean. If not for Mr. Bean, he should have at least got something for Blackadder Goes Forth. That last episode would have been enough for him to bag an Oscar.
Best comedy actor ever. Mr. Bean is such an icon.
He was one of my favorite childhood actors. He played Mr. Bean so well.
Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor, filmmaker and activist. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his work in the films Primal Fear, American History X and Birdman. Primal Fear and American History X were his to win. Yet somehow, he was denied. Unfortunately, I feel that his best work is behind him at this point.
Definitely deserved one for American History X or Primal Fear.
Definitely deserves an Oscar for Fight Club, Primal Fear, American History X, or the 25th Hour.
Peter James O'Toole was a British stage and film actor of Irish descent. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company before making his film debut in 1959. Hello!? Show some respect to the guy! Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Venus, amazing movies, deserved an Oscar more than almost anyone in the world!
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor and film producer. He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Jungle Fever, Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance, Jurassic Park and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino including Pulp Fiction, Jackie... read more
Richard Burton was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable performance of Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Olivier" by critic and dramaturge Kenneth Tynan. Deserved a win for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? among the many nominations he received.
This guy was the best role model in the world in his time.
Bradley Charles Cooper is an American actor and producer. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, three for acting and one for producing, and one Tony Award.
Edward Allen Harris is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. His performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours earned him critical acclaim in addition to Academy Award nominations.
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is an American actor and producer. He has received various accolades for his work, including three Golden Globe Awards and three nominations for Academy Awards. He is one of the highest-paid actors in the world. Gotta admit he is a role model for young men.
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Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor, known for his work in films like "Donnie Darko", "Brokeback Mountain", "Prisoners" and "Nightcrawler". He is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner. Jake and his sister Maggie have been... read more Yeah, I believe he deserves at least one Oscar. Nothing more, just one.
James McAvoy is a Scottish actor. He made his acting début as a teen in 1995's The Near Room and continued to make mostly television appearances until 2003, when his feature film career began and he continued to work in both areas from then on. Please give him at least a nomination.
Michael Fassbender is a German-Irish actor of stage and screen whose career includes roles in both independent and blockbuster films, most notably; Hunger, Inglourious Basterds, Shame, X-Men: First Class, Prometheus, 12 Years a Slave, Frank, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Steve Jobs.
Jesse Adam Eisenberg is an American actor, author, playwright, and humorist. He made his television debut in the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real (1999-2000)... read more
Henry Warren Beatty is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards – four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds.
Chris Hemsworth is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away and as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame... read more
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for comedic roles in films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask , Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Cable Guy, Liar Liar, How the Grinch Stole Christmas,... read more The only thing I think he should have been nominated for was The Truman Show. Being that this was 1998 and Billy Bob Thornton was in A Simple Plan that year, I don't think that Carrey should have won, but I do think that he at least deserved the nomination.
He at least deserved a nomination for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
Liam John Neeson, OBE is an actor from Northern Ireland. In 1976, he joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast for two years. He then acted in the Arthurian film, Excalibur. Yeah, I guess. Does he have to act so complex all the time, though?
His movies are wonderful, especially those mystery movies. They make me excited.
Edward Montgomery "Monty" Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American film and stage actor. Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was one of the original method actors in Hollywood and was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg... read more One of the greatest actors of all time.
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease.
Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor, producer, and political activist who made his screen debut in an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse, followed by minor film roles.
William J. "Willem" Dafoe is an American actor. A member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Platoon (1986) and Shadow of the Vampire (2000). He is also well known for his performances as Jesus Christ in The Last... read more
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer.He is best known for his roles as Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series and John Rambo in the First Blood/Rambo series. His most well-known films are primarily action movies.
He is also close... read more