Best Actor / Actress never to be nominated or win

watching High Fidelity, another snow day. John Cusak, working actor since 1983.
Best working/ living actor never to be nominated for an Oscar?

Some great roles and performances over the years

 

Are we allowed to nominate black actors?

Danny Glover.

 

Sure. What role or just his body of work?

 

Hollywood has been cruel to Pauly Shore. It's a mystery.

 

Harry Dean Stanton?

 

Bill Murray. Certainly not the best actor ever, but he's put together a great body of work, especially in the last 20 years. I still wonder how he didn't even get so much as a nomination for St. Vincent.

 

Putting up with Mel Gibson, mostly.

 

The Telegraph has a pretty good list of 20 actors who never were nominated. Cusak is No. 19. Alan Rickman was No. 7.

The Oscars: 20 best actors who've never been nominated

 

#13 is Jennifer Jason Leigh, just nominated for BSA

 

I think the list is older (doesn't have Rickman as passing away). But apart from Jennifer Leigh, I thought there were three or four on that list that I am honestly surprised they haven't been nominated yet (and a few that I am definitely not surprised haven't been nominated yet).

 

As far as leading men to have never been nominated: Richard Gere for An Officer and A Gentleman
Supporting Actors: Steve Buscemi, Pick one; Alan Rickman, RHPOT and John Cusak, pick one.

I thought Murray was nominated for Hyde on the Hudson (which was an awful movie) and Lost in Translation ... Both of which are awful fucking movies. But yeah, he has a solid body of good to great work.
Although I didn't like a lot of his artsy stuff; the two above mentioned, Life Aquatic ... and Royal Tenenbaums ..


Update: Yep . He was nominated for Lost in Translation ... Bill Murray - Awards - IMDb

 

Buscemi is the only one that actually makes me a little bit angry.