Actors The Academy Forgot
by aarondalby-901-222438 | created - 03 Aug 2014 | updated - 12 Aug 2014 | PublicThis is a list of actors/actresses who have never been nominated for an Oscar. Bear in mind that this isn't just anyone who hasn't, it's people that deserved at least one for their role.
1. Kevin Bacon
Actor | Footloose
Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.
Kevin's early training as an actor came from The Manning Street. ...
Best Supporting Actor 1992-A Few Good Men Best Actor 1994-The River Wild Best Actor 1995-Murder In The First Best Supporting Actor 1995-Apollo 13 Best Supporting Actor 2003-Mystic River Best Actor 2004-The Woodsman
2. Matthew Broderick
Actor | The Producers
A slight comic actor chiefly known for his boyish charm, Matthew Broderick was born on March 21, 1962 in New York City, to Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright and painter, and James Broderick, an actor. His father had Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from...
Best Actor 1986-Ferris Bueller's Day Off Best Actor 1988-Biloxi Blues Best Actor 1989-Glory Best Actor 1999-Election Best Supporting Actor 2005-The Producers
3. Steve Buscemi
Actor | Fargo
Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...
Best Supporting Actor 1989-Mystery Train Best Supporting Actor 1992-Reservoir Dogs Best Supporting Actor 1996-Fargo Best Actor 1996-Trees Lounge Best Supporting Actor 2001-Ghost World
4. Jim Carrey
Actor | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Jim Carrey, Canadian-born and a U.S. citizen since 2004, is an actor and producer famous for his rubbery body movements and flexible facial expressions. The two-time Golden Globe-winner rose to fame as a cast member of the Fox sketch comedy In Living Color (1990) but leading roles in Ace Ventura: ...
Best Actor 1998-The Truman Show Best Actor 1999-Man On The Moon Best Actor 2004-Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
5. Billy Crystal
Actor | Forget Paris
Billy Crystal was born on March 14, 1948 in Manhattan, New York, and was raised on Long Island. He is the youngest of three sons born to Helen (Gabler) and Jack Crystal. His father was a well-known concert promoter who co-founded Commodore Records and his mother was a homemaker. His family were ...
Best Actor 1989-When Harry Met Sally Best Actor 1991-City Slickers Best Actor 1992-Mr Saturday Night
6. Cameron Diaz
Actress | Vanilla Sky
Cameron Diaz, an American actress, was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, ...
Best Actress 1998-There's Something About Mary Best Actress 1999-Being John Malkovich Best Supporting Actress 2001-Vanilla Sky Best Actress 2002-Gangs Of New York
7. Kirsten Dunst
Actress | Spider-Man
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, ...
Best Actress 1994-Interview With The Vampire Best Supporting Actress 2004-Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Best Actress 2011-Melancholia
8. Richard Gere
Actor | Chicago
Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Anna (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high ...
Best Actor 1990-Internal Affairs Best Actor 2002-Chicago Best Actor 2006-The Hoax Best Actor 2012-Arbitrage
9. Brendan Gleeson
Actor | Calvary
Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Pat and Frank Gleeson. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high ...
Best Supporting Actor 1995-Braveheart Best Supporting Actor 2008-In Bruges Best Actor 2011-The Guard
10. John Goodman
Actor | 10 Cloverfield Lane
John Stephen Goodman's an American film, TV & stage actor. He was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia Roos (Loosmore), a waitress and saleswoman & Leslie Francis Goodman, a postal worker who died when he was a small child. He's of English, Welsh & German ancestry. He's best known for his role as ...
Best Supporting Actor 1991-Barton Fink Best Supporting Actor 1998-The Big Lebowski Best Supporting Actor 2011-The Artist
11. Hugh Grant
Actor | Love Actually
Hugh Grant, one of Britain's best known faces, has been equally entertaining on-screen as well as in real life, and has had enough sense of humor to survive a media frenzy. He is known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), with Andie MacDowell, Notting Hill (1999), opposite Julia ...
Best Supporting Actor 1993-The Remains Of The Day Best Actor 1994-Four Weddings And A Funeral Best Supporting Actor 1995-Sense And Sensibility Best Actor 1999-Notting Hill Best Supporting Actor 2001-Bridget Jones' Diary Best Actor 2002-About A Boy Best Supporting Actor 2003-Love Actually
12. Scarlett Johansson
Actress | Lost in Translation
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...
Best Actress 2003-Lost In Translation Best Actress 2003-Girl With The Pearl Earring Best Actress 2004-A Love Song For Bobby Long Best Actress 2005-Match Point
13. Michael Keaton
Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...
Best Supporting Actor 1982-Night Shift Best Actor 1983-Mr Mom Best Actor 1986-Gung Ho Best Actor 1988-Beetlejuice Best Actor 1988-Clean And Sober
14. Steve Martin
Writer | Roxanne
Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic ...
Best Actor 1981-Pennies From Heaven Best Actor 1984-All Of Me Best Actor 1987-Roxanne Best Actor 1989-Parenthood Best Actor 1995-Father Of The Bride Part II
15. Malcolm McDowell
Actor | A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943 in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Edna (McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican. His father was an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life...
Best Actor 1971-A Clockwork Orange
16. Ewan McGregor
Actor | Moulin Rouge!
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents ...
Best Supporting Actor 1994-Shallow Grave Best Actor 1996-Trainspotting Best Supporting Actor 1998-Little Voice Best Actor 2001-Moulin Rouge! Best Actor 2003-Big Fish Best Supporting Actor 2010-The Ghost Writer Best Actor 2012-Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Best Actor 2012-The Impossible
17. Demi Moore
Actress | G.I. Jane
Demi Moore was born 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father Charles Harmon left her mother Virginia Guynes (née King) before Demi was born. Her stepfather Danny Guynes didn't add much stability to her life either. He frequently changed jobs and made the family move a total of 40 times. The parents ...
Best Actress 1985-St Elmo's Fire Best Actress 1990-Ghost Best Actress 1992-A Few Good Men Best Actress 1993-Indecent Proposal
18. Bill Nighy
Actor | Love Actually
Bill Nighy is an award-winning British character actor. He was born William Francis Nighy on December 12, 1949 in Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine (Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who was English-born and managed a garage in Croydon.
At school,...
Best Supporting Actor 2001-Lawless Heart Best Supporting Actor 2002-AKA Best Supporting Actor 2003-I Capture The Castle Best Supporting Actor 2003-Love Actually Best Actor 2012-The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
19. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
Best Supporting Actor 1988-Die Hard Best Supporting Actor 1991-Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves Best Actor 1991-Truly Madly Deeply Best Actor 1995-Sense And Sensibility Best Supporting Actor 1996-Michael Collins Best Actor 2003-Love Actually Best Supporting Actor 2007-Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
20. Martin Sheen
Actor | The Departed
Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.
Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish ...
Best Supporting Actor 1968-The Subject Was Roses Best Supporting Actor 1979-Apocalypse Now
21. Donald Sutherland
Actor | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The towering presence of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland is often noticed, as are his legendary contributions to cinema. He has appeared in almost 200 different shows and films. He is also the father of renowned actor Kiefer Sutherland, among others.
Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Saint ...
Best Actor 1970-M*A*S*H Best Supporting Actor 1980-Ordinary People Best Supporting Actor 1998-Without Limits
22. Bruce Willis
Actor | Die Hard
Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.
Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...
Best Actor 1989-In Country Best Supporting Actor 1996-The Sixth Sense Best Actor 2005-Sin City Best Supporting Actor 2012-Moonrise Kingdom
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