9 Terrible 2015 Oscar Nominations - Corrected

6. Tom Hardy (Locke/The Drop) Instead Of Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) - For Best Actor

Tom Hardy is often cited as 'the greatest actor of his generation'. His number of Oscar nominations so far? Zero. Perhaps Bronson, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Warrior and Lawless - in all of which Hardy gives blistering, wildly different performances - aren't the type of films to receive much Academy recognition, but Hardy got a little bit more Oscar-friendly this year via a quietly mesmerising turn in gangster flick The Drop and a huge one-man-theatre bit in domestic drama/M6 thriller Locke. Hardy has been getting notice from critics' circles, but for the 2015 Oscar Best Actor nom he's been beaten to the punch, unsurprisingly, by The Imitation Game's Benedict Cumberbatch. Which is, frankly, something of a joke. Not just because Cumberbatch is so uneven in the film (he switches from aloof and arrogant to pained and passionate from one scene to the next), but because his portrayal of Alan Turing isn't even accurate. Whereas Cumberbatch goes vaguely autistic as Turing, channelling Sherlock by way of Mr Spock, the man himself was nothing of the sort. If we're going for Brits to fill Cumberbatch's place, we don't even have to opt for Hardy's superior aforementioneds: Ralph Fiennes, Timothy Spall and Jack O'Connell also missed out to King of the Cumberbitches, despite a revelatory comedic turn in The Grand Budapest Hotel, a career-defining, Cannes-winning performance in Mr. Turner and a raw bit of Hollywood attention grabbing in Unbroken, respectively.