15 Cinema Legends You Won't Believe Have Never Won Oscars

7. Liam Neeson

He's played Aslan, Obi-Wan Kenobi's master, Oskar Schindler and even Zeus, but still the big authority figure of Hollywood, Liam Neeson, doesn't have an Oscar in his trophy cabinet. Schindler's List was nominated for 12 Academy Awards in 1994, scooping seven, including Best Picture and Best Director for Steven Spielberg. In the Best Actor category though, Neeson was pipped to the award by Tom Hanks (Philadelphia); Ralph Fiennes was also beaten to Best Supporting Actor, along with Leonardo DiCaprio, by Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive). Neeson was also nominated for a Golden Globe that year, but that particular Best Actor gong also went to Hanks. In fact, Neeson's trophy cabinet isn't particularly full at all; perhaps most surprisingly, he's never won a BAFTA either. Again, he was nominated for his part as Oskar Schindler, but that award went to Anthony Hopkins (Shadowland). Maybe the most notable award he's ever picked up is Best Actor at the Irish Film awards, for Kinsey; better than nothing, I guess.