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.

Legendary Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark spearheaded the Avengers team and many of the relating Marvel movies. He was a character with depth, likeability, and was the driving force behind bringing in new heroes (like Tom Holland's Spiderman) to the team. The difficult decision of killing him off in Infinity War left fans absolutely gutted.

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The More You Know

  • It took only 8 days to film "The Blair Witch Project".
  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
  • Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
  • John Travolta would have played Maverick in Top Gun if his asking price wasn't too high.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.