# Tell me who will win an Oscar.....eventually **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571 "2004-11-25T00:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/21 "2004-11-26T00:03:16Z")
Good point. I can see that happening. Hijack: Are you the same \*\*Rhosis \*\*as the one on TrekBBS? I saw a post by that name in the TOS forum there recently and have been wondering if they’re the same after I realized where I recognized the name from. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/22 "2004-11-26T00:07:17Z")
Guilty! In fact, when your employer (forget her handle) posted about your accident, I asked her the same about you, intending to post the bad news at the TrekBBS so you could hear from your friends there, but I think she replied that she didn’t think it was you, or didn’t know for sure. Apologies to the OP. So that this wont be a total hijack, uh, both Beau and Jeff Bridges will win Lifetime Oscars in the next thirty years. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/23 "2004-11-26T04:37:43Z")
It always strikes me as madly insane that the **X-Men** movies have two Oscar winners in the cast, and none of them are Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, or Brian Cox. If I were any of those people I’d just go on a mean drunk sometime and beat the crap out of Halle Berry. No justice, man. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/24 "2004-11-26T08:15:27Z")
Ashley Judd ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/25 "2004-11-26T13:48:57Z")
Peter O’Toole was nominated something like 4 times: Lawrence of Arabia, Lion in the Winter, Beckett and…uh…My Favorite Year? One of the most underrated actors of the last 40 years.He’s just that good you expect him to always do good and he is always overlooked. Each and every one of them a _stellar_ and \*_brilliant_ performance. And he gets an Honorary Award. I weep. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/26 "2004-11-26T13:57:13Z")
Excuse me: **Seven** Nominations: \*\*Lawrence of Arabia Becket Lion in Winter Goodbye Mr. Chips The Stuntman My Favorite Year \*\* and one I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/27 "2004-11-26T14:16:02Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Excuse me: **Seven** Nominations: > > \*\*Lawrence of Arabia > Becket > Lion in Winter > Goodbye Mr. Chips > The Stuntman > My Favorite Year \*\* > > and one I can’t remember. You forgot \*\*The Ruling Class \*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/28 "2004-11-26T14:22:21Z")
And, in the ultimate example of trivia, here’s a list of the people that he lost to: 1963 (Lawrence of Arabia): Gregory Peck 1965 (Becket): Rex Harrison 1969 (The Lion In Winter): Cliff Robertson 1970 (Goodbye Mr. Chips): John Wayne 1973 (The Ruling Class): Marlon Brando 1981 (The Stunt Man): Robert De Niro 1983 (My Favorite Year): Ben Kingsley ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/29 "2004-11-26T14:30:27Z")
> [@Scruloose](#): > > I tell you what - I was thinking the same thing when I read the OP. The question is, will he do it with Drew Barrymore? > [sub](Win the oscar for a movie with Drew. Get your mind out of the gutter, people)[/sub] I can see her getting a Lifetime Achievement Award simply because she’s a Barrymore. ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/30 "2004-11-26T16:25:44Z")
John Cusack Morgan Freeman (already edging into the we-better-give-him-one-while-he’s-still-alive-category) Edward Norton Natalie Portman ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571/31 "2004-11-26T17:29:09Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > God help me, but Adam Sandler. > > You think it’s impossible? Look at Tom Hanks or Jim Carrey. They started their careers playing moronic goofballs and now Tom Hanks is a double-Oscar winner and Carrey has been getting Oscar buzz for a few years now. > > Plus, Sandler is staring in “Spanglish”, which looks like he’s still trying for dramatic roles. It’s only a matter of time. I hate to admit it, but you are probably right. When Tom Hanks was on “Bosom Buddies”, who’d ever have thought that he would arrive where he is today. If Carrey can put his shtick aside, he could do very well. Once upon a time, I said much the same about Bruce Willis, and he’s doing OK nowadays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-who-will-win-an-oscar-eventually/276571.md?page=1)