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Upsets are, and always have been, a core part of the Academy Awards. Such is the nature of Hollywood\u2019s unstoppable output that some deserving films are bound to be omitted year after year. You would think, however, that the industry had started to take notice of Jack Nicholson<\/a> by 2006. <\/p>\n One of cinema\u2019s most iconic names, it isn\u2019t much of a stretch to claim that Jack Nicholson is a bona fide legend of Hollywood, having lent his talents to a litany of utterly beloved masterpieces over the course of his illustrious career. Many of those works, in fact, have earned Nicholson various award nominations. In fact, he has attracted 12 Academy Award nominations<\/a> over the decades, with One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest marking the first of his three Oscar wins.\u00a0<\/p>\n By the standards of most actors, 12 Oscar nominations is the stuff of childhood fantasy. Many incredible actors, after all, go through their entire filmographies without so much as a sniff at the Academy Awards. In the case of Nicholson, though, 12 seems like a surprisingly low amount, given the sheer volume of pictures the actor has appeared in over the years, from his inaugural role in 1958\u2019s The Cry Baby Killer right through to his final major role in 2010\u2019s How Do You Know. <\/p>\n Not all of those films \u2013 certainly not the two just mentioned \u2013 have been masterpieces, of course. Even still, the breadth of that filmography suggests the Academy are guilty of overlooking Nicholson on occasion. <\/p>\n \u201cI certainly have felt robbed many times at the Oscars,\u201d he admitted to Collider<\/a> in 2007. \u201cIt kind of goes with the territory.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Perhaps the most unjust of those snubs came in 2006, when the actor failed to pick up even a nomination for his masterclass performance in Martin Scorsese\u2019s double-<\/a>crossing<\/a> crime drama The Departed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Admittedly, the film itself did rather well at the 2007 Academy Awards, attracting five nominations and walking away with four little gold statues, including the coveted award for \u2018Best Picture\u2019. Nicholson, however, was curiously absent from the \u2018Best Actor\u2019 category, despite giving a performance that was far more deserving of a spot than some of the nominated performers in that particular year. <\/p>\n Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/strong><\/p>\n For his part, Nicholson downplayed the snub somewhat. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure I gave the best performance in the picture, no less in the world,\u201d he shared. \u201cHow can you separate them?\u201d <\/p>\n He went on to add, \u201cThough robbed I may have been. How come I don\u2019t get an old-age sentimental Oscar like several people did?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n In a much more general sense, though, Nicholson doesn\u2019t seem to pay much heed to awards. \u201cI think there are too many awards shows, like everybody else,\u201d he said. \u201cIt covers five months now and I think it dilutes it,\u201d the actor added, pining for the days when we would watch the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton accepting awards, and decrying the downfall of that spirit within the Hollywood realm. <\/p>\n Regardless of his nostalgic view of the Academy Awards, it is hard to argue against the fact that Nicholson deserved at least a nomination for his role in The Departed \u2013 the ultimate stand-out from his 21st-century film offerings. <\/p>\n Then again, it is worth remembering that the winner of the \u2018Best Actor\u2019 award that year was Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood, which was perhaps the most cut-and-dry Oscar win of all time. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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