What actor deserves an Oscar, but hasn't received one?

[Shell Beau]

[Lethe]

1. Bill Murray?

Yes?

[Shell Beau]

2. Yes! I think he is very funny!

[terrya]

3. Annette Bening

Annette Bening is a terrific actress. She deserved one for "The Grifters", one for "American Beauty" (hell, she was as good as Kevin Spacey, who did win an Oscar) and she deserved one for "Being Julia". I haven't seen it yet, but she's touted for another Oscar nomination for "Running With Scissors". Don't think she'll win this time, either.

[peekaloo]

6. hope Hilary Swank isn't up against her.

she was robbed twice (i think)

[terrya]

7. Helen Mirren will be.

For "The Queen". And that one is a lock.

[Flaxbee]

19. Helen Mirren really deserves one - she is phenomenal.

I really want to see "The Queen"! - I live in the boonies and the only things that come here are stupid-ass "Deck the Halls" bullshit. Argh.

Looking forward to, and dreading, the end of "Prime Suspsect"

[Shell Beau]

8. I agree that Annette deserves one, but I have to say

that I thought Hillary Swank was great in Million Dollar Baby and deserved the Oscar.

[peekaloo]

4. Steve Buscemi.

:-)

[TheBaldyMan]

5. James Mason - Three times nominated but never won.

[begin_within]

9. Gary Oldman, Brenda Blethyn, Chrisitan Bale, Johnny Depp, Peter O'Toole, Deborah Kerr, Glenn Close

Peter O'Toole did accept one of those "Lifetime Achievement" type Oscars but has said he still wants to win one the regular way.

[terrya]

10. So did Deborah Kerr

Was awarded a "Special Achievement Oscar" several years ago.

[begin_within]

11. You're right. And she was recently on the Megan Mullally show, so she's still around!

[terrya]

36. She was? Fantastic.

I thought that Miss Kerr was a bit of a recluse these days. I'm glad that she's not. :-)

BTW: I like your avatar.

[begin_within]

37. Thanks - which one? I keep changing it.

[terrya]

38. It's like the Iwo Jima pic...

only the guys are planting the Rainbow Flag. At least that's what it looks like to me.

[begin_within]

59. That's what it is.

[LostinVA]

12. Kate Winslet -- hands down

[Shell Beau]

13. How many times has she been nomintated? Twice?

I agree. She is great.

[LostinVA]

14. Either four or five

[bertha katzenengel]

26. Four:

1995, "Sense and Sensibility" (supporting - Mira Sorvino got it)
1997, "Titanic" (lead - Helen Hunt got it)
2001, "Iris" (supporting - Jennifer Connoly got it)
2004, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (lead - Hilary Swank got it)

[LostinVA]

32. She should have won for either Iris or ESOTSM

Although both Connelly and Swank deserved their wins...

[CanuckAmok]

48. What's ESOTSM?

I know it's going to be painfully obvious, isn't it...

[CBHagman]

57. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Another great performance by Kate Winslet!

[CanuckAmok]

82. Haven't seen it yet.

As much as I liked Being John Malkovich, (or "BJM" to you), every time I pick up ESOTSM I put it down, because love stories suck balls.

[LostinVA]

77. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[swag]

15. Sundog.

[Shell Beau]

16. Ha ha!

:P

[wavesofeuphoria]

17. Peter O'Toole

[sarge43]

33. Hell yes.

[UTUSN]

61. Yeah, but, like, in 1962 he lost to Gregory PECK in "Mockingbird"

He, a newcomer, was also up against MASTRIOIANNI(sp), Burt LANCASTER...
But it was danged TOUCHING when a couple of years ago the Oscar people approached him about accepting an honorary, and he declined, saying something like, "How kind, but I still have some years left to EARN one on my own?" CRACKS the heart!!!

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148906.html

[sarge43]

72. Agreed, an Oscar right out of the gate can be a career killer,

but the man's done Lion, The Ruling Class, My Favorite Year. His few minutes in The Last Emperor was worth a supporting Oscar alone.

[dysfunctional press]

78. without a doubt...my favorite year, the stunt man, goodbye mr. chips...

Lawrence of Arabia...(caligula???)

what's a guy gotta do to get a statue?

[Kerrytravelers]

18. Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Liev Scheriber, Julianne Moore

The Constant Gardner is one of my favorite films. He and Rachel Weiss were incredible together. She won an Oscar for her role... and he didn't even get nominated? Huh?



I just adore him. Every film he's in, even if I'm not crazy about the film, he still knocks it out of the park.



Is there anything he can't do? If there is, I haven't seen it.



She is dynamite whenever I see her. I love her intensity and her ability to take a three word line and make it take on so many meanings just by a simple inflection.
http://www.movie-gazette.com/directory/img/emily+watson.jpg


At least he has a Tony for Glengarry Glen Ross. I remember seeing him in his first film role in Mixed Nuts. He was hysterical.



The Hours, Far From heaven... and where is her Oscar?

[ChoralScholar]

75. Hey.. don't forget

Boogie Nights - Julianne's best role. :hide:

[trof]

20. Adam Sandler

JEEZ, I'M KIDDING!!!
;-)

[LiviaOlivia]

21. Richard Widmark

:)

[Kire]

22. Martin Scorsese

He acted in Taxi Driver. He was the really creepy passenger who wanted to look at ladies undressing in their windows.

[CanuckAmok]

47. Correction...

He wasn't looking at ladies undressing, per se, he was "staking-out" his wife, who was cheating on him in an apartment building with "a fucking junglebunny".

[Kire]

69. sorry

maybe it was someone else

I haven't seen it in a while.

[RetroLounge]

23. Pee Wee Herman and Pauly Shore

They was robbed...

RL

[AzDar]

24. Me. I've been pretending to like my Mother-in-Law for years...

[Kerrytravelers]

29. I hear that one!

I want my Oscar NOW, DAMN IT!!!!

[QMPMom]

63. I want one, too! Mine died and I really acted up a storm

pretending I cared. NOT.

[bertha katzenengel]

25. Harrison god-damned Ford!!

:banghead:

[FredStembottom]

27. My list of the most underappreciated actors ever:

David Ogden-Stiers
Saul Rubinek
Patrick Stewart
Kenneth Brannagh

[yellowdogintexas]

31. Richard Burton definitely...living actors: Charles Durning

Peter O'Toole (although he does have a lifetime Oscar), Robert Redford
Most of the female actors I really like already have one!

[CanuckAmok]

46. Saul Rubinek!

Good call. I'd also add David Paymer and Meatloaf. Yes, Meatloaf.

[Vidar]

28. Peter O'Toole.

[UTUSN]

58. Bingo!!!1 (No further words needed) But it was heart rending

When, a couple of years ago the Oscar people approached him to offer him an honorary, and he responded, touchingly, "Oh, how kind, but I might yet have some years left to earn one on my own?" (paraphrasing the quote)

He's already "EARNED" it!!!1

[KFC]

30. Sasha Baron Cohen

Although I suspect he will get his pretty soon.

[SKKY]

34. Jim Varney...

I thought his work as Earnest was way, way unappreciated.

[DemoDemoCratCrat]

81. He was a Shakespearean actor before Earnest

Saw an article on him which ended with him performing the MacBeth "Tomorrow" soliloquy, but ended it with
"Know what I mean, Vern?"

so funny!

[Shine]

35. Jeff Bridges and Ed Harris come to mind.

:hi: Shell!

[stanwyck]

53. Two of my favorites.

Love Bridges in "The Big Lebowski".

[DemoDemoCratCrat]

39. Johnny Depp .../nt

[Kerrytravelers]

41. I was thinking of him just now, too.

He is such a chameleon. We love him!

[Vidar]

74. Agreed.

[Reciprocity]

40. Alan Rickman

He steals every scene he is in, no matter what the movie is.

[Kerrytravelers]

42. He broke my heart as Colonel Brandon.

LOVE HIM!

[Reciprocity]

43. He is the only reason to watch Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

[Kerrytravelers]

44. You mean, you aren't compelled bu Costner's amazing English accent?

:rofl:

[Reciprocity]

50. Don’t get me started lol.

[stanwyck]

51. I was actually pulling for the villain

played by Rickman (sheriff of Nottingham) since he was so much more interesting than Robin Hood.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

54. Does he play Snape in the Potter movies?

He is such a superb character actor that I don't always recognize him. That sounds strange, but it's a compliment. Rod Steiger also had that ability.

[Generic Brad]

64. Yes, he does play Snape

And he is one hell of an actor. Give Alan an Oscar, please.

[Generic Brad]

65. Yes, he does play Snape

And he is one hell of an actor. Give Alan an Oscar, please.

[Reciprocity]

66. Yes and he was actually better than I imagined Snape, when I read the books.

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death.

[FVZA_Colonel]

71. I always loved that scene in the photo.

I've always thought he should have just clunked their heads together ala the Three Stooges.

[Reciprocity]

73. Now that would have been funny!!!

[CanuckAmok]

45. Ellen Burstyn

Why she didn't get 40 statues for her role in Requiem for a Dream, I'll never know. I lost what litte faith I had left in the Academy after that little oversight...

on edit: I forgot she won an Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, but I'm still outraged.

[Susang]

49. My mother

Her ability to communicate guilt, anger, pathos and love simultaneously is far more interesting than any of Helen Mirren or Dame Judi Dench's performances.

[stanwyck]

52. Leonardo diCaprio

really. He and Johnny Depp are wonderful in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" . diCaprio also held his own against Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton in "Marvin's Room." I was skeptical of his playing Howard Hughes in "The Aviator" but he pulled it off. And he and Matt Damon are both very good in "The Departed" -- along with the inimitable Jack Nicholson.

[DemoDemoCratCrat]

80. I think his time is coming

diCaprio is still rather young, and he's taking on roles that are increasingly serious. I think he'll get one, eventually.

[kwassa]

55. Paul Giamatti for "Sideways" alone

and he is very good in every movie he is in, no matter how small the part.

[bigwillq]

56. Julianne Moore

Ed Harris

[CBHagman]

60. Ian Holm!

I think the only time he was nominated was for his supporting role in Chariots of Fire.

They didn't even bother to nominate him for Best Actor for The Sweet Hereafter. With its predictable lack of imagination, the Academy gave that particular award to Jack Nicholson for As Good as It Gets. :grr:

Kenneth Branagh ought to have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Othello. He is a revelation.

So far Branagh's been nominated in four categories (Best Actor, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Live Action Short Subject) and has won nothing.

Others who really deserve the recognition:

Judy Davis
Brenda Blethyn
Emily Watson
Ian McKellen
Amy Madigan and Ed Harris
Kate Winslet


And those who are no longer with us:

Barbara Stanwyck
James Mason
Peter Lorre
John Garfield

[UndertheOcean]

62. Jeff Bridges.

n/t

[Glorfindel]

67. Johnny Depp, Rene Russo, Helen Mirren

and the worst case of Oscar-deprivation ever, Richard Burton.

[Reciprocity]

68. Ian McKellen

[Alexander]

70. William Shatner

Oh come on, someone had to say it.

:evilgrin:

[michreject]

76. I can't believe that no one has mentioned him

Joaquin Phoenix. He was robbed, I tell ya. He was Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line". Did I mention that he was robbed?:mad:

[crim son]

79. Matt Damon: The Talented Mr. Ripley.

He blew me away, and didn't even get a nod.