10 Actors You Won’t Believe Don’t Have Oscars

8. Tom Cruise

Mission Impossible 3 Tom Cruise
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Say what you will about the man€™s personal beliefs, but damn does Tom Cruise make entertaining movies. The issue with him is that he seems to take failure very personally, and has shied away from more dramatic characters in recent years.

Whether because of their lack of box office success or the absence of an Oscar win, Cruise has almost exclusively turned to action movies. Gone are the years between 1990 and 2000 when he was nominated for three Oscars. Now, we€™re seeing less of the captivating Tom Cruise from Jerry Maguire, Collateral, and Magnolia and more of the generic action star Tom Cruise from Jack Reacher and Oblivion.

It really is a shame, because he€™s proven to be a very strong dramatic actor when he wants to be. The religious beliefs aren't helping his image but if he, even briefly, moved away from blockbuster fare, it's likely the voters would find a way to look past it and reward him.

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