The following actors were nominated but didn't win the Oscar (2000-2009). Who really should've won an Oscar for their performance?

Best Actor Nominees ('00s): Who Should've Won?

Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phylicia Rashad, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in The Cosby Show (1984)

Nicole Dubuc, Chelsea Hertford, Gerald McRaney, Shanna Reed, and Marisa Ryan in Major Dad (1989)

Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic in Instinct (2018)

Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)

Robin Williams at an event for Happy Feet Two (2011)

Only included 1st movie if it has sequels

Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Frank Oz, Brian Henson, Marc Antona, Michael Attwell, David Alan Barclay, Sean Barrett, Timothy Bateson, Denise Bryer, Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Michael Hordern, Peter Marinker, Rob Mills, Ron Mueck, Toby Philpott, Karen Prell, David Shaughnessy, and Shari Weiser in Labyrinth (1986)

Tia Torres in Pit Bulls and Parolees (2009)

Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall in The Breakfast Club (1985)

Past & Present [not including DC or Marvel]

Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)

Jason Beghe, Patrick John Flueger, Marina Squerciati, and LaRoyce Hawkins in Chicago P.D. (2014)

Past & Present [FBI, CIA, DEA, US Marshalls, etc] 

Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in Grease (1978)

Gods, Goddesses, Demi-Gods, Creatures, Legends, etc

Sam Worthington in Clash of the Titans (2010)

John C. McGinley, Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, and Judy Reyes in Scrubs (2001)

Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Damon Wayans Jr., Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)

Josh Charles, Felicity Huffman, Sabrina Lloyd, Robert Guillaume, Peter Krause, and Joshua Malina in Sports Night (1998)

Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)

Roma Downey, John Dye, and Della Reese in Touched by an Angel (1994)

Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

True Story or Historical Characters/Storyline

Past & Present [Some have characters that were previous military.]

Robert Patrick, Scott Foley, Max Martini, and Dennis Haysbert in The Unit (2006)

Daniel Day-Lewis in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Jim Caviezel in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Geena Davis and Kyle Secor in Commander in Chief (2005)

Jodie Foster, John Astin, Barbara Harris, and Vicki Schreck in Freaky Friday (1976)

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