In Line: Actors In Line for an Oscar Win (2018)

These performers have just tasted the sweet gold before having it dashed away from them. Watching beloved actors and actresses just barely miss the cut, and it's even worse when it happens multiple times. Although occasionally it's merely bad timing, most cases it's the mere fact that the Academy makes a choice that simply doesn't add up in hindsight. 
NOTE: Several performers are omitted from this list due to the possibility of winning an Academy Award for their work in 2018. These include; Bradley Cooper and Sam Elliott for A Star is Born, Willem Dafoe for At Eternity's Gate, Viggo Mortense for Green Book, Adam Driver for BlacKKKlansman, Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Glenn Close for The Wife, Olivia Colman for The Favourite, Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk, and Amy Adams for Vice.
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==20. Ed Harris== 
Best Performance: The Truman Show (1998) 
==19. Jeremy Renner==
Best Performance: Wind River (2017)
==18. Bryan Cranston==
Best Performance: Last Flag Flying (2017)
==17. Andrew Garfield==
Best Performance: Silence (2016)
==16. James Franco==
Best Performance: 127 Hours (2010) 
==15. Josh Brolin==
Best Performance: Avengers: Infinity War
==14. Benedict Cumberbatch==
Best Performance: The Imitation Game (2014)
==13. Jonah Hill==
Best Performance: War Dogs (2016)
==12. Edward Norton==
Best Performance: American History X (1998)
==11. Jake Gyllenhaal==
Best Performance: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
==10. Michael Shannon== 
Best Performance: Nocturnal Animals (2016)
==9. Steve Carell==
Best Performance: Last Flag Flying (2017)
==8. Hugh Jackman== 
Best Performance: Logan (2017)
==7. Michael Fassbender==
Best Performance: Shame (2009)
==6. Ethan Hawke== 
Best Performance: Before Midnight (2013)
==5. Michael Keaton== 
Best Performance: The Founder (2016)
==4. Ryan Gosling==
Best Performance: First Man (2018)
==3. Woody Harrelson==
Best Performance: The Glass Castle (2017)
==2. Mark Ruffalo== 
Best Performance: Spotlight
==1. Joaquin Phoenix== 
Best Performance: The Master (2012)
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TBA
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