Iconic Actors Who Never Won an Academy Award

One Role to Rule Them All

McKellen's role as Gandalf is one of his most iconic performances. He plays the kindhearted, though fierce, wizard who helps Frodo Baggins throughout his quest for the ring. Despite his depth as an actor, McKellen has been defined by this role.

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The More You Know

  • Toto was paid $125 per week while filming The Wizard of Oz.
  • Hattie McDaniels was the first Black actor to win an Oscar
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.
  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
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