This actor that is so loved by millions was nominated for an Oscar only once in 2004 in the Best Actor category for his part in Lost in Translation. At that time, he lost to Sean Penn. It’s interesting that despite Murray’s parts in such iconic movies as Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters, he’s never won any awards for them.

In one of his interviews, Murray confessed that he had decided to not participate in the Oscars race any more. He compared the desire to win an Oscar with a virus that prevents him from thinking clearly. After he didn’t win the Oscar for Lost in Translation he said, “6 months later, I realized I had gotten the virus. I had been infected.” He also mentioned that the careers of some of his peers faltered because of this golden statue. “People have this post-Oscar blowback, they start thinking, ’I can’t do a movie unless it’s Oscar-worthy.’ It just seems people have difficulty making the right choices after that.”