Some actors deliver great performances and get showered with awards. Others deliver great performances and just get hosed.
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Of course, not everyone can win an Oscar; otherwise, the awards wouldn't mean anything. But when you look at the actors and actresses who were denied an Oscar despite a record of consistently great work, you have to wonder what the Academy was thinking.
Whether they were overshadowed or completely robbed, these are the best actors who have never been honored with that coveted gold statue.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
1994: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"; lost to Tommy Lee Jones, "The Fugitive"
2005: Nominated for Best Actor, "The Aviator"; lost to Jamie Foxx, "Ray"
2007: Nominated for Best Actor, "Blood Diamond"; lost to Forest Whitaker, "Last King of Scotland"
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Johnny Depp
2004: Nominated for Best Actor, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"; lost to Sean Penn, "Mystic River"
2005: Nominated for Best Actor, "Finding Neverland"; lost to Jamie Foxx, "Ray"
2008: Nominated for Best Actor, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
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Tom Cruise
1990: Nominated for Best Actor, "Born on the Fourth of July"; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, "My Left Foot"
1997: Nominated for Best Actor, "Jerry Maguire"; lost to Geoffrey Rush, "Shine"
2000: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Magnolia"; lost to Michael Caine, "The Cider House Rules"
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Brad Pitt
1996: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "12 Monkeys"; lost to Kevin Spacey, "The Usual Suspects"
2009: Nominated for Best Actor, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; lost to Sean Penn, "Milk"
2012: Nominated for Best Actor, "Moneyball"; lost to Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
2012: Nominated for Best Picture, "Moneyball" (along with Michael Deluca and Rachael Horovitz); lost to Thomas Langmann, "The Artist"
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Julianne Moore
1998: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "Boogie Nights"; lost to Kim Basinger, "L.A. Confidential"
2000: Nominated for Best Actress, "The End of the Affair"; lost to Hilary Swank, "Boys Don't Cry"
2003: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "The Hours"; lost to Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Chicago"
2003: Nominated for Best Actress, "Far From Heaven"; lost to Nicole Kidman, "The Hours"
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Glenn Close
1983: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "The World According to Garp"; lost to Jessica Lange, "Tootsie"
1984: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "The Big Chill": lost to Linda Hunt, "The Year of Living Dangerously"
1985: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "The Natural": lost to Peggy Ashcroft, "A Passage to India"
1988: Nominated for Best Actress, "Fatal Attraction"; lost to Cher, "Moonstruck"
1989: Nominated for Best Actress, "Dangerous Liasons"; lost to Jodie Foster, "The Accused"
2012: Nominated for Best Actress, "Albert Nobbs"; lost to Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
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Joaquin Phoenix
2001: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Gladiator"; lost to Benicio del Toro, "Traffic"
2006: Nominated for Best Actor, "Walk the Line"; lost to Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
2013: Nominated for Best Actor, "The Master"; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
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Edward Norton
1997: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Primal Fear"; lost to Cuba Gooding, Jr., "Jerry Maguire"
1999: Nominated for Best Actor, "American History X"; lost to Roberto Benigni, "Life is Beautiful"
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Annette Bening
1991: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "The Grifters"; lost to Whoopi Goldberg, "Ghost"
2000: Nominated for Best Actress, "American Beauty"; lost to Hilary Swank, "Boys Don't Cry"
2005: Nominated for Best Actress, "Being Julia"; lost to Hilary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby"
2011: Nominated for Best Actress, "The Kids Are All Right"; lost to Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
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Ed Harris
1996: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Apollo 13"; lost to Kevin Spacey, "The Usual Suspects"
1999: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "The Truman Show"; lost to James Coburn, "Affliction"
2001: Nominated for Best Actor, "Pollock"; lost to Russell Crowe, "Gladiator"
2003: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "The Hours"; lost to Chris Cooper, "Adaptation."
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Sigourney Weaver
1987: Nominated for Best Actress, "Aliens"; lost to Marlee Matlin, "Children of a Lesser God"
1989: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "Working Girl"; lost to Geena Davis, "The Accidental Tourist"
1989: Nominated for Best Actress, "Gorillas in the Mist"; lost to Jodie Foster, "The Accused"
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Harrison Ford
1985: Nominated for Best Actor, "Witness"; lost to William Hurt, "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
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Albert Finney
1964: Nominated for Best Actor, "Tom Jones"; lost to Sidney Poitier, "Lilies of the Field"
1975: Nominated for Best Actor, "Murder on the Orient Express"; lost to Art Carney, "Harry and Tonto"
1984: Nominated for Best Actor, "The Dresser"; lost to Robert Duvall, "Tender Mercies"
1985: Nominated for Best Actor, "Under the Volcano"; lost to F. Murray Abraham, "Amadeus"
2001: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Erin Brockovich"; lost to Benicio del Toro, "Traffic"
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Michelle Pfeiffer
1989: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "Dangerous Liasons"; lost to Geena Davis, "The Accidental Tourist"
1990: Nominated for Best Actress, "The Fabulous Baker Boys"; lost to Jessica Tandy, "Driving Miss Daisy"
1993: Nominated for Best Actress, "Love Field"; lost to Emma Thompson, "Howards End"
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John Travolta
1978: Nominated for Best Actor, "Saturday Night Fever"; lost to Richard Dreyfuss, "The Goodbye Girl"
1995: Nominated for Best Actor, "Pulp Fiction"; lost to Tom Hanks, "Forrest Gump"
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Gary Oldman
2012: Nominated for Best Actor, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"; lost to Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
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Robert Downey, Jr.
1993: Nominated for Best Actor, "Chaplin"; lost to Al Pacino, "Scent of a Woman"
2009: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Tropic Thunder"; lost to Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
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Liam Neeson
1994: Nominated for Best Actor, "Schindler's List"; lost to Tom Hanks, "Philadelphia"
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Will Smith
2002: Nominated for Best Actor, "Ali"; lost to Denzel Washington, "Training Day"
2007: Nominated for Best Actor, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; lost to Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
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Mark Wahlberg
2007: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "The Departed"; lost to Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
2011: Nominated for Best Picture, "The Fighter" (along with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman); lost to Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, "The King's Speech"
