amazing performances not to win oscar

[kristinson]

ok another one of those 3am drunken chats my mates and I had.

what were the best performances not to recieve an oscar,

I came up with

Kevin Bacon :- Murder in the First

Sean Penn:- I am sam (but won with mystic river, weird)

Leonardo Di Caprio :- Blood Diamond or Departed

 

[Elessar]

brad pitt-fight club
Jim Carrey- The Truman Show
Malcom Mcdowell- a clockwork orange
Jimmy Stewart- Vertigo

 

[KeyserSoze]

Dustin Hoffman The Graduate
Jack Nicholson Batman
Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver

 

[KeyserSoze]

Al Pacino Dog Day Afternoon
Denzel Washington Malcolm X

 

[kristinson]

Dustin Hoffman The Graduate
Jack Nicholson Batman
Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver

definately all good shouts, especially nicholson

 

[ffurby]

Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion in the Winter.

How he didn't win for either is beyond me. Should have gotten it for Venus too.

 

[mehro]

Paul Newman in The Verdict

 

[Decotron]

Daniel Day Lewis - In the Name of the Father. Tom fudging Hanks beats him with bad aids!

 

[UnitedRoadRed]

Didier Drogba, Saturday Afternoons in and around the 12 Yard Box

 

[KeyserSoze]

Didier Drogba, Saturday Afternoons in and around the 12 Yard Box

 

[njred]

Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke + The Verdict

 

[kotler]

Didier Drogba, Saturday Afternoons in and around the 12 Yard Box

nice one there mate

edward norton-american history x...I think he was robbed by titanic in that year

 

[lem8sh]

nice one there mate

edward norton-american history x...I think he was robbed by titanic in that year

Great call

 

[Alex]

Daniel Day Lewis - In the Name of the Father. Tom fudging Hanks beats him with bad aids!

Incredible actor

 

[JazzG]

Al Pacino - Godfather 2. Dunno who beat him to it but it must of been a hell of a performance....

 

[IBleedRed]

Dustin Hoffman The Graduate
Jack Nicholson Batman
Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver

anything he does deserves an award