Iconic Actors Who Never Won an Academy Award

Roadhouse

Roadhouse might be the film that helped kick Patrick Swayze into the action world, but Sam Elliott also had a prominent role in the film. He plays a bar bouncer and Swayze's mentor and foil character. It's one of Swayze's most renowned films, but Elliott's role wasn't exciting enough to land him any traction.

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The More You Know

  • During the filming of Snow Buddies (an ‘Air Bud’ spinoff), five puppies died.
  • In the first draft of the Back to the Future screenplay, the time machine wasn't a Delorean, it was a refrigerator.
  • Darth Vader only has 12 minutes of screen time in the original Star Wars.
  • The real Frank Abagnale Jr. appears in Catch Me If You Can as the French policeman who arrests Leo.
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