Their talent definitely needs to be appreciated.
For every aspiring actor, there's nothing more prestigious than winning an Oscar. As much as you want audiences to appreciate your craft, there's something about receiving recognition for your work from a panel of critics and experts that validates your journey of delivering powerful performances. But do the Academy Awards always get it right? We feel there are so many actors who are incredibly talented but haven't even been nominated, let alone received an Oscar. Do you know who they are? We've put together a list of 20 big-name actors who haven't won an Oscar, referring to Ranker.
Sometimes even veteran actors have been snubbed for decades before ending up with the esteemed golden statuette. Only two actors can win either the Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor Oscars per year. So the competition can be pretty tight. But sometimes it does feel like an all-out snub. The awards have long been criticized for ignoring Black actors. Other times it feels like it has ignored popular commercial actors like Johnny Depp, Robert Downey, Jr., Matt Damon, and Michael Fassbender. Whatever the reason, let's have a look at all the actors who we feel definitely deserve the noteworthy award for their impeccable talent.
Nominated for: Schindler's List, The English Patient
Nominated for: Schindler's List
Nominated for: 12 Years a Slave, Steve Jobs
Never nominated.
Nominated for: Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, American Sniper, A Star Is Born
Nominated for: The Imitation Game
Nominated for: Ali, The Pursuit of Happyness
Nominated for: Chaplin, Tropic Thunder
Nominated for: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Finding Neverland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Never nominated.
Nominated for: The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Messenger, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Nominated for: Good Will Hunting, Invictus, The Martian
Nominated for: Brokeback Mountain
Nominated for: Hotel Rwanda
Nominated for: Half Nelson, La La Land
Never nominated.
Nominated for: 12 Years a Slave
Nominated for: Pulp Fiction
Nominated for: Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby
Nominated for: Witness