Which actor or actress listed below that has received at least three Academy Award Nominations for acting and did not win did you think most deserved an Oscar? Only includes living candidates and excludes people that won Honorary Oscars.
Three nominations.
1990: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
1997: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jerry Maguire (1996).
2000: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Magnolia (…
Five nominations.
2006: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Junebug (2005).
2009: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Doubt (2008).
2011: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - The Fighter (2010).
2013: …
Three nominations.
2004: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
2005: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Finding Neverland (2004).
2008: Best Actor i…
Three nominations.
1997: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Primal Fear (1996).
1999: Best Actor in a Leading Role - American History X (1998).
2014: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Birdman or (The U…
Three nominations.
2001: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Gladiator (2000)
2006: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Walk the Line (2005)
2013: Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Master (2012)
Six nominations.
1983: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - The World According to Garp (1982).
1984: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - The Big Chill (1983).
1985: Best Actress in a Supporting Role -…
Four nominations.
1996: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Apollo 13 (1995).
1999: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Truman Show (1998).
2001: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Pollock (2000).
2003: B…
Three nominations.
1987: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Aliens (1986).
1989: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Gorillas in the Mist (1988).
1989: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Working Girl (1…
Three nominations.
2011: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Kids Are All Right (2010)
2015: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Foxcatcher (2014)
2016: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Spotlight (20…
Three nominations.
2013: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
2014: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - American Hustle (2013)
2015: Best Actor in a Leading Role - American Snip…
Three nominations.
1989: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
1990: Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1993: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Love…
Four nominations.
1991: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - The Grifters (1990).
2000: Best Actress in a Leading Role - American Beauty (1999).
2005: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Being Julia (2004…
Three nominations.
2006: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
2011: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Blue Valentine (2010)
2012: Best Actress in a Leading Role - My Week with …
Three nominations.
2001: Best Actress in a Leading Role - You Can Count on Me (2000)
2005: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Kinsey (2004)
2008: Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Savages (2007)
Three nominations.
1992: Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Prince of Tides (1991)
1999: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Affliction (1997)
2012: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Warrior (2011)
Four nominations.
1971: Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Great White Hope (1970)
1977: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - All the President's Men (1976)
1980: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - …
Three nominations.
1983: Best Actress in a Leading Role - An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
1984: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Terms of Endearment (1983)
1994: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Sha…
Three nominations.
1996: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Nixon (1995)
1997: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - The Crucible (1996)
2001: Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Contender (2000)
Three nominations.
1962: Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Hustler (1961)
1977: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Carrie (1976)
1987: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Children of a Lesser God …
Three nominations.
1975: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
1991: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Wild at Heart (1990)
1992: Best Actress in a Supporting Ro…
Four nominations.
1974: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cinderella Liberty (1973)
1978: Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Goodbye Girl (1977)
1980: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Chapter Two (19…
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