Peter O'Toole holds the record for the longest time span between his first and last nominations (44 years), and he also holds the record for the greatest number of nominations without ever winning the Oscar for Best Actor (eight).
English Actor Peter O'Toole has d unique record of never winning an Oscar from his 8 Oscar nominations followed closely by another English actor, Richard Burton, winning none from his 7 nominations in d Best Actor category at d Oscars.
Peter O'Toole was nominated for eight Academy Awards during his distinguished career. He has never won a competitive Oscar, although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented him with an honorary award in 2003.
Peter O'Toole was nominated eight times as Best Actor, and he never won a competitive Academy Award. He received an honorary Oscar in 2003.
Several of them, Winning an Oscar is not a common thing
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Will Smith was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Ali (2001)Will Smith was nominated for the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the only person to have two posthumous acting nominations (although other people had more than one posthumous nomination in other Oscar categories).
Tom Cruise, who has been one of the movie's biggest box-office stars for the past 25 years, has never won an Academy Award despite three nominations. He has been nominated twice for Best Actor for his performances in "Born On the Fourth of July" (1989) and "Jerry Maguire" (1996), and once for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "Magnolia" (1999).
Marlon Brando for The Godfather
Peter O'Toole.
The several Oscar nominees with no wins are Peter O'Toole winning none from 8 nominations received in d Lead Actor category & Deborah Kerr winning none from her 6 nominations in d Best Lead Actress category. Movies with highest nominations winning none r 'The Turning Point' (77) & 'The Color Purple' (85) winning none from 11 nominations received in d history of d Academy Awards.
Jamie Foxx was nominated for both Best Actor (for Ray) and Best Supporting Actor (for Collateral) in 2004, winning for Ray, of course. The only other male actor was Al Pacino who was nominated for both Best Actor (for Scent of a Woman) and Best Supporting Actor (for Glengarry Glen Ross) in 1992, winning for Scent of a Woman.] And yes, both won for playing a blind man in a lead role.
Marlon Brando holds the record for an actor with the most nominations in consecutive years with four. The nominations were as follows (with his Oscar win in bold):Best Actor for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951)Best Actor for "Viva Zapata!" (1952)Best Actor for "Julius Caesar" (1953)Best Actor for "On the Waterfront" (1954)
Male: Jack Nicholson, with 12 nominations. He won twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. Female: Meryl Streep, with 19 nominations. She won twice for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress.
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Yes, he did. He won Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II, and received nominations for Taxi Driver and The Deer Hunter before winning the Best Actor Award for Raging Bull.
According to Wikipedia, Crash (2004) received a total of 60 award nominations, winning 24 of them; 6 out of the 60 were Academy Award nominations, of which 3 were won (for Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Screenplay - Original).
Spencer Tracy won 2 Oscars & Laurence Olivier won 1 from 9 nominations in the Best-Actor award category, & Meryl Streep won a best actor & a supporting actor (Female) Award from 13 & 3 nominations respectively, Katharine Hepburn won 4 from her 12 nominations a performer's unbroken record in the history of the Academy Awards.
Spencer Tracy won nine Best Actor nominations during his distinguished career. Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando are in second place with eight.
Best Original Screenplay
Two: Best Supporting Actor for The Talented Mr. Ripley(1998).Best Actor for Cold Mountain (2003).