Actors who deserve their first oscar nomination

[CinephileParticipant Joined: Sep 25th, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 540 View Predictions]

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I’m not sure if this thread already exists but i’m putting out here my pick: James McAvoy.

His performances in Atonement, The Last King of Scotland and Filth were incredible and of course his acting in Spilt was so great. He is one of the most underrated actors, i’m hoping he gets in the recognition he so greatly deserves sooner rather than later.

Any other actors?

 

 

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[Noah ArlingtonParticipant Joined: Nov 24th, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 436 View Predictions]

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Oscar Isaac

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[tommyParticipant Joined: Jun 15th, 2011 Topics: 68 Posts: 22273 View Predictions]

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Emily Blunt
Richard Gere
Hugh Grant
Liev Schreiber

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[sofanParticipant Joined: Oct 1st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1565 View Predictions]

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Elle Fanning

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[1avengersParticipant Joined: Apr 20th, 2017 Topics: 2 Posts: 22 View Predictions]

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I second Emily Blunt.

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 98 Posts: 12708 View Predictions]

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Donald Sutherland is the most obvious example that comes to mind. I second James Mcavoy!

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[JaysParticipant Joined: Dec 15th, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 534 View Predictions]

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Emily Blunt

Jim Carrey

Robin Wright

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[VeraDoyleParticipant Joined: Mar 1st, 2017 Topics: 11 Posts: 304 View Predictions]

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Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper, Café Society, Clouds of Sils Maria, Into the Wild, Adventureland, Still Alice, Camp X-Ray, Panic Room, Certain Women)

Jamie Lee Curtis (Blue Steel, Halloween, A Fish Called Wanda, True Lies, Trading Places, Freaky Friday, My Girl)

James McAvoy (Split, Filth, Atonement, The Last Station, The Last King of Scotland, Becoming Jane, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby)

Scarlett Johansson (Don Jon, Her, Match Point, Under the Skin, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Lost in Translation, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Ghost World, A Love Song for Bobby Long)

Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada, Sicario, The Girl on the Train, The Jane Austen Book Club, Sunshine Cleaning, The Young Victoria, Looper)

Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Memoirs of a Geisha)

 

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[DaKardiiParticipant Joined: Jan 12th, 2018 Topics: 79 Posts: 915 View Predictions]

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sofan wrote:

Elle Fanning

I don’t think Fanning has reached Oscar worthiness just yet. Her closest time to getting Oscar recognition was in Trumbo, but she didn’t stand out enough for critics to focus on her. Bryan Cranston stole the show from everybody else.

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[DaKardiiParticipant Joined: Jan 12th, 2018 Topics: 79 Posts: 915 View Predictions]

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Anonymous wrote:

Donald Sutherland is the most obvious example that comes to mind. I second James Mcavoy!

Sutherland should’ve received nominations for MASH, Don’t Look Now, Steelyard Blues, Ordinary People, and Without Limits.

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[AwardsConnectKeymaster Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3653 View Predictions]

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Mia Farrow

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[DaKardiiParticipant Joined: Jan 12th, 2018 Topics: 79 Posts: 915 View Predictions]

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If I were to list all the actors who got snubbed at the Oscars despite performances that got them nominated in other major awards ceremonies, this post would be longer than most academic papers.

So, I’m just going to focus on the actors who I believe should have received Oscar nominations at this point, but are not having much luck for one reason or another.

1) Isla Fisher. Keeps losing roles to Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain (I suspect this, it’s not confirmed) despite having legitimate acting chops outside of comedic roles (if she had more screentime in Nocturnal Animals, she probably would have won Best Supporting Actress last year). When she is cast in adaptations of previously published works, her character has much less screentime than she would have had the film been faithful to the source material (The Great Gatsby, Nocturnal Animals). Her husband and the Academy have a checkered history, so that could be a problem as well.

2) Bryce Dallas Howard. She’s to Jessica Chastain what Isla Fisher is to Amy Adams. I would also make the same argument regarding Jake Gyllenhaal and Christian Bale, but Jake was once nominated for Brokeback Mountain.

3) Steven Ogg. He mostly focuses on The Walking Dead, but if he transitioned into films full time, he would probably become the next Michael Shannon. Now, if only Michael Kelly didn’t have Ogg’s looks…

4) Jon Hamm. Do I even need to explain this one?

5 and 6) The Hemsworth Brothers. It’s gonna happen eventually for both of them.

7) John Goodman. If I don’t need to explain Jon Hamm or the Hemsworth brothers, I definitely don’t need to explain John Goodman.

 

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[sofanParticipant Joined: Oct 1st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1565 View Predictions]

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DaKardii wrote:

I don’t think Fanning has reached Oscar worthiness just yet. Her closest time to getting Oscar recognition was in Trumbo, but she didn’t stand out enough for critics to focus on her. Bryan Cranston stole the show from everybody else.

The Beguiled and The Neon Demon had nomination-worthy performances by her. Dare I say she’d been a more deserving nominee this year than Allison Janney.

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[MaxwellParticipant Joined: Jan 27th, 2015 Topics: 3 Posts: 189 View Predictions]

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So many! Mia Farrow, Donald Sutherland, Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Robin Wright, John Cusack, Richard Gere, Kevin Bacon, Maria Bello, Danny Glover, Billy Crudup, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Turturro, Ziyi Zhang, Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, Irrfan Khan, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean-Pierre Trintignant, Toni Servillo, Alfred Molina, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gambon, Jonathan Pryce, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Nighy, Olivia Colman, Gabriel Byrne, David Thewlis, Timothy Spall, Ewan McGregor, and Guy Pearce. On the younger side, Gael García Bernal, Greta Gerwig, Paul Dano, Oscar Isaac, James Avoy, David Oyelowo, Scarlett Johansson, and Emily Blunt.

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[DaKardiiParticipant Joined: Jan 12th, 2018 Topics: 79 Posts: 915 View Predictions]

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This post was previously posted once before, but for some reason, it is not visible because it “it needs to be approved by a moderator.” All I did was edit it to bold some of the words! Anyway…

If I were to list all the actors who got snubbed at the Oscars despite performances that got them nominated in other major awards ceremonies, this post would be longer than most academic papers.

So, I’m just going to focus on the actors who I believe should have received Oscar nominations at this point, but are not having much luck for one reason or another.

1) Isla Fisher. Keeps losing roles to Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain (I suspect this, it’s not confirmed) despite having legitimate acting chops outside of comedic roles (if she had more screentime in Nocturnal Animals, she probably would have won Best Supporting Actress last year). When she is cast in adaptations of previously published works, her character has much less screentime than she would have had the film been faithful to the source material (The Great Gatsby, Nocturnal Animals). Her husband and the Academy have a checkered history, so that could be a problem as well.

2) Bryce Dallas Howard. She’s to Jessica Chastain what Isla Fisher is to Amy Adams. I would also make the same argument regarding Jake Gyllenhaal and Christian Bale, but Jake was once nominated for Brokeback Mountain.

3) Steven Ogg. He mostly focuses on The Walking Dead, but if he transitioned into films full time, he would probably become the next Michael Shannon. Now, if only Michael Kelly didn’t have Ogg’s looks…

4) Jon Hamm. Do I even need to explain this one?

5 and 6) The Hemsworth Brothers. It’s gonna happen eventually for both of them.

7) John Goodman. If I don’t need to explain Jon Hamm or the Hemsworth brothers, I definitely don’t need to explain John Goodman.

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