Top 25 Best Actor Nominees that Lost Oscar

[667Jules]

Jason you are amazing.

[3Axy10Est13]

Leonardo Dicaprio in The Aviator, Al Pacino in The Godfather ll, Dustin Hoffman in Lenny, Brad Pitt in Fight Club?

[lightingcobra]

@3Axy10Est13 Brad Pitt wasn't nominated for Fight Club, so he doesn't count

[3Axy10Est13]

@lightingcobra Great performance though, I still think Kevin Spacey deserved the oscar but Brad should of been right there behind him.

[syspicturesco]

well ....i think that Marlon Brando, Robert De niro, Al Pacino, Clark Gable , Humphrey Bogart and Denzel Washington deserved to win the Oscar..........Unlucky for them.......they are all great and talented actors !!!!!!

[Seanopp7]

LEONARDO DICAPRIO FOR THE AVIATOR!?!???!!

[Seanopp7]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON RUSSELL CROWE!!!

[zarco1977]

the problem is for example, brando did Streetcar in 51 as Monty did a place in the sun, and who won was Bogart for the african queen...Of course the best performance was brando´s, but neverthless difficult choice. And Brando should have won in 53 with Julius Caesar, or in 52 with Viva Zapata...those performances changed the history of acting

[Danazawa]

As a realistic,compassionate, understanding, protrayal of mental illness Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind ranks with Ben Stiller's performace as `Simple Jack' in Tropic Thunder.

[YJPY]

Pretty good list. If it was a top 30 here's what I would've put

26. Jimmy Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

27. Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl

28. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

29. Gene Kelly - Anchors Aweigh

30. Ron Moody - Oliver

[casanova2469]

wats the name of the score in the beginning of the video???

[MrSpotlight101]

Al Pacino- Godfather Part 2

Robert Deniro- Taxi Driver

Daniel Day Lewis- Gangs Of New York

Denzel Washington- Malcom X

Ralph Fiennes- The English Paitent

Edward Norton- American History X

Tom Hanks- Cast Away

Russell Crowe- A Beautiful Mind

Brad Pitt- The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

[3Axy10Est13]

@MrSpotlight101 great list but i would replace Curious case of ben button with fight club, replace Tom Hanks with Leonardo dicaprio in The Aviator. I completely agree with your #1 choice and alot of your others, Al Pacino in The Godfather part ll is best performance ever!

[PeaceFan1]

Great List and thank you for including the GREAT Richard Burton who SHOULD HAVE won for Virginia Woolf along side the GREAT Elizabeth Taylor who rightly won ....AMAZING performance ..xoxo

[JasonMovieGuy]

@PeaceFan1 Thanks, I am glad you saw what I did :)

[krebskandidat]

I'm missing Bill Murray in Lost In Translation, Russel Crowe in The Insider and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction here (although Hanks was the right one to win that year).

[Thorne42]

Top three for me would be: 3: Denzel Washington for Malcolm X. 2: Al Pacino for Godfather Part II. And number one would have to be Marlon Brando for Last Tango In Paris. His performance in that film is for me the greatest film performance ever given by an actor. Really good list though! But I don't understand why Clerk Gable was so high. He was brilliant in Gone With The Wind, but at number three? Surely there have been better oscar nominated performances than his.

[jjalith]

Oh my gosh beautiful Montgomery Clift! I started crying when I saw that...

[markedwardindc]

I totally agree with number 15, James Dean in "East of Eden" -- a wonderful movie with great performances throughout!

[3Axy10Est13]

Al Pacino in The Godfather part ll, Edward Norton in American History X, Leonardo Dicaprio in The Aviator, Christian Bale in American Psycho, and Cillian Murphy wasnt even nominated for The Wind That Shakes The Barley...Cillian Murphy deserved an oscar for The Wind That Shaked The Barley I would put Marlon Brando at #3 on this list Al Pacino deserves #1 spot.

[WeaponXXIV]

Henry Fonda should have won in 1940. James Stewart deserved it in 1939 over Clark Gable in my opinion

[Mexiqtioner66]

18. fun fact

Dustin Hoffman improvised that. the taxi cab was not supposed to show up and did not follow the FILMING signs, and when it pulled up Hoffman improved on spot

11. De Niro did not know that he was being filmed and improved that in the heat of the moment

4. The Famous line "here's looking at you kid" was also improved

[Guamparrapo83]

Hello??? Al Pacino in The Godfather 2?

[syspicturesco]

@Guamparrapo83 i think that he was better in the third part !!! =D but you are right he was also good in the second part

[PixeledVision2011]

#2 and #14 shouldve been 1 and 2 in my opinion

[THendrix1224]

Clark Gable lost for "Gone With the Wind" to Robert Donat who won for "Goodbye Mr. Chips". I don't think Gable was cheated. Donat was excellent in that film.

[corbandioxide]

al pacino? godfather 2?

[jeconn71]

Would you put Mickey Rourke on your top 30, I might've shown leniency since a couple of actors were on here multiple times (for good reasons of course), nice list...

[loumaTROM]

Pacino was robber many oscars but I think that for dog day afternoon competing against nicholson in one flew over the cuckoo's nest it would have been tie :/

Nice videos you got here anyway

[lundholmproduction]

Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard, Julianne Moore for far from Heaven, Johnny Deep for everyting he every made nominated of not he never ever made a bad performance.

[margonca17]

100% agree, but the Gable and Dean are the big lost, who win that years?.... nobody remember, her names gone with the wind... :0

[ADounce]

What music did you use starting at 1:05?

[markedwardindc]

I totally agree with Charlie Chaplin, Henry Fonda and James Dean (I think "East of Eden" is one of the best movies, ever!) -- and it is still amazing to me, even after all these years, that RIchard Burton and Orson Welles did not win; I don't know if Clark Gable ever deserved the title "Best Actor," but you can tell that he is having one hell of a good time playing Rhett Butler, and it is so much fun to watch him in that role! Thanks for this wonderful list of "also-rans!"

[YoungFrankenstein]

Chaplin shoulda won for The Great Dictator

[thenewmodfather]

Mickey Rourke The Wrestler?????????

[wasteland70]

great video!

[AgnethaFaltsTheQueen]

I disagree with you on many in the list but completely agree with nr.1.Al pacino for Godfather 2,DDL for Gangs Of Newyork,Edward Norton for American History should be there.

[emmycrooke94]

what about liam neeson in schindler's list losing out to tom hanks in philadelphia.

[vadimzdonutube]

pacino should be on this list for godfather part 2 not dog day afternoon

[Pedropaulocastilho]

And Richard Burton (one of the best performances of cinema history) lost for... Paul Scofield... JOKE!

[AStopMotionChannel]

I honestly was expecting Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain to be at number one. O.o Oh well. Very good picks nonetheless. :D

[lopezfan24]

the scene that was shown for midnight cowboy wasnt in the script

[iamme611]

Great video. Wish you had included who won that year because I am curious now. ;) I agree Brando is number one. Monty Clift was nominated that same year I believe. Both so good!

[morningbeverage]

I agree with all of these, but where's Nicolas Cage in Adaptation?

[andrewdisney1]

What's the Music at the Beginning?

[Wired4Life2]

Peter O'Toole's loss to Gregory Peck in '62 isn't that bad; most ppl would go either way. However, a crime is obvious in '68, when Cliff Robertson (Uncle Ben from Spiderman) beat his performance in "lion in Winter". That loss should have been on here; then no one would complain his losing 7 times

[Migels1000]

I Agree with Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie), James Dean, Paul Newman, Robert De Niro and yes,yes, YES! with Peter OToole, I Think there's no Gregory Peck (Great) who could defeat O'Toole.

Great Vid :)

[linado1994]

It serves me right! Gable and Brando should have won this oscar in 1939 and 1951. What a shame that they didn't. (with Humprey Bogart in Oscar 1951, I think he was awarded because he had lost his Oscar in Casablanca)

[ANAKINVALLON]

I just discover your videos and I thnik theyre really good (Althought they could go better in video quality and edition). And it seems your'e a very very well iinformed movies lover. Good for you. Keep on that.

For me you didnt include three of the gretest:

Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)

Jude Law (Cold Mountain)

George Clooney (Up in The Air)

But anyway, that´s your decision.

Hope you keep doing videos like those.

[JasonMovieGuy]

@ANAKINVALLON Thank you so much for the comments! Yes I will be making more, my next chapter is for the Top 25 Non-Nominated performances and films. This is a project I am doing for the LA Times. It's been a lot of fun. I do apologize about the quality of the videos, some of the clips are the only ones available I can find. And Yes Daniel Day-Lewis was the BIG omission I realized I had forgot (:-O) but best actor was the hardest one, as there were so many men to choose from.

[ritsfata]

@JasonMovieGuy And you also missed Jeremy Renner, Hurt Locker. One of my favorite roles of all time.

[Pedropaulocastilho]

@ANAKINVALLON Jude Law? George Clooney? Filling nominations.

[Pedropaulocastilho]

Concerning to James Stewrt, I prefer his role in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington". There was robbed in this Oscar.

Concerning Peter O'Toole, I prefer hs role in "The Lion In Winter"". Also was robbed (Who is Cliff Robertson?)

Denzel was robbed too for "The Hurricane", but, really, the BIG JOKE was in 1992.

[pokerhulk52]

@ANAKINVALLON and Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"



[ANAKINVALLON]

@pokerhulk52 Actually, I prefer Penn. In fact, I think Sean Penn (One of the greatest actors) could have ge robbe the Oscar in 2004 fairer by Jude Law or even Bill Murray.

I simply love his performance as Harvey Milk. And not, Im not gay :-P

(Btw, as I used to say to anothers around here, Im sorry if theres any gramatical mistake, Im from Mexico and I need to perfect my english But movies knows no limits right???)

[a308936]

I was waiting for #1 the entire time and glad it came... :)

[thedubliner02]

why no daniel day-lewis from gangsof new york

[JasonMovieGuy]

@thedubliner02 He was VERY close! Would be in my top 30. Clift edged him out.