The acting legend has been nominated twice, for his roles in 1998’s Gods and Monsters and 2001’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, but has yet to win one. Don’t cry for him, though; he’s the proud recipient of seven Olivier awards, a Tony, and a Golden Globe.

Samuel L Jackson

Despite having one of the most recognisable voices in Hollywood, Jackson didn’t win in the Best Supporting Actor category when he was nominated for his 1994 performance in Pulp Fiction. Years later, after he failed to get a nod for 2015’s The Hateful Eight, Jackson’s wife, LaTanya Richardson, said that she and her husband had “moved on” from the snub. “I’m disturbed by it all, but we gotta remember: the Oscars is one night,” she added.

Liam Neeson

In 1994, Neeson was up for Best Actor for his career-defining role in the Holocaust drama Schindler’s List. When he didn’t win (that was the year Tom Hanks claimed the first of his two consecutive Best Actor trophies, for Philadelphia and then Forrest Gump) many considered it a major upset.

Ralph Fiennes

Like his Schindler’s List co-star Liam Neeson, Fiennes was nominated for an Oscar in 1994, ultimately losing to Tommy Lee Jones. When he received a second nod, for his leading role in 1996’s The English Patient, he was shut out again, this time by Geoffrey Rush.

Angela Bassett

A Hollywood fixture for 30 years and counting, Bassett received her first – and so far, only – Oscar nomination for leading the 1993 Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It. (She has, on the other hand, received a SAG Award, a Golden Globe, and seven NAACP Image Awards and Emmy Awards each.)

Sigourney Weaver

Weaver has three Oscar nominations to her name for her roles in Aliens, Working Girl, and Gorillas in the Mist. Securing both of the latter in 1989, she became only the fifth actor ever to receive two acting nominations in the same year – but as of now, she still has no wins.