Iconic Actors Who Never Won an Academy Award

If you thought Leonardo DiCaprio took forever to finally bring home an Oscar win, you'd better believe these stars are also impatiently waiting...

Robert Downey Jr.

It's true, Iron Man himself has never won an Academy Award. Though he's been nominated twice for Tropic Thunder and Chapin at The Oscars, he's never managed to take home the trophy. Considering Downey Jr.'s lengthy filmography, this is a crime.

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The More You Know

  • For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
  • In the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
  • The first-ever animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast in 1981
  • In 2002, Steven Spielberg finally finished college after a 33-year hiatus. He turned in Schindler’s List for his student film requirement.
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