15 times actors gave incredible performances that didn't receive Academy Award nominations 

Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island| Image via Paramount Pictures
Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island| Image via Paramount Pictures

4) Jake Gyllenhaal- Nightcrawler(2014)

Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler| Image via Bold Films
Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler| Image via Bold Films

Well, the transformation of Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom for the movie Nightcrawler has really been quite surprising. He played a perfect blend of sociopathic energy with an unnerving intensity and charisma that keeps one from looking the other way. Along with this, the nature of the obsessive and ruthless pursuit of success that Gyllenhaal brings to the character of Lou turns out to be both disturbingly unsettling and fascinatingly dark. He managed to bring about a degree of depth and nuance to this interpretation in ways that render Lou's journey as strangely relatable yet deeply disturbing. Gyllenhaal's participation in Nightcrawler might have gone unnoticed by Academy Awards, but it remains one of the great performances of his career.

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Edited by Sugnik Mondal
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