Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

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Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:36pm

Which movie actors have never been nominated for an Oscar, despite their OUTSTANDING talent?

Stanley Tucci
Jim Carrey
Dick Van Dyke
Paul Giamatti

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--Aristotle

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:36pm

Carol Channing

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:38pm

Carol WAS nominated for Thoroughly Modern Millie...

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:38pm

IMDB "Thoroughly Modern Millie."

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:40pm

....ok, Carol Brady then. Never knew that Carol was nominated. Thanks for the info, I learned something.

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Updated On: 7/6/05 at 03:40 PM

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:45pm

Who is Carol Brady?

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:45pm

How about Kevin Bacon?

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:50pm

Gary Oldman

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:52pm

Carol Brady = Not important.

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:57pm

I was going to say Gary Oldman too!

Kevin Bacon? The Air up There......

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:59pm

Steve Martin

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 4:00pm

Ed Wood

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 4:03pm

I'd have to second Gary Oldman!

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 4:05pm

Yay for Baddadnpa!!!!! Let's show some love for Edward D. Wood Jr.

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 4:15pm

As many amazing roles as Gary's done.. *Sigh* He's still an amazing actor, the only thing he has going against him right now is movie selection. None of the movies he's done lately are really Oscar-worthy. Of course, if Johnny Depp can get a nod for PotC...

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 4:39pm

Kevin Bacon was at least as good as Tim Robbins and Sean Penn in Mystic River, who both won Oscars.. Seeing that movie a second time makes me think it was not Tim's best performance...that would be "Shawskank". Morgan Freeman should have won for that movie, too...and Anthony Hopkins for "Remains of the Day" and Jeff Bridges should have been nominated for "The Big Lebowski"...don't get me started.

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:13pm

I third Gary Oldman.

Tim Roth

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:20pm

sherman hemsley

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:24pm

Jennifer Jason Leigh

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:25pm

Charro

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:32pm

I would have to agree with Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Has anyone here seen her performance in "Last Exit to Brooklyn"?

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:40pm

I'll second PSH...I was just going to mention him, but I guess JRB beat me to it!

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:43pm

I'll second Jennifer Jason Leigh and Philip Seymour Hoffman and add Billy Crudup, Christian Bale, Parker Posey and Alfred Molina. I'll add more as I think of them.

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:47pm

Oooh, good choices, MEF!! Hmmm...I need to come up with some of my own rather than just saying "good picks." Ummm...how about Mary-Louise Parker? Though it seems like a lot of her film work isn't necessarily Oscar (nod) worthy.

ETA: Has William H. Macy gotten an Oscar nomination? I don't think so...If not, I'll add him to my list too!

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But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)

Updated On: 7/6/05 at 05:47 PM

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re: Great Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar

Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:48pm

Marquise, I was actually thinking of "Last Exit to Brooklyn" when I suggested Jennifer Jason Leigh...she was devastating in that movie.