10 Wrestlers You Didn't Know Were In Oscar Nominated Movies

5. Ernest Miller (The Wrestler)

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Fox Searchlight Pictures

Nominated For: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress

As you might imagine, Darren Aronofsky's scarily accurate appraisal of the wrestling industry featured numerous names from the business rubbing shoulders with Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in locker-rooms across heartland America. Notable names including Cesaro, Jay Lethal, The Blue Meanie and R-Truth are all spotted on the indie circuit alongside the aging grappler, the vast majority credited as simply 'Wrestler'.

Ernest 'The Cat' Miller, on the other hand, had top billing as 'The Ram's perennial in-ring rival 'The Ayatollah'. His next film credit, straight-to-video martial arts movie Blood and Bone, surprisingly did not earn any Oscar attention.

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