The 30 Most Famous Actors Who Have Never Won an Oscar
Is it really normal that one of the most famous actors in Hollywood history has never been received the Oscar award even once? Maybe our answer is 'Yes'.
Friday, April 1, 2022
updated by Melisa Kaya
Most Famous Actors Who Have Never Won an Oscar
Over the past 40 years, a total of 80 actors have been awarded as the Best Male and Best Supporting Male awards. If we do a simple calculation, we can see that there can be a maximum of 80 winners. What about the remaining thousands? With the scenario that comes to you, your luck must smile to your face and many different factors have to come together. Being a player in the most successful movies at the box office and being among the most famous is not an evaluation criterion that the Academy considers. Let's take a look at the results of the Academy's criteria.
The 30 Most Famous Actors Who Have Never Won an Oscar
Peter O'Toole
Nominated for Leading Role: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), Venus (2006)
Ed Harris
Nominated for Leading Role: Pollock (2000)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), The Hours (2002)
Willem Dafoe
Nominated for Leading Role: At Eternity's Gate (2018)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Platoon (1986), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017)
Johnny Depp
Nominated for Leading Role: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Finding Neverland (2004), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Viggo Mortensen
Nominated for Leading Role: Eastern Promises (2007), Captain Fantastic (2016), Green Book (2018)
Edward Norton
Nominated for Leading Role: American History X (1998)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Primal Fear (1996), Birdman (2014)
Matt Damon
Nominated for Leading Role: Good Will Hunting (1997), The Martian (2015)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Invictus (2009)
Tom Cruise
Nominated for Leading Role: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Magnolia (1999)
Clint Eastwood
Nominated for Leading Role: Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004)
John Malkovich
Nominated for Supporting Role: Places in the Heart (1984), In the Line of Fire (1993)
Ralph Fiennes
Nominated for Leading Role: The English Patient (1996)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Schindler's List (1993)
Robert Downey Jr.
Nominated for Leading Role: Chaplin (1992)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Tropic Thunder (2008)
Slyvester Stallone
Nominated for Leading Role: Rocky (1976)
Nominated for Supporting Role: Creed (2015)
Michael Fassbender
Nominated for Leading Role: Steve Jobs (2015)
Nominated for Supporting Role: 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Nominated for Leading Role: The Imitation Game (2014)
Samuel L.Jackson
Nominated for Supporting Role: Pulp Fiction (1994)
Liam Neeson
Nominated for Leading Role: Schindler's List (1993)
Steve Carell
Nominated for Leading Role: Foxcatcher (2014)
Mark Wahlberg
Nominated for Supporting Role: The Departed (2006)
Jake Gyllenhaal
Nominated for Supporting Role: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Hugh Jackman
Nominated for Leading Role: Les Miserables (2012)
Tom Hardy
Nominated for Supporting Role: The Revenant (2015)
