Noteworthy Performances Oscar Seemed to Miss (Third Edition)
Submitted by allegheny on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 06:42
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- John Hurt as Bird O'Donnell (The Field)
- Jeff Daniels as Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain (Gettysburg)
- Martin Sheen as Gen. Robert E. Lee (Gettysburg)
- Richard Jordan as Br. Gen. Lewis Armistead
- Dimjon Hounsou as Cinque (Amistad)
- Benedict Cumberbatch as William Pitt The Younger (Amazing Grace).
- Iaon Gruffudd as William Wilberforce (Amazing Grace)
- Robert Duvall as Boss Spearman (Open Range)
- Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar (American Splendor)
- Lee Ermey as D.I. Hartmann (Full Metal Jacket)
- Robert Shaw as Capt. Quint (Jaws)
- Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare (Shakespeare In Love)
- Jonathan Pryce as Lytton Strachey (Carrington)
- Edward Woodward as George "Breaker" Morant (Breaker Morant)
- Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy (Thirteen Days)
- Ian Holm as Mitchell Stevens (The Sweet Hereafter)
- Derek Jacobi as The Chorus (Henry V)
- John Malkovich as King Charles (Stuart) II (The Libertine)
- Brian Kieth as Theodore Roosevelt (The Wind and The Lion)
- Liam Neeson as Michael Collins (Michael Collins)
- Sean Connery as Col. Arbuthnot (Murder of the Orient Express)
- Eli Wallach as Duco (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
- Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett (The Alamo)
- Robert Downey Jr. as Paul Avery (Zodiac)
- Robert Downey Jr. as James Barris (A Scanner Darkly)
- Richard Griffiths as Hector (The History Boys)
- Jon Turturro as Bernie Bernbaum (Miller's Crossing)
- Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
- Gene Hackman as Royal Tenenbaum (The Royal Tenenbaums)
- Warren Beatty as Senator Bulworth (Bulworth)
- Don Cheadle as Raymond "Mouse" Alexander (Devil In A Blue Dress)
- John Goodman as Walter (The Big Lebowski)
- John Hurt as Giles Death (Love and Death on Long Island)
- Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer (Matchstick Men)
- Christopher Plummer as Mike Wallace (The Insider)
- James Mason as Dr. John Watson (Murder By DeCree)
- Laurence Harvey as William Barret Travis (The Alamo)
- Gary Oldman as Stansfield (Leon: The Professional)
- Max Von Sydow as Nels Gudmundsson (Snow Falls on Cedar)
- Dustin Hoffman as Louis Vega (Papillon)
- Chazz Palmentari as Sonny LoSpecchio (A Bronx Tale)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Sam Krichinsky (Avalon)
- Cary Grant as Dr. Proctorius (People Will Talk)
- Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven (The Philadelphia Story)
- Maureen O'Hara as Mary-Kate Danaher (The Quiet Man)
- John Cusack as Rob Gibson (High Fidelity)
- John Neville as Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron Von Munchausen (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
I would also mention Giamatti's even more bizarre snubbing for Sideways, a film the academy nominated two other actors from. His exclusion from the Oscars was nearly cruel.
it seems we are in total agreement with Robert Downey Jr in Zodiac
I also second AAA's above post !
Yeah, I looked at Giamatti in a lenghty clip of Sideways, and thought, how was he NOT even nominated? However, I haven't seen the whole film, so until I do honestly see all of it, I can't make a 'nod' for them. And Downey not getting nominated for his turn as Avery, for Best Supporting, just disappoints me. It's not a total loss since he's cleared his drug habit and he's been given an intriguing couple roles. Downey's always going to be an indie/cult film darling, so it's not a big deal loss.
What about Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood? That was an excellent performance.
Haven't seen the film yet. Perhaps when I see it and surmise it for myself, I will add him.