# Without looking it up, how many Oscar nominees have been in Marvel films? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700 "2014-04-22T18:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/61 "2017-04-11T19:25:05Z")
3 new Marvel films this year mean (based on the IMDB cast lists) the following additions: Cate Blanchett Jeff Goldblum Sylvester Stallone Ken Watanabe ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/62 "2017-07-28T23:05:16Z")
Oscar nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne will be in Ant-Man and the Wasp ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/63 "2017-07-29T01:38:39Z")
I saw the heading, so asked my 17 and 19 year old sons. They pretty much got everybody from the movies. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/64 "2017-11-06T19:09:41Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > 3 new Marvel films this year mean (based on the IMDB cast lists) the following additions: > > Cate Blanchett > Jeff Goldblum > Sylvester Stallone > Ken Watanabe In a bizarre turn, the Ken Watanabe in the just-released **Thor: Ragnarok** is a _different_ person by that name, so he’s out. But if you’ve seen it, you know that Matt Damon makes an uncredited cameo, so he’s in! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/65 "2017-11-07T18:07:52Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > In a bizarre turn, the Ken Watanabe in the just-released **Thor: Ragnarok** is a _different_ person by that name, so he’s out. But if you’ve seen it, you know that Matt Damon makes an uncredited cameo, so he’s in! Is it sad that as soon as I saw that seen, I thought to myself “I need to post to that topic!” I also went and looked up if Sam Neil was nominated for an Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/66 "2017-11-08T23:49:00Z")
Did anyone mention Glenn Close for Guardians? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/67 "2017-11-27T15:16:31Z")
Jude Law (nominated for Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain) has been cast in Captain Marvel. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/68 "2018-01-23T15:22:15Z")
New nominees are out, and we can now add Sam Rockwell (Iron Man 2) and Daniel Kaluuya (Black Panther) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/69 "2018-01-25T18:55:30Z")
Let’s also give props to the first Director nomination for Guillermo Del Toro ( **Blade 2** ). He joins Kenneth Branagh (_Thor_) and Ang Lee (_Hulk_) as the only people who have directed a Marvel movie and received an Oscar nod for Best Director. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/70 "2018-01-26T00:00:46Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > He joins Kenneth Branagh (_Thor_) and Ang Lee (_Hulk_) as the only people who have directed a Marvel movie and received an Oscar nod for Best Director. Should half a point go to Taika Waititi? (Still, though: all the _possibilities!_ Spider-Man, written and directed by Woody Allen! Moon Knight, by way of the Coen Brothers! She-Hulk, by Quentin Tarantino!) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/71 "2018-01-26T00:17:26Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Should half a point go to Taika Waititi? Honorable mentions go to these directors of Marvel movies who are Oscar nominees/winners in other categories Gavin Hood (_X-Men Origins: Wolverine_) - Best Foreign Language Film winner (_Tsotsi_, South Africa) Joe Johnston (_Captain America: The First Avenger_) - Best Visual Effects winner (_Raiders of the Lost Ark_) James Mangold (_The Wolverine_) - Best Adapted Screenplay nominee for this year’s **Logan** Tim Miller (_Deadpool_) - Best Animated Short nominee Taika Waititi (_Thor: Ragnarok_) - Best Live Action Short nominee Joss Whedon (_The Avengers_) - Best Original Screenplay nominee (_Toy Story_) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/72 "2018-01-26T00:27:46Z")
Oh, and we might as well mention that the Marvel Cinematic Universe\* is officially the movie franchise with the most Oscar nominations in history without a win. Guardians of the Galaxy (2 nods) Iron Man (2) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (1) Doctor Strange (1) Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (1) Iron Man 2 (1) Iron Man 3 (1) Marvel’s The Avengers (1) 10 nominations total so far (8 for Best Visual Effects) \*[Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe) says Raimi’s Spider-Man movies are outside this universe. The 2nd installment did win Best Visual Effects ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/73 "2018-03-10T06:34:35Z")
Janet McTeer’s role on JESSICA JONES seems worth a mention. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/74 "2018-05-09T22:47:05Z")
[Annette Bening joining the cast of Captain Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=721553) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/75 "2018-05-09T22:51:13Z")
Also, I, uh, hear that Brie Larson is going to be in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/76 "2018-05-09T23:21:26Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Let’s also give props to the first Director nomination for Guillermo Del Toro ( **Blade 2** ). He joins Kenneth Branagh (_Thor_) and Ang Lee (_Hulk_) as the only people who have directed a Marvel movie and received an Oscar nod for Best Director. George Lucas produced Howard the Duck. Can we count that one? Men in Black is a Marvel property so we can add Spielberg, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/77 "2018-11-12T13:03:42Z")
Bumping because, to err on the side of caution, VENOM stars Tom Hardy along with Michelle Williams, plus — I’m not sure this is really a spoiler — Woody Harrelson. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/78 "2018-11-27T20:32:40Z")
The animated **Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse** (opening next month) features the following additions: Nicolas Cage Hailee Steinfeld Lily Tomlin ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/79 "2018-11-27T20:36:56Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Men in Black is a Marvel property so we can add Spielberg, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn. Well, TLJ was already in (the first Captain America film) and if you add the MIB sequels, that expands to Emma Thompson, too. And neither Spielberg nor Lucas directed a Marvel film, which was the threshold we were looking at for the other list. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700/80 "2019-01-09T18:11:08Z")
So the Oscar nominations come out later this month and it seems that very likely new additions will include A STAR IS BORN’s Sam Elliott (_Hulk, Ghost Rider_) CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?'s Richard E. Grant (_Logan_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700.md?page=5)