With all the buzz about The Dark Knight (which I really want to see) and Heath Ledger's amazing performance, it got me wondering if the Academy will possibly nominate Ledger for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor. How unfortunate if he won and wasn't able to celebrate.To date, Peter Finch has been the only posthumous Best Actor winner for his role in 1976's Network. He died in January of 1977 at age 60. James Dean, Spencer Tracy, and Massimo Troisi are others who were posthumously nominated for best actor; Dean was nominated twice after he died.
There have been other well-known, and in many cases very talented actors & actresses, who have yet to even be nominated for their acting abilities. According to Moviefone, these are some of the Oscar outcasts:
- John Cusack
- Jim Carrey
- Meg Ryan
- Richard Gere
- Sandra Bullock
- Martin Sheen
- Steve Martin
- Kevin Bacon
- Maria Bello
- Jeff Daniels
- Bruce Willis
- Scarlett Johansson
- Matthew Broderick
- Jeffery Wright
- Donald Sutherland
- Ewan McGregor
- Isabella Rosselinni (Ingrid Bergman's daughter)
- Dennis Quaid
- Steve Buscemi
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
Most of these people honestly don't surprise me that much. They're mostly known for a certain movie genre, and don't have any real scope in their acting abilities. Most of them on this list, not all.
What I've always wondered is why Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Johnny Depp have yet to win Best Actor Academy Awards. They are all fantastic, and have been in some great movies.
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