An academic award is the most honorable of all a film industry worker can receive. But despite the fact that some of the actors did a great job of their roles and were nominated for Oscars many times, they never managed to get this little yellow statuette.
We've created a list of 10 great Hollywood actors who have never won an Oscar for Best Actor. You may also be interested in the article 10 Sexiest Russian Actors.
10. Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. is best known for his role as Iron Man in the MCU. From the very beginning, he attracted the attention of critics with his incredible acting skills. In 1992, he played Charlie Chaplin in the film Chaplin, which may be surprising to his fans as we can hardly imagine him playing such roles now. However, he not only excelled in the role of Chaplin, but also received his first Oscar nomination for her. Shortly thereafter, his career began to decline due to drug addiction.
After getting rid of addiction, Robert Downey Jr. returned to the cinema, starring in the films Kiss Kiss and Iron Man. In 2008, the academy again spotted his acting talent in Soldiers of Failure and nominated him for Best Actor, but he lost again. However, we hope that in the future he will still manage to get the coveted Oscar.
9. Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is undoubtedly the most popular actor in Hollywood and around the world. And although he cannot compare with Marlon Brando or Robert De Niro in terms of acting talent, he is certainly a professional in his field.
Although he is more of a dynamic actor as he does all the stunts in films on his own, and is great for films like Mission: Impossible, he has also proven himself as an actor with extremely mature acting skills. Even the Academy nominated him for Best Actor Oscars several times, but every time he lost.
8. Albert Finney
Albert Finney is one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century. He was nominated for Best Actor Oscar 4 times for his roles in Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Dresser (1983) and At the Base of the Volcano (1984 ); he was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Erin Brockovich (2000). All these nominations prove that he is an outstanding actor who has not yet managed to win an Oscar.
7. Edward Norton
Edward Norton is one of those people who were born to become actors. He has received accolades for almost all of his films. But the Academy nominated him only for his work in films such as Primal Fear (1996), American History X (1998) and Birdman (2014).
He's a great actor and certainly deserves an Oscar. His fans can only hope that in the future he will receive his well-deserved reward.
6. Will Smith
Will Smith is undoubtedly one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. He is also one of the richest actors in the world and, of course, one of the best. Despite the fact that he has acted in over 20 Hollywood films, only two of them caught the attention of the Academy. For his portrayal of Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001) and stockbroker Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, but lost.
5. Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp is best known for his role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. He is an established and highly successful actor. Depp has been nominated for numerous significant acting awards, including three Oscar nominations for Best Actor. His recent role in Black Mass proves that even at the age of 53, Johnny Depp has more than enough strength to win the coveted Oscar. Depp is also included in the rating of 30 lumbersexuals among the stars.
4. Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt is considered one of the most influential and significant people in the American entertainment industry, as well as the most attractive man according to many media resources. But besides all this, he is also a great actor. He received two Oscar nominations for Best Actor and once for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
3. Richard Burton
Richard Burton was a great actor. He caught the attention of critics in the 50s, and many of them acclaimed him as one of the best actors of his generation.
However, due to his alcoholism, Burton could not meet the expectations of critics and colleagues and was known as a hopeless wasteful actor. Burton was nominated for an Oscar a whopping 7 times, but unfortunately never won.
2. Harry Oldman
There are very few actors on Earth who have played more diverse roles than this man. There are over a dozen films with his participation that deserve an Oscar. However, the Academy nominated him only once for Best Actor.
One of the reasons for this phenomenon could be its contradictory nature and eloquent criticism of such awards. But the 58-year-old elderly English actor is to this day one of the best actors working in Hollywood, and an Oscar is the least he deserves.
1. Peter O'Toole
The Shakespearean actor holds the world record for the most Academy nominations for Best Actor, in which he never won. He gained international acclaim for his performance in Lawrence of Arabia, for which he was first nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category.
After that, he received 7 more nominations, in which he also lost. Peter O'Toole was one of the greatest actors out there, but the Academy never awarded him an Oscar.
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