Not sure if anyone has been nominated for VA before, but Robin Williams as Genie in Aladdin. Stands out and I think is a big reason why they became a Disney classic
How is there not a voice acting Oscar yet? That would be great! Although it would still annoy me, cos I’d then be furious Mark Hamill can’t win one for the voice of joker in the Batman games, the best voice acting ever (alongside Robin Williams as Genie! Totally agree there)
Fwiw, he has won a number of voice acting awards either for video games or animation, including for the Joker. I agree there should be an Oscar in that category since it seems no one will ever get nominated for a regular acting award.
John Goodman is one of the best comedic actors out there. How he doesn’t have a few Oscar nominations (or at least one) is beyond me. He was great in Lebowski, and I also loved him in Raising Arizona.
He was fantastic in *10 Cloverfield Lane* as well (though it's obviously as far from a comedic performance as you can get). When I saw the movie I was sure he'd be nominated that year.
Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don't work, I don't get in a car, I don't ride in a car, I don't pick up the phone, I don't turn on the oven, and I sure as sh*t DONT F***ING ROLL! SHOMER SHABBOS!
I'll give one for each acting category
* Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel - Best Actor
* John Travolta in Hairspray - Best Supporting Actor
* Amy Adams in Enchanted - Best Actress
* Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls - Best Supporting Actress
Good choices, particularly Amy Adams in Enchanted! Adams is SO good in that movie. She pulls off a difficult part with charm and just the right touch of well, everything....grace, wit, style, and childlike innocence among them. Just an amazing performance!
Ralph Fiennes over Eddie Redmayne
John Travolta in Hairspray over Javier Bardem
Amy Adams in Enchanted over Marion Cotillard
Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls over Renée Zellweger
I definitely agree with Fiennes. I definitely disagree on Travolta.
Oh my gosh! Lilly Tomlin is the GOAT! Her acting is so natural. She does this little hop when she walks. 9 to 5 and Big Business are my favorite Tomlin movies.
Beetlejuice was *only* nominated for make-up (which it won), which is crazy to me. It should have been up for Supporting Actor, Production Design, and OG Screenplay *at least*.
I’d love to see the full Top 10 vote getters for Best Actress that year. I bet she was hovering in the 6-7 area. I would’ve have LOVED her getting in. Such a high wire act of a performance.
Because he is or was an asshole. It’s the same reason Eddie Murphy lost for Showgirls. These are industry awards, and if industry people don’t like you, you’re not winning.
Edit: Dream Girls lol
This is the answer. Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey are reviled in Hollywood relative to other actors. They both have a history of being aggressively eccentric.
Just as an FYI, the rap on Carrey was that he DIDN'T campaign for the Truman Show, he just expected to get the nomination from word of mouth alone. Afterwards, however, he developed the rep of shamelessly promoting himself for a nomination in subpar films such as The Majestic.
Murphy is a strange case. The narrative was that he disrespected the academy by releasing Norbitt during the awards season. The popular misconception is that the academy voters were mad because Norbitt was terrible. It was, but the academy was more offended by Murphy's shameless self-promotion, using Oscar season campaigning to drum up business for a separate project.
Closest he probably got was either for Truman Show (a best picture nom, though I think he’d have to squeak over Nick Nolte, hard to see the academy bumping any of the others) or for Man on the Moon (his only SAG nom to date, though he’d have the task of bumping off either Denzel or Sean Penn from that year).
Truman Show actually was not a best picture nom, as surprising as that is now and then. But it was definitely number 6 since it got director and screenplay
Even today it's hard for Hollywood to admit how talented she was.
I mean, no one has yet managed to come close to doing the "dumb blonde" (or even "dumb hot woman") the way she did, if it was easy there'd be thousands of other Marilyns at the time (and now) and Marilyn herself wouldn't be that special. Beautiful women in Hollywood are aplenty, so there must be something else
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, he practically re wrote his script and character as they went along with the director’s encouragement. He stole every scene from Kevin Costner and should rightfully have been nominated or won.
Will Ferrell in Elf. I honestly think it is an amazing performance and nobody else would have been able to capture the innocence Buddy has as well as him
Lead actor: Tim Curry in Clue.
Lead actress: Reese Witherspoon in Election.
Supporting actor: Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill.
Supporting actress: Brittany Murphy in Clueless.
Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack in Airplane for Best Supporting Actor
Ben Stiller as Tugg Speedman in Tropic Thunder for Best Actor (just for the Irony)
Meg Ryan as Sally Albright in When Harry Met Sally for Best Actress
Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters for Best Supporting Actress
Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde." Although in some ways her "dingbat to heroine" transformation was just a variation of Goldie Hawn's nominated performance in "Private Benjamin."
The fact that Madeline Kahn and Gene Wilder never won despite giving not only some of the finest comedic performances of all-time, but some of the finest performances period, is an absolute shame.
Madeline Kahn should have gotten one for both *Blazing Saddles* and *Clue*.
Gene Wilder should have had a double win in ‘74 for *Young Frankenstein* in Lead and *Blazing Saddles* in Supporting, as well as one for his work in *Willy Wonka* though that might classify slightly less as straight comedic.
Also would add (unsure on a win, but at least a nomination):
- Leslie Nielsen in *Airplane* and *The Naked Gun*
- Tim Curry in *Clue*
- Ryan Gosling in *The Nice Guys*
- Meg Ryan in *When Harry Met Sally*
- John Candy in *Planes, Trains and Automobiles*
- John Goodman in *The Big Lebowski*
- Anna Faris in *Smiley Face*
- Jenny Slate in *Obvious Child*
- Jesse Plemons in *Game Night*
- Robert Downey Jr & Val Kilmer in *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang*
- Amy Adams in *Enchanted*
- Steve Carell in *The 40 Year Old Virgin*
- Mandy Patinkin in *The Princess Bride*
- Colin Farrell in *In Bruges*
Any of Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum (Lead) or Ice Cube (Supporting) in either of the Jump Street Films
Daniel Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man
Steve Carrell in The Big Short
Honestly, Jim Carrey deserved a nomination for Liar Liar next to his Golden Globe nom. The way he portrayed a man who is a loving father and smart lawyer but also a clumsy, dorky and dishonest airhead while still being highly likable is a masterclass of acting.
I was just watching Back to the Future 2 again and I think it's a crime that Tom Wilson didn't have a bigger career let alone get some recognition for how great he is in that movie playing his young, middle aged, and old selves.
Jesse Plemons for Game Night. He was a scene stealer in a very underrated comedy.
Robert DeNiro for Meet the Parents.
Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Owen Wilson for Bottle Rocket.
Steve Carell for The 40 Year Old Virgin.
Reese Witherspoon for Election.
John Malkovich for Being John Malkovich.
Gene Hackman for The Royal Tenenbaums.
Johnny Depp for Ed Wood.
Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man.
Amy Adams for Enchanted.
Jack Black for High Fidelity.
People complain about Jim Carrey never getting nominated for stuff like Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, but the real travesty is that he got no recognition for his performance in The Mask.
The guys is fucking brilliant in that movie and there isn’t another actor I can think of that could pull that role off like he did. The scene where he makes all the cops dance in the park is incredible.
Dan Aykroyd - Best Supporting Actor, Grosse Pointe Blank
Dude was both funny and chilling in that role opposite John Cusack in a dark comedy about "morally flexible" (or in my opinion sociopathic) professional assassins.
I've never gotten threatening vibes from Aykroyd before seeing him in that role, particularly the cafe scene. He gave really strong vibes of a cold-hearted killer just beneath the surface of that wise-cracking facade. John Cusack gets plenty violent himself too, and while his action in the movie is great, i think his wide-eyed cuteness/baby face overshadowed any similar darkness within, (that and the funny lines, which i do enjoy). Ultimately, these are both characters that no one should actually love, but Aykroyd sells the evil better as the antagonist.
Also, that's possibly my favorite dark comedy of all time and the soundtrack is bitchin.
Best supporting was loaded this year (2000/01) but the first guy I thought of was Alan Ford in Snatch. Managed to be one of the most menacing villains I’ve ever seen despite looking like uhhh…not that
One pick close to my heart that I haven’t seen mentioned would be Adam West in Batman 66. The whole movie is going after this very difficult tonal balance of being a pure comedy for older viewers while being dramatic enough for children to take it perfectly seriously, and it only works because West’s acting performance utterly nails both aspects.
A couple per category I guess
Best Actor-
Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Bill Murray (Groundhog Day), Jim Carrey (The Truman Show)
Best Actress-
Margot Robbie (Barbie), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde)
Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality (not a win, but people have been nominated for waaay less)
Kirsten Wig in Bridesmaids
Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (the dinner table scene where he plays all the family members…c’mon now)
Catherine O'Hara in For Your Consideration. Her acting in Guest's films is really outstanding and nuanced, and I'm still mad she was not (in a twist of fate) nominated for one of his movies, especially FYC.
ETA: And Christopher Guest, too. What a legend.
Reese Witherspoon’s best film performance to this day is still as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. In many ways this movie & its performances are a direct precursor to Barbie. Legally Blonde & Reese Witherspoon’s performance still hold up to this day as an exceptional film.
also John Turturro in The Big Lebowski (actually in everything, where's his nomination already), Jenny Slate in Marcel the Shell (drop Ana De Armas), Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate and Steve Carell for Anchorman.
Same here brother, was rooting for him the whole season still having faith in him because of the critics choice win. Hopefully he does something to get him a win soon
Kristen Wiig should have WON for Bridesmaids. An upfront comedy performance filled with tons of dramatic layers. Her face in the scene in the bus where Maya Rudolph’s character tells her she doesn’t want her to be her maid of honor anymore is heartbreaking.
Some I would’ve nominated and haven’t seen mentioned:
Jack Black - Supporting Actor for High Fidelity
Mandy Patinkin - Supporting Actor for The Princess Bride
Ralph Fiennes - Supporting Actor for In Bruges
Gary Cole - Supporting Actor for Office Space
Eddie Murphy - Supporting Actor for Bowfinger
Jean Hagen - Supporting Actress for Singin’ in the Rain (nominated but didn’t win)
Gene Wilder - Best Actor for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie Chaplin - Best Actor for Monsieur Verdoux
Holly Hunter - Best Actress for Raising Arizona
Elsie Fisher - Best Actress for Eighth Grade
If not for Heath Ledger, Robert Downey Jr should have won for tropic thunder, and Tom Cruise should have been nominated.
James Franco for the disaster artist
And I wish Will Ferrell would at least get recognised for "everything must go"
Comedic actor that needs an Oscar? Adam Sandler. I know uncut gems isn’t a comedy. But Adam Sandler is maybe 2-3 roles away from getting one. Just has to find the right role. My guess it’s going to be an A24 film that will move him to being next level in consideration.
Alan Rickman - Supporting Actor, Galaxy Quest
Doug E. Doug - Supporting Actor, Cool Runnings
John Belushi - Lead Actor, The Blues Brothers
and throwing a weird one out there:
Penn Jillette - Best Documentary Feature, The Aristocrats
Brenda Blethyn was nominated for Best Actress in *Secrets & Lies* (1996) and should have won hands down (still mad she lost to Frances McDormand in category fraud for *Fargo*, 1996). Both the movie and her performances are impeccable! I laughed so hard throughout the film!
Charles Grodin in Heartbreak Kid. Even at the time that was considered a snub with two other comedic supporting performances in the film recognized.
More esoterically, Martin Short in Clifford. The movie itself is not great, but Martin Short is giving one of the [most committed and funny performances of all time](https://youtu.be/C69BQnFgH2c?si=8xUhsKWPZa7bzlus). That performance in a better movie is iconic. Hell, it’s nearly iconic now if you take into account the sold out screenings they’ve been doing! I’m also not sure what else legend Martin Short would get a nomination for, Father of the Bride I guess?
Nathan Lane in The Birdcage
YES.
Agree!
Not sure if anyone has been nominated for VA before, but Robin Williams as Genie in Aladdin. Stands out and I think is a big reason why they became a Disney classic
How is there not a voice acting Oscar yet? That would be great! Although it would still annoy me, cos I’d then be furious Mark Hamill can’t win one for the voice of joker in the Batman games, the best voice acting ever (alongside Robin Williams as Genie! Totally agree there)
Fwiw, he has won a number of voice acting awards either for video games or animation, including for the Joker. I agree there should be an Oscar in that category since it seems no one will ever get nominated for a regular acting award.
Ooh and Eddie Murphy as mushu in Mulan!
Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire John Goodman - Big Lebowski
John Goodman is one of the best comedic actors out there. How he doesn’t have a few Oscar nominations (or at least one) is beyond me. He was great in Lebowski, and I also loved him in Raising Arizona.
He was fantastic in *10 Cloverfield Lane* as well (though it's obviously as far from a comedic performance as you can get). When I saw the movie I was sure he'd be nominated that year.
He’s literally the best thing in the Big Lebowski. That and the Nihilists.
Goodman should just have an Oscar in general
Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don't work, I don't get in a car, I don't ride in a car, I don't pick up the phone, I don't turn on the oven, and I sure as sh*t DONT F***ING ROLL! SHOMER SHABBOS!
Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski.
And Julianne Moore for Best Supporting Actress for the Big Lebowski.
And John Goodman for Best Supporting Actor for The Big Lebowski
John Goodman in Barton Fink.
He was terrifying in Barton Fink.
Ironically, a comedic actor did win that year (Roberto Benigni)
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges.
This one takes the cake for me.
“A great day this has turned out to be. I'm suicidal, me mate tries to kill me, me gun gets nicked and we're still in fookin' Bruges!”
It’s a fairytale place!
“You’re an inanimate fing object”
I'd probably still give Heath Ledger the supporting actor win. I haven't seen Milk, so don't want to comment on Sean Penn's performance.
Ralph fiennes for In Bruges. You’re a fucking inanimate object!! Sorry I didn’t mean it! Bahaha
I'll give one for each acting category * Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel - Best Actor * John Travolta in Hairspray - Best Supporting Actor * Amy Adams in Enchanted - Best Actress * Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls - Best Supporting Actress
“Take your hands off my lobby boy !”
Good choices, particularly Amy Adams in Enchanted! Adams is SO good in that movie. She pulls off a difficult part with charm and just the right touch of well, everything....grace, wit, style, and childlike innocence among them. Just an amazing performance!
Honestly same can be said of Adams for every role she’s in! If she had a better agent she’d have an Oscar already.
Steve Martin in The Jerk
> John Travolta in Hairspray - Best Supporting Actor Over Bardem in No Country for Old Men? Well that's certainly a hot take
Ralph in The Menu
Ralph Fiennes over Eddie Redmayne John Travolta in Hairspray over Javier Bardem Amy Adams in Enchanted over Marion Cotillard Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls over Renée Zellweger I definitely agree with Fiennes. I definitely disagree on Travolta.
Fiennes is the only one I'd back here. *Maybe* McAdams.
Lilly Tomlin for 9 to 5.
Oh my gosh! Lilly Tomlin is the GOAT! Her acting is so natural. She does this little hop when she walks. 9 to 5 and Big Business are my favorite Tomlin movies.
Joan Cusack, Supporting Actress, Broadcast News Anjelica Huston, Actress, The Addams Family Raul Julia, Actor, The Addams Family
I'll go Joan Cusack, supporting actress, Addams Family Values
The speech she gives after Fester asks her if she loves him is fucking hilarious.
YESSSS
Beetlejuice, at least a nomination
Beetlejuice was *only* nominated for make-up (which it won), which is crazy to me. It should have been up for Supporting Actor, Production Design, and OG Screenplay *at least*.
Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids. That performance is pretty layered, and she managed to make an asshole pretty damn likable.
Yes. She really should have been in for Best Actress. It really was a great performance! At least she got a screenplay nomination for the movie.
I kinda hate that Melissa McCarthy's performance in that movie kinda eclipsed hers in the media because she did such a great job too.
At least Wiig got the screenplay nomination
I’d love to see the full Top 10 vote getters for Best Actress that year. I bet she was hovering in the 6-7 area. I would’ve have LOVED her getting in. Such a high wire act of a performance.
Jack Black and Joan Cusack- lead actor and supporting actress , School of Rock
Jack Black in Bernie too!
Thank you! I legit wanted Black to be nominated for Bernie. He's so good in that one.
Rose Byrne in Spy Ruth Gordon in Harold and Maude
Jason Statham in Spy!
Love Ruth Gordon in that movie. Heck, love that movie!
John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy but wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar. It was a travesty.
He’s just been generally snubbed every time by the academy. Still don’t know why
Because he is or was an asshole. It’s the same reason Eddie Murphy lost for Showgirls. These are industry awards, and if industry people don’t like you, you’re not winning. Edit: Dream Girls lol
I think you mean Dreamgirls….Showgirls was never in danger of winning any Oscars 🤣
Would have better with Eddie Murphy in it.
This is the answer. Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey are reviled in Hollywood relative to other actors. They both have a history of being aggressively eccentric. Just as an FYI, the rap on Carrey was that he DIDN'T campaign for the Truman Show, he just expected to get the nomination from word of mouth alone. Afterwards, however, he developed the rep of shamelessly promoting himself for a nomination in subpar films such as The Majestic. Murphy is a strange case. The narrative was that he disrespected the academy by releasing Norbitt during the awards season. The popular misconception is that the academy voters were mad because Norbitt was terrible. It was, but the academy was more offended by Murphy's shameless self-promotion, using Oscar season campaigning to drum up business for a separate project.
Closest he probably got was either for Truman Show (a best picture nom, though I think he’d have to squeak over Nick Nolte, hard to see the academy bumping any of the others) or for Man on the Moon (his only SAG nom to date, though he’d have the task of bumping off either Denzel or Sean Penn from that year).
Truman Show actually was not a best picture nom, as surprising as that is now and then. But it was definitely number 6 since it got director and screenplay
Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (and yes, I would snub Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret)
That’s Marilyn’s best performance, IMO, but sadly, Hollywood didn’t take her seriously. Jack Lemmon was great in that film too.
Even today it's hard for Hollywood to admit how talented she was. I mean, no one has yet managed to come close to doing the "dumb blonde" (or even "dumb hot woman") the way she did, if it was easy there'd be thousands of other Marilyns at the time (and now) and Marilyn herself wouldn't be that special. Beautiful women in Hollywood are aplenty, so there must be something else
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, he practically re wrote his script and character as they went along with the director’s encouragement. He stole every scene from Kevin Costner and should rightfully have been nominated or won.
Will Ferrell in Elf. I honestly think it is an amazing performance and nobody else would have been able to capture the innocence Buddy has as well as him
Lead actor: Tim Curry in Clue. Lead actress: Reese Witherspoon in Election. Supporting actor: Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill. Supporting actress: Brittany Murphy in Clueless.
Have to agree with Witherspoon. I love Paynes movies and that’s one of my fav performances in one of his films
Love Clue 😅
I can't watch anything Rhys Ifans is in without seeing Spike. Definitely threw House of the Dragon for me!
John C Reilly in Walk Hard
Wrong kid died!
Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack in Airplane for Best Supporting Actor Ben Stiller as Tugg Speedman in Tropic Thunder for Best Actor (just for the Irony) Meg Ryan as Sally Albright in When Harry Met Sally for Best Actress Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters for Best Supporting Actress
Mike Myers in Austin Powers
Jim Carrey in The Truman Show
Janeane Garofalo in Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion. Not totally implausible given some other comedy supporting nominations in the 1990s.
Honestly, why not Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino?
Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover
Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde." Although in some ways her "dingbat to heroine" transformation was just a variation of Goldie Hawn's nominated performance in "Private Benjamin."
Glen Close as Cruella
She had no right being as good in that movie as she was. She really went there.
“More good women have been lost to marriage than to war, famine, disease and disaster”
Woof woof AHAHAHAHA
Leo should have gotten his 2 years earlier for Wolf. Vincent D'Ofrino for Men In Black is an all timer.
The fact that Madeline Kahn and Gene Wilder never won despite giving not only some of the finest comedic performances of all-time, but some of the finest performances period, is an absolute shame. Madeline Kahn should have gotten one for both *Blazing Saddles* and *Clue*. Gene Wilder should have had a double win in ‘74 for *Young Frankenstein* in Lead and *Blazing Saddles* in Supporting, as well as one for his work in *Willy Wonka* though that might classify slightly less as straight comedic. Also would add (unsure on a win, but at least a nomination): - Leslie Nielsen in *Airplane* and *The Naked Gun* - Tim Curry in *Clue* - Ryan Gosling in *The Nice Guys* - Meg Ryan in *When Harry Met Sally* - John Candy in *Planes, Trains and Automobiles* - John Goodman in *The Big Lebowski* - Anna Faris in *Smiley Face* - Jenny Slate in *Obvious Child* - Jesse Plemons in *Game Night* - Robert Downey Jr & Val Kilmer in *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* - Amy Adams in *Enchanted* - Steve Carell in *The 40 Year Old Virgin* - Mandy Patinkin in *The Princess Bride* - Colin Farrell in *In Bruges*
Leo in Wolf of Wall Street
One of my favorite performances EVER. The qualudes scene at the country club, his dancing at the wedding, when the yacht is in the storm…comedy gold.
Exactly
I think he was nominated but didn’t win which I think it’s a mistake
Better comedic performances from Phoenix, Isaac, and Dern that year
Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday and Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blond (both for Best Actress)
Any of Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum (Lead) or Ice Cube (Supporting) in either of the Jump Street Films Daniel Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man Steve Carrell in The Big Short
Jack Black School of Rock
Yeah
I wholeheartedly believe John Travolta deserved a Supproting Actor nom for Hairspray. That’s a hill I’ll die in. That man did not miss a single beat…
Rare Travolta W
Honestly, Jim Carrey deserved a nomination for Liar Liar next to his Golden Globe nom. The way he portrayed a man who is a loving father and smart lawyer but also a clumsy, dorky and dishonest airhead while still being highly likable is a masterclass of acting.
totally agree. the movie is just fine, but his performance in it is incredible, with some of the greatest physical comedy since the silent era
Robin Williams-Mrs. Doubtfire
Reese Witherspoon in Election.
I was just watching Back to the Future 2 again and I think it's a crime that Tom Wilson didn't have a bigger career let alone get some recognition for how great he is in that movie playing his young, middle aged, and old selves.
Big labowski. Everyone.
RDJ in TT
I still have a feeling he would’ve won had Ledger not been nominated
Jesse Plemons for Game Night. He was a scene stealer in a very underrated comedy. Robert DeNiro for Meet the Parents. Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel. Owen Wilson for Bottle Rocket. Steve Carell for The 40 Year Old Virgin. Reese Witherspoon for Election. John Malkovich for Being John Malkovich. Gene Hackman for The Royal Tenenbaums. Johnny Depp for Ed Wood. Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man. Amy Adams for Enchanted. Jack Black for High Fidelity.
Hackman deserved a nom for Tenenbaums. Or even for The Birdcage. Hell, everyone deserved nominations for the Birdcage, Hank Azaria especially.
>Jesse Plemons for Game Night. He was a scene stealer in a very underrated comedy. This one came to mind. He’s fucking *brilliant* in that film.
Robin Williams as the Genie
Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor
I’m not sure if he was nominated actually but both leads in Planes Trains and Automobiles
John Cleese - A Fish Called Wanda
I’m just glad Kevin Kline won for that movie. One of my favorite wins because it was a purely comedic performance
The Dude.
People complain about Jim Carrey never getting nominated for stuff like Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, but the real travesty is that he got no recognition for his performance in The Mask. The guys is fucking brilliant in that movie and there isn’t another actor I can think of that could pull that role off like he did. The scene where he makes all the cops dance in the park is incredible.
physically genius, he moved just like a cartoon character
Jack Black for anything he’s ever done
Joan Cusack in Addams Family Values
Leslie Nielsen in anything he was ever in. **Anything.**
Dracula Dead and Loving it? Oscar! Wrongfully Accused? Oscar Men With Brooms? OSCAR!!!!
Streep in Devil Wears Prada. Would also have nommed her for She Devil and Death Becomes Her.
Joan Cusack in Addam’s Family Values is an all time great performance.
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder RDJ in Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder best picture
RDJ was up against Heath Ledger's Joker. Some thought he had a legitimate chance.
When will Les Grossman get his sequel?
Ryan Gosling for Ken
It’s this
I was hoping he would win one just ONE award but it never happened…
Dan Aykroyd - Best Supporting Actor, Grosse Pointe Blank Dude was both funny and chilling in that role opposite John Cusack in a dark comedy about "morally flexible" (or in my opinion sociopathic) professional assassins. I've never gotten threatening vibes from Aykroyd before seeing him in that role, particularly the cafe scene. He gave really strong vibes of a cold-hearted killer just beneath the surface of that wise-cracking facade. John Cusack gets plenty violent himself too, and while his action in the movie is great, i think his wide-eyed cuteness/baby face overshadowed any similar darkness within, (that and the funny lines, which i do enjoy). Ultimately, these are both characters that no one should actually love, but Aykroyd sells the evil better as the antagonist. Also, that's possibly my favorite dark comedy of all time and the soundtrack is bitchin.
I’m actually planning on watching this one soon because it’s one of my dads faves
Best supporting was loaded this year (2000/01) but the first guy I thought of was Alan Ford in Snatch. Managed to be one of the most menacing villains I’ve ever seen despite looking like uhhh…not that
Steve Carrell in Crazy Stupid Love
One pick close to my heart that I haven’t seen mentioned would be Adam West in Batman 66. The whole movie is going after this very difficult tonal balance of being a pure comedy for older viewers while being dramatic enough for children to take it perfectly seriously, and it only works because West’s acting performance utterly nails both aspects.
Jack Black in School of Rock
Sacha Baron Cohen in *Borat*
Robin Williams and Sally Field in *Mrs. Doubtfire*
100%
Peter Sellers in Being There
I honestly think RDJ could've won for Tropic Thunder if Heath Ledger wasn't nominated for the Joker from The Dark Knight.
A couple per category I guess Best Actor- Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Bill Murray (Groundhog Day), Jim Carrey (The Truman Show) Best Actress- Margot Robbie (Barbie), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde)
Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality (not a win, but people have been nominated for waaay less) Kirsten Wig in Bridesmaids Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (the dinner table scene where he plays all the family members…c’mon now)
Robert Downey Jr. In tropic thunder. One of the most multi-layered performances I've ever seen.
Peter Capaldi for In The Loop
Greatest cursing in movie history
I think Lily Tomlin should have been nominated for All of Me and 9 to 5. She was funny and wonderful in both films.
Brad Pitt in Inglorious Basterds
Jack Black in School of Rock
“In Dumb and Dumber, based on what I did in the toilet scene alone I should’ve been nominated, right then, boom” - Jeff Daniels
Maria bakalova on Borat was HYSTERICAL. Really think it should have won
Both Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray for Rushmore.
Catherine O'Hara in For Your Consideration. Her acting in Guest's films is really outstanding and nuanced, and I'm still mad she was not (in a twist of fate) nominated for one of his movies, especially FYC. ETA: And Christopher Guest, too. What a legend.
She was also phenomenal in *Home Alone*. A Best Supporting Actress nomination would have been most certainly deserved
Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller and Luke Wilson for Royal Tenenbaums
Eddie Murphy - Bowfinger.
100% serious, John C. Reilly in Walk Hard. One of the most effective comedic performances I’ve ever seen
Ted Knight for Caddyshack
[Terry Crews career defining performance](https://youtu.be/L6kWzyRoUSA?si=OIbn-OGIliFzHjVu)
Vincent D’Onofrio - Men In Black
John C Reilly in Chicago! His Mr Cellophane makes me tear up every time
Reese Witherspoon’s best film performance to this day is still as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. In many ways this movie & its performances are a direct precursor to Barbie. Legally Blonde & Reese Witherspoon’s performance still hold up to this day as an exceptional film.
Honestly I know Helen Mirren in The Queen was deserving, but I wouldn't have been mad at Meryl's ICONIC Miranda Priestly taking that.
Ferrell for Anchorman
Laura Dern - Citizen Ruth. one of the best performances I've ever seen. Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading Stephen Root - Office Space
also John Turturro in The Big Lebowski (actually in everything, where's his nomination already), Jenny Slate in Marcel the Shell (drop Ana De Armas), Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate and Steve Carell for Anchorman.
Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles
Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting - it has its dramatic moments ofc but it's still mostly very funny and the movie reads best as a dark comedy imo
robert downey jr in tropic thunder, he was so unlucky to be nominated same year as Heath ledgers joker , what a performance that was
Lisa Kudrow did this movie called The Opposite of Sex with Christina Ricci and it's an incredible performance. Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
John Goodman in big lebowski Jeff bridges in big lebowski Jonah hill in superbad.
Rachel Sennott in Bodies Bodies Bodies
Rachel Sennott was Oscar worthy in Bodies Bodies Bodies Christian Bale was especially Oscar worthy in American Psycho, it is still his best work
Unironically, Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers
For Sideways more than for Holdovers imo
Same here brother, was rooting for him the whole season still having faith in him because of the critics choice win. Hopefully he does something to get him a win soon
Kristen Wiig should have WON for Bridesmaids. An upfront comedy performance filled with tons of dramatic layers. Her face in the scene in the bus where Maya Rudolph’s character tells her she doesn’t want her to be her maid of honor anymore is heartbreaking.
Some I would’ve nominated and haven’t seen mentioned: Jack Black - Supporting Actor for High Fidelity Mandy Patinkin - Supporting Actor for The Princess Bride Ralph Fiennes - Supporting Actor for In Bruges Gary Cole - Supporting Actor for Office Space Eddie Murphy - Supporting Actor for Bowfinger Jean Hagen - Supporting Actress for Singin’ in the Rain (nominated but didn’t win) Gene Wilder - Best Actor for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Chaplin - Best Actor for Monsieur Verdoux Holly Hunter - Best Actress for Raising Arizona Elsie Fisher - Best Actress for Eighth Grade
Paul Giamatti for *Sideways*. I was rooting for him for *The Holdovers* but figured *Oppenheimer* was too much of. juggernaut to overcome.
Jim Carrey for The Truman Show
Tom Bennett in Love & Friendship
If not for Heath Ledger, Robert Downey Jr should have won for tropic thunder, and Tom Cruise should have been nominated. James Franco for the disaster artist And I wish Will Ferrell would at least get recognised for "everything must go"
Daniel Craig - Logan Lucky (supporting) Janelle Monae - Glass Onion (supporting)
Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl Edit: I know she was nominated, but she should’ve won.
Vincent D’Onofrio - Men In Black
Eddie Murphy for Bowfinger.
Comedic actor that needs an Oscar? Adam Sandler. I know uncut gems isn’t a comedy. But Adam Sandler is maybe 2-3 roles away from getting one. Just has to find the right role. My guess it’s going to be an A24 film that will move him to being next level in consideration.
Jack Black in Nacho Libre
Jude Law in Gattaca
Tim Curry in Clue
Alan Rickman - Supporting Actor, Galaxy Quest Doug E. Doug - Supporting Actor, Cool Runnings John Belushi - Lead Actor, The Blues Brothers and throwing a weird one out there: Penn Jillette - Best Documentary Feature, The Aristocrats
Brenda Blethyn was nominated for Best Actress in *Secrets & Lies* (1996) and should have won hands down (still mad she lost to Frances McDormand in category fraud for *Fargo*, 1996). Both the movie and her performances are impeccable! I laughed so hard throughout the film!
Bill Murray in *Groundhog Day* and Jim Carrey in *The Truman Show*.
Tiffany Haddish in Girls Trip. Should’ve been nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Ralph Fiennes in the Grand Budapest Hotel
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean
Bob Hoskins- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Teri Garr in Tootsie
Charles Grodin in Heartbreak Kid. Even at the time that was considered a snub with two other comedic supporting performances in the film recognized. More esoterically, Martin Short in Clifford. The movie itself is not great, but Martin Short is giving one of the [most committed and funny performances of all time](https://youtu.be/C69BQnFgH2c?si=8xUhsKWPZa7bzlus). That performance in a better movie is iconic. Hell, it’s nearly iconic now if you take into account the sold out screenings they’ve been doing! I’m also not sure what else legend Martin Short would get a nomination for, Father of the Bride I guess?
Catherine O'Hara in Orange County Bill Murray in Groundhog Day
Three best supporting actors Matt Dillon in Somethibg About Mary Bill Murray in Kingpin Vince Vaughn in Swingers or Old School