10 Incredibly Talented Actors Who Will Never Win An Oscar

4. Edward Norton

One thing that the film industry does not forgive easily is an actor who makes waves. In the case of Edward Norton, it involves trying to exert more creative control over his films than the directors and producers are entirely comfortable with. Back when he made American History X, he turned in a breathtakingly vulnerable performance, but he also disagreed with the direction of the movie so much that he ended up working on the final cut with a different editor, and the original director Tony Kaye campaigned to get his name taken off the credits. More recently, he was cast as Hulk in The Incredible Hulk, and despite a respectable box office showing, the decision was made to hire Mark Ruffalo for the role when the time came to make The Avengers. While they've never come right out and given a reason for his dismissal, it's more than likely that there was some serious conflict between the opinionated actor and the Marvel producers. No matter how good of an actor he is, and no matter how much some people like to work with him, there's still that niggling reputation that he has as being "difficult" that will always hurt his chances of winning an Oscar.