Nominated For An Acting Oscar Yet Never Won
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8 Nominations
2007: Best actor nominee for 'Venus'
1983: Best actor nominee for 'My Favorite Year'
1981: Best actor nominee for 'The Stunt Man'
1973: Best actor nominee for 'The Ruling Class'
1970: Best actor nominee for 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips'
1969: Best actor nominee for 'The Lion in Winter'
1965: Best actor nominee for 'Becket'
1963: Best actor nominee for 'Lawrence of Arabia'
7 Nominations
1978: Best actor nominee for 'Equus'
1970: Best actor nominee for 'Anne of the Thousand Days'
1967: Best actor nominee for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'
1966: Best actor nominee for 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'
1965: Best actor nominee for 'Becket'
1954: Best actor nominee for 'The Robe'
1953: Best supporting actor nominee for 'My Cousin Rachel'
5 Nominations
2001: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Erin Brockovich'
1985: Best actor nominee for 'Under the Volcano'
1984: Best actor nominee for 'The Dresser'
1975: Best actor nominee for 'Murder on the Orient Express'
1964: Best actor nominee for 'Tom Jones'
5 Nominations
1959: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Some Came Running'
1958: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Peyton Place'
1956: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Trial'
1952: Best actor nominee for 'Bright Victory'
1950: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Champion'
4 Nominations
2015: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Boyhood'
2014: Best adapted screenplay nominee for 'Before Midnight'
2005: Best adapted screenplay nominee for 'Before Sunset'
2002: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Training Day'
4 Nominations
1962: Best actor nominee for 'Judgment at Nuremberg'
1954: Best actor nominee for 'From Here to Eternity'
1952: Best actor nominee for 'A Place in the Sun'
1949: Best actor nominee for 'The Search'
4 Nominations
1992: Best actor nominee for 'Bugsy'
1982: Best actor nominee for 'Reds'
1979: Best actor nominee for 'Heaven Can Wait'
1968: Best actor nominee for 'Bonnie and Clyde'
4 Nominations
2019: Best actor nominee for 'At Eternity's Gate'
2018: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Florida Project'
2001: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Shadow of the Vampire'
1987: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Platoon'
4 Nominations
2019: Best actor nominee for 'A Star Is Born'
2015: Best actor nominee for 'American Sniper'
2014: Best supporting actor nominee for 'American Hustle'
2013: Best actor nominee for 'Silver Linings Playbook'
4 Nominations
2003: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Hours'
2001: Best actor nominee for 'Pollock'
1999: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Truman Show'
1996: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Apollo 13'
3 Nominations
2013: Best actor nominee for 'The Master'
2006: Best actor nominee for 'Walk the Line'
1990: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Gladiator'
3 Nominations
2008: Best actor nominee for 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'
2005: Best actor nominee for 'Finding Neverland'
2004: Best actor nominee for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'
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3 Nominations
2012: Best actor nominee for 'Moneyball'
2009: Best actor nominee for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
1996: Best supporting actor nominee for '12 Monkeys'
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3 Nominations
2016: Best actor nominee for 'The Martian'
2010: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Invictus'
1998: Best actor nominee for 'Good Will Hunting'
3 Nominations
2000: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Magnolia'
1997: Best actor nominee for 'Jerry Maguire'
1990: Best actor nominee for 'Born on the Fourth of July'
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3 Nominations
2018: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'
2010: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Messenger'
1997: Best actor nominee for 'The People vs. Larry Flynt'
3 Nominations
2015: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Birdman'
1999: Best actor nominee for 'American History X'
1997: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Primal Fear'
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3 Nominations
2019: Best actor nominee for 'Green Book'
2017: Best actor nominee for 'Captain Fantastic'
2008: Best actor nominee for 'Eastern Promises'
3 Nominations
2012: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Warrior'
1999: Best actor nominee for 'Affliction'
1992: Best actor nominee for 'The Prince of Tides'
3 Nominations
2016: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Spotlight'
2015: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Foxcatcher'
2011: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Kids Are All Right'
2 Nominations
2009: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Tropic Thunder'
1993: Best actor nominee for 'Chaplin'
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2 Nominations
2012: Best supporting actor nominee for 'My Week with Marilyn'
1990: Best actor nominee for 'Henry V'
2 Nominations
1994: Best supporting actor nominee for 'In the Line of Fire'
1985: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Places in the Heart'
2 Nominations
2018: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Shape of Water'
2009: Best actor nominee for 'The Visitor'
2 Nominations
1997: Best actor nominee for 'The English Patient'
1994: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Schindler's List'
2 Nominations
1957: Best actor nominee for 'Giant'
1956: Best actor nominee for 'East of Eden'
2 Nominations
2016: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Creed'
1977: Best actor nominee for 'Rocky'
SwtChaos's rating:

2 Nominations
2017: Best actor nominee for 'La La Land'
2007: Best actor nominee for 'Half Nelson'
2 Nominations
2017: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Nocturnal Animals'
2009: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Revolutionary Road'
2 Nominations
1999: Best supporting actor nominee for 'A Simple Plan'
1997: Best actor nominee for 'Sling Blade'
2 Nominations
1981: Best actor nominee for 'The Elephant Man'
1979: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Midnight Express'
2 Nominations
2016: Best actor nominee for 'Steve Jobs'
2014: Best supporting actor nominee for '12 Years a Slave'
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2 Nominations
2007: Best actor nominee for 'The Pursuit of Happyness'
2002: Best actor nominee for 'Ali'
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2 Nominations
1995: Best actor nominee for 'Pulp Fiction'
1978: Best actor nominee for 'Saturday Night Fever'
2 Nominations
2011: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Town'
2010: Best actor nominee for 'The Hurt Locker'
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2 Nominations
2014: Best actor nominee for 'Nebraska'
1979: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Coming Home'
2 Nominations
1984: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Terms of Endearment'
1983: Best actor nominee for 'The World According to Garp'
2 Nominations
2012: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
1989: Best actor nominee for 'Pelle the Conqueror'
1 Nomination
1995: Best supporting actor nominee for 'Pulp Fiction'
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1 Nomination
1991: Best supporting actor nominee for 'The Godfather Part III'
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Includes actors and actresses who have 1 or more acting nomination however have never won an Oscar/Academy Award for acting in a specific role/movie. Therefore, actors/actresses who have won honorary Oscar's or have won an Oscar as part of the cast for Best Movie can still appear on this list as can those who won humanitarian and honorary Awards. Also, actors/actresses who have won an Oscar in another area such as directing or any other category can also appear on this list.
This list includes actors/actresses who are still living as well as those who have passed.
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This list includes actors/actresses who are still living as well as those who have passed.
Suggestions are always welcome.
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