Who is the best actor not to win an Oscar?
Waking to the news that Colin Firth won the Best Actor Oscar for his role as George VI in The King’s Speech, I thought it would be fun to consider outstanding acting performances that for one reason or another didn’t win an Oscar.
My nomination is for Sean Connery’s spellbending performance as Brother William of Baskerville in The Name of the Rose (a “palimpsest” of Umberto Eco’s novel of the same title). In fact you can watch the whole film (in pieces) on Youtube:
Other nominations through the comments box please!
In the Dark 
February 28, 2011 at 11:44 am
I would nominate him for a Razzie for the Russia House though.
February 28, 2011 at 11:45 am
Connery that is, not Simon Singh
February 28, 2011 at 11:52 am
The nearest to a posthumous Nobel was Lev Landau’s 1962 Prize for physics, clearly awarded because he seemed in imminent danger of dying from injuries contracted in a car crash. In fact he lived another 6 years, although he never fully recovered.