# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2086
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41705 "2016-02-29T03:27:29Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) 7. Richard Burton (7 nominations) 8. Robert Downey Jr. (another so far) 9. Bradley Cooper (4 nominations, 3 for acting, 1 for producing) 10. Amy Adams (5 nominations so far) 11. Jessica Chastain (2 nominations) 12. Sigourney Weaver (3 nominations) 13. Albert Finney (5 nominations) Pass ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41706 "2016-02-29T04:07:44Z")
New category: Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41707 "2016-02-29T06:04:12Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41708 "2016-02-29T06:34:04Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41709 "2016-02-29T07:39:45Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41710 "2016-02-29T08:49:01Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41711 "2016-02-29T09:45:13Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41712 "2016-02-29T14:21:51Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) 7. Michael Douglas (earned Oscar as Producer of Best Picture winner _ **One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest** _ years before he got an acting Oscar) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41713 "2016-02-29T14:41:38Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) 7. Michael Douglas (earned Oscar as Producer of Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest years before he got an acting Oscar) 8. Orson Welles (Best Original Screenplay, 1941) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41714 "2016-02-29T14:53:37Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) 7. Michael Douglas (earned Oscar as Producer of Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest years before he got an acting Oscar) 8. Orson Welles (Best Original Screenplay, 1941) 9. Christine Lahti (Best Short Subject, _ **Lieberman in Love** _) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41715 "2016-02-29T15:13:50Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) 7. Michael Douglas (earned Oscar as Producer of Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest years before he got an acting Oscar) 8. Orson Welles (Best Original Screenplay, 1941) 9. Christine Lahti (Best Short Subject, Lieberman in Love) 10. Billy Bob Thornton (Best Adapted Screenplay 1996) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41716 "2016-02-29T18:14:51Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) 7. Michael Douglas (earned Oscar as Producer of Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest years before he got an acting Oscar) 8. Orson Welles (Best Original Screenplay, 1941) 9. Christine Lahti (Best Short Subject, Lieberman in Love) 10. Billy Bob Thornton (Best Adapted Screenplay 1996) 11. Mel Gibson (Best Director for _ **Braveheart** _) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41717 "2016-02-29T18:33:07Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) 7. Michael Douglas (earned Oscar as Producer of Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest years before he got an acting Oscar) 8. Orson Welles (Best Original Screenplay, 1941) 9. Christine Lahti (Best Short Subject, Lieberman in Love) 10. Billy Bob Thornton (Best Adapted Screenplay 1996) 11. Mel Gibson (Best Director for _ **Braveheart** _) 12. Jim Rash (Best Adapted Screenplay, _The Descendants_) Rash is best known as the barely closeted dean obsessed with Jeff Winger on _Community_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41718 "2016-02-29T20:26:08Z")
Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar in a non-acting category 1. Robert Redford (Best Director 1981) 2. Kevin Costner (Best Picture & Director 1991) 3. Matt Damon (Best Original Screenplay 1997) 4. Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay 1997, Best Motion Picture 2013) 5. Clint Eastwood (Best Director and Picture 1992 and 2004) 6. Keith Carradine (Best Original Song 1975) 7. Michael Douglas (earned Oscar as Producer of Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest years before he got an acting Oscar) 8. Orson Welles (Best Original Screenplay, 1941) 9. Christine Lahti (Best Short Subject, Lieberman in Love) 10. Billy Bob Thornton (Best Adapted Screenplay 1996) 11. Mel Gibson (Best Director for Braveheart) 12. Jim Rash (Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants) 13. Sofia Coppola (Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation) Next category: Remarks cut from the next-to-final draft of Chris Rock’s opening Oscars monologue 1. “Donald Trump could get a Best Actor Oscar easier than I could.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41719 "2016-02-29T20:34:35Z")
Remarks cut from the next-to-final draft of Chris Rock’s opening Oscars monologue 1. “Donald Trump could get a Best Actor Oscar easier than I could.” 2. “And now here’s Margaret Cho with some jokes about the lack of Asian nominees.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41720 "2016-02-29T21:35:01Z")
Remarks cut from the next-to-final draft of Chris Rock’s opening Oscars monologue 1. “Donald Trump could get a Best Actor Oscar easier than I could.” 2. “And now here’s Margaret Cho with some jokes about the lack of Asian nominees.” 3. “Since black people weren’t nominated for an Oscar this year, we’re taking revenge on the transsexual community by having Tracy Morgan make fun of The Danish Girl. It’s alright that he’s a bigoted homophobic moron cause he got hit by a WalMart truck since then!” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41721 "2016-02-29T21:56:14Z")
Remarks cut from the next-to-final draft of Chris Rock’s opening Oscars monologue 1. “Donald Trump could get a Best Actor Oscar easier than I could.” 2. “And now here’s Margaret Cho with some jokes about the lack of Asian nominees.” 3. “Since black people weren’t nominated for an Oscar this year, we’re taking revenge on the transsexual community by having Tracy Morgan make fun of The Danish Girl. It’s alright that he’s a bigoted homophobic moron cause he got hit by a WalMart truck since then!” 4. “Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah.” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41722 "2016-02-29T23:06:53Z")
]Remarks cut from the next-to-final draft of Chris Rock’s opening Oscars monologue 1. “Donald Trump could get a Best Actor Oscar easier than I could.” 2. “And now here’s Margaret Cho with some jokes about the lack of Asian nominees.” 3. “Since black people weren’t nominated for an Oscar this year, we’re taking revenge on the transsexual community by having Tracy Morgan make fun of The Danish Girl. It’s alright that he’s a bigoted homophobic moron cause he got hit by a WalMart truck since then!” 4. “Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah.” 5. “Hello, my name is Sacheem Littlefeather.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41723 "2016-02-29T23:21:07Z")
Remarks cut from the next-to-final draft of Chris Rock’s opening Oscars monologue 1. “Donald Drumpf could get a Best Actor Oscar easier than I could.” 2. “And now here’s Margaret Cho with some jokes about the lack of Asian nominees.” 3. “Since black people weren’t nominated for an Oscar this year, we’re taking revenge on the transsexual community by having Tracy Morgan make fun of The Danish Girl. It’s alright that he’s a bigoted homophobic moron cause he got hit by a WalMart truck since then!” 4. “Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah.” 5. “Hello, my name is Sacheem Littlefeather.” 6. “The people at Total Beauty who couldn’t tell Oprah from Whoopi in their tweet just now, they must have thought The Color Purple was the most confusing damned movie ever!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41724 "2016-03-01T14:21:58Z")
Remarks cut from the next-to-final draft of Chris Rock’s opening Oscars monologue 1. “Donald Drumpf could get a Best Actor Oscar easier than I could.” 2. “And now here’s Margaret Cho with some jokes about the lack of Asian nominees.” 3. “Since black people weren’t nominated for an Oscar this year, we’re taking revenge on the transsexual community by having Tracy Morgan make fun of The Danish Girl. It’s alright that he’s a bigoted homophobic moron cause he got hit by a WalMart truck since then!” 4. “Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah.” 5. “Hello, my name is Sacheem Littlefeather.” 6. “The people at Total Beauty who couldn’t tell Oprah from Whoopi in their tweet just now, they must have thought The Color Purple was the most confusing damned movie ever!” 7. “The only thing whiter than my tuxedo are the Academy voters.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2085) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2087)