20 Good Actors Without Oscars

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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" PHOTOS: Johnny Depp's Past Loves (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

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" READ: Why (Maybe)  John Travolta Called Idina Menzel The Entirely Wrong Name (Reuters)

2012: Nominated for Best Actor, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"; lost to Jean Dujardin, "The Artist" (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

1994: Nominated for Best Actor, "Schindler's List"; lost to Tom Hanks, "Philadelphia" READ: Liam Neeson Reveals Heartbreaking Final Words To Wife (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

1994: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Schindler's List"; lost to Tommy Lee Jones, "The Fugitive" 1997: Nominated for Best Actor, "The English Patient"; lost to Geoffrey Rush, "Shine" (Reuters)

2013: Nominated for Best Actor, "Silver Linings Playbook"; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" 2014: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "American Hustle"; lost to Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" 2015: Nominated for Best Actor, "American Sniper"; lost to Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" 2015: Nominated for Best Picture, "American Sniper" (along with Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar and Peter Morgan); lost to Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopoledouble-dagger, "Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance" (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

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" 2015: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, "Birdman"; lost to J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash." (Reuters)

2006: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "Junebug"; lost to Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener." 2009: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "Doubt"; lost to Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." 2011: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "The Fighter"; lost to Melissa Leo, "The Fighter." 2013: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "The Master"; lost to Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables." 2014: Nominated for Best Actress, "American Hustle"; lost to Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine." (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

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." (Reuters)

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" (Reuters)

1985: Nominated for Best Actor, "Witness"; lost to William Hurt, "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (Reuters)