10 Worst Oscar Winning Actors Ever
The Academy screwed up.
When it comes to the movie awards circus, one thing's for sure: the Oscars can't please everyone. By the sheer nature of the competition, the Academy Awards are inherently divisive, and when the movie or performance you've been passionately cheerleading doesn't win, it's easy to start attacking the actual winner as not worthy of a gold statue.
But what about those rare instances where a genuinely bad, mediocre or utterly forgettable "talent" manages to scoop an acting Oscar, resulting in an enduring embarrassment for the Academy?
Whether these 10 actors triumphed through dubious means or just stopped caring once they won the award, not a single one of them has delivered the career full of home-runs you'd both hope for and expect from someone deemed "Oscar-worthy".
It's easy to lose perspective in the insanity of the Oscar race, but with the benefit of hindsight, it's tough to imagine what Oscar voters were thinking when they gave these utterly unremarkable talents the world's most prestigious acting honour...