Great actors who've yet to (or never will) win an Oscar for Acting.

Many of his great performances haven't even been nominated, but the two that have been as an adult couldn't compete with those year's winners. (Jaime Foxx in Ray, Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland)

He's been nominated for acting, but all four of his oscars were for directing and best picture. I'm pretty sure he didn't campaign for a nomination for Gran Torino but, come on...the man should've gotten something.

His career's been a little stale lately, but the man's got an impressive resume that should've given him more then the two nominations he's gotten.

I doubt we'll see him get nominated again after The Green Mile, but I personally felt he should've won that year. You'd think after that role, casting agents would consider him more often.

His legend of 'most nominations without a win' speaks for itself.

Same legend as O'Toole, except Burton's dead. Fun fact, they were BOTH nominated for best actor in a leading role in 1970, but lost to John Wayne for True Grit

If he stopped throwing so many of the cliche's (which ironically made him famous) into so many of his roles, we could probably see him ACT, and he'd have more then two nominations, both of which were roles that had Oscar bait on the characters, not so much the actor who played them.

Like Eastwood, he got an Oscar for directing, not acting, but had tons of nominations for best leading man. And, remember, I'm not counting those "honorary" awards either.

I still can't believe he didn't get attention for "The Illusionist." I thought he was brilliant.

Won every award possible (seriously) for his role in "Mona Lisa" except the Oscar. Paul Newman had his glory days, 1987 was Hoskins's year.

Say what you will about him, he's won a Golden Globe for every Oscar nominated performance he's had.

Had a 5-6 year span of great roles after LOTR...got recognized for one. Tis a shame.

The Truman Show, Man on The Moon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Not even a nomination. We wouldn't be seeing him in penguin movies had his dramatic performances not been literally ignored by the academy.

I know, I know...and the year he got nominated for Pulp Fiction, it really was a toss up between him and Landau in Ed Wood. Pulp Fiction made his career, but, can you do more with your roles, Mr. Jackson?

I don't see her getting anymore nominations in the near future. She was great in Black Swan, and only a few minutes of screen time can get you attention (Viola Davis did it in Doubt,) but Winona Ryder is not Viola Davis.

She's got three supporting actress nominations on her resume, all for roles that are relatively forgettable. Think what you will of "Enchanted," singing and dancing on screen used to get noticed a lot more.

Four Golden Globe nominations, hailed as a generation defining actress...not a single nomination from the academy yet.

She didn't even think she should've been nominated for Juno. She doesn't act for the accolades, but hopefully she'll acquire more, her work up until now is way to promising.

Sorta hit or miss with some of her roles, and the year she lost for Rachel Getting Married was foreseeable, I just hope, like Ellen Page, she's got more to offer. That nomination, also like Ellen Page, put her on the A-list.

The guy was doing Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway after he finished Talladega nights. Oh, and I almost forgot, his movies without Will Ferrell are beloved by all.

I know she's just getting started, but here's to hoping we get more Martha Marcy May Marlene roles out of her in the future.

Melancholia. I honestly think she didn't get nominated because of Von Trier's comments. But, she's got the talent, hopefully she'll do it again and political correctness and movie politics in general won't get in the way.

Just tragic.

Being There should've been his year. I know Dustin Hoffman was great in Kramer vs. Kramer, but Sellers's performance in Being There is not of this earth. For god's sake, Geoffrey Rush won the Emmy and the Golden Globe for portraying him in the TV movie, "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers."

Again, Death steals another contender.

Again, we'll never know...but now this list is just getting morbid.

After the whole "I'm still here" stunt, or whatever that was, he'll probably fade out. But, before that, he had potential to keep doing great work. There was just no beating Philip Seymour Hoffman that year for Capote.

He's been getting more and more attention. I'm sure he'll catch the eye of the academy very soon.

blutrain made a great point in mentioning her. Obviously an actress of great dramatic poise, The Help could've been her year if it wasn't for Streep, but Meryl Streep's performance in The Iron Lady holds a candle to any other performance she could've lost/won for, and everyone would say it was a nod for losing so many times in the past. Davis, for me, showed everything she needed to in her 10 minutes of screen time in Doubt, and with the even bigger splash she made with The Help, I wouldn't be surprised if by reputation only she makes the ticket more frequently.

Again, thanks to blutrain for bringing this up. Why was he not recognized for Drive? His role in The Ides of March was to embody the plot, whereas Clooney and Giamatti's roles were to have him move the plot. I don't think Gosling does it for the accolades, since his celebrity status is mostly akin to his looks and his roles, thus you see a pretty guy, but you watch a master of his craft, but, he should've been nominated for Drive. Speaking of The Ides of March though...

Why was he only nominated for Cinderella Man? No one walked out of the theater going "man, did you see Giamatti on the side of the ring during the fight? What? You were watching Russell Crowe the whole time?" -_- Should've gotten nominated alongside Thomas Hayden Church for Sideways, and perhaps also The Illusionist.

Unfortunately, both years he was nominated for best supporting actor he had extremely stiff competition. While I think he should've won for his performance in Blood Diamond, Alan Arkin's performance in Little Miss Sunshine was as subtle and hillarious as Hounsou's performance in Blood Diamond was gut wrenching and angry. I can only hope he continues delivering such stellar performances as his resume suggests so I can hear what I'm sure will be a very graceful acceptance speech.

Watch "There Will be Blood," and tell me how he didn't deserve a supporting actor nomination that year. Daniel Day Lewis of course conquers that movie, but Paul Dano's monologue in the church sent chills down my spine; the chemistry between the two was remarkable, and not just anyone can keep up with Daniel Day Lewis.

His first nomination was for the first Pirates movie. Shows an open mindedness that the academy has been accredited to be lacking since...yeah. But, while the three nominations he had were for great roles, he lost to good contenders. My issue, is that he should have more than 3 nominations in the academy. Watch Ed Wood, Blow, Fear and Loathing; just pick a movie prior to Pirates when he was just considered a hottie and hadn't been noted as a very capable actor. Marlon-freaking-Brando didn't call him the best actor of his generation for no reason. Brando.



Brando.