Who is the best living actor or actress who will most likely never win an Oscar?
Robert Redford won an Oscar in 1981 for Ordinary People, but as a director, not as an actor. He has been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar only once, for The Sting, in 1974. I’ve always felt that he was underrated as an actor because of his charm and good looks. Now that Redford has largely retired from acting, it’s unlikely that he will ever win an Oscar for a performance. Redford gave particularly great performances in The Sting, for which he won an Oscar nomination, and for all of the following films: The Horse Whisperer Out of Africa The Natural All The President’s Men and my personal favorite, Three Days of the Condor Any of these roles could have won him an Oscar. It’s a shame he never did. He also gave a great performance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but he was overshadowed by Paul Newman in that film, in which Newman gave one of the most memorable performances of his career.
Here is a list of actors who have yet to win an Academy Award:
- Peter O’Toole
- Cary Grant
- Leonardo Dicaprio
- James Dean
- Albert Finney
- Sam Rockwell
- Edward Norton
- Tom Cruise
- Johnny Depp
Here is a list of actresses who have yet to win an academy award:
- Julianne Moore
- Sigourney Weaver
- Annette Benning
- Judy Davis
- Glenn Close
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Julie Walters
- Laura Linney
- Joan Cusack
- Piper Laurie
- Gena Rowlands
- Bette Midler
- Winona Ryder
- Naomi Watts
- Scarlett Johansson
