15 Cinema Legends You Won't Believe Have Never Won Oscars
3. Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman declared on the Graham Norton Show the other week, perhaps surprisingly, that he was the highest-grossing actor of all time. Though Tom Hanks might have something to say about that, there's no denying that Oldman's had one of the most fruitful careers of any Hollywood actor; he's appeared in the franchises such as Harry Potter and Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, and even made a cameo in sitcom Friends. Oldman has only ever been nominated for one Academy Award though, in 2011; his role as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy eventually lost out to Jean Dujardin in The Artist. His parts in Sid & Nancy, JFK, Bram Stoker's Dracula, True Romance, Leon, The Fifth Element, The Dark Knight and Lawless all went unnoticed by the Oscars though, and given the mixed reviews of RoboCop, that's unlikely to change any time soon. Oldman did however win two BAFTAs for his 1997 movie Nil By Mouth which he wrote, directed and produced in the Best British Film and Best Original Screenplay categories. Apparently, he has as much talent behind the lens as it front of it.
