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

11. Johnny Depp

He's more known for formulaic collaborations with Tim Burton these days, but Johnny Depp also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Rightly so too; he's one of the most talented character actors for a generation, critically acclaimed in a plethora of lead roles, but despite being nominated three times for the Oscars, Depp has never actually won one. Depp earned the nods in 2003 for Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean), 2004 for J. M. Barrie (Finding Neverland) and 2007 for Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), but lost out on each occasion to Sean Penn (Mystic River), Jamie Foxx (Ray) and Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) respectively. He's also never won a BAFTA and has only won one Golden Globe, for Sweeney Todd; considering he's more popular with the public than critics, is it really that shocking? No, but surely a man as gifted as Johnny Depp should have won an Academy Award. As it is, his most famous association with awards ceremonies is probably his appearance at the Golden Globes in 2011, when Ricky Gervais publicly stated his movie The Tourist. Maybe an Oscar one day win could change all of that?
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