potential future oscar winners

The criteria for this is that only actors/actresses with one previous Oscar nomination or less are eligible (no Peter O'Toole). Also only first time future winners, so no one who has won an Oscar previously. The movies used for justification (minimum 2) will not include the Oscar nominated role. Since it's potential future, trying not to include actors who haven't had a good recent performance (no Steve Martin)

15. Viggo Mortensen

justification : The Road; Appaloosa, A History of Violence;

14.Mathieu Amalric

justification : The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Kings and Queen; Munich; Un Conte de Noel

13. Natalie Portman

justification: V for Vendetta; Brothers; Cold Mountain; garden state

12. Sergi Lopez

justification: dirty pretty things; Pan's labyrinth;Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien

11. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

justification: Lust, Caution; In the Mood for Love;Internal Affairs; Chungking Express;2046

10. Gael Garcia Bernal

justification : Amores Perros; Y tu mama tambien; The Motorcyle Diaries;

9. Audrey Tautou

justification: Amelie; Coco avant Chanel; Dirty Pretty Things; A very Long Engagement

8. Paul Giamatti

justification: Sideways; American Splendor;Cold Souls

7. Michael Sheen

justification: The Queen; The Damned United; Frost/Nixon

6. Gary Oldman

justification: Sid and Nancy;Dracula;Prick up your Ears; JFK, The Contender

5. Christian Bale

justification : The machinist;American Psycho; 3:10 to Yuma

4. Alan Rickman

justification: Die Hard; Sense and Sensibility; Michael Collins

3. Christopher Plummer

justification: The Sound of Music; The insider; Syriana;

2. Ken Watanabe

justification: Letters from Iwo Jima; Memoirs of a Geisha; Kizuna; Shizumano Taiyo

1. Gerard Depardieu

justification: Bon Voyage; Quand j'eatis chanteur; green Card;

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