Top 5 actors you didn't know got Oscar nominations

[StraxStrax]

Mostly because it wasn't for acting

5. Peter Reigert (The Mask, Animal House) for directing the short film By Courier

4. Sean Astin (LotR) for directing the short film Kangaroo Court

3. Peter Weller (Robocop) for directing the short film Partners

A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.

2. Jeff Goldblum (ID4, Jurassic Park) for directing the short film Little Suprises

1. Walton Goggins (The Shield, Justified) for producing the short film The Accountant. Walton Goggins did win the award

The film tells the story of an accountant whose mathematical skills just might save the O'Dell family farm. The accountant takes the O'Dell brothers on a journey that explores the plight of America’s family farms and hidden corporate conspiracies.

 

[HipHopStan]

Ryan O'Neal was nominated for an Oscar for Love Story.

He's mostly known today for this scene/hit YouTube video/meme:



He was also in a relationship with the late Farrah Fawcett for a long time as well.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

1. Walton Goggins (The Shield, Justified) for producing the short film The Accountant. Walton Goggins did win the award

The film tells the story of an accountant whose mathematical skills just might save the O'Dell family farm. The accountant takes the O'Dell brothers on a journey that explores the plight of America’s family farms and hidden corporate conspiracies.

this little tidbit saved the thread

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Has any oscar nominated actor received a nomination or won a razzie before?

 

[TKOK]

Has any oscar nominated actor received a nomination or won a razzie before?

dunno about Actors, but Halle Berry won for Catwoman.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Has any oscar nominated actor received a nomination or won a razzie before?

dunno about Actors, but Halle Berry won for Catwoman.

And Sandra Bullock

 

[jdubnyce]

Has any oscar nominated actor received a nomination or won a razzie before?

last year i think; Redmayne was nominated for danish girl and jupiter ascending

 

[HipHopStan]

dunno about Actors, but Halle Berry won for Catwoman.

And she showed up to the ceremony to accept her award....with her Oscar.

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

And she showed up to the ceremony to accept her award....with her Oscar.

Classy .. although her cursing seemed forced.

 

[TheGodling]

#1 should be Eric Roberts for obvious reasons. Although people might know because I try to remind people of Eric Roberts' greatness every opportunity I get.

 

[Big Dick]

Stallone has a handful of oscar noms and a storage unit full of razzie noms and wins even though I personally think they unfairly hate on him even though he has had some ridic bad performances.

 

[Knights89]

Casey Affleck for Jesse James
John C Reily for Chicago, Queen Latifah was also nominated for a role in it as well
Ken Watanabe for Last Samurai