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on 13 May 2012 04:50

 
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Great Actor Without An Oscar.....

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Average listal rating (2970 ratings) 8.7  
1. Johnny Depp
Nominated 3 Times.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,Finding Neverland,Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Should have won for Pirates of Caribbean, Ed Wood

Next Exciting Ventures;

The Lone Ranger

Personal Favourite Performance:

From Hell

Verdict:

Unfortunate to see one of the best Actors of all time empty handed..

santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (1266 ratings) 8.3  
2. Robert Downey Jr.
Nominated 2 Times:

Tropic Thunder,Chaplin

Should have won for: Tough and I guess His best is yet to come.

Next Exciting Ventures:

The Iron Man 3

Personal Favourite Performance:

Chaplin

Verdict:

Mmmmm Better Luck with some meaningful roles.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (2346 ratings) 7.9  
3. Brad Pitt
Nominated 3 Times:

Moneyball, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Twelve Monkeys

Should have won for: Moneyball

Next Exciting Ventures:

Killing Them Softly, World War Z, Twelve Years a Slave, The Counselor

Personal Favourite Performance:

Seven, Fight Club

Verdict:

Bad Luck Simply unlucky to be left out.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (1896 ratings) 6.4  
4. Tom Cruise
Nominated 3 Times:

Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, Born on The 4th of July

Should have won for: Valkyrie

Next Exciting Ventures:

One Shot, All You Need Is Kill, Mission: Impossible 5

Personal Favourite Performance:

Valkyrie

Verdict:

Don't deserve yet.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (369 ratings) 8  
5. Tom Hardy
Nominated None:

Should have won for: Warrior

Next Exciting Ventures:

Lawless, Mad Max: Fury Road

Personal Favourite Performance:

Inception, Warrior, Bronson,The Dark Knight Rises

Verdict:

Surely one of the next big things.
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Nominated 3 Times:

Blood Diamonds, The Aviator, What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

Should have won for: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Shutter Island,Blood Diamond

Next Exciting Ventures:

Django Unchained, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Great Gatsby

Personal Favourite Performance:

Inception, Blood Diamond

Verdict:

The wait has been for too long and unfortunately that is clear from the disappointing J Edgar.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (1653 ratings) 7.4  
7. Matt Damon
Nominated 2 Times:

Invictus, Good Will Hunting

Should have won for: Probably The Informant!

Next Exciting Ventures:

Promised Land, Elysium

Personal Favourite Performance:

The Bourne Series, The Departed.

Verdict:

The best writing screenplay award not withstanding, the talented actor should lift himself for bigger platform.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (608 ratings) 7.2  
8. Paul Giamatti
Nominated 1 Time:

Cinderella Man

Should have won for: Cinderella Man, Barney's Version

Next Exciting Ventures:

Twelve Years a Slave, Saving Mr. Banks

Personal Favourite Performance:

Cinderella Man, Barney's Version, The Illusionist

Verdict:

One of the best supporting actor around. It's a pity he did not even get a nomination for Berney's Version.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (1346 ratings) 8.4  
9. Edward Norton
Nominated 2 Times:

American History X, Primal Fear.

Should have won for: American History X, Fight Club

Next Exciting Ventures:

Moonrise Kingdom

Personal Favourite Performance:

American History X, Fight Club, 25th Hour.

Verdict:

A great mystery to me how did he miss on Fight Club and American History X.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (1415 ratings) 8.3  
10. Gary Oldman
Nominated 1 Time:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Should have won for: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Léon: The Professional

Next Exciting Ventures:

Lawless, Monster Butler,Paranoia

Personal Favourite Performance:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Léon: The Professional

Verdict:

One of the most under rated actors in Hollywood.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (1192 ratings) 7.9  
11. Liam Neeson
Nominated 1 Time:

Schindler's List

Should have won for: Schindler's List,

Next Exciting Ventures:

Taken 2

Personal Favourite Performance:

Schindler's List

Verdict:

No oscar for Schindler's List, I don't know
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (912 ratings) 8  
12. Ralph Fiennes
Nominated 2 Times:

Schindler's List , The English Patient

Should have won for: Schindler's List,

Next Exciting Ventures:

Skyfall, The Invisible Woman

Personal Favourite Performance:

Schindler's List, In Bruges , Quiz Show

Verdict:

It's shame for the Academy for overlooking him over Schindler's List
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (637 ratings) 7.6  
13. John Malkovich
Nominated 2 Times:

In the Line of Fire , Places in the Heart

Should have won for: In the Line of Fire

Next Exciting Ventures:

Red 2

Personal Favourite Performance:

Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading.

Verdict:

Hard to tell...
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (382 ratings) 7.4  
14. Sam Rockwell
Never Nominated.

Should have won for: Moon

Next Exciting Ventures:

A Single Shot

Personal Favourite Performance:

Moon, Matchstick Men ,

Verdict:

At least deserved a nomination for Moon.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (326 ratings) 7.6  
15. Guy Pearce
Never Nominated.

Should have won for: Memento

Next Exciting Ventures:

Lawless, Iron Man 3

Personal Favourite Performance:

Memento, LA Confidential

Verdict:

At least deserved a nomination for Memento.
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (422 ratings) 7.3  
16. John Turturro
Never Nominated.

Should have won for: Barton Fink

Next Exciting Ventures:

Gods Behaving Badly, Fading Gigolo

Personal Favourite Performance:

Barton Fink, Secret Window, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing , O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Verdict:

Again a bloody great actor...
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (824 ratings) 7.8  
17. Viggo Mortensen
Nominated once

Eastern Promises

Should have won for: The Road

Next Exciting Ventures:

The Last Voyage of Demeter

Personal Favourite Performance:

A History of Violence, The Eastern Promises

Verdict:

The Prince Aragorn is a charming one...
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (2119 ratings) 7.7  
18. Jim Carrey
Never Nominated.

Should have won for: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ,The Truman Show

Next Exciting Ventures:

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Personal Favourite Performance:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ,The Truman Show

Verdict:

He is a good actor besides being incredibly funny
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (402 ratings) 6.9  
19. Brendan Gleeson
Never Nominated.

Should have won for: In Bruges

Next Exciting Ventures:

An Ordinary Man

Personal Favourite Performance:

In Bruges

Verdict:

I just loved him in "In Bruges"
santanu's rating:

Average listal rating (1009 ratings) 6.9  
20. Danny DeVito
Nominated Once.

Erin Brockovich

Should have won for:

Next Exciting Ventures:

Triplets

Personal Favourite Performance:

The Rainmaker.

Verdict:

Hmmm he really reserved more nominations...
santanu's rating:



A Never Ending List. So Just choosing the tip of the Iceberg. Did not include the more obvious and Legendary Snubs by Academy.....

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Comments

Posted: 9 months, 1 week ago at Aug 19 14:37
danny devito didn't played in goodfellas
Posted: 9 months, 1 week ago at Aug 20 9:01
yaah right thanks for the correction I got mixed up with Joe Pesci...

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