The Academy Award is probably the most commercial prize in Hollywood – especially at the beginning of a career; winning an Oscar implies a flourishing career full of possibilities, development opportunities and, inseparable from it: a lot of money. Along with the “Palme d’Or”, the highest prize of the Cannes Film Festival, Oscar is the most prestigious prize in the film industry. Many filmmakers and actors wait a lifetime for one of these awards.
This circumstance is also because only 2 actors can win an Oscar every year: One for Best Leading Role, and one for Best Supporting Role, each taken into account separately by gender – this equally implies that the remaining 8 actors go home with empty pockets. One has been privileged to watch many great personalities play throughout recent film history.
Hollywood is like the history books: everybody remembers the winner, not the second-place finisher or even the third-place finisher. Plus, you will be surprised how many highly respected actors have yet to take home an Oscar! So, this is the list of 10 actors who have never won an Oscar, even though they are universally revered as iconic for their performing arts.
Yeah, you are surprised to see his name here. Richard Gere has never been nominated for an Oscar, much less won one. This is because he was banned from the Academy after he publicly made comments against China during the award ceremony in 1993. Richard Gere became a father for the first time at the age of 50, naming his son Homer James Jigme.
He visited refugees during the Kosovo crisis as part of a charitable project. Richard Gere has not eaten red meat for 30 years but continues to claim that he is not a vegetarian. Fun Fact: Gere’s middle name is “Tiffany,” his mother’s birth name.
Oscar Nominations:
- NONE