Actors You Won’t Believe Haven’t Won An Oscar

Samuel L. Jackson. Photo by Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock (9643868ij)

This year, Rami Malek took home the Oscar for Best Actor and Spike Lee finally got his Oscar for his work on BlacKkKlansman. Rewind three years and you might remember the iconic moment that Leonardo DiCaprio finally received his award for Best Actor in The Revenant.

DiCaprio isn’t the only talented actor overdue on Academy Award. Here are other actors who you might be surprised to learn have never won their category.

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper didn’t win the Oscar this year for A Star Is Born because unfortunately, Rami Malek’s performance was simply sensational. He also didn’t win for his superb performances in Silver Linings Playbook or American Hustle.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is one of the most well-known names in the movie industry but the actor has never won an Oscar and has only been nominated three times.

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp has played pretty much every role imaginable but he seems to be praised highly for his killer cheekbones and less so his acting skills.

Jake Gyllenhaal 

Jake Gyllenhaal is another actor who has been appearing an awful lot on our screen since we fell in love with him in Donnie Darko. The star has only been nominated once.

Matt Damon

Matt Damon is an incredibly talented actor and has given memorable performances in popular films like The Martian and Good Will Hunting. He has never won an Oscar though.

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in over 100 films and has only ever been nominated once. This was Pulp Fiction and quite frankly, he stole the show so we are not sure what the Academy are playing at.

Brad Pitt

So many opportunities the academy had to reward Pitt, we stopped counting…