19 Good Actors And Actresses Without Oscars

Some actors deliver great performances and get showered with awards. Others deliver great performances and just get hosed.
Of course, not everyone can win an Oscar; otherwise, the awards wouldn’t mean anything. But when you look at the actors and actresses who were denied an Oscar despite a record of consistently great work, you have to wonder what the Academy was thinking.
Whether they were overshadowed or completely robbed, these are the best actors who have never been honored with that coveted gold statue.

Leonardo Dicaprio

LEONARDO DICAPRIO

1994: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”; lost to Tommy Lee Jones, “The Fugitive”
2005: Nominated for Best Actor, “The Aviator”; lost to Jamie Foxx, “Ray”

2007: Nominated for Best Actor, “Blood Diamond”; lost to Forest Whitaker, “Last King of Scotland”
2014: Nominated for “The Wolf of Wall Street”; lost to Matthew McConaughey, “The Dallas Buyers Club”

Johnny Depp

JOHNNY DEPP

2004: Nominated for Best Actor, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”; lost to Sean Penn, “Mystic River”
2005: Nominated for Best Actor, “Finding Neverland”; lost to Jamie Foxx, “Ray”
2008: Nominated for Best Actor, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”

Tom Cruise

TOM CRUISE

1990: Nominated for Best Actor, “Born on the Fourth of July”; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, “My Left Foot”
1997: Nominated for Best Actor, “Jerry Maguire”; lost to Geoffrey Rush, “Shine”
2000: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “Magnolia”; lost to Michael Caine, “The Cider House Rules”

 

Julianne Moore

JULIANNE MOORE

1998: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “Boogie Nights”; lost to Kim Basinger, “L.A. Confidential”
2000: Nominated for Best Actress, “The End of the Affair”; lost to Hilary Swank, “Boys Don’t Cry”
2003: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “The Hours”; lost to Catherine Zeta-Jones, “Chicago”
2003: Nominated for Best Actress, “Far From Heaven”; lost to Nicole Kidman, “The Hours”

Glenn Close

GLENN CLOSE

1983: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “The World According to Garp”; lost to Jessica Lange, “Tootsie”
1984: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “The Big Chill”: lost to Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
1985: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “The Natural”: lost to Peggy Ashcroft, “A Passage to India”
1988: Nominated for Best Actress, “Fatal Attraction”; lost to Cher, “Moonstruck”
1989: Nominated for Best Actress, “Dangerous Liasons”; lost to Jodie Foster, “The Accused”
2012: Nominated for Best Actress, “Albert Nobbs”; lost to Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”

Joaquin Reut

JOAQUIN PHOENIX

2001: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “Gladiator”; lost to Benicio del Toro, “Traffic”
2006: Nominated for Best Actor, “Walk the Line”; lost to Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”
2013: Nominated for Best Actor, “The Master”; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

Norton Reut

EDWARD NORTON

1997: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “Primal Fear”; lost to Cuba Gooding, Jr., “Jerry Maguire”
1999: Nominated for Best Actor, “American History X”; lost to Roberto Benigni, “Life is Beautiful”

Annette Bening

ANNETTE BENING

1991: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “The Grifters”; lost to Whoopi Goldberg, “Ghost”
2000: Nominated for Best Actress, “American Beauty”; lost to Hilary Swank, “Boys Don’t Cry”
2005: Nominated for Best Actress, “Being Julia”; lost to Hilary Swank, “Million Dollar Baby”
2011: Nominated for Best Actress, “The Kids Are All Right”; lost to Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”

Ed Harris Reut

ED HARRIS

1996: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “Apollo 13″; lost to Kevin Spacey, “The Usual Suspects”
1999: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “The Truman Show”; lost to James Coburn, “Affliction”
2001: Nominated for Best Actor, “Pollock”; lost to Russell Crowe, “Gladiator”
2003: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “The Hours”; lost to Chris Cooper, “Adaptation.”

Weaver Reut

SIGOURNEY WEAVER

1987: Nominated for Best Actress, “Aliens”; lost to Marlee Matlin, “Children of a Lesser God”
1989: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “Working Girl”; lost to Geena Davis, “The Accidental Tourist”
1989: Nominated for Best Actress, “Gorillas in the Mist”; lost to Jodie Foster, “The Accused”

Harrison Ford

HARRISON FORD

1985: Nominated for Best Actor, “Witness”; lost to William Hurt, “Kiss of the Spider Woman”

Albert Finney

ALBERT FINNEY

1964: Nominated for Best Actor, “Tom Jones”; lost to Sidney Poitier, “Lilies of the Field”
1975: Nominated for Best Actor, “Murder on the Orient Express”; lost to Art Carney, “Harry and Tonto”
1984: Nominated for Best Actor, “The Dresser”; lost to Robert Duvall, “Tender Mercies”
1985: Nominated for Best Actor, “Under the Volcano”; lost to F. Murray Abraham, “Amadeus”
2001: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “Erin Brockovich”; lost to  Benicio del Toro, “Traffic”

Michelle Pfeiffer

MICHELLE PFEIFFER

1989: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “Dangerous Liasons”; lost to Geena Davis, “The Accidental Tourist”
1990: Nominated for Best Actress, “The Fabulous Baker Boys”; lost to Jessica Tandy, “Driving Miss Daisy”
1993: Nominated for Best Actress, “Love Field”; lost to Emma Thompson, “Howards End”

John Travolter

JOHN TRAVOLTA
1978: Nominated for Best Actor, “Saturday Night Fever”; lost to Richard Dreyfuss, “The Goodbye Girl”
1995: Nominated for Best Actor, “Pulp Fiction”; lost to Tom Hanks, “Forrest Gump”

Gary Oldman

GARY OLDMAN

2012: Nominated for Best Actor, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”; lost to Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”

Robert Downey

ROBERT DOWNEY, JR.

1993: Nominated for Best Actor, “Chaplin”; lost to Al Pacino, “Scent of a Woman”
2009: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “Tropic Thunder”; lost to Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Liam Neeson

LIAM NEESON

1994: Nominated for Best Actor, “Schindler’s List”; lost to Tom Hanks, “Philadelphia”

Will Smith

WILL SMITH

2002: Nominated for Best Actor, “Ali”; lost to Denzel Washington, “Training Day”
2007: Nominated for Best Actor, “The Pursuit of Happyness”; lost to Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

Mark Wahlberg

MARK WAHLBERG

2007: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, “The Departed”; lost to Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
2011: Nominated for Best Picture, “The Fighter” (along with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman); lost to Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, “The King’s Speech”







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